Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
GamesNostalgia Blog: articles, reviews, tutorials, guides, stories about retro games, abandonware, classic games, game designers, interviews and the exciting history of computer games.
Author : Tasha
7 October 2017, 9:55 am
Bringing you a double-dose of David, I bring you the tale of David Crane. This particular David is U.S. born and raised. He received his education from DeVry and graduated in 1975. Other than his contributions to the video game industry, which I will get to, David had a hand in several hardware products as well. While at Atari he would help design the operation system for the Atari 800. He would also create the Display Processor Chip and other innovations used in the gaming industry.
Read More
Author : Henry Blake
9 September 2017, 10:14 am
The Oregon Trail was developed way back in 1971 on university mainframes then jumped over to early 8-bit home computer systems. Continuing through 4 decades it has reappeared in many editions (at least 10), was a colossal commercial success in its heyday, and remains popular today, though interest is now largely relegated to the retro-gaming community.
Read MoreAuthor : Tasha
2 July 2017, 2:18 pm
When people think about video game creators, they always have this idea of brilliant programmers having fun, and doing what they love, making money being not really important for them. UK native David Lester is the exception to that rule.
Read MoreAuthor : Tasha
20 May 2017, 9:22 pm
Good news, everyone! We are officially popping our NES cherry! I am particularly excited because our first is one of my favorite games, Contra.
Read MoreAuthor : Tasha
14 May 2017, 12:09 pm
Continuing on our quest through legendary game designers we will discuss another multi-talented individual and the mind behind the Prince of Persia series, Jordan Mechner.
Read More
Author : Manu
30 April 2017, 8:12 am
Sensible World of Soccer, the football game created by Sensible Software, considered the best soccer sim of the '90s (and according to someone, the best soccer sim ever) is not only still alive, but also fully updated to the 2016-2017 Season data.
Read More