Atari’s 1975 Hi-Way Arcade Game

by Old School Gamer | Aug 17, 2023 | 1970s, 1980s, Press Release

  It is always quite interesting when stumbling upon footage of an old arcade game that many of us either didn’t experience or had long forgotten about it. One such game is Atari’s arcade driving game, Hi-Way. Hands-up those who saw or played this game in an...

Mytris – A new Tetris clone for the Atari XL/XE that features a lovely tune!

by Indie Retro News | Aug 11, 2023 | 1970s, 2000s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

If you loved the 1984 game of Tetris , you’ll be pleased to know a new clone by PPs, Buddy and VinsCool has been released for the Atari XL/XE called Mytris. This game that was announced by us some time ago but in beta, is not only a very decent version of Tetris...

Frogger – A 1:1 arcade port is coming to the Commodore Amiga via JoeJoe

by Indie Retro News | Jul 31, 2023 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

While the choice is there to still play the awesome remade version of Frogger for the C64 called ‘ Frogger Arcade ‘ by Hokuto Force (Digital Monastery). There’s another version come to light which you may be interested in playing when it’s...

Vampire Slayer – An Action/Arcade game by Seamsoft entered into the MSXdev23 compo!

by Indie Retro News | Jul 30, 2023 | 1970s, 1980s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Another retro gaming news story to keep you company, as thanks to Tom contacting us early this morning, we’ve been told that a brand new game for the MSX1 called ‘Vampire Slayer’, is available to download and play. This game developed by Seamsoft for...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – “REWIND” – Roger Sharpe

by Todd Friedman | Jul 22, 2023 | 1970s, 1980s, 2010s, 2020s, Interviews, Pinball

Out this weekend on HULU is the movie “Pinball – The Man Who Saved the Game”. This movie tells the tale of pinball legend, Roger Sharpe. I highly recommend watching this to get a great history of the early pinball days.  On July 19th, 2019, I had the...

Mine Command – Missile Command with a difference for the MSX

by Indie Retro News | Jul 19, 2023 | 1970s, 1980s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

We’ve just been contacted through both Facebook and Twitter that if you head on over to the MSXDev competition page, you can download or play online the latest game release of Mine Command. A new Action MSX game by Fred Rique in which the website says is not...