by Indie Retro News | Dec 31, 2021 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, Events, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Press Release
With one day left for 2021 and something I’ve personally not done on Indie Retro News before, I thought it was about time I also did an Indie Retro News game of the year award for the C64 with the winner being announced at some point on Jan 1st 2022. Yes we may...
by Indie Retro News | Dec 27, 2021 | 2020s, Console/PC/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Indie Game
With just a few days left for 2021 and something I’ve personally not done on Indie Retro News before, I thought it was about time I did an Indie Retro News game of the year award for the Amiga with the winner being announced at some point on Jan 1st 2022. Yes we...
by Jason Russell | Oct 17, 2021 | Arcade, Columns, Gaming, Home Consoles, Opinions
Q) I recently read your What Ever Happened to Bits? article and found it very interesting. What I don’t fully understand, though, is why don’t we have a standard today to compare system performances? It may not have been accurate, but at least 8, 16 and 32-bit helped...
by Jason Russell | Jan 17, 2021 | Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns, Console/PC/Handheld, Gaming, Home Consoles, Opinions, The Story Of...
Long Overdue On account of a seemingly endless series of non-gaming related distractions (sometimes referred to as life), I’ve been regretfully slow at responding to some of the great reader questions that find me on social media. Let’s take a look into...
by Jason Russell | May 9, 2020 | 1990s, 2000s, Arcade, Columns, Console/PC/Handheld, Home Consoles, Lists, Magazine
After Street Fighter II came Mortal Kombat. After Mortal Kombat came a tsunami. As the Street Fighter II phenomena grew in arcades and then again when ports of the popular games came to home consoles, nearly every company in the industry suddenly found themselves in a...