by Indie Retro News | May 4, 2026 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired
Well, it’s that time of year again when we all suddenly become sci-fi nerds and amusingly misquote Star Wars for 24 hours, so to celebrate the geek in-joke turned global holiday that is Star Wars Day, we present you a brand new game for the C64 which is sure to excite...
by Jeremy Parish | May 3, 2026 | 1980s, 2020s, Magazine Preview
it’s almost certainly not with any sort of affection. A slow, primitive-looking grind of a game with repetitive music and confusing action, Hydlide came across as nothing so much as a terrible clone of The Legend of Zelda when it hit the NES in the spring of 1989....
by Indie Retro News | Apr 30, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired
In a exciting development for retro gaming enthusiasts, developer swapd0 who recently released the Atari Jaguar game called BurgerTom, has now unofficially released Classic Kong for the Atari Jaguar. This new homebrew project brings a faithful reimagining of the...
by Marcus Albers | Apr 29, 2026 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Apple 2, C64 Vic20, Early IBM DOS
The majority of my formative years were spent growing up in Minnesota. I didn’t realize until much later in life that I had advantages afforded to me, from a computer technology standpoint, that other states simply did not have. MECC, originally the Minnesota...
by William Winter | Apr 29, 2026 | 1970s, 1980s, Console/Handheld
Some toys are fun. Some toys accidentally predict the future. The Texas Instruments Speak & Spell did both. To a kid in early middle school back in the late 70s / early 80s, it felt less like a spelling toy and more like a tiny robot computer from another planet....
by Old School Gamer | Apr 29, 2026 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s
A new news item titled “C” You Soon – Commodore 64 Ultimate Line-Up Expands with C64C Edition Later this Year (dated April 28, 2026) was added to the What’s New feed and includes a “News” link. https://commodore.net/news/...