Arcade to Console – by Eugenio Angueira

by Eugenio Angueira | Oct 5, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Magazine Preview

It was 1982. I walked into my local arcade and there was this game I had not seen there before. That game was Dig Dug, a game that mesmerized me the moment I set eyes on it and a game that I still love to this day. Dig Dug was a Namco game that Atari distributed in...

Bad Dudes – Burger Edition – Data East’s most popular classics is getting a NEO-GEO remake

by Indie Retro News | Sep 24, 2025 | 1980s, 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

I’ve just found out by looking through the itch io website, that OzzyOuzo is currently working on a new remake of Bad Dudes Vs. Dragon Ninja (a.k.a. Dragonninja) by Data East for the NEO GEO. In fact they have stated that this isn’t just a remake, but a...

Commodore – Retcoming a brand – by Brian Lesyk

by Brian Lesyk | Sep 19, 2025 | 1970s, 2000s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview

Right now, you’re wondering what retcoming is. Being as the term was first coined only moments ago by yours truly, I’ll be happy to explain. It’s a made up word, of course, because as Thor so deftly proclaimed in 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War, Peri Fractic (Christian...

Sega Dreamcast Birthday Sale

by Old School Gamer | Sep 9, 2025 | 1990s, 2000s, Press Release

On September 9, 1999, the Sega Dreamcast launched in North America and forever changed the gaming landscape. More than two decades later, the Dreamcast is still alive thanks to indie developers who continue to create new titles and thanks to publishers like VGNYsoft,...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Allen Staal

by Todd Friedman | Sep 2, 2025 | 1980s, 2000s, 2020s, Arcade, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Allen Staal who currently is displayed on card number 392, from the Superstars of 2012 Collection. You can also see Allen on card numbers 1754, 2139, 2173, 2467, and 2597. Allen is a huge Donkey Kong fan, as well as a...

Escape from the Twilight Castle – A new puzzler for the ZX Spectrum by Miguetelo

by Indie Retro News | Aug 29, 2025 | 1970s, 1980s, 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

While the YRGB 2025 competition is still ongoing and voting is yet to be finalized, there’s another game that caught my attention in this competition for our readers to download and play, is Miguetelo’s puzzler , ‘Escape from the Twilight...