Five Retro Games No One Played But Should Have

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Apr 21, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s

Retro Games…we love them, but we have missed so many. By just playing our favorites, there are countless other gems that never managed to grab our eyes. In this exclusive Old School Gamer Magazine post, author Patrick Hickey Jr. gives us five retro games we need to...

Musing of a Retro Gamer: Lost Media and Game Preservation

by Marcus Albers | Apr 19, 2026 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Arcade, Console/Handheld, Early IBM DOS, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

As I was browsing Reddit the other day, as I’m wont to do from time to time, I came across a post about something of great interest to me that I knew nothing about. The post discussed the release of a PC port of Infinity Blade II. For the uninitiated, the...

Arkamiga – Mainake Project revives classic Arcade action with this latest Arkanoid clone

by Indie Retro News | Apr 12, 2026 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Retro enthusiasts and Amiga fans have a new reason to dust off their hardware. The Mainake Project has officially released Arkamiga, a brand-new Arkanoid-style action game developed specifically for the classic Commodore Amiga system. In fact rather than a WHDLOAD,...

Wee Ninja – A great Mario style platformer for the Atari XL/XE and 5200 by Playsoft

by Indie Retro News | Apr 10, 2026 | 1980s, 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Playsoft have released a number of games over the years, from Blowsub on the Atari 5200, to the Atari 8bit hack of Donkey Kong by Darryl1970. Well it’s time for the Atari 5200 to get a new game announcement, as Playsoft has released the eagerly awaited high...

Axis – Escape the Aliens in this new C64 port from AnyStone Games

by Indie Retro News | Apr 6, 2026 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

The Commodore 64’s library has grown even bigger today with the official release of Axis, a high-stakes “escape” title developed by AnyStone Games. Born from the legacy of Zsolt Bertók’s (Bery) original Videoton TV Computer game of the same name, this...

Five Classic Video Game Easter Eggs

by Marcus Albers | Apr 5, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Arcade, Atari, Console/Handheld

The first use of the term “Easter Egg” is widely attributed to Steve Wright, then director of software development at Atari, circa 1980. He was, of course, referring to the now classic hidden credit room in Warren Robinett’s Adventure for the Atari...