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My First Game: Jon Williams and Jet-Boot Jack
Everyone has to start somewhere. Even the most dedicated and renowned game developers began with a straightforward idea, polishing and honing it until their first game duly appeared. Sometimes these would be released virtually unnoticed; on other occasions, they’d hit...
Lockdown Town ZX – 3 GAMES FOR THE PRICE OF 1 for the ZX Spectrum
Not satisfied with the amount of games mentioned and think more are needed? Then how about this latest game(s) from PuttyCAD and Tinsoldier, it's 'Lockdown Town ZX'. A brand new ZX Spectrum release in which the creator says is "3 GAMES FOR THE PRICE OF 1!. Lockdown...
Live action speed dating simulator – Ten Dates – Available now: Press Release With Review By Brad Feingold
Ten Dates is the sequel to the interactive rom-com, Five Dates, taking place in the post-pandemic world. Misha, a millennial from London in search of that elusive in-person connection, tricks her best friend Ryan into going to a speed dating event with her. Each with...
The Video Game Life – by Chris Tang
Now I’ll be shifting focus from competition to game development, as I continue to share stories with life-lesson takeaways to highlight how some of my successes in gaming were made possible. I’ve been involved in a wide variety of disciplines, but it all comes from a...
William’s Pinball History – by Michael Thomasson
Without question, Williams’ pins are the gold standard in the industry. After designing just shy of 450 unique pins, they are by far the most prominent producer of pinball machines of all time. The Williams Manufacturing Company dates back to 1943. Its founder, Harry...
Zen Studios’ New Pinball FX Launches
The Most Ambitious Digital Pinball Platform in Videogame History Kicks Off With 86 Tables Upon Release (Introducing ‘The Addams Family’!), Exciting New Features, and the Promise of Continuous Expansion With today’s release of Pinball FX, a...
Ken and Roberta Williams Reveal Colossal Cave’s 2023 Roadmap
Sierra On-Line founders Ken and Roberta Williams(King’s Quest, Space Quest, Phantasmagoria, etc.) proudly delivered Colossal Cave to the world on January 19th, 2023, and they’ve just unveiled a robust roadmap outlining the exciting updates to come in 2023 and beyond....
Five Retro NHL Hockey Games We’d Love to See Come Back
With Football season over and Baseball a month away, we’re smack in the middle of NHL season. If you’re a gamer, the only thing you have to play currently is NHL 2023. While there are other indie titles out there, the amount of licensed hockey games available on...
Transferring 3DS and WiiU Funds – You still have time!
You'll Have One Year To Transfer Funds Once 3DS & Wii U eShops Close, Says Nintendo Ahead of the 3DS and Wii U eShop closures next month, Nintendo of Europe has shared a reminder on Twitter on what you can do in the lead up and aftermath of the end of the...
Defender : Arcade to Console – by Eugenio Angueira
In 1981, Williams Electronics released a horizontal shooter game by Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar that took the arcades by storm. That game was Defender. In this game the player controls the Defender to protect humanoids, who have been stranded in some planet, from...
ATARI 50 – by Brad Feingold
History has never been my favorite class in high school or college. I know there were very important facts, but flat out, I just couldn’t remember the dates and people involved… and it was boring. I needed a reason to stay engaged. Years after my education, there is...
Magic & Legend: Time Knights – Welcome to a new Gameboy and Game Boy Colour game!
The Game Boy was a huge part of my childhood, games such as Tetris, Mario and even PaperBoy was played for many hours, even when trying to see the damn thing on long haul travels. So to see a new Game Boy and Game Boy Colour game called ' Magic & Legend: Time...
Five Football Games That Forced Madden to Evolve
The Madden NFL series is considered the hallmark of all pigskin titles, but its influences and competition have shaped it in more ways than you expect or know. Here are five games that have either helped make Madden what it is- or have forced it to evolve. Tecmo Bowl:...
Raw Thrills – By Bill Lange
Raw Thrills specializes in the development and publishing of coin-operated arcade video games. Based in Illinois, the company was founded in 2001 by Eugene Jarvis, Deepak Deo, and Andrew Eloff. Jarvis, a legendary game designer, who had previously worked at Williams...
Adrian’s Digital Basement – The Retro Hour EP361
We chat to the awesome Adrian Black from Youtube channel Adrian's Digital Basement about early computing and BBS memories, and some excellent tips on maintaining your retro collection. https://audioboom.com/posts/8232681-adrian-s-digital-basement-the-retro-hour-ep361...
The Best Game Gear “Ports”
Old School Gamer counts down the 10 best Game Gear ports. 10: Alien Syndrome: Sega’s underrated Master System shooter is a fun one on the Game Gear. 9: Columns: This does exactly what you’d expect, despite the smaller real estate. 8: Ecco the Dolphin: It’s just as...
It Returned To The Desert – A nod to an all time classic is coming to a PC(Windows) system near you, 15th Feb!
Back in 1989 Cinemaware released one of the greatest action-adventure games ever made. It had a strong Hollywood B movie vibe as you tried to prove that giant ants were real and convince the mayor to call upon the national guard to fight. Featuring a mix of...
Demon Attack: The Next Wave & Atlantis: A City Rebuilt
Demon Attack: The Next Wave and Atlantis: A City Rebuilt are the first entry in what we call the Classics Reimagined for the ColecoVision, Coleco Adam and CollectorVision systems. CLICK HERE FOR KICKSTARTER Two reimaginings of classic games on one cartridge for the...
Evercade Announces Two New Collections for 2023 with THEC64 and Toaplan
Twenty one more games from gaming industry legends THEC64 and Toapaln are coming to Evercade Cartridges this April, joining the existing 35+ Evercade Phsyical Release Library. YouTube Channel Releasing in April 2023, Evecade fans can revisit more classic games close...
Midway to Williams to Raw Thrills – by Ryan Burger
The progression from Williams Pinball of the 1940s through the Williams Electronics days of video games into its spinoff of Midway Electronics and finally to its spiritual successor Raw Thrills, has been a fantastic amount of big games coming from Chicago, Illinois....
OTXO out on PC APRIL 20TH
The violent top-down shooter with roguelite elements launches on PC on APRIL 20TH! Coming next from Super Rare Originals is OTXO. Developed by Lateralis, the developer behind Dogworld, this fast-paced and dark roguelite with precise but savage gunplay and time-bending...
From Williams We Get Midway – by Todd Friedman
Midway, Midway Games, Midway Manufacturing, Bally Midway. Any way you say it, you can identify some very cool games in its history, especially in the 1990s and early 2000s. This era was the absolute best times for the company and their video games were about to be...
H.E.R.O. – An awesome conversion of a classic now for the VIC-20 by Kollektivet
Gamers of the 1980's will remember a fantastic game called ' H.E.R.O' which was released for the Atari 800/2600, ColecoVision, C64, C128, and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. It was a classic game which puts you in control of Roderrick Hero, on a mission to search the cave...
Wonder Boy – An Arcade game from 1986 as an unofficial Amiga port by Acidbottle gets a new update
We've featured Wonderboy many times now on Indie Retro News, from the modern remake of Wonderboy The Dragons Trap, to the Amiga versions of Wonderboy in Monster Land SE, and the more recent Arcade to Amiga port of Wonderboy by Acidbottle. Well here's another Amiga...
