Berzerk: An Arcade Dream Come True

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jan 3, 2025 | 1980s, Atari, Early IBM DOS, Early IBM DOS Intro, GenX Grownup, Heritage Auctions, Indie, Indy Tools By Platform, Stern

Berzerk is one of the first video games in the history of the industry to truly live up to its name. A 2D shooter that inspired classic games the likes of Robotron 2084 and Smash TV, it was a massive success in arcades across the United States well before iconic games...

Montezuma’s Revenge – The 40th Anniversary Edition

by Old School Gamer | Jan 2, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Early IBM DOS, Early IBM DOS Intro, Press Release, Stern

Montezuma’s Revenge – The 40th Anniversary Edition resurrects a timeless classic on Steam for PC in January 2025 Independent developer and publisher Eastasiasoft Limited announced today that platforming adventure classic Montezuma’s Revenge is coming to Steam on...

Defective $1000 Atari XP Carts; the State of Modern Atari | An Editorial

by GenX Grownup | Dec 30, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Atari, Early IBM DOS, Early IBM DOS Intro, GenX Grownup, Heritage Auctions, Indie, Indy Tools By Platform, Stern

About two weeks ago, a user on X by the name of Cear Dragon posted that two of their limited AtariXP carts – Haunted House & Crystal Castles – were defective. Haunted House, he claimed, had the PCB inserted backwards and Crystal Castles, he said, was buggy and...

It’s In The Game Episode 1 Review: Amazon Prime Documentary Covers the Madden Franchise to 1990

by William Schwartz | Nov 27, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Apple 2, Console/Handheld, Retro Computing, Reviews

  It’s a bit strange to think of Madden Football in retro terms. Yes, the franchise dates to the eighties- but it still exists today, debatably as the most popular video game of our era, just not one we generally describe as a part of video game culture...

A review of Day of the Tentacle from Boss Fight Books

by William Schwartz | Nov 1, 2024 | 1990s, 2010s, Retro Computing, Reviews

  As Boss Fight books go, Day of the Tentacle is unusual in that it is not, strictly speaking, an original composition about the 1993 LucasArts adventure game. Author Bob Mackey is a video game journalist who worked for USgamer.net among other publications, and...

DOOM II Celebrates 30 Years of FPS Mayhem

by Matthew Owen | Oct 10, 2024 | 1990s, Console/Handheld, Retro Computing

When developer id Software first released DOOM for MS-DOS in late 1993, the world was forever changed. Engulfed by this fast-paced frenzy of demon slaying, gamers old and new were enamored with the genre-defining first-person shooter. 10 months later, DOOM II arrived,...