New Retro Blog — Retro Gaming RSS



Daily Life and Popular Culture in the 1980s

American Life in the 80s   The 1980s were an exciting time for Americans. Many new types of technology and forms of entertainment were emerging. What were some of these new items? What was daily life like in the 1980s? Families in the 80s The American family was changing in the 1980s. Many families felt a need to increase their disposable income, and as a result, more and more women continued entering the workforce. Additionally, broken marriages were becoming more commonplace with divorce rates reaching their peak in the latter half of the 1970s and remaining high throughout the 1980s. Also, many women were choosing to remain single and pursue professional careers. As a result, single parent families became a...

Continue reading



The History of Synthwave

Do you remember the 80's? The era of roller skates, VHS and Walkman cassette, the golden age of neon’s, synths and future. The 80’s were an era when we used to fantasize a lot about the future. From the dystopian post-apocalyptic vision of the future to the high-tech utopian fantasy, the 80’s were like a draft of the  present. The Legend of Synthwave The nostalgia of that spirit led, at the beginning of the 2000s, to the appearance of a new kind of electronic music that goes by the name of Synthwave. A new kind of music ? Well, not completely. That’s why today we go back, to the future! You may have noticed there’s a lot of nostalgia going...

Continue reading



6 Futuristic, Synthwave, Retrowave Games

There are Some Good Futuristic Games! Here we go; COD: Infinite Warfare – Zombies in Spaceland Zombies in Spaceland is a DLC of « Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare » accessible since November 2016. It's basically the new « Zombie mode » of the last Call of Duty yet with a Retro 80 soul. The story is an appearance to thump out the most walkers (reference to Walking Dead) as conceivable under a 80s soundtrack with a retro-cutting edge realistic character since it occur in a fascination named « Spaceland ». The player is anticipated into an entertainment mecca under cutting edge view where we can discover zombies masked as comedians, rides as spaceships, a lively dancefloor and some more....

Continue reading



What is Outrun ? History of Outrun

Outrun's Background Outrun is a 1980s-themed retrofuturistic visual craftsmanship and music style related with the electronic classes electro, synthwave, futuresynth, new retrowave and vaporwave. The style is named after the famous 1986 arcade hustling diversion Out Run. On September twentieth, 1986, the 3D third-individual arcade hustling amusement Out Run[5] was discharged, in which players control a Ferrari Testarossa Spider sports vehicle while dashing down different roads in a tropical area. Throughout the following five years, the amusement was discharged on the Sega Master System and Sega Genesis comforts.   Then Outrun  On March 31st, 2006, the computer game OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast was discharged for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Windows and Xbox frameworks. On February 22nd, 2013, the...

Continue reading



History of Game Boy

GAME BOY  Gunpei Yokoi, the creator of Game Boy, developed a game called Game & Watch. This device, which sells over 43 million units in the world, was a revolution and started the era of handheld game consoles.Although Game & Watch has only been available for 2 years, the great success it has been achieved with led screens. Yokoi and his team to develop a new 8-bit R & D system. This is called Game Boy and was launched on April 21, 1989 in Japan.While the device was powered by four AA batteries, it was also able to work with a 6V DC adapter. There was a headphone jack at the bottom. Apart from these, the legendary connection entrance was also on the side. With...

Continue reading