by Marcus Albers | May 6, 2026 | 1980s, 2020s, C64 Vic20, Reviews
In case you haven’t heard, the classic Commodore has undergone a rebirth. Retro computer YouTuber Christian “Peri Fractic” Simpson managed to gather the support and financing to purchase the bits and pieces of Commodore held by other companies and...
by Old School Gamer | May 5, 2026 | 1980s, 2020s, Magazine Preview
I remember playing a ton of Gauntlet and gathering friends at the Fun Factory arcade in Valley West Mall. This game couldn’t really be played competitively against one another, since you all shared the mission of surviving long enough to make it through the level....
by Indie Retro News | May 4, 2026 | 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...
by Jeremy Parish | May 3, 2026 | 1980s, 2020s, Magazine Preview
it’s almost certainly not with any sort of affection. A slow, primitive-looking grind of a game with repetitive music and confusing action, Hydlide came across as nothing so much as a terrible clone of The Legend of Zelda when it hit the NES in the spring of 1989....
by Indie Retro News | May 2, 2026 | 1990s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired
If you’ve never heard of Super Mario Kart, then I guess you were living in a cave, as this game series which first appeared in 1992 on the SNES, was one of the most addictive arcade style racing games ever to appear on a TV screen. So to see someone try to...
by Todd Friedman | May 1, 2026 | 1990s, 2020s, Magazine Preview
While I agree with that, 2 years before Mortal Kombat hit the scene, there was a breakthrough game featuring live-motion capture. This game was Pit Fighter. An underrated game in my opinion, Pit Fighter captures the reality of fighting in a video game. I remember...