Boulder Dash - Starring Rockford... Wait who retro365.blog/2024/10/26/bou… A small write-up on one of the best casual game concepts ever. #BoulderDash #Rockford #FirstStarSoftware #PeterLiepa #ChristopherGray #Atari #retrogames #BigBoxPCGames

Gumball - Stress Sorting and a 33-year-old hidden Easter Egg retro365.blog/2024/10/29/gum… Throughout gaming history, developers have woven Easter eggs into their software, just waiting to be uncovered by curious minds. Some are found quickly, while others lie hidden for decades...

A complete playthrough of Arkanoid, one of my favorite casual games from the late '80s. The 1987 Commodore Amiga version retained the fast-paced challenging gameplay and slick visuals that defined the original arcade version. youtu.be/ot1ilPW-Utc #Arkanoid #Commodore

A fascinating program invited us all to take a peek at the pixelated little persons living inside our computers. It brought a new kind of companionship to life with one of the first true digital roommates and inspired one of gaming's most popular titles. retro365.blog/2024/11/14/lit…

Computer Bismarck, the "$2,160" war game, that launched SSI and brought war games into the digital age retro365.blog/2024/12/08/com… #ComputerBismarck #SSI #StrategicSimulationsInc #AppleII #JoelBillings #JohnLyon

Basketball, courtesy of Electronic Arts retro365.blog/2025/01/09/bas… #ElectronicArts #Basketball #AppleII #IBMPC #BigBoxPCGames #Retrogaming #OneonOne #MichaelJordan #LarryBird #NBALive95

The Lost Patrol, in war there's no glory retro365.blog/2025/01/14/the… A 1989 title dared to confront the harrowing realities of war, eschewing glorification in favor of a sobering exploration of survival, morality, and human resilience. #LostPatrol #OceanSoftware #retrogames

Willow, the art of the bad movie tie-in Once upon a time, in the 1980s, fantasy films stepped out of the niche shadows and into the bright, sword-clashing, spell-casting, box-office-dominating mainstream... Read the full story on my blog. retro365.blog/2025/02/02/wil…

3-D Ultra Pinball - Revitalizing a Classic Game in the Multimedia Age retro365.blog/2025/02/16/3-d… A short story on digital pinball games. #SierraOnLine #Pinball #RetroGames #BigBoxPCGames

Into the Eagle’s Nest, Storming a Nazi Fortress in a Gauntlet-Inspired Raid retro365.blog/2025/02/21/int… #IntoTheEaglesNest #mindscape #Pandora #Commodore64 #retrogames

Road Raider, an attempt at Post-Apocalyptic Carnage retro365.blog/2025/02/28/roa… #RoadRaider #Mindscape #ChrisGray #GrayMatter #Commodore

Indiana Jones in the Lost Kingdom, the game that told you nothing retro365.blog/2025/03/04/ind… The first Indiana Jones for home computers. #IndianaJones #InTheLostKingdom #Mindscape #Commodore64 #RetroGames

Wasteland, A Post-Apocalyptic Legacy Forging the Modern RPG retro365.blog/2025/03/20/was… The 1980s marked a golden age for post-apocalyptic storytelling, fueled by Cold War anxieties and a fascination with dystopian survival... #Wasteland #ElectronicArts #Interplay #RetroGames

Demon Stalkers: The Raid on Doomfane retro365.blog/2025/03/30/dem… In the mid-1980s, Atari's Gauntlet was taking the arcade world by storm, devouring quarters at a near-unprecedented pace as players lined up to brave its relentless dungeons... #DemonStalkers #ElectronicArts #Commodore

Limited Run Games, A Legacy of Preservation with Growing Pains retro365.blog/2025/04/02/lim… For years, Lucasfilm Games, later LucasArts, defined the adventure game genre with titles that blended innovative gameplay, sharp writing, and unforgettable characters. Now, decades later...

By the early 1990s, Lethal Weapon, the mismatched buddy-cop franchise starring Gibson and Glover, had evolved into one of Hollywood’s biggest action franchises, defining late-’80s and early-’90s action cinema... Read the story on my blog: retro365.blog/2025/04/25/let…

Vette!, Silicon Dreams on the Streets of San Francisco retro365.blog/2025/04/29/vet… Developing a fully 3D driving game in 1988–89 was an ambitious undertaking, but that didn't deter the small team at Sphere from setting their sights even higher... #Vette #SpectrumHolobyte #retrogames

Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain retro365.blog/2025/05/07/the… ‘Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duty and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire lasts for a thousand years, men will still say, “This was their finest hour”’ – Winston Churchill, 1940 #LucasfilmGames

Space Kadet / Space Cadette, Dan Illowsky’s Forgotten Shooter retro365.blog/2025/05/09/spa… By the early 1980s, the Apple II had emerged as the centerpiece of the growing software boom... Read the story on my blog #spaceCadette #Funtastic #DanIllowsky #AppleII #Datamost #RetroGames

Wings, Cinemaware’s Swan Song retro365.blog/2025/05/23/win… By the end of the 1980s, the golden age of the Amiga was in full flight, and no company understood the hardware’s cinematic potential better than California-based Cinemaware... Read the story on my blog #Wings #Cinemaware