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Greed Is Good: Tax Avoiders for the Atari 2600
Sometimes it’s fun to sit and try to imagine the pitch meeting for various products. Picture a group of executives and game designers sitting around a boardroom when the following conversation takes place: “So, we’ve had huge hits with Adventure and Space Invaders. Clearly people like battling aliens and searching mythic artifacts. What should we…
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A chance conversation with a retro game store owner forever changed my views on emulation
Nick Fernandez writes, “After decades of questionable practices around emulation, a chance conversation with a retro game store owner changed my views forever.” Read More From: N4G: retro news feed
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A review of Final Fantasy VI from Boss Fight Books
Today, video game music is the stuff of orchestras. You can easily find your favorite songs played by serious professionals on YouTube. While there are many arguments for Final Fantasy VI’s importance in the annals of gaming history, Sebastian Deken makes a fairly credible argument for music being the game’s single greatest legacy. Final…
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BioMenace Remastered – A remaster of Apogee Software’s action platformer is coming to Steam via Rigel Gameworks
Apogee Software released some great games in the 90’s, games such as Monster Bash, Bio Menace and even our personal favorite Duke Nukem. Well one game that’s going to get the remaster treatment, and a game that many of us still remember to this day, is the 90’s game of ‘BioMenace’. Yes indeed for those…
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Knight on the Moon – A Zelda like game is in development for the NES by kn56k
If you’re looking for a new NES game to try and want one to satisfy your retro gaming needs, then look no further than this work in progress Zelda like game of ‘Knight on the Moon’ by Kn56k. A game which when finished, will not only features 8 directional movement, but there’s 6 Large bosses,…
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STERN OF THE UNION ADDRESS
The Stern of the Union Address, your monthly resource for news, information and highlights on all things Stern Pinball. Without further ado my fellow pinheads: Stern Pinball’s Silverball: While Chicago might have the bean….we have the ball. [embedded content] Stern Pinball Cup: Compete against players worldwide in an exciting series of week-long pinball races. It’s…
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Space Invaders – A C64 conversion of Taito’s Space Invaders by LC-Games
We’ve mentioned many Space Invader variants over the years, from Havie’s Blitz Basic version of the game on the Amiga, to our personal favorite from Pink/Abyss called ‘Tiny Invaders’. Well yet again we’ve been sent another version of Space Invaders for you to download and try, and it’s LC-Games full C64 conversion of the famous…
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Transylvania Castle – A new game by Fitosoft for the Amstrad CPC [UPDATE]
If you have an Amstrad CPC and looking for another game to play through this week, then thanks to a heads up via Saberman, Liqmatrix and XeNoMoRPH, we’ve been told that Fitosoft has released a new game for the Amstrad called ‘Transylvania Castle’; an arcade platformer in which you need to traverse all the levels…
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Hyper Wings – Geldo79 announces the final version of this fast based Amiga space shooter! [UPDATE]
The last news story from me unless something major comes out, as the previously announced Amiga shooter of ‘Hyper Wings’ by Geldo79, has hit the big 2.2 with a final version! An Asteroids and Star Control mash up which was developed in ASM. To coincide with this news, while we did feature the game before,…
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Top 10 Wrestling Video Games of All Time That Are Over 10 Years Old
Old School Gamer’s Patrick Hickey Jr. counts down the best wrestling games in video game history that are over 10 years old, ranging from arcade favorites to…the Gamecube. Do you know them all? 10: WWF Warzone: While the controls mirrored a Capcom fighting game, Warzone’s fun create-a-wrestler made for an enjoyable title that could…
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