Vlak (Train) – Another conversion makes an appearance and again it’s for the Atari ST!

by Indie Retro News | Mar 16, 2026 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Babaliba wasn’t the only classic game to be converted over to the Atari ST, as I’ve recently been told that the 1993 DOS game called Train, which is also very similar to another classic game called SNAKE. Has been converted over to the Atari ST by Slovak...

Q*Bert – An Arcade classic is coming to the Amstrad CPC Plus, with a beta now available!

by Indie Retro News | Mar 14, 2026 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

In 1982 Gottlieb released a very famous game that had an orange character with a long snout as a nose, it just had to be the isometric arcade game with puzzle elements of ‘ Q*Bert ‘. It was so popular in fact it appeared on many systems such as the Atari...

Super Mario: The All Star Video Game Changer HAPPY MAR10 DAY!

by Todd Friedman | Mar 10, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Opinions

Forty years ago, Super Mario jumped out of his debut role-he was the nameless carpenter “Jumpman” in the classic game Donkey Kong-and into a realm of his own with the 1985 release of Super Mario Bros. Video games have never been the same. In this...

Video Game of the Day – Mario Tennis (GBC)

by Video Game of the Day | Mar 9, 2026 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade

Video Game of the Day is a daily show available on Amazon Alexa devices and here on this website. Each day, we briefly discuss the history of a single game, randomly chosen. If you would like to listen on your daily flash briefing, you can enable Video Game of the Day...

10 Pac-Man Clones for the C64 for Pac-Man’s 45th

by Marcus Albers | Mar 8, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, C64 Vic20

In the world of video game clones, most people will point to Doom as the most cloned game of all time. But, likely that title is held, or at least challenged, by the one and only yellow dot gobbler, Pac-Man. The first time I played Pac-Man outside the arcade was on a...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Roger Sharpe

by Todd Friedman | Mar 6, 2026 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Columns, Pinball

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Roger Sharpe, who is displayed on card number 204, from the Superstars of 2012 Collection.  Roger is also featured on trading cards 841 and 1709.  Roger’s impact on the pinball industry dates all the way back to the 1970’s...