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The addictive and unique gameplay of Yars’ Revenge
Yars’ Revenge was released during an era dominated by heroic space-shooters. And while the game took place in space, it broke some conventions of the genre. Instead of piloting a spaceship, you play as a flying alien. And instead of playing as a known protagonist, you...
Intellivision: Independence Holiday Update 2024
Happy Independence Day holiday to everyone in the USA, and we hope everyone else is enjoying a great summer! A lot has happened since our last update on Valentine’s day. The biggest news came in a press release at the end of May about our sale of the Intellivision...
Evander Holyfield’s Real Deal Boxing: Sega’s First Real Knockout
Boxing games have a rich history, but those on the early Sega consoles have always been hit or miss. While games the likes of Rocky II on the Sega Master System and Buster Douglas Boxing on the Genesis have cult followings, they weren’t exactly critically acclaimed...
Dreadnought Assault – Check out this rather awesome looking WIP scrolling shoot ’em up for the Atari 7800!
Not content with all the awesome news we've had so far this week, then how about this news story that's just been sent to us by our good friend Liqmatrix. It's the work in progress game of 'Dreadnought Assault' by kiwilove and playsoft. A rather awesome looking WIP...
Video Game of the Day – July 4th – Independence Day
Hello and welcome! My name is Katosepe and I’ll be your host for today’s Video Game of the Day! If I had more forethought, I would have recorded today’s episode yesterday so you could all hear it on July 4th but oh well. At least I’m recording this on the 4th so happy...
Aliens Neoplasma II – The sequel to an amazing game for the ZX Spectrum 128K and ZX Spectrum Next!
It wasn't long ago now that we had the pleasure of playing the awesome game 'Aliens NeoPlasma ' on the Spectrum which was developed by Sanchez crew (Russian Federation); a horror platformer as their own take on the Aliens movie theme complete with friendly...
An interview with Dustin Hubbard of Gaming Alexandria
The history of retro gaming isn't an especially long one, only going back maybe fifty years, at least if we limit ourselves to retro games as being computers rather than just complex machines. Preservation of this material can be challenging and thankless. All the...
Geo’s Quest Gateway to Nowhere – A new chapter in the latest Commodore Amiga Adventure game from GWI
Now another homebrew has appeared which will appeal to gamers who like adventure puzzlers , as we've been told by Tom in our email, that GWI has made available through Itch-io, the adventure game of Geo's Quest Gateway to Nowhere for the Commodore Amiga. A game in...
50 Years of Boss Fights – new book published
50 Years of Boss Fights celebrates the history of video game bosses, starting from the first boss in 1974. The book features interviews and insights from the developers who helped to make the bosses as memorable as they are, including those who created the first ever...
King’s Bounty: Putting the “Heroes” Into “Might and Magic”
Released in 1990 on PC and 1991 on the Sega Genesis, King’s Bounty is a strategy/RPG that even the most hardcore of gamers may have missed when it was originally hit shelves. However its place among the greatest strategy/role-playing games of all time should never be...
Mega Cat Studios just launched their Kickstarter project
ZPF is a new game being developed for the good old SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis game consoles, made by the designer and developer of Tänzer. The game can be best described as being a good old fashioned horizontal shooter. Known in the community as a horizontal shmup...
Another Zelda Podcast S6 E17 – “The Music of Wind Waker”
CLICK HERE FOR THIS WEEKS EPISODE Mallory swings through Chicago to share some of her favorite music from Wind Waker with David. DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY DAVID GEISLER | WRITTEN BY DAVID GEISLER AND ANDY BARNEY | EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: DAVID GEISLER | EDITOR:...
Supersega shape with specs revealed
Supersega.com, and a Spanish team of guys born in the 70’s and 80’s who’s goal is to release an “All In One Sega’s Consoles” (AIOSC) in the form of a new retro fpga / asic console, is expected to be fundraising this year (2024). The new upcoming Supersega console is...
Remaking Super Mario World from Memory
An important foundational aspect of retro gaming as a hobby is the nostalgia factor. Which is to say, how we remember the games we played as kids informs much of our appreciation of them in the present day. Even when, as it happens, our memories are completely wrong....
Gridlock – A recommended game by Megastyle for your Commodore 64
Night Mission Pinball Extended wasn't the only game to grace our Commodore 64 screens this weekend, as looking through my emails earlier today, I saw that Megastyle had released the C64 sliding puzzle styled game of Gridlock. A game in which the object of each...
Flying Shark – WIP Flying Shark remake for the Commodore Amiga 500 gets a new demo
A new Commodore Amiga news story has appeared in our inbox, as we've recently found out through the EAB forums, that the previously announced game of Flying Shark. A new Arcade to Amiga remake by Magnus T together with JMD and John Tsakiris(GFX). Has recently been...
Atari 2600 Superman: A Day in the Life of a Mild-Mannered Reporter!
Superman is a video game programmed by John Dunn for the Atari Video Computer System (later renamed Atari 2600) and released in 1979 by Atari, Inc. The player controls Superman, whose quest is to explore an open-ended environment to find three pieces of a bridge that...
Evercade Announces Two New Arcade Collections to Coincide With Evercade Alpha Release in November
Toaplan Arcade 3 brings 7 great arcade games to Evercade including the much-requested Batsugun and Out Zone. Data East returns to Evercade with 12 Arcade classics including Joe and Mac Returns, Super BurgerTime, and more. Both collections are to be released at the...
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie: From Mullet to Morphin’
The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers were a cultural phenomenon in the early ‘90s. Because of that, it should come as no surprise that video games based on the series appear on every console of the era and have their own legacy as well. While it’s easy to have mixed...
Zelda 3 and Super Metroid, Together At Last
The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past and Super Metroid are perhaps the two most significant games of the Super Nintendo era of retro video games. Their emphasis on collectible items allowing for forward advancement through mazes, and the polish on these ideas...
Atari 2600 Starmaster: Activision’s Take on an Atari’s First-Person Space Shooter
Starmaster is a video game written for the Atari 2600 by Alan Miller and published in June 1982 by Activision. The game is similar to Atari 8-bit family game Star Raiders. Starmaster was not ported to other systems, but has been re-released in collections such as...
Stern Pinball Reveals JAWS Accessories
Today at Noon Eastern Stern Pinball lifted the veil off of its line of accessories for its JAWS pinball machine. The new add-ons for the game are as follows: Topper: $999.99 Art Blades: $99.99 Shooter Knob: $149.99 Armor: $249.99 Speaker Light Kit: $199.99 "Stern...
Reading the Classics – From Back in the Day to Today – By Leonard Herman, the Father of Video Game History
Ever since the world’s first two videogame magazines, Great Britain’s Computer and Video Games and the United States’ Electronic Games, debuted two weeks apart in November 1981, printed videogame magazines have basically come in four flavors. General: The...
Skald: Against the Black Priory – A dark fantasy game inspired by classic RPG’s available now!
In the 80's many of us had the pleasure of playing Ultima IV on the C64, it was arguably one of the best RPG's ever released which featured a top down playing field with lush landscapes, dungeons to explore, characters to traverse with and many enemies to fight. So...
