Retro Gaming News
eSports is on the rise and is bigger and brighter than ever. There is a lot of money to be made in the professional video game arena. Like most professional sports, you need to start young and practice as well as compete locally to get the experience you need. The same is true with Professional…
Now here’s a blast from the past, as we’ve just been informed by Liqmatrix, that the classic Arcade game of ‘Popeye’, has been released as an RC1 build for the Atari XL/XE with a VBXE as an Arcade conversion by woj. In a similar vein to Donkey Kong albeit not as good, you play as…
Welcome to the International Award Winning Podcast Series The Heroes of Gaming Podcast! Conversations with the REAL HEROES of Gaming! From Indie to AAA, every genre, and across cultures we speak with the Creators, Concept Artists, Composers, Programmers, and Voice-Over Artists that create the video games we love and the worlds we love to…
Most of the games we feature are either platformers or shoot em ups, but today’s news is something completely different, as Saberman has informed us that WindigoProductions has released the board game styled turn based business simulator of Spediteur for the Commodore 64. A game which features not just four competing players, but challenging computer opponents, 5…
Video Game of the Day is a daily show available on Amazon Alexa devices and here on this website. Each day, we briefly discuss the history of a single game, randomly chosen. If you would like to listen on your daily flash briefing, you can enable Video Game of the Day here: https://amzn.to/2CNx2NJ. Transcript: Hello…
Every summer sees one of the longer running events of charity gaming- the Final Fantasy Five Four Job Fiesta. Eric Koziol, perhaps better known as revenantkioku, organizes the online event and has been gracious enough to speak with Old School Gamer magazine about the subject. It’s great to have you with us. 1. So, what…
Construction Simulator 4 is now available for mobile devices and Nintendo Switch May 31, 2024 – Construction Simulator® 4 by astragon Entertainment and developer Independent Arts Software is now available for Nintendo Switch™ and iPhone® and iPad®, smartphones and tablets with Android™ operating systems. In the new Canadian setting, you can also master a variety of construction…
Video Games — Auction Preview by Brett Weiss The Nintendo NES tends to overshadow other consoles in many of our video game sales, which is understandable, but let’s not forget about the mighty Sega Genesis. The console is home to a ton of favorites, including Sonic the Hedgehog, Golden Axe, and Streets of Rage,…
Trawling through the latest itch io updates for new retro games to play, and we’ve just found out, that Psytronik Software in association with ICON64, have released the new Commodore 64 game of ‘Good Kniight’.A high quality and enjoyable game in which you must help Sir Darran in his quest to rescue the fair princess from…
I thought it would be best to give another shout out for this addictive yet simplistic little game called ‘King and Balloon’ by RMJ & JoeJoe. A 1:1 arcade port of Namco’s 1980 game for the Commodore Amiga, which was written in 68k assembler and based on the original Z80 code! To coincide with this…