Beatmania! – by Michael Mertes

by Mike Mertes | Jan 23, 2022 | 1990s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview

October 1999 – A newly christened DJ named DJ Eclipse walked into a mall arcade with his high school friends and surveyed what arcade games were on the floor that home consoles couldn’t easily replicate. There were plenty of light gun games littering the...

Wonder Boy – HOT NEWS as an Arcade game from 1986 gets an unofficial Amiga port by Acidbottle

by Indie Retro News | Jan 22, 2022 | 1990s, 2020s, 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...

Play Rewind Eject – Tabletop Card Game

by Old School Gamer | Jan 18, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Gaming

Play Rewind Eject is a tabletop card game that utilizes the mechanics of the popular schoolyard turned internet sensation Kiss, Marry, Kill, paired with a social deduction mechanic, and themed with movies from pop culture. Play Rewind Eject is made for up to 8...

A Blast from the Past! Donkey Kong Country

by Todd Friedman | Jan 13, 2022 | 1990s, Console/Handheld, Reviews

In 1994 the first Donkey Kong Country came out on the Super NES. The game focuses on Donkey Kong and his nephew Diddy Kong, who must recover their stolen bananas from King K. Rool and the Kremlings. Each level is uniquely themed and consists of varying tasks such as...

“In Memoriam” Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Ken Graham

by Todd Friedman | Jan 9, 2022 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns

Intro courtesy of Shawn Quinn: Many of us in the Houston area classic arcade and pinball community are mourning the passing of Ken Graham, who left us on the last day of 2021 after losing a bravely fought battle with cancer. Ken was one of the owners at The Game...

Double Dragon – Work continues to bring an Arcade quality port of Double Dragon over to the Amiga

by Indie Retro News | Jan 2, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, Gaming, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Even to this day, if you ask someone what they thought of Double Dragon, and they’d probably tell you of an awesome Arcade beat em up released in 1987, that gave you the option to play two twin martial artists who could kick, punch and throw enemies off scene...