Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Eugene Jarvis

by Todd Friedman | Mar 24, 2025 | 1970s, 1980s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Eugene Jarvis, who is displayed on card number 144 from the Superstars of 2011 Collection.   Eugene is also featured on cards 654, 654A, 714 and 1681. Eugene, who started his career in the pinball world has created some of the...

Dark Shadows of Sergoth – Custom maps to The Shadows of Sergoth (Amiga) [V1.0 UPDATE]

by Indie Retro News | Mar 17, 2025 | 1970s, 2020s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

If you have an Amstrad or Amiga near by, chances are you would’ve come across the excellent homebrew Dungeon Crawler ‘ The Shadows of Sergoth ‘; a game which blew many of us away with fast coded graphics, deadly monsters and cool loot to find...

Ladybird – A rather cool Commodore 64 game by Icon64 with publishing by Psytronik!

by Indie Retro News | Mar 15, 2025 | 1970s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Looking for some more entertainment this weekend, either through emulation or real hardware, then come and check out Icon64 with publishing by Psytronik’s latest Commodore 64 game of ‘Ladybird’. A retro-inspired arcade game, in which you must make...

Yoomp! OCS – HOT NEWS : Amiga version of Yoomp!64 has finally arrived! [Update]

by Indie Retro News | Mar 11, 2025 | 1970s, 1980s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Even more HOT gaming news, as we’ve just been contacted by Saberman, that Zbigniew Ross, author of Yoomp!64, has finally released a port of the game over to the Commodore Amiga. Now some of you might remember this title when it had a previous feature on...

First Person Shooter: The Definitive FPS Documentary

by Todd Friedman | Mar 9, 2025 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2020s, Events

CLICK HERE TO BE A PART OF THE FPS ARMY   The ultimate celebration of the FPS genre. Join us as we revisit the greatest ever FPS games, guided by the developers who created them. Limited edition numbered run, only available until August 1st. Digital Release: 31st...

X-Out: Resurfaced – A 90’s Shoot ’em up is getting a modern overhaul this Feb 20th!

by Indie Retro News | Mar 8, 2025 | 1970s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Shoot em ups have never gone out of fashion, there’s something to be said about blasting waves of enemies on screen, while collecting wicked power ups and listening to that thumping soundtrack. Thankfully one such team likes to keep the shoot em up goodness...