My First Game: Steve Marsden and Technician Ted

by Antstream Blog | Apr 16, 2023 | 1980s, Antstream, Retro Computing

Everyone has to start somewhere. Even the most dedicated and renowned game developers begin with a straightforward idea, polishing and honing it until their first game duly appears. Sometimes these were released virtually unnoticed; on other occasions, they’d be a...

The Atari ST and The Lost Dutchman Mine – The Movie

by Steve Fulton | Mar 31, 2023 | 1980s, AtariST

What does it mean to finish a computer game? Why are people sometimes compelled to get to the end state of a game decades after they first played it?What if that game is so obscure, almost no one alive even remembers it even exists. What if the developers never made...

TI’s Field Guide to Collecting – by Tristan Ibarra

by Old School Gamer | Feb 26, 2023 | 1970s, 1980s, Retro Computing

First and foremost, an introduction is in order before you go and read my opinions on game collecting. For this inaugural article, instead of talking to another gamer about a topic, I’ll first focus on myself so you know me and where I come from. My name is Tristan...

My First Game: Jon Williams and Jet-Boot Jack

by Antstream Blog | Feb 20, 2023 | 1970s, 1980s, Antstream, Atari400800

Everyone has to start somewhere. Even the most dedicated and renowned game developers began with a straightforward idea, polishing and honing it until their first game duly appeared. Sometimes these would be released virtually unnoticed; on other occasions, they’d hit...

Quasimodo’s Christmas Caper – An in development festive C64 game gets another teaser

by Indie Retro News | Dec 25, 2022 | 2010s, 2020s, C64 Vic20, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

We have recently found out through Facebook that as of December this year, Robert Wilson will be releasing his upcoming C64 game of ‘Quasimodo’s Christmas Caper’; An in development Arcade Platformer which is a spin off to Hunchback Redux (currently...

Santa Claus – A family friendly C64 game by IntoInside for Christmas

by Indie Retro News | Dec 24, 2022 | 1970s, C64 Vic20, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

With Christmas being about two months away you’d expect to see a number of Christmas themed games appearing on Indie Retro News in the lead up to the 25th. Well that’s certainly happened this week, as the first game to be mentioned on our site is a...