Musings of a Retro Gamer: Loading Games from Cassette

by Marcus Albers | Nov 23, 2025 | 1980s, C64 Vic20

Modern game systems load games almost instantaneously, it seems. In general, most mobile games are at your fingertips with minimal loading time, while larger PC and console games may take 30 seconds to load their data into memory. Our expectations, as modern gamers,...

El Chef – A delirious C64 platformer with an upbeat soundtrack! (DEMO)

by Indie Retro News | Nov 23, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Fancy playing a new Commodore 64 demo that is not only fun to play but will also have you tapping your feet listening to its great soundtrack. Then make sure to check out this upcoming Commodore 64 platformer by Bonette2020, Adrian Bonnette, Dirk Roosen, and Richard...

YouTube Video of the Week: Old School Gamer Magazine – Issue 1 – 30

by Todd Friedman | Nov 22, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s

Here is a video of every magazine printed to date. This is issue #1 – #30.  The first magazine came out in November of 2017. Every other month has a new “theme” edition that covers the retro era as well as some current day items, such as video game...

Pre-order Harlan Ellison’s horror classic on physical

by Old School Gamer | Nov 21, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s

Set in a dystopian world, an artificial intelligence named “AM” has destroyed all humans except for five people who it’s kept alive and tortured for the last 109 years by constructing metaphorical adventures based on each character’s fatal flaws. The adventure plunges...

Capcom | Kith for HyperMegaTech Super Pocket!

by Todd Friedman | Nov 20, 2025 | 1980s, 2010s, 2020s

In collaboration with New York-based fashion brand Kith, we’re delighted to share a new, exclusive Super Pocket! This new version of the Capcom Super Pocket has been made exclusively for Kith as part of their Kith Monday Program™, which features special releases...

Celebrating 8 years of The Video Game History Foundation!

by Todd Friedman | Nov 17, 2025 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Columns, Magazine Preview

Since February 27, 2017, The Video Game History Foundation has been working hard to preserve, celebrate, and teach video game history. We want to thank you so much for believing in what we do! It’s our mission to make video game history better. Over these past...