by Brian Lesyk | May 11, 2026 | 1980s, 2020s, Magazine Preview
This could have safely guessed that Tetris (Alexey Pajitnov, 1988) would appear in our list of The 50 Most Influential Video Games Ever. There’s a simple reason for this… Tetris is the single greatest video game ever created… No caveats. No clarifications. No...
by Tristan Ibarra | May 9, 2026 | 1980s, 2020s, Magazine Preview
The Legend of Zelda represents, for many gamers, the birth of what is arguably the greatest, and most influential, action-adventure franchise of all time. Released early in the Nintendo Entertainment System’s lifecycle, it arrived during a formative moment when...
by Old School Gamer | May 7, 2026 | 1980s, 2020s, Magazine Preview
Before RPGs, 1986,to strong narrative. Sir-Tech’s Wizardry from 1981 dumped players into a massive 10-floor dungeon with little more than a sentence of congratulatory text for beating the game. The first Ultima came out the same year and switched players from a...
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...