by Antstream Blog | Jul 27, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, Antstream
Platform: Arcade Year: 1981 I’ve got a love-hate relationship with this legendary arcade shoot-‘em-up. Crikey, I imagine that practically everybody has a love-hate relationship with Defender, bar those elite gamers with godlike joystick skills. Alas, for me, back in...
by Indie Retro News | Jul 26, 2023 | 1990s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired
We’ve featured Wonderboy many times now on Indie Retro News, from the Amiga version of Wonderboy in Monster Land SE, to the previously released Wonderboy 1200; An Arcade game from 1986 as an unofficial Amiga port by Acidbottle. Well here we are with another...
by Indie Retro News | Jul 25, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired
As we said before… Galaxian has appeared on Indie Retro News many times over the years, especially as it is one particular Arcade classic that homebrew developers love making clones of. Well here’s another Galaxian story for those of you that remember this...
by Old School Gamer | Jul 24, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Atari
High Fidelity Replicas for Six Unique Titles Now Available for Purchase on Atari.com New York, NY (July 24, 2023) – Prepare to celebrate the glory days of arcade games! Atari is delighted to announce its new partnership with Retro Arcade, specialists in arcade...
by Indie Retro News | Jul 21, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired
We’ve certainly mentioned our fare share of Castlevania inspired games over the years, especially the most impressive Castlevania Spectral Interlude by Sanchez on the ZX Spectrum and the more recent GothicVania. But today news is super special and well worth a...
by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jul 20, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Interviews, Opinions
The legacy of Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog is almost unquestioned. Between the speed and the fun alone, the first three games in the series changed gaming forever. But did it hurt more than it helped? What about the classic FPS GoldenEye? Richard Ham believes so. One of...