From Below – A great Tetris style game recently released for the NES is coming to the Game Boy

by Indie Retro News | Apr 13, 2022 | 1980s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

If you loved the 1984 game of Tetris or the 1989 game of Columns then you might like this latest news story featured here on IRN. As trawling through Facebook today, we have found out that the previously released NES game of ‘ From Below ‘; a game which...

Podcast of the Week – The Retro Hour

by Todd Friedman | Apr 12, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, Podcast of the Week, Youtuber/Twitch Streamer of the Week

In this Edition, the Retro Hour hosts chat to the awesome James Rolfe (aka The Angry Video Game Nerd) about his memories of gaming and his love for terrible retro games. The Angry Video Game Nerd – The Retro Hour EP321 Click Here to listen to the Podcast Show...

Farawaydius – A super tiny Gradius inspiration for the C64 gets a preview

by Indie Retro News | Apr 9, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, C64 Vic20, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

We’ve just received some rather interesting news from a good friend of ours, especially if you’ve got a C64 or emulator at hand, as if you loved playing the classic game of Gradius/Nemesis; a side scrolling shoot-em-up that was originally released as a...

Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Atari Video Cube?

by Derek Slaton | Apr 5, 2022 | 1980s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns

Release Date: 1982 Publisher: Atari Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Puzzle Alternate Title: Rubik’s Cube Model #: CX2670 Rarity: 7 Programmer: N/A This is a surprisingly robust and challenging puzzle game that will give fits to even the most seasoned of puzzle...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Carl Klitzke

by Todd Friedman | Apr 4, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Arcade, Interviews

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Carl Klitzke who currently is displayed on card number 3975, from the Superstars of 2021 Collection.  Carl is a masterful arcade game and pinball technician. Anything you need he can fix. He worked on his very first pinball...

Five Wrestling Games You’ve Forgotten About or Didn’t Know Existed

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Apr 1, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, Lists

With Wrestlemania right around the corner, we take a look at five wrestling games we know you forgot existed! WWF Microleague Wrestling: The first WWF Wrestling game ever isn’t really much of a wrestling game, but it’s something you have to try. Fire Pro Wrestling 2-...