Defective $1000 Atari XP Carts; the State of Modern Atari | An Editorial

by GenX Grownup | Dec 30, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Atari, Early IBM DOS, GenX Grownup, Heritage Auctions, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Stern

About two weeks ago, a user on X by the name of Cear Dragon posted that two of their limited AtariXP carts – Haunted House & Crystal Castles – were defective. Haunted House, he claimed, had the PCB inserted backwards and Crystal Castles, he said, was buggy and...

Lord of the Orb – XaVeR adds even more levels to a classic 1985 game by Antic Software

by Indie Retro News | Dec 29, 2024 | 1980s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Here on Indie Retro News we do love writing about the Atari XL/XE, I mean seriously we can’t stop featuring the latest games released for this system. Well here we are with another story sent to us by Saberman, and it’s the latest new level update for the...

Comparison of 2019 vs. 2024 Pac-Man | Basic Fun Arcade Classics AGAIN in 2024!

by GenX Grownup | Dec 28, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, GenX Grownup, Podcast of the Week

Basic Fun’s line of Arcade Classics tabletop video game toys were all the rage in the late teens, but new released evaporated around 2020 – or so we thought! Just in the past week, sightings of a new Pac-Man with a 2024 copyright and updated box art started to appear...

Getting into the Holiday Spirit with Two Classic Games

by Old School Gamer | Dec 25, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s

As we all frantically get ready to celebrate, it’s difficult to avoid the seasonal bombardment of the usual yuletide media: Christmas music, Christmas films, Christmas-themed episodes of TV shows, and Christmas books to a much lesser extent. But what about...

Dangerous Toys We Shouldn’t Have Had

by GenX Grownup | Dec 19, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, GenX Grownup, Podcast of the Week

About This Episode We’re Generation X kids who grew up largely unsupervised and left to our own devices. That often resulted in “play” time being a bit rougher and more hazardous than those who grew up in later generations. In this Backtrack, we’re taking a stroll...

Battle for Cronos – A high quality turn based wargame for the Commodore 64 by Windigo Productions!

by Indie Retro News | Dec 18, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Fancy a game that doesn’t just have a great starting soundtrack, a brilliant intro and turn based combat for up to 4 players? Then make sure to check out Windigo Productions latest Commodore 64 game of ‘Battle for Cronos’. A game in which the creator...