Fast Food Dizzy 2 – An unofficial sequel to Codemaster’s Fast Food Dizzy is finally here! (AGA recommended)

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...

Atari VCS – A Third Year update – By Ryan Burger

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...

Atari 2600 Spider-Man – He Can Sling a Web, But CAN’T CRAWL UP WALLS?!

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...

Blockbuster and Final Fantasy II – By Jarrod Kailef

by Jarrod Kailef | Nov 23, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Other Magazines Preview

Spring Break, 1992. It started the moment the final bell rang, signaling the start of a glorious week free from high school… A week I had carefully planned. But it wasn’t the beach that called to me; it was something else entirely: a rented Super Nintendo from...

Limited Run and GameStop are powering up! Retro releases from LRG are coming to GameStop

by Todd Friedman | Nov 22, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Press Release

Limited Run and GameStop are powering up! Retro releases from LRG are coming to GameStop stores this holiday season! Sixteen classic Limited Run games for NES, SNES, and Game Boy are back at GameStop! Apex, North Carolina—November 22nd, 2024—GameStop and Limited Run...

Would you like a computer game with that? by Mat Bradley-Tschirgi

by Old School Gamer | Nov 21, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Magazine Preview, Other Magazines Preview

It’s hard to overstate how central going to a video store to rent video games was as part of being a gamer in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Whether it was a local mom-and-pop small business, a small rental selection in a grocery store, or a mainstream chain like Blockbuster...