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Paper Dreams: A History of Play-by-Mail Gaming
Do you like cheering for the underdog? Do you like classic and retro gaming? Then you’ll love this book. Just like the young student decades ago who had to be cut off because he was using his lunch money for play-by-mail (PBM) games, some people are obsessed with...
Nightmare Busters Rebirth: Kickstarter Launch Date Revealed
NIGHTMARE BUSTERS REBIRTH is coming to Kickstarter on May 13! From dream to reality Pix’n Love Games and Aurora Game Studio are proud to announce the upcoming Kickstarter launch of Nightmare Busters Rebirth, scheduled for May 13, 2025. This modern reimagining of the...
A review of Collie Defense for the Game Boy Advance
It's strange to think of tower defense games as being a retro concept. Of course, depending on how strictly you define the phrase tower defense, they were there from the beginning. Defender, for example. But usually, when we say tower defense today, we're...
A Beat ’em up platformer is in the works by Basement Ape for the Amiga
A bit of a short news story for this one, as trawling through Facebook, we've found out through Earok who created the Scorpion Engine, that Basement Ape is working on what looks to be a new beat 'em up platformer for the Commodore Amiga, using yes you guessed it, the...
RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army Collector’s Edition
Limited Run Games Presents - RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army Collector's Edition Limited Run Games is proud to announce their not-to-be-missed physical Collector’s Edition of this retelling of Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless...
The Walking Dead Pinball Remaster IS Happening at Stern, So is Another Run of…; Spooky Pinball IS Making Motörhead
Just a quick update re-confirming some earlier rumors that I wrote about for everyone, since word is that people are saying they aren’t true. A remake of Stern Pinball’s The Walking Dead IS happening this fall. I’m accepting bets on it for anyone who is interested....
Mike Mech 2 – Another high quality Arcade C64 game you should play from LC-Games
In August of 2022, I announced the release of LC-Games high quality title of 'Mike Mech' for the Commodore 64. A game in which you had to battle aliens that have invaded your spaceship. Well fast forward to this week however, and I've just found out, that LC-Games has...
A review of Chantey for the Chromatic
I've never been a fan of open world game design. The reason is simple- I get lost very easily. This is probably why I tend to prefer retro games over modern ones in the first place, open world design being better facilitated by more advanced hardware. That I'm...
This Day In Video Game History
