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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...
Fallout, Lunar Lander Beyond, & Progression of AI
About This Episode We watch a post-apocalyptic TV series based on an equally post-apocalyptic game franchise, explore how artificial intelligence is creeping its way into our lives, and play a brand new game that adds a layer of story onto a 1979 Atari arcade classic....
Donkey Kong ’94 on Nintendo Game Boy is WAY MORE than an Arcade Port!
Donkey Kong,[a] also referred to as Donkey Kong ’94, is a 1994 puzzle-platform game developed by Nintendo and Pax Softnica and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. Donkey Kong is loosely based on the 1981 arcade game of the same name and its sequel Donkey Kong Jr....
What’s Next for American Pinball?
This week, I’ve been gazing into my crystal ball and writing about what I believe is coming up next for the various manufacturers in pinball. I’ve already done Stern and Jersey Jack. Today I’m going to talk about American Pinball. I thought about not writing this one,...
Galloping Ghost Arcade Adds 1,000th Game
Every week Doc Mack, owner of the famous Galloping Ghost arcade, reveals a new "Monday Mystery Game" that he adds to the floor of his massive location in Brookfield, Illinois. This week's reveal was extra special, because it represented the 1,000th game on the floor...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Ciro Camera Talks Whirlight – No Time To Trip
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Ciro Camera, Co-Founder at imaginarylab discusses their new title, Whirlight - No Time To Trip. Old School Gamer Magazine: How was this game born? Ciro Camera: After the experience of “Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town” we...
Nintendo 64 Quest Kickstarter – Coming Soon
ONE MAN. 296 GAMES. 14 DAYS. NO ONLINE PURCHASES. ARE YOU GAME? Follow video game collector, Jay Bartlett on an adventure to collect all 296 N64 games in 14 days with no online purchases! CLICK HERE FOR KICKSTARTER Ten years after the original film, Nintendo Quest,...
Pacman RX – Another Pacman game appears and this one is a conversion by happycodingzx for the ZX Spectrum
I said to myself I wasn't going to feature any more Pac-Man games, especially as we've featured it so many times now with systems being mentioned such as the Atari 2600, Commodore Amiga, Intellivision and even the one that appeared on the Pico-8! Well we've got...
Holy Heroes – Coming soon to Steam
The game Holy Heroes was conceived out of a passion for Dungeon Master (MSX), 1986, ASCII - Eiichi Saida. The production of Holy Heroes was meticulously crafted to stay true to the DM niche, preserving excellent gameplay as much as possible. However, various additions...
Did Stern Pinball Just Confirm that Pokémon is Coming Soon?
As we wait for Stern to officially reveal 2024 Cornerstone Number 2, we have something else to talk about this morning. Yesterday on its Facebook page, Stern Pinball posted the following message: “What are some of your burning pinball questions that you’d like us to...
