Five Sports Games That Have Us Wish Again For Simpler Times

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | May 4, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Gaming, Interviews, Lists, Opinions

Sports games today are all about lifelike graphics and realism, but once upon a time, the games were simpler and arguably far more fun to play. Lets take a look at five retro sports games that are better than their modern-day counterparts. PGA Tour Golf: To think that...

Celeste – Rage inducing platformer for the Amiga by Paweł Juen Nowak

by Indie Retro News | May 3, 2026 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Developer Paweł Juen Nowak has began porting the challenging Pico8 platformer Celeste to the Commodore Amiga, designed to display using C2P techniques which necessitate a higher-powered processor for smooth gameplay. While running well on a 50MHz 060, the port...

A review of Resident Evil from Boss Fight Books

by William Schwartz | Apr 29, 2026 | 1990s, 2000s, Bookshelf, Console/Handheld, Reviews

  Every Boss Fight book tends to have a novel approach depending on the author, and Phillip J Reed is no different with his Resident Evil volume. In fact, his approach is distinctly unusual, with the praise for the originator of survival horror from 1996 veiled...

Guess the Video Game! No. 100!! – by Todd Friedman

by Todd Friedman | Apr 24, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s

A little while back, I decided to make some shorts that show parts of a cover, backside and the game and see if you can guess what it is before the reveal at the end. I never thought I would ever do 100 of them. I finally posted the 100th video (see below). It has...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Dan Loosen

by Todd Friedman | Apr 24, 2026 | 2000s, 2010s, Columns, Events

On the heals of the 2026 Midwest Gaming Classic we look back at my interview with Dan Loosen. This interview was done on December 3rd, 2015.  Thanks to Dan for giving his time for the Interview.  Hope you enjoy and be sure to go to the Midwest Gaming Classic this...

“METAL SLUG 30TH ANNIVERSARY SALE!” has started!

by Todd Friedman | Apr 23, 2026 | 1990s, 2000s, Press Release

HAMSTER Corporation (Head Office: Tokyo-to, Setagaya-ku; CEO: Satoshi HAMADA; referred to below as “HAMSTER”) is happy to announce that “METAL SLUG 30TH ANNIVERSARY SALE!” will be held, starting April 22, 2026. This sale features titles from SNK Corporation’s METAL...