Jay and Silent Bob Pinball Coming Soon?

by Knapp Arcade | Apr 11, 2025 | 1990s, KnappArcade, Pinball

OK, maybe not soon, but tonight I heard something very interesting about a possible pinball machine based on the characters “Jay and Silent Bob.”   Many of you will be familiar with the director / actor Kevin Smith. His big debut came in 1994 with the movie...

A review of Baby T-Rex for the Chromatic

by William Schwartz | Apr 8, 2025 | 1990s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Reviews

  At first glance, Baby T-Rex is not an intuitive title to see a rerelease for the Chromatic. Note that, labeling of the rewriteable lime green cartridge notwithstanding, Baby T-Rex is, indeed, merely a Game Boy game, playable on original hardware. The original...

Bomb Jack Extra Sugar – This Arcade classic as an Amstrad CPC remake via Anthony Flack looks super impressive!

by Indie Retro News | Apr 7, 2025 | 1990s, 2010s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

I can still remember in the late 80’s on my Amstrad CPC 464 playing the brilliant Arcade port ‘ Bomb Jack ‘. It is a game that required you the player to high jump and float about getting rid of all the bombs on the screen before they are used to...

This Weekend Walter Day Movie and Book!

by Todd Friedman | Apr 2, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Press Release

Walter Day Books Are NOW IN (and the movie is in theaters) If you are going to be at the Midwest Gaming Classic this weekend, save Saturday at 7 p.m. for the showing of the new Walter Day Movie and make sure to stop by the meet-and-greet at the Old School Gamer...

Zen Studios Reveals Williams Banzai Run as Upcoming Table

by Knapp Arcade | Mar 29, 2025 | 1990s, KnappArcade, Pinball

This afternoon, Zen Studios, maker of the Pinball FX virtual pinball game, revealed that the iconic 1988 Williams pinball machine Banzai Run will be the second of three upcoming tables that it is releasing in December.   Zen previously revealed the first table in...

Apogee’s Retro FPS “Wizordum” Divines an April 29 Launch for Ep. 3 + 1.0 on PC

by Old School Gamer | Mar 28, 2025 | 1990s, 2010s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Wizordum, the retro first-person spellcaster developed by Emberheart Games and published by Apogee Entertainment, summons a 1.0 launch for PC via Steam on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, for $19.99. As one of the last surviving mages, traverse seven new levels on a journey...