Butcher Billy’s Stranger Tales: The Second Season

by Old School Gamer | Jul 3, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Press Release

If you are a Stranger Things fan, then you’ll know the artwork from Brazilian designer/illustrator, Butcher Billy, is stunningly amazing! The timeline of Stranger Things is perfectly suited for us nostalgia seekers with nods to everything retro that we loved from the...

Don Bluth’s Dragon’s Lair and Dragon’s Lair II available for the Apple IIgs!

by Indie Retro News | Jun 30, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Apple 2, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Now I remember Dragon’s Lair very well, from the Amstrad version with the jumping of platforms or trying to stay on the spinning disk without being blown off, or the interactive animated version which appeared as a laserdisc in which you needed to press a...

SNK vs CAPCOM for the C64 looks super cool in this new footage! ( Demo Available! )

by Indie Retro News | Jun 27, 2022 | 1990s, 2020s, C64 Vic20, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Once again there’s another fighting game that’s well worth a mention, as thanks to Jon Eggelton letting us know through our Indie Retro News Facebook group, we’ve been told that he and Gianluca Alberico is working on a new game for the C64 called...

Space Invaders – The all time classic game ‘Space Invaders’ arrives on the ZX Spectrum NEXT

by Indie Retro News | Jun 25, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Yet another Space Invaders game has appeared in our Indie Retro News inbox, as we’ve recently informed through Facebook, that the classic game of Space Invaders which was previously in development by SplinterGU for the ZX Spectrum NEXT, has now been released....

GOG’s Summer Sale Finale with VirtuaVerse giveaway

by Old School Gamer | Jun 24, 2022 | 1990s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Press Release

June 24th, 2022 – That’s it, after almost 3 weeks of DRM-free deals for gamers from every generation are slowly coming to an end. Yet, before Summer Sale on GOG reaches its finale after the weekend, there are still a few surprises – the final giveaway, a bunch of...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Nikki Greene

by Todd Friedman | Jun 24, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Arcade

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Nikki Greene, who currently is displayed on card number 4123, from the Superstars of 2022 Collection. Nikki is an all-around gamer that enjoys anything and everything about gaming. Her love is typically playing arcade or...