The Best and Worst Retro Video Game Remakes and Remasters

by Matthew Owen | Mar 22, 2025 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Console/Handheld

It seems that more so than ever before, video game remakes and remasters are a dime a dozen nowadays. In theory, these re-released products offer the benefits of new hardware while maintaining the personality of the original game, but we all know that’s not...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Leonard Herman

by Todd Friedman | Mar 21, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Leonard Herman, who is displayed on card number 180, from the Superstars of 2011 and who is also featured on cards 514 and 1951. Leonard is the author of the book “Phoenix: The Fall and Rise of Videogames”. The 4th edition...

Get ready for: A Highland Song! 🎵

by Old School Gamer | Mar 20, 2025 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

A Highland Song releases on Nintendo Switch™ in physical format on 27th March! Get ready for a wild adventure as Super Rare Games joins inkle LTD to bring you A Highland Song! THE STORE PAGE  Recently nominated for a BAFTA award for Best British Game, this critically...

Potential New Budget Pinball Manufacturer Wonderland Amusements Shares Rendering of Playfield for Debut Game

by Knapp Arcade | Mar 19, 2025 | 1990s, KnappArcade, Pinball

Hot on the heels of its surprise appearance at the recent Chicago Pinball Expo, where it showed off the prototype cabinet for its planned first pinball machine, this afternoon the potential new pinball manufacturer Wonderland Amusements shared a look at the prototype...

Lord of the Crystal Now Available To Play For the First Time in English

by William Schwartz | Mar 16, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, Gaming

  Earlier in these pages, I discussed whether Dungeons and Dragons meets the technical definition of an old school retro video game. Tabletop RPGs, despite having a clear progression to video games, aren’t exactly video games themselves. Well, way back in...

Ladybird – A rather cool Commodore 64 game by Icon64 with publishing by Psytronik!

by Indie Retro News | Mar 15, 2025 | 1970s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Looking for some more entertainment this weekend, either through emulation or real hardware, then come and check out Icon64 with publishing by Psytronik’s latest Commodore 64 game of ‘Ladybird’. A retro-inspired arcade game, in which you must make...