An Interview with Yars’ Revenge creator – Howard Scott Warshaw

by Atari News Feed | Jul 13, 2024 | 1980s, Atari, Console/Handheld

When the amazing team at Digital Eclipse created the playable documentary Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration they had the opportunity to interview Howard Scott Warshaw, who shared stories from his time at Atari and his work on Yars’ Revenge. Your browser does not...

Atari Opens Enrollment for its 2024 Summer Camp Program

by Old School Gamer | Jul 11, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Press Release

NEW YORK, July 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Atari® — one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers — today announced open enrollment for Atari Summer Camp, an eight week online celebration of retro gaming and...

The addictive and unique gameplay of Yars’ Revenge

by Atari News Feed | Jul 8, 2024 | 1980s, Atari, Console/Handheld

Yars’ Revenge was released during an era dominated by heroic space-shooters. And while the game took place in space, it broke some conventions of the genre. Instead of piloting a spaceship, you play as a flying alien. And instead of playing as a known protagonist, you...

Intellivision: Independence Holiday Update 2024

by Old School Gamer | Jul 7, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, Press Release

Happy Independence Day holiday to everyone in the USA, and we hope everyone else is enjoying a great summer! A lot has happened since our last update on Valentine’s day. The biggest news came in a press release at the end of May about our sale of the Intellivision...

Dreadnought Assault – Check out this rather awesome looking WIP scrolling shoot ’em up for the Atari 7800!

by Indie Retro News | Jul 5, 2024 | 1980s, 2010s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Not content with all the awesome news we’ve had so far this week, then how about this news story that’s just been sent to us by our good friend Liqmatrix. It’s the work in progress game of ‘Dreadnought Assault’ by kiwilove and playsoft....

An interview with Dustin Hubbard of Gaming Alexandria

by William Schwartz | Jul 2, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Interviews, Retro Computing, The Story Of...

The history of retro gaming isn’t an especially long one, only going back maybe fifty years, at least if we limit ourselves to retro games as being computers rather than just complex machines. Preservation of this material can be challenging and thankless. All...