June 9th 2025 release date set for Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day

by William Schwartz | May 8, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s

  Monkey Wrench Films has announced a global TVOD and digital release for the documentary Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day which came out in theaters earlier this year. The musical documentary about Walter Day discusses the lawsuits faced by the...

Paper Dreams: A History of Play-by-Mail Gaming

by Old School Gamer | May 8, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Press Release

Do you like cheering for the underdog? Do you like classic and retro gaming? Then you’ll love this book. Just like the young student decades ago who had to be cut off because he was using his lunch money for play-by-mail (PBM) games, some people are obsessed with...

Nightmare Busters Rebirth: Kickstarter Launch Date Revealed

by Todd Friedman | May 7, 2025 | 1980s, 2020s, Press Release

NIGHTMARE BUSTERS REBIRTH is coming to Kickstarter on May 13! From dream to reality Pix’n Love Games and Aurora Game Studio are proud to announce the upcoming Kickstarter launch of Nightmare Busters Rebirth, scheduled for May 13, 2025. This modern reimagining of the...

A review of Collie Defense for the Game Boy Advance

by William Schwartz | May 6, 2025 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Reviews

  It’s strange to think of tower defense games as being a retro concept. Of course, depending on how strictly you define the phrase tower defense, they were there from the beginning. Defender, for example. But usually, when we say tower defense today,...

RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army Collector’s Edition

by Todd Friedman | May 5, 2025 | 1990s, 2020s, Press Release

Limited Run Games Presents – RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army Collector’s Edition Limited Run Games is proud to announce their not-to-be-missed physical Collector’s Edition of this retelling of Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The...

Empire Strikes Back – A C64 fan version by Megastyle has been released and it looks mighty impressive

by Indie Retro News | May 4, 2025 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Well, it’s that time of year again when we all suddenly become sci-fi nerds and amusingly misquote Star Wars for 24 hours, so to celebrate the geek in-joke turned global holiday that is Star Wars Day, we present you a brand new game for the C64 which is sure to excite...