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Escape from PETSCII Castle – A WIP Wolfenstein 3D inspiration but for the Commodore C64 by Jimbo
This week we have been flooded with awesome Amiga games, so to change all that, here's the latest update from Jimbo, his newest of WIP creations for the Commodore C64 called ' Escape from PETSCII Castle'. A Wolfenstein 3D inspiration from the same creator who released...
The Most Influential Baseball Games Ever
With the MLB offseason in full swing, Old School Gamer's Patrick Hickey Jr. counts down the most influential baseball video games of all time. Encompassing nearly 40 years of video game history, America's pastime has a rich legacy in video games. 10: Little League...
Anyone Can Make a Game: Construction tools on the C64
The dream of many a gamer is to turn their big gaming ideas into reality. The 8-bit micros of the 80s came with the tools to do so built in, with BASIC baked into the system. But, even with the extensive manual provided by Commodore for the C64's Microsoft BASIC v2.0,...
Join the Adventure: “Treasures for Hope” Awaits in Sea of Thieves
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, adventure seekers explored digital caverns armed only with their keyboards and imaginations, hunting for treasures described entirely in text. Zork expanded on earlier text-based games like Colossal Cave Adventure by introducing a...
Snowed Under – A new charity game from Allan Turvey amp; Andy Johns for the ZX Spectrum
When it comes to announcing something from Allan Turvey, it's usually a new game that's just been announced such as the case with Asteroids RX, Percy Penguin or even Terrapins. But this time he's decided to do something different, as in relation to the upcoming...
Limited Run Games opens preorders for Capcom Arcade Stadium Vol. 1
On January 9th, Limited Run Games formally opened pre-orders for the physical release of Capcom Arcade Stadium Vol. 1, a compilation that will bring 32 classic Capcom arcade games to modern consoles. This particular compilation is not new. It is already...
Top 10 Nintendo Entertainment System Retro Games Of All Time
How often do you play games that are quite old, but still relevant and nostalgically appealing to you? Surely everyone has a couple or three games that are pleasant to remember, noting any events associated with them, or just to note how far ahead of time the game...
Duck Hunt: The Ultimate Shooter – By Todd Friedman
If you ask a gamer to name some popular shooter titles, they will tell you games like Call of Duty, Doom, Halo, Grand Theft Auto and Goldeneye. Before all of these hit the shelves, Nintendo had a vision of providing a shooter game with the new Nintendo Entertainment...
This Day In Video Game History
