Dating Bubble Bobble in the South Korean Arcade

by William Schwartz | May 12, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Arcade, Gaming

  For about as long as I can remember, the arcade has always been coded as a highly masculine experience. The games there are aggressive. Violent. If it’s not Street Fighters pounding each other to submission, you’ve still got a lone hero and maybe a...

June 9th 2025 release date set for Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day

by William Schwartz | May 8, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s

  Monkey Wrench Films has announced a global TVOD and digital release for the documentary Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day which came out in theaters earlier this year. The musical documentary about Walter Day discusses the lawsuits faced by the...

Paper Dreams: A History of Play-by-Mail Gaming

by Old School Gamer | May 8, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Press Release

Do you like cheering for the underdog? Do you like classic and retro gaming? Then you’ll love this book. Just like the young student decades ago who had to be cut off because he was using his lunch money for play-by-mail (PBM) games, some people are obsessed with...

RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army Collector’s Edition

by Todd Friedman | May 5, 2025 | 1990s, 2020s, Press Release

Limited Run Games Presents – RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army Collector’s Edition Limited Run Games is proud to announce their not-to-be-missed physical Collector’s Edition of this retelling of Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The...

Crystal Kingdom Dizzy 2025 – Long awaited Dizzy redux arrives on the ZX Spectrum 128k!

by Indie Retro News | Apr 29, 2025 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Dizzy fans it’s time to really celebrate Dizzy in a really big way, as a very special Dizzy redux of ‘ Crystal Kingdom Dizzy ‘ on the ZX Spectrum, has only moments ago just appeared in our news feed. The original CKD was first released in 1992 on a...

The First Ever Stern Pinball Factory Tour Video?

by Knapp Arcade | Apr 27, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, KnappArcade, Pinball

Earlier today I thought to myself, I wonder what would happen if I scrolled back to Stern Pinball’s first Facebook post. Yes, these are the sorts of things that go through my mind lol.   So I figured out to go back in time…all the way back to...