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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...
Dungeons of the Amber Griffin- 1st Place for Best Indie Game at Digital Dragons
Frozengem Studio is extremely proud to have won 1st place at Digital Dragons in the Indie Showcase category! Digital Dragons is one of the most important events in Central and Eastern Europe dedicated to the video game industry. This annual conference, held in Krakow,...
Retro Game Publisher Audacity Games™ announces a new release!
Audacity Games™ Announces the Cartridge Release of John Van Ryzin's Alien Abduction! Acclaimed designer follows up H.E.R.O.™ (1984) with another rescue adventure game. Folsom, CA: Audacity Games, a video game publisher focused on designing and publishing boxed game...
Gaming Creator from Netflix Press Release for ‘Backstabber’ Board Game
Netflix Reality TV Star, Avori, Made a Board Game Based off her Experience on Reality 1. The game is created based off of my experience on deceptive reality tv and is made to simulate that experience 2. The game will be released at Game Con alongside major brands...
Genesis – A rather cool Arcade Shoot ’em up for the ZX Spectrum by Retroworks
Retroworks are a group of very talented European programmers who make some excellent games for some of our favourite retro computers including the Spectrum, Msx and Amstrad cpc. The Arcade Shoot 'em up 'Genesis' for the ZX Spectrum 128k is certainly no exception! A...
Introducing Evercade Alpha – the first Evercade-compatible Bartop Arcade Machine in two officially licensed arcade designs from Capcom
Blaze Entertainment is delighted to announce its newest Evercade hardware, the Evercade Alpha - the first Evercade-compatible bartop arcade machine. The Evercade Alpha allows you to change the game. Available in two officially licensed designs from our partners at...
Barrels of Fun Pinball Update, Dune Production, Future Plans
Wow, the fellas at the LoserKid Pinball podcast have been super busy this week. A couple of days ago I shared their interview with Keith...
How Descent 4 Became Red Faction
Red Faction Lead Designer Alan Lawrance was one of the main minds that turned PS2 classic Red Faction into something special, but the changes during development were far more than you’d think and it was never easy. Selling nearly two million copies on the PlayStation...
The Story of Steel Battalion Online
There are many contenders for the greatest mech sim of all time, but Steel Battalion for the original Xbox has amassed a remarkably intense and devoted following due to the sheer fidelity of its simulation. I refer not so much to the gameplay as to its monster of a...
Final Fight Enhanced – An enhanced Amiga AGA/ECS version of a classic Beat ’em up from 1991 (New build available)
Thanks to another heads up from a good friend of ours, we've been told that Prototron and team, have released an updated build of the previously released enhanced version of the 1991 US GOLD published Beat 'em up of 'Final Fight' for the Amiga; A game that when it was...
Warren High School eSports League
eSports is on the rise and is bigger and brighter than ever. There is a lot of money to be made in the professional video game arena. Like most professional sports, you need to start young and practice as well as compete locally to get the experience you need. ...
Popeye VBXE – An arcade port, but this time for the Atari XL/XE with VBXE! (RC1)
Now here's a blast from the past, as we've just been informed by Liqmatrix, that the classic Arcade game of 'Popeye', has been released as an RC1 build for the Atari XL/XE with a VBXE as an Arcade conversion by woj. In a similar vein to Donkey Kong albeit not as good,...
Heroes of Gaming Podcast
Welcome to the International Award Winning Podcast Series The Heroes of Gaming Podcast! Conversations with the REAL HEROES of Gaming! From Indie to AAA, every genre, and across cultures we speak with the Creators, Concept Artists, Composers, Programmers, and...
Spediteur – A turn based business simulator released for the Commodore 64
Most of the games we feature are either platformers or shoot em ups, but today's news is something completely different, as Saberman has informed us that WindigoProductions has released the board game styled turn based business simulator of Spediteur for the Commodore...
Video Game of the Day – June 2nd – The Sims
Video Game of the Day is a daily show available on Amazon Alexa devices and here on this website. Each day, we briefly discuss the history of a single game, randomly chosen. If you would like to listen on your daily flash briefing, you can enable Video Game of the Day...
An Interview with Eric Koziol about the Final Fantasy 5 Four Job Fiesta
Every summer sees one of the longer running events of charity gaming- the Final Fantasy Five Four Job Fiesta. Eric Koziol, perhaps better known as revenantkioku, organizes the online event and has been gracious enough to speak with Old School Gamer magazine about the...
This Day In Video Game History
