Work begins on restoration of Square Enix’s early cell phone history

by William Schwartz | Aug 7, 2024 | 2000s, Console/Handheld

When most people think of retro games, they don’t think of phone games. Retro games, after all, are broadly speaking from a time before smart phones. But then again, phone games existed before smart phones did. Such is the case with Japanese feature phone games,...

Anarchy & Karate Champ Are This Week’s New Titles

by Antstream Blog | Jul 27, 2024 | 1980s, Antstream, Arcade, Console/Handheld

A puzzle shooter and classic fighting game join the Antstream library this week. Antstream players can this week enjoy the puzzle shooter Anarchy (Amstrad CPC) and the arcade fighting game Karate Champ (Arcade). Also, this week’s challenge takes place in Double Dragon...

Saboteur – The Sequel to Yars’ Revenge

by Atari News Feed | Jul 17, 2024 | 1980s, Atari, Console/Handheld

When Atari released the Saboteur as a 2600 cartridge we had an opportunity to ask Howard Scott Warshaw some questions about the Yars universe and the sequel’s place in the timeline. Background: Completed in 1983, Saboteur was meant to be a fast-following sequel to...

A Look Back at Earthworm Jim 2

by William Schwartz | Jul 17, 2024 | 1990s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Reviews

A lot of what resonates about retro video games is their degree of nonsense- weird design quirks that might have made sense to the original programmers, but certainly not to anyone else, and are only slightly more bizarre in retrospect than they were in their original...

Desolator & One Arrive On Antstream

by Antstream Blog | Jul 15, 2024 | 1990s, Antstream, Console/Handheld

Shoot down alien craft or fire an arm-cannon in this week’s two new titles. Two more new titles come to the Antstream library this week. Defend the Energiser and shoot down alien craft in Desolator (MSX) and find out just what is going on, while firing an arm-cannon,...

An Interview with Yars’ Revenge creator – Howard Scott Warshaw

by Atari News Feed | Jul 13, 2024 | 1980s, Atari, Console/Handheld

When the amazing team at Digital Eclipse created the playable documentary Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration they had the opportunity to interview Howard Scott Warshaw, who shared stories from his time at Atari and his work on Yars’ Revenge. Your browser does not...