What is NES High Score? – By Steven Lynn (8-bit Steve)

by Old School Gamer | Feb 14, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Magazine Preview

Video Games with a scoring system have been around for a very long time. In fact, Guinness World Records lists 1976’s Sea Wolf as the first video game to record scores. This means that the idea of a high score in a video game was around before I was even born, and...

Modern Day Retro Part 2 – By Ben Magnet

by Ben Magnet | Feb 10, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Other Magazines Preview

When it’s announced that a beloved Hollywood classic or television show is getting remade, most of the population groans. You see discourse online about how the previous incarnation of said media was “perfect” or “they’ve finally run out of ideas.” Some fans may be...

The Future of Arcade World Records! by Gunther Vinson

by Old School Gamer | Feb 8, 2024 | 1970s, 1990s, 2000s, Arcade

I have been hosting tournaments and gaming challenges for years now, both online and in person for different platforms. They were mainly in the home arcade community which has a strong and easy to use infrastructure built up with ready-made online leaderboards,...

Donkey Kong – A famous 80’s game as an Arcade like Commodore Amiga conversion gets new footage!

by Indie Retro News | Feb 3, 2024 | 1980s, 2000s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

It was only just the other week that we informed you that JOTD, who is also behind the brilliant Arcade conversions of Galaxian and Super Xevious 1200 for the Amiga, was going to be doing another conversion/port of the classic 80’s game of ‘Donkey...

Silent Hill 3 – Konami’s classic horror gets a review from Cola Powered Gamer

by Indie Retro News | Jan 27, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Silent Hill 3 can be considered a fitting end to the original trilogy, showing how far the series has come. It is actually a canonical sequel to the first game, making the Silent Hill 2 more like a spin-off game that can stand on its own. Released just two years after...

There is Hope – A new cartridge music game album by Remute for the Atari Jaguar

by Indie Retro News | Jan 24, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Thanks to Remute who contacted us just recently, he has told us that he has released the latest Album  for the Atari Jaguar called There is Hope. As in the words of Remute “Within only five years Remute became the trailblazer for game cartridge based music...