The Zelda Clock – The Untold Story

by Todd Friedman | Jul 28, 2024 | 1980s, 2010s, Magazine Preview

The Legend of Zelda Clock This is a cool but sad story of a classic game and how it became a permanent keepsake in my collection as well as my life long memory.    One of my favorite games of all time is original The Legend of Zelda for the NES.   I remember when it...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Paul E. Niemeyer

by Todd Friedman | Jul 11, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Paul E. Niemeyer, who currently is displayed on card number 4113, from the Superstars of 2022 Collection.  Paul’s career started back in 1982 at Bally/Midway. Paul displayed his artwork talent on dozens of games like Tapper,...

Dreadnought Assault – Check out this rather awesome looking WIP scrolling shoot ’em up for the Atari 7800!

by Indie Retro News | Jul 5, 2024 | 1980s, 2010s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Not content with all the awesome news we’ve had so far this week, then how about this news story that’s just been sent to us by our good friend Liqmatrix. It’s the work in progress game of ‘Dreadnought Assault’ by kiwilove and playsoft....

Video Game of the Day – July 4th – Independence Day

by Old School Gamer | Jul 4, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade

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...

An interview with Dustin Hubbard of Gaming Alexandria

by William Schwartz | Jul 2, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Interviews, Retro Computing, The Story Of...

The history of retro gaming isn’t an especially long one, only going back maybe fifty years, at least if we limit ourselves to retro games as being computers rather than just complex machines. Preservation of this material can be challenging and thankless. All...

The Story of Steel Battalion Online

by William Schwartz | Jun 9, 2024 | 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, The Story Of...

There are many contenders for the greatest mech sim of all time, but Steel Battalion for the original Xbox has amassed a remarkably intense and devoted following due to the sheer fidelity of its simulation. I refer not so much to the gameplay as to its monster of a...