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Mighty Street Fighter – Could this upcoming ‘Street Fighter’ be the next homebrew hit for the Amstrad 128k?
I'm sure many of you remember Street Fighter, a game which originally appeared on the Arcades, and was then ported to pretty much every system you could think of, including such systems as the Amiga, Atari St and even the ZX Spectrum. Well fast forward to today...
iiRcade Report by Brad Feingold
Yes, iIRcade has created a couple different model designs and released them, gave away some hats, shirts, sweatshirts, and other swag. That should be enough for us; we are ready for the next product... Actually, not quite. With some companies, a product is released...
Five Retro Game Industry Standards We’d Love to See Come Back
The video game industry sure has changed since the ‘70s and ‘80s right? With micro-transactions and DLC, games change throughout development and release- a far cry from the old days. In this exclusive list, we old birds at Old School Gamer share five things we’d love...
Super Mario Bros. S – A collaborative fan game available as a download or browser play
I have always had a soft spot for Super Mario Bros, ever since I first played it as a kid all those years ago in America on the NES. Its one of those timeless games that you never can get tired of. Its super simple to learn and control for new players and the gameplay...
Wonderboy – An Arcade game from 1986 as an unofficial Amiga port gets a new tease by Acidbottle
Wonder Boy is a game designed by Ryuichi Nishizawa which started its life as a skateboard rock jumping and axe bashing platformer, that later became the great adventure platformer with RPG elements known as ' Wonderboy in Monster Land '. Both of these games have lived...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Chase the Chuckwagon?
Release Date: 1983 Publisher: Spectravision Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Arcade - Maze Alternate Title: N/A Model #: N/A Rarity: 8 Programmer: Mike Schwartz This is quite possibly the first (and only) example of a video game being based on a television...
1942 – Arcade quality port is still coming to the Amiga with new shown!
In 1984 a great shoot 'em up was released for the Arcades by Capcom and that game was 1942. A game in which you not only had to shoot down enemy planes including bombers, but you could also perform awesome rolls while collecting power ups. Thankfully this game which...
Tomb Raider – A rather special action adventure classic gets a BIG review by DarkwyndPT!
Hello everyone and welcome back to Retro Freak Reviews. Today, we’ll look at an iconic and influential title that has been on my backlog for several years. I’m talking about the original Tomb Raider. Tomb Raider is an action/adventure game developed by Core Design and...
North American Genesis 2 Becomes Official
While it was all but assured that Sega planned to create a North American Genesis Mini 2 given their announcement of the Japanese Mega Drive 2, it looks like we have a leak on Amazon to thank for prompting Sega to make it official. The American Genesis 2 will be...
Black Jewel Reborn Kickstarter Campaign Launching Today
Black Jewel Reborn Kickstarter Campaign Now Live New cooperative hack and slash for SNES, Genesis, NES and Game Boy Gaimersheim, Germany –July 13, 2022– Indie development studio, PSCD Games has launched a Kickstarter Campaign to fund their cooperative hack and slash...
Colossal Cave – Re-imagined by Roberta Williams
Sierra On-Line Co-founders Rebrand First Upcoming Game in Decades as Colossal Cave - Reimagined by Roberta Williams, Unveil New Trailer SEATTLE – July 12, 2022 – Colossal Cave - Reimagined by Roberta Williams, the ultimate 3D reimagining of the original text...
Riviera Story – A new arcade platformer is previewed for the C64 by Bladawietz
Even more C64 games to get through today, as trawling through the CSdb database we've come across a new C64 game as a preview called 'Riviera Story' by Bladawietz(?). This game available to try, looks to be an Arcade platformer in which you play as Fred and must...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Air-Sea Battle?
Release Date: 1977 Publisher: Atari Controller: Joystick Players: 1 - 2 Genre: Shoot’em Up Alternate Title: Target Fun Model #: CX2602 Rarity: 3 Programmer: Larry Kaplan Given that this is one of the earliest 2600 games to be released, it comes as no surprise that...
Five Baseball Games on the Genesis You Have to Play
With baseball season in full-swing (see what we did there?) Old School Gamer counts down five baseball games you’ve got to play on the Sega Genesis. So go dust off that controller and play ball! World Series Baseball 98: One of the last baseball games released on the...
Knights & Slimes – A charming Arcade platformer announced for the C64 by Monte Boyd
Possibly the last news story for Saturday and one I think many people might be interested in playing when it gets an eventual release, is the upcoming game of Knights & Slimes for the C64 by Monte Boyd. Yes indeed thanks to a recent shout out on Twitter, not only...
Metal Slug gets a beta port for the Sega Mega Drive and Atari STE
I can say for sure there's probably not many of you that haven't heard of 'Metal Slug', a game in a series of games that are well known in the community, going back to the days of the Neo Geo system. This game has plenty of humor, while remaining action packed...
1980’s “Spy Hunter’ is coming to the Amiga and it looks great!
If you remember the 1983 game of 'Spy Hunter'; An Arcade top down Action vehicle game that drew its inspiration from James Bond and was released on the Amstrad CPC, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, C64, Apple II, ColecoVision, IBM PC and NES. Then you...
Five Games Ahead of Their Time That Paid For It
Video games are like relationships. Some are great but come around at the worst possible times. The games below however, although far from terrible, were panned by critics, mainly because the world wasn’t ready for them. Although time hasn’t been so friendly to some...
Krillin and The Castle of 7 Daggers – Play as Krillin in this new Dragon Ball inspired ZX Spectrum game
Another retro gaming news story has appeared in our inbox, as Saberman was kind enough to let us know through Facebook, that if you're looking for a Dragon Ball inspired platformer for your ZX Spectrum, then you might like to play Junterlart's new speccy game of '...
Alice Sisters for the Sega MegaDrive & Genesis
It's the comeback of the most famous duo of PixelHeart: Alice and her little sister! After having saved their mother from a tragic end, the two sisters will try to defeat the terrible villain of the mountains this time. You can find on our website two limited editions...
Final Fight Ultimate – The Sega Mega Drive is still getting a seriously cool Arcade like version of Final Fight!
For those of you who are looking for another great Sega Mega Drive news story, we have just been tagged via Twitter that Mauro Xavier together with Edmo Caldas and Master Linkuei, are not only still working on bringing Final Fight over to the Sega Mega Drive as Final...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Paul E. Niemeyer
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Paul E. Niemeyer, who currently is displayed on card number 4113, from the Superstars of 2022 Collection. Paul’s career started back in 1982 at Bally/Midway. Paul displayed his artwork talent on dozens of games like Tapper,...
Butcher Billy’s Stranger Tales: The Second Season
If you are a Stranger Things fan, then you’ll know the artwork from Brazilian designer/illustrator, Butcher Billy, is stunningly amazing! The timeline of Stranger Things is perfectly suited for us nostalgia seekers with nods to everything retro that we loved from the...
Five Forgotten Shooters on the Game Gear You’ve Got to Play
The Game Gear is filled with gems. But Shooters, in particular just play awesome on the Sega handheld. Check out these fun ones today. Halley Wars: This Taito shooter has it all- wonderful gameplay and a killer score. Gunstar Heroes: Yes- this came out on the Game...
This Day In Video Game History
