Christmas With Antstream Arcade

by Antstream Blog | Dec 5, 2025 | 1990s, Antstream, Console/Handheld, Retro Computing

Christmas is a magical time for gamers, and for retro fans it always brings back memories of large boxes under the Christmas tree, gaming treats ready to be unwrapped on a chilly December morning. We’ve all got special Christmas gaming memories – to celebrate this...

Rebel Wars – The Amstrad and ZX Spectrum gets a great action game by Mananuk!

by Indie Retro News | Dec 3, 2025 | 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Paleto Jones 2, The Mandarin 2, Black Sea, The Mandarin 2, and many others were all created by Mananuk. A developer that likes creating different gaming styles on a multitude of systems, such as the Amstrad and ZX Spectrum. Well fast forward to today and as a double...

Game Gear vs Lynx: The 8-bit color handheld wars

by Marcus Albers | Dec 2, 2025 | 1990s, Atari, Console/Handheld

  When it comes to retro handheld gaming, most people will immediately point to the Nintendo juggernaut, the Game Boy. And while it was the clear leader in portable gaming ever since its introduction in 1989, it was far from the only player in the space. But when...

Axion – A new 3D strategic game is in dev for high end Amiga’s [UPDATE]

by Indie Retro News | Dec 2, 2025 | 1970s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Sorry guys and girls it’s another high end Amiga requirement for this retro update, as looking through the project.Amiga Game Factory section of EAB, I’ve come across a new game that’s in development called Axion by VirtualAssests for the Commodore...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Mike Mertes

by Todd Friedman | Nov 30, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, 2020s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Old School Gamer Magazine writer Mike Mertes who is displayed on card number 3482, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection.  From the moment he touched an Intellivision controller in 1985, Mike knew that he had experienced...

NEW CART ANNOUNCEMENTS: TAITO Arcade 3 and The Turrican Collection!

by Old School Gamer | Nov 28, 2025 | 1990s, 2000s, Press Release

Pre-order NOW: TAITO Arcade 3 and The Turrican Collection! The first cartridges of 2026 are ready to pre-order right now…   TAITO Arcade 3 features 9 more fun-filled arcade classics including PUZZLE BOBBLE, QIX, CADASH and more! Full games list: •    CADASH •  ...