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ATARI Game News | Graveyard Keeper, Secret Neighbor, and Hello Engineer to Get Switch Physical Releases

Today, Atari is delighted to announce it is giving three popular titles from indie publisher tinyBuild a physical release for the Nintendo Switch. Graveyard Keeper: Undead Edition will get a standalone physical release, while The Neighborhood Bundle combines Secret Neighbor and Hello Engineer. The titles can be preordered now from retailers worldwide and will ship […]

George

January 8, 2025

MY ARCADE® to Combine Bandai Namco® and CAPCOM Games in GAMESTATION RETRO at CES 2025

LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, December 27, 2024 — My Arcade®, the industry leader in retro video gaming, is thrilled to announce its latest venture: Gamestation Retro, an officially-licensed collection that brings together iconic games from legendary publishers, Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. and CAPCOM. The Gamestation Retro collection will deliver a unique retro gaming experience, seamlessly […]

George

December 28, 2024

What Attracts Older Gamers to BLOCKY GAMES from DECADES Ago?

“Why do old people play bad games?” That’s a common question in comments, and while I disagree with the phrasing, I understand what’s being asked. Why, when games with so much more depth and audiovisual fidelity exist, do gamers in my demographic tend to still gravitate toward blocky old games from 30 & 40 years […]

Jon

September 14, 2024

Imagic’s Demon Attack: The 10th BEST-SELLING Atari 2600 Game EVER!

Demon Attack is a fixed shooter video game created by Rob Fulop for the Atari 2600 and published by Imagic in 1982. The game involves the player controlling a laser cannon from the surface of a planet, shooting winged demons that fly down and attack the player in different sets of patterns. Fulop designed the […]

Jon

September 13, 2024

LCD Pac-Man Handheld from 1992 | Micro Games USA

Micro Games of America (later known as MGA Entertainment) released a line of handheld LCD games based on the original Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man arcade games. The handheld line was launched in 1992, and continued production well into the 2000s. The series is noted as being very ubiquitous, with over 25 different models released in […]

Jon

September 11, 2024

Manic Miner for ZX Spectrum | Miner Willy is ONE MAJOR Miner!

Manic Miner is a platform game written for the ZX Spectrum by Matthew Smith. It was published by Bug-Byte in 1983, then later the same year by Software Projects. The first game in the Miner Willy series, the design was inspired by Miner 2049er (1982) for the Atari 8-bit computers. Retro Gamer called Manic Miner […]

Jon

August 30, 2024