Interview with Jeff Peters – by Patrick Hickey, Jr.

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jul 28, 2022 | 1990s, 2000s, Interviews, Magazine Preview

Midway’s Mortal Kombat franchise is a classic for a variety of reasons. Its lore, gameplay, blood, visuals, the entire package – has made it one of the leaders in the genre for over four decades. But way back during the days of the Sega Genesis, being able to...

Mortal Kombat Book Preview – by David Craddock

by Old School Gamer | Jul 26, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, Magazine Preview, Reviews

Written by David L. Craddock, Long Live Mortal Kombat goes behind the scenes to reveal untold stories from the making of Mortal Kombat 1 through 4 and explores how the franchise impacted popular culture, and is due for publication this fall. In this excerpt from the...

Mortal Kombat – by Todd Friedman

by Todd Friedman | Jul 24, 2022 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

When I was a senior in high school in 1992, I worked in the local bowling alley which had an arcade in the back of the building. Each month or so, the gaming distributor would bring in some new arcade and pinball games that had just come out. There were a lot of...

Wonderboy – An Arcade game from 1986 as an unofficial Amiga port gets a new tease by Acidbottle

by Indie Retro News | Jul 20, 2022 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Wonder Boy is a game designed by Ryuichi Nishizawa which started its life as a skateboard rock jumping and axe bashing platformer, that later became the great adventure platformer with RPG elements known as ‘ Wonderboy in Monster Land ‘. Both of these...

Tomb Raider – A rather special action adventure classic gets a BIG review by DarkwyndPT!

by Indie Retro News | Jul 16, 2022 | 1990s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Hello everyone and welcome back to Retro Freak Reviews. Today, we’ll look at an iconic and influential title that has been on my backlog for several years. I’m talking about the original Tomb Raider. Tomb Raider is an action/adventure game developed by Core Design and...

Colossal Cave – Re-imagined by Roberta Williams

by Old School Gamer | Jul 12, 2022 | 1990s, 2020s, Press Release

Sierra On-Line Co-founders Rebrand First Upcoming Game in Decades as Colossal Cave – Reimagined by Roberta Williams, Unveil New Trailer  SEATTLE – July 12, 2022 – Colossal Cave – Reimagined by Roberta Williams, the ultimate 3D reimagining of the original...