Rieko Kodama: The Lady Behind the ‘Genesis’ of the Arcade Port

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | May 12, 2024 | 1980s, Arcade, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Interviews, The Story Of...

Old School Gamer Celebrates Mother’s Day By Honoring the Late-Great First Lady of Gaming, Rieko Kodama. The pack-in title for the Sega Genesis in North America, Altered Beast is one of the most iconic and noticeable titles in the console’s history. Even if you were a...

Hermanos – An entertaining platform puzzler from D.Rejment for the C64

by Indie Retro News | May 7, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

A new Commodore 64 homebrew has surfaced which may appeal to those of you who like a challenge, as D.Rejment has released the Commodore 64 game of ‘Hermanos’. A game in which the creator says you have to guide Hermanos through 20 levels and collect the...

Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back?

by Old School Gamer | May 4, 2024 | 1980s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns

Release Date: 1982 Publisher: Parker Brothers Controller: Joystick Players: 1 – 2 Genre: Shoot’em Up Alternate Title: N/A Model #: PB5050 Rarity: 2 Programmer: Rex Bradford This movie based shooter is one of the finest, most challenging titles around. Join the...

Empire Strikes Back – A C64 fan version by Megastyle has been released and it looks mighty impressive

by Indie Retro News | May 4, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Well, it’s that time of year again when we all suddenly become sci-fi nerds and amusingly misquote Star Wars for 24 hours, so to celebrate the geek in-joke turned global holiday that is Star Wars Day, we present you a brand new game for the C64 which is sure to excite...

Trading Cards for Grown-ups – Walter Day Collection

by Todd Friedman | May 3, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Events

Trading Cards for Grown-ups Day CLICK – The Walter Day Trading Card Collection   History of Trading Cards for Grown-ups Day Original trade cards were used to stiffen the packaging of cigarettes, and they were advertising cards. In the 1860s, baseball cards...

Beekeeper, Shower Power, & qomp2

by GenX Grownup | May 2, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, GenX Grownup

About This Episode We head to the movies to see Jason Statham’s latest film where he’s a one-man vengeance machine, check out some innovative and entertaining tech designed to be used in the shower, and play a brand new game that evolves the classic, Pong, into a...