by Brian Lesyk | Dec 13, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Magazine Preview
I remember reading a quote once by famed French novelist and literary critic Marcel Proust: “Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.” In that vein, our zeal for the experiences of yesteryear as gamers often unintentionally...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...