Podcast of the week – Cartridge Command

by Old School Gamer | Apr 25, 2022 | 1990s, 2000s, Console/Handheld, Podcast of the Week

Cartridge Command is your weekly retro gaming podcast where they discuss, breakdown, and review one classic game! When a PC game is ported to the NES, it’s not always pretty. Luckily, Maniac Mansion for the NES is pretty awesome! We cover the game-play...

Berzerk – Classic 1980’s Arcade game by Stern gets a C64 Conversion via Arlasoft!

by Indie Retro News | Apr 24, 2022 | 1970s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Great news if  you have an Commodore 64 as we’ve recently been given the heads up by Saberman through Facebook, that Arlasoft who was behind the great Arcade conversions such as Donkey Kong Jr, Fastfood, Galaga and Galaxian DX has released an unofficial port of...

Wolfenstein 3D: Spear of Destiny – The prequel to Wolfenstein 3D also gets the Amiga 1200 treatment via BSZili!

by Indie Retro News | Apr 21, 2022 | 1990s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

It was only just the other day that we announced through Indie Retro News that BSzili was aiming to bring the full version of the classic 1992 ID Software game of ‘Wolfenstein 3D’ over the A1200 with some Fast RAM, no CPU accelerator required. Well fast...

POSTAL 2 available for free on GOG

by Old School Gamer | Apr 21, 2022 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Press Release

What better way to start a Thursday than with some news about free games!   We have a special deal for fans of a dark sense of humor – Postal 2 is now up for grabs on GOG until the 22nd of April 2022, 10:30 PM UTC – just head over to GOG’s front page and...

Console Review: THEA500 Mini

by Jason Russell | Apr 20, 2022 | Console/Handheld, Gaming, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Magazine Preview, Reviews

The Amiga Story As hard as it is to imagine now, when the Amiga line of computers came on the scene in 1985, the Commodore 64 was only three years old. And, contrary to common misconception, the two Commodore personal computer platforms coexisted all the way until...

NEW Re-release from Retro-Bit! Battletoads & Double Dragon

by Old School Gamer | Apr 19, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Press Release

Open Pre-Orders April 19th – May 22nd! ONE-TIME RELEASE! Worlds collide in Battletoads & Double Dragon in an officially-licensed limited collector’s cartridge re-release of the classic Nintendo® Entertainment System brawler from Retro-Bit® Publishing, a...