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...

Santa’s Workout – The first of many C64 games for Christmas, with Vector5games latest release!

by Indie Retro News | Dec 24, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, C64 Vic20, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Christmas is here and you’d expect to see lots of Christmas themed games appearing on Indie Retro News in the lead up to the 25th. Well that’s certainly happening this week, as the first game to be mentioned on our site is a Christmas game by Vector5games...

Christmas With Antstream Arcade

by Antstream Blog | Dec 23, 2022 | 1990s, Antstream, Console/Handheld, Retro Computing

Christmas is a magical time for gamers, and for retro fans it always brings back memories of large boxes under the Christmas tree, gaming treats ready to be unwrapped on a chilly December morning. We’ve all got special Christmas gaming memories – to celebrate this...

Did The Atari ST Midi Support Ruin Our Favorite 80’s Rock Band?

by Steve and Jeff Fulton | Dec 13, 2022 | AtariST

It’s nearing the holidays, so we won’t have anything brand-new to post until 2023.    So instead, please enjoy an episode of our podcast from a couple years back where we explore The Atari ST Midi support, and how the ST was used by just about every band...