Video Game of the Day – July 4th – Independence Day

by Old School Gamer | Jul 4, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade

Hello and welcome! My name is Katosepe and I’ll be your host for today’s Video Game of the Day! If I had more forethought, I would have recorded today’s episode yesterday so you could all hear it on July 4th but oh well. At least I’m recording this on the 4th so happy...

An interview with Dustin Hubbard of Gaming Alexandria

by William Schwartz | Jul 2, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Interviews, Retro Computing, The Story Of...

The history of retro gaming isn’t an especially long one, only going back maybe fifty years, at least if we limit ourselves to retro games as being computers rather than just complex machines. Preservation of this material can be challenging and thankless. All...

Gridlock – A recommended game by Megastyle for your Commodore 64

by Indie Retro News | Jun 24, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Night Mission Pinball Extended wasn’t the only game to grace our Commodore 64 screens this weekend, as looking through my emails earlier today, I saw that Megastyle had released the C64 sliding puzzle styled game of Gridlock. A game in which the object of each...

Atari 2600 Superman: A Day in the Life of a Mild-Mannered Reporter!

by GenX Grownup | Jun 21, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, GenX Grownup

Superman is a video game programmed by John Dunn for the Atari Video Computer System (later renamed Atari 2600) and released in 1979 by Atari, Inc. The player controls Superman, whose quest is to explore an open-ended environment to find three pieces of a bridge that...

Stern Pinball Reveals JAWS Accessories

by Knapp Arcade | Jun 17, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, KnappArcade, Pinball

Today at Noon Eastern Stern Pinball lifted the veil off of its line of accessories for its JAWS pinball machine. The new add-ons for the game are as follows: Topper: $999.99 Art Blades: $99.99 Shooter Knob: $149.99 Armor: $249.99 Speaker Light Kit: $199.99...

Dungeons of the Amber Griffin- 1st Place for Best Indie Game at Digital Dragons

by Todd Friedman | Jun 14, 2024 | 2000s, 2020s, Press Release

Frozengem Studio is extremely proud to have won 1st place at Digital Dragons in the Indie Showcase category! Digital Dragons is one of the most important events in Central and Eastern Europe dedicated to the video game industry. This annual conference, held in Krakow,...