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Retro Ads in the Digital World – How Vintage Marketing is Making a Comeback
There’s something undeniably charming about vintage advertisements. From the bright colors and catchy slogans to the iconic images, retro ads have a way of sticking in our minds and evoking a sense of nostalgia. Today, these classic marketing pieces are making a resurgence, finding new life in the digital age. Let’s dive into why retro…
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Antstream Arcade Retro Gaming History II: The Super Game Boy
It seemed like the perfect gaming idea – take the hugely popular Nintendo Game Boy and enable gamers to combine its games with the also-hugely popular Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Antstream Arcade digs into the archives to unearth the history of Nintendo’s Super Game Boy peripheral in the second of our retro gaming history features.…
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Droid Special Edition – A 1990’s run n gun ST platformer is being converted to the Amiga
We always try to keep you up to date with the best in Amiga news, but boy do we have a surprise for you. As we have recently been informed through the EAB forums, that the 1990’s coverdisk game of ‘Droid’ for the Atari ST, is being converted over to the Commodore Amiga by junosix: A…
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King and Balloon – A 1:1 arcade port for the Commodore Amiga 500 gets a new beta v.094!
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…
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PETSCII Wizard of Wor – A classic Arcade game in PETSCII is coming to the Commodore Plus/4, C64 and CBM PET
Commodore owners are going to love this news story that we’ve just come across on Facebook. As if you remember playing and hopefully enjoying the 1980’s Arcade game of Wizard of Wor, which also appeared on the Atari 8-bit, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Bally Astrocade and C64. Then at some point soon, Kornél Kolma together with Csabo…
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Basilisk of Roko 2 – An action platformer for your ZX Spectrum by retrosotano
Saberman has recently contacted us through Facebook, that retrosotano has released the sequel of ‘Basilisk of Roko 2’ for the ZX Spectrum. An action shooter in which playing as Nachete “El Intern” and his powerful laser, must put a stop to an evil space thing and his crazed robots. To coincide with this news, we’ve also…
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Video Game Summit in Chicagoland, October 17-19, 2024
WE HAVE EXPANDED TO A MASSIVE 100,000 SQ FT SHOW FLOOR FOR THIS YEAR’S EVENT!! The Pinball Expo will be expanding its show floor to 100,000 sq. ft. and celebrating its 40th year as the longest running pinball show. The event, which takes place Oct. 17-19th, will be combining forces with Video Game Summit, which…
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Debunked: Blowing On Nintendo Game Cartridges Never Worked
We have all been there! Blowing on a Nintendo video game cartridge when the game we were playing just would not launch or appeared to be glitching. Read More From: N4G: retro news feed
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Scuba Dive – A great remake of a classic ZX Spectrum game originally released in 1982!
Great news retrogamers as Sunteam have announced the release of their brand new PC remake of ‘Scuba Dive ‘. A remake of the ZX Spectrum version, which Sunteam have said is an all-time classic in the vast library of ZX Spectrum games standing the test of time remaining one of the most unique and compelling…
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Saboteur – The Sequel to Yars’ Revenge
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 Yars’ Revenge. Atari’s new parent Warner-Brothers decided to convert the game…
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