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New On Antstream This Week: B.O.B. and Premier Manager 98
A quirky robot run and gun platformer football team management sim are this week’s newly added titles. The Antstream library just keeps growing as more titles are added. This week we have the robot run and gun platformer B.O.B. (SNES) and the chance to manage a...
Nostalgic Gaming: Retro Games Are Making a Comeback
Since the outbreak of Covid-19, it's no surprise that video game sales have increased. What is unexpected, though, is the number of old games that are making a comeback. Perhaps it's because so many of us have nostalgic feelings for our youth, for simpler times. Many...
Antstream Arcade Retro Gaming History: The Nintendo Famicom
Here at Antstream Arcade, we’re big fans of the Nintendo Famicom, or the Nintendo Entertainment System, as it’s known to Western audiences. Today marks the 41st anniversary of this iconic console’s debut, so join us as we delve into the history behind the Famicom and...
Q*bert 1983 Tabletop Restoration | Vintage Parker Brothers Arcade Machine
Tabletop arcade toys were all the rage in the early ’80s. Coleco was well known for its tabletop machines (Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, Frogger, etc.), but slightly lesser known were those by Parker Brothers. In 1983 they released this version of Q*bert by Gottlieb. Jon...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Rob McCallum
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Rob McCallum whose documentary is displayed on card number 585 from the Superstars of 2013 Collection. Rob is the writer and director of "Nintendo Quest", a documentary following one his friends on a quest to collect ALL North...
Nintendo 64 Quest – The Most Unofficial N64 Documentary Ever
CLICK HERE FOR KICKSTARTER Follow video game collector Jay Bartlett on an adventure to collect all 296 N64 games in 14 days with no online purchases! After more than a year of filming we're offering the exclusive chance to own our 13-episode doc series on disc or...
On the possibly exaggerated death of romhacking.net
On August 1st, Nightcrawler left a bombshell of an announcement on romhacking.net, moving the site to news only and releasing its database to the Internet Archive in the wake of financial and legal hardship. For the typical retro gamer who enjoys rom hacks, whether...
7-Eleven Slurpee + Tetris Handheld is SOLD OUT and in HIGH DEMAND!
You may remember last year when 7-Eleven was running a Pac-Man promotion collaborating with Namco Bandai. Well, they’re at it again this year, but this time around they’ve partnered with Tetris on the occasion of the 40th anniversary celebration. They’ve got hats...
Atari and PLAION Announce the Atari 7800+ Game Console
NEW YORK, Aug. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Atari, one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers, and PLAION, a global leading publisher and developer of video games, are proud to announce the Atari 7800+ – a faithful...
Atari 2600 Yars’ Revenge – The Ultimate Variation of the Ultimate VCS Game!
Yars’ Revenge is a video game released for the Atari 2600 in 1982. It was created by Howard Scott Warshaw and is Atari’s best-selling original game for the 2600. The player controls an insect-like creature called a Yar who must nibble or shoot through a barrier in...
Atari 2600 Donkey Kong: Was This Port TANKED to Make ColecoVision Look BETTER? — – COPY
Adventure is a video game developed by Warren Robinett for the Atari Video Computer System (later renamed Atari 2600) and released in 1980 by Atari, Inc. The player controls a square avatar whose quest is to explore an open-ended environment to find a magical chalice...
The Last Starfighter
About This Episode Four decades ago, young Alex Rogan got the highest score ever on his favorite game: Starfighter. He’s shocked to find out the game was a training & recruitment tool for actual intergalactic pilots, and his performance has earned him entry into...
Fighting Force: Failed Streets of Rage Pitch With Thunderstrike Engine= PS1 Beat-Em-Up Classic
Beat-em-up games have always been a cornerstone of the arcade experience, as well as consoles from the Eight-Bit Nintendo Entertainment System to the 16-Bit consoles that redefined the industry and put games in more homes than ever before. From Double Dragon on the...
RUMOR: American Pinball to Push Back Debut of Next Game to Avoid Another Release Avalanche
Here's an interesting rumor to start the week off. Flash back to March of 2023, that month saw an absolute avalanche of new pinball machine reveals. The Texas Pinball Festival featured the first public appearances of Chicago Gaming Company's Pulp Fiction, Stern...
A review of Minesweeper from Boss Fight Books
A major factor of retro gaming isn't just what the games themselves are so much as the context of where they were played. Kyle Orland's Minesweeper from Boss Fight Books is an excellent demonstration of this philosophy in action, simply because Minesweeper isn't...
Less Than 2 Weeks Until KC Retro
Step into the time warp and join the ultimate gathering of retro enthusiasts, gamers, and nerds in Overland Park this summer. Don't miss out on the nostalgia-filled experience of KC RETRO! Dive into a world where retro meets modern at KC RETRO! Explore a vibrant...
World premiere of BOULDER DASH® 40th Anniversary
August 13, 2023 – BBG Entertainment, the Munich-based game developer and publisher, is enriching the popular Retro Area (Hall 10.2) at this year's gamescom with a spectacular line-up of classics in original and reboot format as well as an innovative quiz game...
River Raid II Refueled the 2600
The name River Raid was- and still is- synonymous with high-energy shooting action. A classic on the Atari 2600 when originally released during the holiday season in 1982, Carol Shaw’s creation is regarded as one of the most enjoyable and original arcade dogfighters...
Full Motion Video Games
About This Episode Photo-realism in video games is commonplace now, but for decades, storage and technology limitations meant blocky figures were the best we could get. But as the tech evolved, the use of actual video started to enhance the game experience. In this...
Was Coleco’s Donkey Kong Port for Atari 2600 SABOTAGED? | Garry Kitchen Settles It!
FULL ONE-HOUR INTERVIEW: genxgrownup.com/GK One of the coolest benefits of being a content creator is having the opportunity to actually speak with some of the key figures who laid the foundation of the video game industry, and my guest for this video is without a...
Work begins on restoration of Square Enix’s early cell phone history
When most people think of retro games, they don’t think of phone games. Retro games, after all, are broadly speaking from a time before smart phones. But then again, phone games existed before smart phones did. Such is the case with Japanese feature phone games,...
Atari’s Yars’ Revenge OFFICIAL HSW Sequel Status! – Exclusive Interview
Yars’ Revenge is a video game designed by Howard Scott Warshaw for the Atari Video Computer System. The game involves a fly-like humanoid alien race known as Yars attacking their arch-rivals the Qotile who have destroyed their habitable planets in their solar system....
THE400 Mini Atari 8-bit Computer
The Atari 8-bit computer line is finally getting its due in the form of THE400 Mini from Retro Games & PLAION. If you are an Atari 8-bit fan, then you know what this is exciting news. This much-anticipated plug-and-play console has just arrived in the GenXGrownUp...
Wonder Boy in Monster Land- An RPG for Arcade?
Originally released in the arcade in Japan in 1987, Ryuichi Nishizawa’s Wonder Boy in Monster Land is one of the most influential early Sega games not named Sonic the Hedgehog, Kid Chameleon or Alex Kidd. An ambitious arcade action/RPG, its Sega Master System port...
