Atari Acquires Intellivision Brand -HUGE Game Library!
Atari® — one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers — announced today it has purchased the Intellivision brand and certain games from Intellivision Entertainment LLC. Atari will seek to expand digital and physical...
Stern Pinball Production Schedule: Comic Star Wars is Back
I’m sitting here with no Internet or television, so I figured why not use my cell phone to write another article. I just saw a Facebook post from the distributor Mad Pinball (https://www.madpinball.com) staring that the much requested Comic Edition of Stern Pinball’s...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Tom Asaki
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Tom Asaki who is displayed on card number 1046, from the Superstars of 2014 Collection. As one of the founding members of the U.S. National Video Game Team, Tom is one of the original players at the Twin Galaxies arcade in the...
The Best Sega 32X Exclusive Games Ever Made
In the early 90s, Sega's Genesis system was struggling compared to its competitors, so the company looked to enhance their 16-bit home console with hardware add-ons. Preceding the release of the Sega Saturn, the 32X infused the Genesis with richer visuals and smoother...
The Ultimate U.S. Games/Vidtec/Atari 2600 Tier List – ALL RELEASED GAMES RANKED
During this renaissance of Atari 2600 games in the wake of the release of the 2600+, prices for those decades-old cartridges continue to climb. So it’s even more important now to know the caliber of the game inside the increasingly-expensive little plastic boxes. In...
Berzerk: An Arcade Dream Come True
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...
A Quiet Place: Day One, Releases.com, & Intellivision
About This Episode We head to the theatre to see third entry and prequel in the Quiet Place franchise, check out a website that promises to help you stay on top of the overwhelming volume of media releases, and delve into the library of the ’80s Mattel console that...
Montezuma’s Revenge – The 40th Anniversary Edition
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...
Old Towers – RetroSouls seriously cool ZX Spectrum game arrives on the Famicom/NES with a version 1.1
If you've been following RetroSouls for awhile you would've known they have released games such as GLUF, Old Tower, Twinlight, Alter Ego, and even Tourmaline for the ZX Spectrum. Well today as thanks to a heads up via Facebook, we have been told that they have...
RetroAchievements Put a Modern Spin on Classic games
The evolution of video games has brought about controversial additions like constant online connectivity and battle passes, but some of these newer features are actually quite good. Take for instance the modern achievement system, popularized in 2005 with the release...
Defective $1000 Atari XP Carts; the State of Modern Atari | An Editorial
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...
Lord of the Orb – XaVeR adds even more levels to a classic 1985 game by Antic Software
Here on Indie Retro News we do love writing about the Atari XL/XE, I mean seriously we can't stop featuring the latest games released for this system. Well here we are with another story sent to us by Saberman, and it's the latest new level update for the classic game...
Comparison of 2019 vs. 2024 Pac-Man | Basic Fun Arcade Classics AGAIN in 2024!
Basic Fun’s line of Arcade Classics tabletop video game toys were all the rage in the late teens, but new released evaporated around 2020 – or so we thought! Just in the past week, sightings of a new Pac-Man with a 2024 copyright and updated box art started to appear...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Michael Thomasson
Interview from July 7th, 2017. Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Michael Thomasson who is displayed on card number 531, from the Twin Galaxies Superstars Collection of 2013. Michael is also featured on card number 670. Michael is one of the most widely...
Tetra Zone – A modern take on a classic WIP for the Commodore Amiga
If you've played the 1980's hit game of Tetris then you'll be pleased to know that as of this morning, we have been informed that you can now download Wei-ju Wu's WIP Commodore Amiga game of Tetra Zone. As in the words of the creator "a modern take on the best known...
Getting into the Holiday Spirit with Two Classic Games
As we all frantically get ready to celebrate, it’s difficult to avoid the seasonal bombardment of the usual yuletide media: Christmas music, Christmas films, Christmas-themed episodes of TV shows, and Christmas books to a much lesser extent. But what about...
A Very Hairy Christmas – A modern HD debut of Mr Hair for the PC by Langford Productions
We've just received word from our good friend Richard of Langford Productions, of a new PC game that has been released called 'A Very Hairy Christmas'. A game which doesn't just have nods to other classic games from the 80's such as Pac-Man and PSSST, but it's a...
New Stranger Things Table from Zen Studios; Stern Improves Insider Connected App; New Spooky Logo
I have a couple of pinball odds and ends for everyone this afternoon. Let's start in the world of digital pinball. First off, I had no idea that Netflix includes 112 free phone apps with subscriptions to its video service. Apparently, one of these subscriptions...
Croco Folie – A tribute and celebration for the 40th birthday of the Amstrad CPC 464
Amstrad CPC owners if you're feeling a little left out, then worry not! As we've just found out through our emails and Twitter, that AYOR61 and team, who were also behind other games such as Missile Command, Octopus 21 and Midnight Streets. Has released the new arcade...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Grady Hunt Talks MediEvil
Old School Gamer chats with former Sony Computer Entertainment producer Grady Hunt, who discusses the PS1 classic, Medieval. Old School Gamer: What was your role in the game? Grady Hunt: I was working at SCEA in the Product Development team, I was the Producer most...
Dangerous Toys We Shouldn’t Have Had
About This Episode We’re Generation X kids who grew up largely unsupervised and left to our own devices. That often resulted in “play” time being a bit rougher and more hazardous than those who grew up in later generations. In this Backtrack, we’re taking a stroll...
