Spooky 64 Skirmishes: 5 games that are more treats than tricks for your Halloween

by Marcus Albers | Oct 29, 2025 | 1980s, C64 Vic20, Lists

It’s October 31st. You sit patiently, waiting for little ghouls and hobgoblins to run down the street, seeking treats from your orange plastic pumpkin (excluding the “samples” you’ve sneaked). But what to do to pass the time between groups of...

Enter the Fist with Typing Beat ‘em Up “Keys of Fury” for PC on Nov. 24

by Old School Gamer | Oct 29, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, Press Release

DUVALL, Washington – Oct. 29, 2025 – Get ready to type your way to victory! After eight years of tweaking and fine- tuning, one-man studio Elecornreleases Keys of Fury, the high-octane retro-style beat ’em up typing game, on PC via Steam Monday, Nov. 24!...

“Arcade Archives SCION” Releases Oct 30 on Switch, Switch 2, PS4/5, Xbox Series X|S

by Old School Gamer | Oct 29, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Press Release

Announcing the release date of “Arcade Archives SCION” “Arcade Archives 2 SCION” HAMSTER Corporation (Head Office: Tokyo-to, Setagaya-ku; CEO: Satoshi HAMADA; referred to below as “HAMSTER”) is happy to announce that “SCION” will be released for Nintendo Switch™,...

Three More Toaplan Games Are Coming To The Atari 2600+, Atari 7800, & 7800+

by Old School Gamer | Oct 28, 2025 | 1980s

Saw this on Time Extension and wanted to make sure everyone saw it. More Games beyond Tiger-Heli will be showing up on the 2600+ from Atari.  I am having so much fun with my 2600+ I’m going to probably have to pick up these games also.  – Ryan Burger...

The Fate of the Pirate – A rather decent ZX Spectrum game by Ariel Endaraues and PcnonoGames

by Todd Friedman | Oct 23, 2025 | 1980s, 2010s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Yarr hoist the main sail! As a new pirate game has been released for the ZX Spectrum called ‘The Fate of the Pirate’ by Ariel Endaraues and PcnonoGames. A game that puts you in the boots of a pirate captain, and must defy the elements—and fate itself—, to...

SwitcherBoy – A charming arcade puzzler for the Amiga AGA by C.R.A.N.E

by Indie Retro News | Oct 22, 2025 | 1970s, 1980s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

While I’m not a fan of redpill developed games, especially with them being rather slow and clunky. One game however that looks worth a play, and surprisingly isn’t clunky, is C.R.A.N.E’s Commodore Amiga AGA red pill developed game of...