by Todd Friedman | Nov 27, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Press Release
RIKI 8Bit GAME Collection Arrives on Nintendo® Switch™ This December! Take a Blast from The Past with a Collection of Five Retro Inspired Games and Music Albums by Legendary Manga Artist RIKI! Karlstad, Sweden – Clear River Games, a video game publisher specialising...
by William Schwartz | Nov 27, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Apple 2, Console/Handheld, Retro Computing, Reviews
It’s a bit strange to think of Madden Football in retro terms. Yes, the franchise dates to the eighties- but it still exists today, debatably as the most popular video game of our era, just not one we generally describe as a part of video game culture...
by 8-Bit Steve | Nov 27, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, Magazine Preview
This issue of the magazine is all about video game rental stores. Like most gamers from this era, I have plenty of memories of renting games and enjoying them with friends and family. I am going to share one of my earliest gaming memories that involves a rental store....
by Indie Retro News | Nov 26, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired
As we said before in our previous announcement, AcidBottle is certainly no stranger to creating quality releases for the Amiga, the Arcade to Commodore Amiga game of Breakthru and Wonder Boy are just two of the ones that stand out on IndieRetroNews. Well here are with...
by Ryan Burger | Nov 25, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Magazine Preview
The Atari VCS came out in early 2021 for most of its crowd-sourced backers; no… I’m not talking about the OG, The Darth Vader, The Heavy 6’er, the 2600, or whatever you call it. I’m talking about the Atari VCS 800 that was originally called AtariBoX. It was first...
by GenX Grownup | Nov 24, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, GenX Grownup
Spider-Man is a vertical scrolling action game programmed by Laura Nikolich for the Atari 2600, and released in 1982 by Parker Brothers. It was both the first video game to feature Spider-Man and the first Marvel Comics based video game. Norman Osborn has been removed...