Atari Opens Enrollment for its 2024 Summer Camp Program

by Old School Gamer | Jul 11, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Press Release

NEW YORK, July 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Atari® — one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers — today announced open enrollment for Atari Summer Camp, an eight week online celebration of retro gaming and...

A review of PaRappa the Rapper from Boss Fight Books

by William Schwartz | Jul 10, 2024 | 1990s, 2020s, Bookshelf, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Reviews

Retro gaming as a hobby is an inherently nostalgic one. The text of the games we played in childhood is often not as important as the personal meaning we place on those narratives in memory, and how they came to help us see the world. Last year, Boss Fight Books...

Intellivision: Independence Holiday Update 2024

by Old School Gamer | Jul 7, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, Press Release

Happy Independence Day holiday to everyone in the USA, and we hope everyone else is enjoying a great summer! A lot has happened since our last update on Valentine’s day. The biggest news came in a press release at the end of May about our sale of the Intellivision...

ZPF – A new SEGA Mega Drive / Genesis game

by Todd Friedman | Jul 7, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Reviews

CLICK HERE FOR KICKSTARTER Growing up I was team Sega and was in love with the Sega Genesis. I still play the classics like Altered Beast and Golden Axe. Coming soon there will be a new Sega Genesis game on the market for 2024. It is called ZPF. I was fortunate enough...

Aliens Neoplasma II – The sequel to an amazing game for the ZX Spectrum 128K and ZX Spectrum Next!

by Indie Retro News | Jul 3, 2024 | 1990s, 2020s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

It wasn’t long ago now that we had the pleasure of playing the awesome game ‘Aliens NeoPlasma ‘ on the Spectrum which was developed by Sanchez crew (Russian Federation); a horror platformer as their own take on the Aliens movie theme complete with...

Geo’s Quest Gateway to Nowhere – A new chapter in the latest Commodore Amiga Adventure game from GWI

by Indie Retro News | Jul 2, 2024 | 1980s, 2020s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Now another homebrew has appeared which will appeal to gamers who like adventure puzzlers , as we’ve been told by Tom in our email, that GWI has made available through Itch-io, the adventure game of Geo’s Quest Gateway to Nowhere for the Commodore Amiga. A...