Out now! Strike Force Heroes for Steam

by Old School Gamer | Nov 11, 2023 | 1990s, 2000s, Press Release

About Strike Force Heroes – Strike Force Heroes is an action-packed, old-school arena shooter rebuilt with modern mechanics. First introduced as a Flash game in 2012, publisher IndieArk and developer Sky9 Games have completely reimagined Strike Force Heroes from...

The Italian Amiga Demo Scene & Darkage Software – The Retro Hour EP402

by Old School Gamer | Nov 10, 2023 | 1990s, 2000s, Podcast of the Week

In week’s show, dive deep into the 1990s Italian Amiga scene with Paolo D’Urso. From his days as a demo coder and cloning Super Mario 64 with the late Amiga classic ‘Tales of Heaven’, to the publication of ‘Passione Amiga’ magazine....

The Week In Retro Gaming – November 7th

by Old School Gamer | Nov 7, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Magazine Preview

Welcome to our weekly newsletter, all the latest retro gaming news in one place. Halloween has been and gone, which can only mean one thing… Christmas is just around the corner! Can you remember a game or console that you got at Christmas that has stuck with you...

Shadow Dancer – A 1989/91 game released for the Amiga could be getting a Mega Drive to Amiga port instead

by Indie Retro News | Nov 5, 2023 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

While many of you have probably played Shadow Dancer back in the day on the Amiga, some of you felt while the game was fun, it was lacking in graphics, noting by many as having an Atari ST colour-palette and no Parallax. Well one such user might be changing that...

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Game Boy Adventure arrives on the C64 and it’s super cool!

by Indie Retro News | Nov 2, 2023 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Funnily enough during today I’ve been trying my utmost to find my original Gameboy which was given over to my Brother some years ago. Sadly I haven’t been able to find it, but at least this latest release by Roman Werner of the original Gameboy game Bill...

Atari enters into an agreement to acquire Digital Eclipse

by Old School Gamer | Nov 1, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Atari

PARIS, FRANCE (October [31], 2023 – 8.00 am CET) – Atari® (the “Company”) — one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers — is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Digital...