Tetris 40th Anniversary

by GenX Grownup | Sep 14, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, GenX Grownup, Podcast of the Week

About This Episode Forty years ago, now, a Russian software engineer wrote a simple puzzle game in his spare time. It featured a variety of geometric shapes falling into a well, and in short order, the world was in love with his creation. In this episode, we dive into...

Four Classic Castlevania Titles Return at Limited Run Games!

by Old School Gamer | Sep 13, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, Console/Handheld, Press Release

September 4th, 2024— Konami Digital Entertainment（KONAMI) and Limited Run Games today revealed its full physical collection for Castlevania Dominus Collection! Pre-orders for Standard and Collector’s Editions launch on September 13th and run through October 13th,...

A review of Chrono Trigger from Boss Fight Books

by William Schwartz | Sep 12, 2024 | 1990s, 2010s, Console/Handheld, Reviews

  It always bears repeating- retro gaming culture is, itself, so old at this point that we can look at retro game appreciation from ten years ago and find tropes about as archaic to us now as the retro games themselves seemed to the people making that content....

8 Bit Adventures 2 – The Gem That Hooked PC Gamers Comes to Consoles

by Todd Friedman | Sep 11, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Press Release

  11th September, 2024 – Australian developer Critical Games released their hit JRPG 8-Bit Adventures 2 on PC last year. Flushed from its success, and the critical fanfare it received from media, they’re eager to announce that the console versions...

Atari 2600 Thunderground from SEGA | It’s All About Design!

by GenX Grownup | Sep 10, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, GenX Grownup, Opinions

Thunderground is an Atari 2600 video game developed by Sega Electronics and released by Sega in 1983. It appears to have been inspired mainly by one section of arcade game Borderline (1981), which sees a player drive a tank underground firing at other tanks while...

Super Charge Bros Achieves Goal on Kickstarter in Less Than 24 Hours

by Old School Gamer | Sep 6, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Press Release

Dallas, TX –September 6, 2024– Independent publisher The Retro Room Games has announced that the Kickstarter campaign for Super Charge Bros went live and has reached its goal in less than 24 hours. The accomplishment of this goal will help the team in the production...