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Four Job Fiesta Hits $10,000 Mark for Charity Drive
Last month, the Final Fantasy Five Four Job Fiesta started its usual summer event. Based around the 1992 Super Famicom Game and its various remakes, the Four Job Fiesta takes a simplifying approach to the job-based role-playing game. Instead of utilizing all 22...
Retro Review: Lost Dimension: The Best Vita RPG
With the kind of story any Manga or Anime fan can jump right into and easily palatable turn-based combat, “Lost Dimension,” developed by Lancarse, the minds behind other Atlus favorites “Etrian Odyssey” and “Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey,” is an enjoyable...
INNOVATIVE LEISURE: A HISTORY OF ATARI – by Leonard Herman
When Jack Tramiel left Commodore in January 1984, he started a new company called Tramel Technology with several ex Commodore employees, and his three sons in top executive positions, with the goal of selling a new home computer. When Warner Communications announced...
Pixel Arcadia – August 24th
Thanks to Time Extension, we just found out about a new tv show? - channel who knows. And the youtube video doesn't tell us much. Retro game marketing company Pixel Helix has announced a digital showcase celebrating retro games, which will air in August. Broadcast in...
The Music of JRPGs – by William Schwartz
The story of JRPG music begins in that same ironic place so many JRPG stories begin, with Final Fantasy for the NES in 1987. After initially being thrown into the game without much explanation, the four warriors of light are rewarded with a bridge to take them further...
Deuteros Resurrected – Strategy PC remake of a classic Amiga/Atari ST game is in the works, first milestone reached!
We haven't featured a PC remake of Ian Bird's Amiga/Atari ST Strategy game Deuteros for awhile, especially as a number of announced remakes of this classic game have been announced and then dropped never to be seen again. Thankfully it looks as if Tony Cheetham has...
Neo Geo Pocket Color: Arcading Gaming in Your Pocket?
When you think about mobile gaming in the 80s and 90s, you are more than likely going to be thinking about some version of the Nintendo Game Boy. Nintendo managed to dominate the handheld market, even with a number of competitors, many of whom had superior technical...
The Retro RPGs that Inspired – by Matt Owen
Every now and then, a truly great game will emerge, revitalizing a beloved genre and reminding us why we fell in love with it in the first place. In 2025, that game was Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, a turn-based RPG developed by Sandfall Interactive, which wears its...
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