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ATARI 50 – by Brad Feingold
History has never been my favorite class in high school or college. I know there were very important facts, but flat out, I just couldn’t remember the dates and people involved… and it was boring. I needed a reason to stay engaged. Years after my education, there is...
Magic & Legend: Time Knights – Welcome to a new Gameboy and Game Boy Colour game!
The Game Boy was a huge part of my childhood, games such as Tetris, Mario and even PaperBoy was played for many hours, even when trying to see the damn thing on long haul travels. So to see a new Game Boy and Game Boy Colour game called ' Magic & Legend: Time...
Five Football Games That Forced Madden to Evolve
The Madden NFL series is considered the hallmark of all pigskin titles, but its influences and competition have shaped it in more ways than you expect or know. Here are five games that have either helped make Madden what it is- or have forced it to evolve. Tecmo Bowl:...
Raw Thrills – By Bill Lange
Raw Thrills specializes in the development and publishing of coin-operated arcade video games. Based in Illinois, the company was founded in 2001 by Eugene Jarvis, Deepak Deo, and Andrew Eloff. Jarvis, a legendary game designer, who had previously worked at Williams...
Adrian’s Digital Basement – The Retro Hour EP361
We chat to the awesome Adrian Black from Youtube channel Adrian's Digital Basement about early computing and BBS memories, and some excellent tips on maintaining your retro collection. https://audioboom.com/posts/8232681-adrian-s-digital-basement-the-retro-hour-ep361...
The Best Game Gear “Ports”
Old School Gamer counts down the 10 best Game Gear ports. 10: Alien Syndrome: Sega’s underrated Master System shooter is a fun one on the Game Gear. 9: Columns: This does exactly what you’d expect, despite the smaller real estate. 8: Ecco the Dolphin: It’s just as...
It Returned To The Desert – A nod to an all time classic is coming to a PC(Windows) system near you, 15th Feb!
Back in 1989 Cinemaware released one of the greatest action-adventure games ever made. It had a strong Hollywood B movie vibe as you tried to prove that giant ants were real and convince the mayor to call upon the national guard to fight. Featuring a mix of...
Demon Attack: The Next Wave & Atlantis: A City Rebuilt
Demon Attack: The Next Wave and Atlantis: A City Rebuilt are the first entry in what we call the Classics Reimagined for the ColecoVision, Coleco Adam and CollectorVision systems. CLICK HERE FOR KICKSTARTER Two reimaginings of classic games on one cartridge for the...
Evercade Announces Two New Collections for 2023 with THEC64 and Toaplan
Twenty one more games from gaming industry legends THEC64 and Toapaln are coming to Evercade Cartridges this April, joining the existing 35+ Evercade Phsyical Release Library. YouTube Channel Releasing in April 2023, Evecade fans can revisit more classic games close...
Midway to Williams to Raw Thrills – by Ryan Burger
The progression from Williams Pinball of the 1940s through the Williams Electronics days of video games into its spinoff of Midway Electronics and finally to its spiritual successor Raw Thrills, has been a fantastic amount of big games coming from Chicago, Illinois....
OTXO out on PC APRIL 20TH
The violent top-down shooter with roguelite elements launches on PC on APRIL 20TH! Coming next from Super Rare Originals is OTXO. Developed by Lateralis, the developer behind Dogworld, this fast-paced and dark roguelite with precise but savage gunplay and time-bending...
From Williams We Get Midway – by Todd Friedman
Midway, Midway Games, Midway Manufacturing, Bally Midway. Any way you say it, you can identify some very cool games in its history, especially in the 1990s and early 2000s. This era was the absolute best times for the company and their video games were about to be...
H.E.R.O. – An awesome conversion of a classic now for the VIC-20 by Kollektivet
Gamers of the 1980's will remember a fantastic game called ' H.E.R.O' which was released for the Atari 800/2600, ColecoVision, C64, C128, and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. It was a classic game which puts you in control of Roderrick Hero, on a mission to search the cave...
Wonder Boy – An Arcade game from 1986 as an unofficial Amiga port by Acidbottle gets a new update
We've featured Wonderboy many times now on Indie Retro News, from the modern remake of Wonderboy The Dragons Trap, to the Amiga versions of Wonderboy in Monster Land SE, and the more recent Arcade to Amiga port of Wonderboy by Acidbottle. Well here's another Amiga...
The Flip Side by Roger C. Sharpe
It was May 30, 1871, when Montague Redgrave of Cincinnati, Ohio was issued patent US115357A for his “Improvements in Bagatelles”. His invention was a smaller table top version of what had been a very popular French parlor game in the 1700s. In addition, Redgrave made...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Wayne Coombs
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Wayne Coombs who currently is displayed on card number 2055, from the Superstars of 2015 Collection. Wayne was one of the first referees for Twin Galaxies back in the early 1980’s. Wayne was instrumental in helping Walter with...
The Antstream Arcade Years: 1995
With the Antstream Arcade search facility capable of narrowing its range by year, there’s a great way to discover the games from a time you remember especially fondly. This week, we look back at one such year and the noteworthy games that make it a fantastic time...
Antstream Arcade Twitch Superstar: Retro Death Row
In our latest Antstream Arcade Twitch Superstar feature, we chat with another one of the wonderful people spreading the retro gaming glory of Antstream Arcade via streaming platforms. This week, we proudly present Steve, aka Retro Death Row, answering questions on his...
Radiohead Album Using Mario 64 Music Is Utterly Brilliant!
Have you ever wanted to know what Radiohead's incredible 2007 album 'In Rainbows' sounded like if it was the soundtrack to an N64 game? Then look no further. The hugely talented on4word has recreated the entire album using music and sound effects from Super Mario 64....
Five Superhero Games We’d Love to See Happen
Legacy Comix owner and Old School Gamer Magazine Senior Writer Patrick Hickey Jr. shares his thoughts on five great comic book franchises that would make amazing video games. The Maxx: The art alone in this comic lends itself beautifully to the video game world. Add...
The Last Ninja – Is System 3’s classic game coming to the Atari XL/XE? Here’s a Demo tease!
Way back in 1987, System 3 released one of the greatest action adventure games ever to be made available for the C64. It was none other than 'The Last Ninja', which also saw a number of ports released for the Apple IIGS, MS-DOS, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron ,Apple II,...
Ultimate Play The Game “Sabre Wulf” is getting a C64 remaster, and it looks awesome!
The retro news just keeps on coming this weekend, as earlier today we found out ' Sabre Wulf ' will be coming to the C64 as a full remaster by Genesis Project. Yes indeed this famous game released in 1984 by Ultimate Play the Game, and originally released on the ZX...
Distant Worlds & A New World Concerts!
AWR Music Productions, LLC presents Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY, the official symphony concert tour. Launched in 2007, in conjunction with the twentieth anniversary of FINAL FANTASY, Distant Worlds features the music of the great video game series FINAL...
Pak-Men – A Pac-Man clone for the C64 as a preview via Lucas SDM Siudym!
In the early 80s, when video games were just starting their migration from the arcades to the living room, it was common for games programmers to take their inspiration from the more popular arcade games, and so we ended up with a million and one variations on...
