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Bubble Buddies – A reimagination of Bubble Bobble, arguably the best c64 game ever?
If you enjoyed Taito's Bubble Bobble in the Arcades or at home, then you'll be pleased to know that not only can you still download Dave Retro Forge's graphically superior version of 'Bubble Bobble Remastered' for the C64, or 'Bubble Bobble: Lost Cave', which is a...
A review of Life Is Strange from Boss Fight Books
With a release date of 2015, Life Is Strange is another one of those games that's kind of pushing it in terms of the "retro" designation, although if you've ever seen the game in action, graphics aren't the strong suit and Life Is Strange certainly looks like...
Xi Rao – Student, Curator, Gamer
Xi Rao is a research assistant and PhD student in Technology and Humanities at Illinois Tech. She is interested in social media analysis, information design, as well as fan study. She studies and curates Twitter discussions on games such as #1ReasonWhy and...
Snoop Dogg Debuts Theme for New Backyard Baseball Title, ‘110% Juice’
The song is set to release on digital music outlets on July 15. Multi-platinum recording artist and pop culture icon Snoop Dogg has collaborated with Backyard Baseball’s Playground Productions on the theme track for the game, aptly titled “110% Juice.” "Backyard...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – David Klingler
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features David Klingler, who is displayed on card number 416, from the Superstars of 2013. David created an independent software company called Solanimus which has created games such as Signal to Noise and Crashland. You can view his...
Batter Up! Backyard Baseball is Available Now on Steam
Grab Your Gloves! It’s Game Time! The neighborhood baseball classic is back in action! Backyard Baseballis now available on Steam with more ways to play than ever before. Mega Cat Studios and Playground Productions invite you to take the field in 11 remastered...
Silent Hill: The Struggle of Making Good Movies
Judging by the consistent quality of recent movies and television shows, it's clear that we're in a golden age of video game adaptations right now, but decades ago, truly good video game movies were an exception to the rule. In fact, up until the last few years, video...
Steel Ranger 2 – Hessian creators Covert Bitops are working on another fantastic C64 game!
If you've ever heard of Covert Bitops then you would've known they released the fantastic action adventure game ' Hessian ' for the C64 in 2016. A game which blew us away with over 667 screens with specialized AI enemies found throughout that must either be avoided or...
Germany’s Video Game Preservation Project Loses Public Funding
Germany-based, Internationale Computerspielesammlung (ICS), whose goal was to assemble the world's largest publicly accessible video game archive, has lost its public funding, leaving the future of the program in jeopardy, according to the Gameswirtschaft website. ...
Thrilling Machine – by Noah LaPointe
When imagining the environmental sounds George Gomez must be used to, it may explain why he doesn’t rest: the erratic flicking of a pinball table’s flippers, the raucous ricocheting of a metal ball desperately trying to escape its containment, and electronic...
Retro ROM Hacks You Have to Play
When you play a really good retro game for the first time, there's an undeniable magic to the sense of whimsical discovery. For many gamers, it's a feeling we're forever chasing, and one that we would give anything to replicate. While it's impossible to experience the...
Lincity – A SimCity style game is in development for the Amiga 68k by paulthetall
While the Amiga is legendary for its library of fast-paced action, platformers and shoot 'em up's, developer Paulthetall has introduced a change of pace for the platform with his new game called 'Lincity'. A free and open-source construction and management simulation...
Brett’s Bargain Bin – by Brett Weiss
When it comes to cheap yet worthwhile Atari 2600 games, the usual suspects like Asteroids, Missile Command, and Space Invaders tend to dominate the conversation. And for good reason: they’re iconic, easy to find, and still offer plenty of arcade fun. In fact, many of...
Video Game of the Day – July 4th – Independence Day
Hello and welcome! My name is Katosepe and I’ll be your host for today’s Video Game of the Day! If I had more forethought, I would have recorded today’s episode yesterday so you could all hear it on July 4th but oh well. At least I’m recording this on the 4th so happy...
Arcade Spotlight – by Steve Juon
“I got a pocket full of quarters, and I’m headed to the arcade.” The song Pac-Man Fever embodied my childhood, but the times have changed. Physical arcades are becoming harder to find, and the ones that do exist face numerous challenges: The cost of electricity to...
Museum Games #6 Space Evaders, Or How Ordinary Public Places of Coin-Op Play Challenge Museums
When I visited M05’s Musée Du Jeu Vidéo and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France during my university’s spring break in March 2026, I decided to visit London for the day. The urge to see the Design Museum’s “Wes Anderson: The Archives” and “Blitz: The Club that Shaped...
Evercade Publishes Instructional Video On Sharing Physical Games
LETCHWORTH, UK: Evercade, a brand of Blaze Entertainment, has published an informative instructional video on the process of sharing your physical Evercade game cartridges with friends. In this short video, available...
Retro Review: Year Walk: Strange, But Enthralling
If you thought there wasn’t a mature indie title on the Wii U, “Year Walk” may surprise you. After playing through “Year Walk,” a myriad of thoughts will run through your head. Beautiful, intelligent, dizzying and even flat out confusing are a few of the easy...
Soda Drinker Pro: The Secret Game Inside the Meme
10 years ago, an extremely weird game called Soda Drinker Pro was released on Xbox and Steam. Nowadays, it's not uncommon to see silly simulation-style titles like PowerWash Simulator and Lawn Mowing Simulator, but Soda Drinker Pro hit the ground running long before...
Four Job Fiesta Hits $10,000 Mark for Charity Drive
Last month, the Final Fantasy Five Four Job Fiesta started its usual summer event. Based around the 1992 Super Famicom Game and its various remakes, the Four Job Fiesta takes a simplifying approach to the job-based role-playing game. Instead of utilizing all 22...
Retro Review: Lost Dimension: The Best Vita RPG
With the kind of story any Manga or Anime fan can jump right into and easily palatable turn-based combat, “Lost Dimension,” developed by Lancarse, the minds behind other Atlus favorites “Etrian Odyssey” and “Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey,” is an enjoyable...
INNOVATIVE LEISURE: A HISTORY OF ATARI – by Leonard Herman
When Jack Tramiel left Commodore in January 1984, he started a new company called Tramel Technology with several ex Commodore employees, and his three sons in top executive positions, with the goal of selling a new home computer. When Warner Communications announced...
Pixel Arcadia – August 24th
Thanks to Time Extension, we just found out about a new tv show? - channel who knows. And the youtube video doesn't tell us much. Retro game marketing company Pixel Helix has announced a digital showcase celebrating retro games, which will air in August. Broadcast in...
The Music of JRPGs – by William Schwartz
The story of JRPG music begins in that same ironic place so many JRPG stories begin, with Final Fantasy for the NES in 1987. After initially being thrown into the game without much explanation, the four warriors of light are rewarded with a bridge to take them further...
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