The Commodore 64 – by Brett Weiss

by Brett Weiss | Jun 11, 2022 | 1980s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Commodore 64, and I love arcade ports, so let’s focus on coin-op conversions for the good ol’ C64, as it’s commonly called. As many of you know, I got my ColecoVision for Christmas in 1982, and that remains one of the...

GOG Summer Sale 2nd giveaway – Venetica

by Old School Gamer | Jun 10, 2022 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Press Release

We’re finishing the first week of the Summer Sale and to keep up with the non-E3 weekend craziness we’re launching the 2nd giveaway! Venetica – Gold Edition, the classic action RPG from Deck13 is now available to grab from GOG’s front-page, until Sunday...

The Best Wii U Games Under $20 (Even If You Have a Switch)

by Old School Gamer | Jun 9, 2022 | 2010s, Console/Handheld, Reviews

The best time to start accumulating games for a non-current system is when the successor is fully in bloom, but the system in consideration isn’t fully in “retro” mode yet. It helps when the game media isn’t backwards compatible on the newer system and a lot of the...

News & Updates from Intellivision

by Old School Gamer | Jun 8, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Press Release

Greetings, It has been a while since our last official update, and I thank you for your patience. I hope that this update on the state of Intellivision will answer some of your questions and explain where we are and where we are heading. When I took over as CEO of...

GOG partners with SEGA and release Alien: Isolation

by Old School Gamer | Jun 6, 2022 | 2010s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Press Release

GOG partners with SEGA and release Alien: Isolation for the launch of the Summer Sale SEGA joins GOG to offer their renowned games DRM-free, starting with the release of Alien: Isolation • Sanitarium giveaway now available for all • Summer Sale brings 3500+ deals up...

Commando – A classic game gets another Atari XL/XE VBXE update

by Indie Retro News | Jun 6, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Saberman has yet again contacted us to let us know that Shanti77 has announced a 4 level update to his previously announced work in progress C64 to Atari XL/XE VBXE conversion of Commando. As in the words of Shanti77 from our previous article “How does the game...