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Scramble RX – A classic 1980’s retro shoot em up is getting an enhanced ZX Spectrum version by happycodingzx (+Demo)
I was just thinking to myself we need some decent Saturday news, and thankfully we’ve just got some! As looking through my inbox, we’ve been told that the classic arcade game of ‘Scramble’, is getting an RX version by none other than happycodingzx of The Midnight Brew. The same creator behind other amazing games such as Pacman…
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Recent News in Keitai Game Preservation
Japanese feature phone games, also known as keitai games or I-Mode games, remain one of the stranger side quests in gaming history. At a time in the aughts that started to see more official releases for Japanese-only titles in the West, keitai games from the aughts remain locked in time addition to space due…
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GTA Advance: A Forgotten GBA Gem Turns 20
Grand Theft Auto is one of the biggest media franchises of all time, you need only look at the sales numbers for proof. The most recent game in the series, Grand Theft Auto V, has cleared over 6 billion dollars, making it the best-selling piece of traditional entertainment media ever created. While the modern installments…
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Introducing Polymega® Collection
At long last, Polymega System Software Update v1.1.32 will be releasing any day now, and with that news comes some great new features that we’ve been hard at work on for the last few months that we want to share with you. Introducing Polymega Collection Polymega Collection is an ongoing series of important classic and…
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A review of Day of the Tentacle from Boss Fight Books
As Boss Fight books go, Day of the Tentacle is unusual in that it is not, strictly speaking, an original composition about the 1993 LucasArts adventure game. Author Bob Mackey is a video game journalist who worked for USgamer.net among other publications, and thanks to this experience, was able to interview the production team…
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Forgotten Forest 2 – A creepy enhanced SEUCK game for the Commodore 64!
If you’ve missed out on some of the Halloween news yesterday, then thanks to Saberman giving us a shout out on Facebook, he has told us that the enhanced SEUCK game known as ‘Forgotten Forest 2’, has been released completely free by Alf Yngve, Richard Bayliss and Milasoft for the Commodore 64. A top scrolling action game…
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Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside Project Haste
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Project Haste Level Designer Trex Bhai about the game’s development process and much more. About Project Haste: A group of five Game Design students from Vancouver Film School have been nominated for their work creating a new first-person arena shooter game called Project: Haste. This is the 8th nomination for VFS students; in…
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Atari Acquires Chris Sawyers’ Transport Tycoon
NEW YORK, Nov. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Atari® — one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers —today announced the acquisition of Transport Tycoon in an agreement with the game’s creator Chris Sawyer. The 1994 title set the standard for simulation games, with deep and complex gameplay, detailed pixel graphics, subtle animations, and…
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Captain Square Jaw – A new game demo for the Spectrum Next which pushes the machine to its limits!
Another game is worthy of a mention on Indie Retro News which looks equally enjoyable and graphically superior for the system it’s being played on, is BCW.Design’s upcoming ZX Spectrum NEXT game of ‘Captain Square Jaw’. A game in which the creator describes as "a fast paced, action, puzzle platformer for the Spectrum Next which pushes…
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Old School Gamer Exclusive Q & A: Grady Hunt Talks Bloody Roar
Old School Gamer’s Patrick Hickey Jr. chats with gaming developer Grady Hunt, who discusses his time on Bloody Roar on the original Sony PlayStation. Old School Gamer Magazine: How did you get involved in the game? Grady Hunt: I was working at Sony, it was the second or third title I worked on within a…
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