Atari 2600 Raiders of the Lost Ark – “Why did it have to be snakes?”

by GenX Grownup | Dec 12, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, GenX Grownup, Podcast of the Week

Raiders of the Lost Ark is an action-adventure game for the Atari 2600 released in 1982, based on the 1981 film of the same name. The game was designed by Howard Scott Warshaw. When the opportunity to write an Atari VCS game based on the film was offered at Atari,...

THE PRE-NINTENDO 64 WEEKEND – By The Jaded Gamer – Bill Donohue

by Old School Gamer | Dec 11, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Magazine Preview

suppose one of the greater delights one can experience when one gets older is bringing joy to the younger members of the family, because it not only brings fun and laughter to the younger ones; it also brings a warmth that is unlike any other feeling known to man to...

Fist of the North Star 2 aka Last Battle (Sega Mega Drive) is possibly coming to the Commodore Amiga

by Indie Retro News | Dec 10, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

The last news story from me today unless something major comes out, as looking through both the EAB forums and Facebook, we’ve found out that the Sega Mega Drive version of Last Battle: Legend of the Final Hero, is possibly coming to the Commodore Amiga as Fist...

MODRETRO’S GAMEBOY REINVENTED – by Ryan Burger

by Ryan Burger | Dec 9, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Magazine Preview

The ModRetro Chromatic, a new handheld device that plays all of the original Game Boy and Game Boy Color cartridges, will be hiding underneath many a Christmas tree this December, just like the original did back in 1989 with the OG version from Nintendo. While this...

Secret Level Episode 110 Review: Mega Man

by William Schwartz | Dec 7, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Reviews

  Having only seen the Pac-Man episode of Secret Level; it was hard to guess what to expect from the Mega Man short. The only real unifying principle of any episode of Secret Level is that engages with some kind of idea from the video game in question. As it...

Donkey Kong – A famous 80’s game has just got a rather awesome Arcade to ZX Spectrum conversion!

by Indie Retro News | Dec 6, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

In the early 80’s Nintendo released one of the most famous games of all time, and that game was ‘ Donkey Kong ‘. A game in which you played as Mario that had to avoid obstacles across a number of platforms, with sometimes a hammer in hand to save a...