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Dragon Warrior – by Jeremy Parish
If you’re old enough to remember the NES launch in America, you’re likely old enough to remember residual hand wringing in Washington, D.C. about the so-called Cold War “missile gap.” In the 1950s and ’60s, that doctrine stated that the Soviet Union had a numeric...
HOT NEWS as Ghosts’n Goblins has arrived as a Commodore Amiga AGA edition via JOTD!
If you played ' Ghosts'n Goblins ' the first game in the Ghosts 'n Goblins franchise on systems such as the Amstrad, Amiga, Atari, C64 and ZX Spectrum, or the more recent arcade overhaul that was released for the Plus/4. You'll be interested to know that as of just...
Sonic Spectrum Next – Sonic The Hedgehog comes over to the Spectrum NEXT via dave18
Sonic the Hedgehog has made its way onto the ZX Spectrum Next in an exciting new release titled Sonic Spectrum Next, developed by prominent retro community creator dave18. The game is a direct conversion of the classic Sega Master System (SMS) version. This ambitious...
Retro Interview: Zack Johnson Talks ‘West of Loathing’
Old School Gamer's Patrick Hickey Jr. brings out a classic out of his archive and chats with "West of Loathing" developer Zack Johnson to get the skinny on the nifty western RPG that actually plays a bit like "Skyrim." Old School Gamer: What inspired this game? Zack...
Review – Wee Ninja for the Atari Lynx
It is impossible to deny the impact Super Mario Bros had on the gaming landscape when it was released on the original NES, especially on scrolling platform games. For gamers, it set a standard to expect from new platforming games released afterward. For gaming...
The Untapped Market of Japanese Nintendo Game Boy Titles
Let’s give thanks to uncompensated fan translators. As a fan of video games developed in Japan, I am keenly aware of the sheer volume of excellent titles that have yet to be localized in English. Thankfully, when a publisher decides not to translate a certain game,...
JRPG FAN TRANSLATIONS – by Noah LaPointe
The MSX Japanese home computer system is largely unfamiliar to US audiences, and mayeven fly under the radar of many retro gaming enthusiasts. Elsewhere, it’s a different story. While unsurprisingly commonplace in its native country and in its neighbor South Korea,...
The Early History of JRPG – by Kurt Kalata
Enix’s Dragon Quest is one of the most important Japanese RPGs, as it establishes many of the genre conventions that are used to this day. But it certainly wasn’t the first of its type, as Japanese gamers had been experimenting with their own ideas on computers....
This Day In Video Game History
