by Old School Gamer | Feb 8, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, 2020s, Gaming
The progression from Williams Pinball of the 1940s through the Williams Electronics days of video games into its spinoff of Midway Electronics and finally to its spiritual successor Raw Thrills, has been a fantastic amount of big games coming from Chicago, Illinois....
by Old School Gamer | Feb 7, 2023 | 1990s, 2020s, Press Release
The violent top-down shooter with roguelite elements launches on PC on APRIL 20TH! Coming next from Super Rare Originals is OTXO. Developed by Lateralis, the developer behind Dogworld, this fast-paced and dark roguelite with precise but savage gunplay and time-bending...
by Todd Friedman | Feb 6, 2023 | 1990s, 2000s, Gaming
Midway, Midway Games, Midway Manufacturing, Bally Midway. Any way you say it, you can identify some very cool games in its history, especially in the 1990s and early 2000s. This era was the absolute best times for the company and their video games were about to be...
by Indie Retro News | Feb 5, 2023 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired
Gamers of the 1980’s will remember a fantastic game called ‘ H.E.R.O’ which was released for the Atari 800/2600, ColecoVision, C64, C128, and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. It was a classic game which puts you in control of Roderrick Hero, on a mission to...
by Indie Retro News | Feb 4, 2023 | 1990s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired
We’ve featured Wonderboy many times now on Indie Retro News, from the modern remake of Wonderboy The Dragons Trap, to the Amiga versions of Wonderboy in Monster Land SE, and the more recent Arcade to Amiga port of Wonderboy by Acidbottle. Well here’s...
by Old School Gamer | Feb 3, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Console/Handheld
It was May 30, 1871, when Montague Redgrave of Cincinnati, Ohio was issued patent US115357A for his “Improvements in Bagatelles”. His invention was a smaller table top version of what had been a very popular French parlor game in the 1700s. In addition, Redgrave made...