Battle for Cronos – A high quality turn based wargame for the Commodore 64 by Windigo Productions!
Fancy a game that doesn't just have a great starting soundtrack, a brilliant intro and turn based combat for up to 4 players? Then make sure to check out Windigo Productions latest Commodore 64 game of 'Battle for Cronos'. A game in which the creator says has epic...
Labyrinth – A Remake of the Commodore 64 game Labyrinth for the Amiga
Even though the Caffeine hasn't kicked in yet and I'm still half asleep, I thought I'd give quick a shout out to Kim Fastrup Larsen's new remake update of 'Labyrinth' for the Commodore Amiga. A game in which the developer says "is a remake of a Commodore 64 game...
A review of Shovel Knight from Boss Fight Books
No one can ever quite agree what really makes a video game retro. Ten years old used to be a good yardstick, but as time marches on, and ten years ago now includes the PlayStation 4, well, that's not generally a good definition. Strangely enough, though,...
Multimorphic Pinball – By Derek Blaha
Behind the doors of an unassuming building hidden away in an industrial complex in the heart of Texas lies one of the most creative and revolutionary pinball companies around. If you are a pinball fan and have never heard of Multimorphic, you’re missing out on a whole...
TI’s FIELD GUIDE TO COLLECTING – By Tristan Ibarra
I was born in 1981, the same year that Jump Man and Donkey Kong had everyone over a barrel and shortly after Pac-Man gave everyone a certain fever. Back then, video games as an entertainment medium were in their infant years and still just a curiosity to most. The...
Forgotten Indie Games That Deserve to Be Remembered
With the holidays approaching, everyone is focused on the new games we want, but in this special post, we detail games that deserve to be remembered. Endless Midnight: Zombie Swarm: Jordan Trudgett’s independent game on the 360 Live Arcade was from a different era. In...
Civil War, Beelink Mini PC, & Cash Cow DX
About This Episode We head back to the theatre for latest kaiju team-up movie from Legendary pictures, check out a capable mini computer with a budget price that just might surprise you, and play a new arcade-style indie game featuring a cow with a pickaxe gathering...
Modern Retro Gaming – By Brian Lesyk
I remember reading a quote once by famed French novelist and literary critic Marcel Proust: “Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.” In that vein, our zeal for the experiences of yesteryear as gamers often unintentionally...
THE PRE-NINTENDO 64 WEEKEND – By The Jaded Gamer – Bill Donohue
suppose one of the greater delights one can experience when one gets older is bringing joy to the younger members of the family, because it not only brings fun and laughter to the younger ones; it also brings a warmth that is unlike any other feeling known to man to...
Fist of the North Star 2 aka Last Battle (Sega Mega Drive) is possibly coming to the Commodore Amiga
The last news story from me today unless something major comes out, as looking through both the EAB forums and Facebook, we've found out that the Sega Mega Drive version of Last Battle: Legend of the Final Hero, is possibly coming to the Commodore Amiga as Fist of the...
Secret Level Episode 115 Review: Playstation
In the classic situation comedy Gilligan's Island, which deals with seven colorful castaways stranded on an island, there are two versions of the theme song. In the first version, five of the castaways are named, while two of them are filed away under the...
MODRETRO’S GAMEBOY REINVENTED – by Ryan Burger
The ModRetro Chromatic, a new handheld device that plays all of the original Game Boy and Game Boy Color cartridges, will be hiding underneath many a Christmas tree this December, just like the original did back in 1989 with the OG version from Nintendo. While this...
Secret Level Episode 110 Review: Mega Man
Having only seen the Pac-Man episode of Secret Level; it was hard to guess what to expect from the Mega Man short. The only real unifying principle of any episode of Secret Level is that engages with some kind of idea from the video game in question. As it...
OBSCURE COLECOVISION ARCADE PORTS – By Brett Weiss
Although I first began playing video games on my cousin’s Atari Pong in 1975 and on my friends’ Fairchild Channel F systems in 1976 (both my next-door neighbor and another buddy a mile away had a Channel F - crazy!), the first console I actually owned was a...
Donkey Kong – A famous 80’s game has just got a rather awesome Arcade to ZX Spectrum conversion!
In the early 80's Nintendo released one of the most famous games of all time, and that game was ' Donkey Kong '. A game in which you played as Mario that had to avoid obstacles across a number of platforms, with sometimes a hammer in hand to save a damsel in distress...
Secret Level Episode 106 Review: Pac-Man
There's an old joke about Pac-Man and video games. Everybody knows that video games don't really influence kids' behavior. After all, if they were imitating Pac-Man, they'd just be chasing each other around dark mazes, popping pills and listening to repetitive...
Full Circle Pinball – by Michael Thomasson and Kelly Kaye
Pinball is a hobby that spans generations; one that can bring individuals from all walks of life together. I recently rediscovered this when I innocently walked into the Frank Murray Community Center looking for a backgammon partner. Instead, I met Kelly Kaye, one of...
The Video Game Life – by Chris Tang
Living in Hawaii was a blessing in many gaming ways – the Asian influence there provided Japanese bookstores with import game magazines and school friends who had software from Hong Kong and Japan. However, gaming retail in Hawaii was unlike the rest of the USA, as...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside Santa’s Journey
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Santa’s Journey creator Karl Dunkelman, who details the game and his hopes for it moving forward. Old School Gamer Magazine: For those that don’t know about the game, tell us about it! Karl Dunkelman: Santa’s Journey is the...