Farawaydius – A super tiny Gradius inspiration for the C64 gets a preview

by Indie Retro News | Apr 9, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, C64 Vic20, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

We’ve just received some rather interesting news from a good friend of ours, especially if you’ve got a C64 or emulator at hand, as if you loved playing the classic game of Gradius/Nemesis; a side scrolling shoot-em-up that was originally released as a...

The Wheel of Time is released

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

GOG Is Bringing Good Old Games Back To Life The Wheel of Time Is Now Available The classic FPS The Wheel of Time released for modern PCs with Nightdive Studios • Revealing a list of 500+ Good Old Games available on GOG • April 6th, 2022 – GOG, the digital distribution...

What PlayStation Needs To Do.

by Ben Magnet | Apr 5, 2022 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Opinions

This past week, Sony announced what the new tiered system for their online services would be.  Essentially it boils down to the more money you pay for the service, the more games you could play, with the Premium Membership being the one that has all the retro goodies....

Polar Bear in Space! – An Action packed game through Psytronik Software and RGCD gets a C64 release

by Indie Retro News | Apr 4, 2022 | 1970s, C64 Vic20, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

What a great December this is turning out to be and it looks like the C64 goodness hasn’t finished with us yet. As trawling through Facebook, we have just found out that the previously announced in development game of ‘Polar Bear in Space!’ is now...

The Sega… Pluto? by Adam Koralik

by Old School Gamer | Apr 2, 2022 | 1990s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview

Well, if you consider yourself a fan of video game history, you’re familiar with the Sega Saturn. Sega’s fifth generation console, launched in Japan in late 1994 where it did well. Released in the West in the summer of 1995 and did… less well. The...

King Cade and Retro Zone – by Ryan Burger

by Ryan Burger | Mar 31, 2022 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Events

When an opportunity to get involved in a Mini-Con in Kansas City came up with about 10 days to go before the event, I jumped at it. Contacting Cat, who runs the King Arcade for its owners Billy and Derek,I found out that they had done one of these events before but...