Cyberpunk Run-and-Gun Neon Inferno Delayed Until November 20, 2025

by Old School Gamer | Sep 11, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Press Release

Philadelphia, PA – September 11, 2025 – Independent games publisher Retroware and developer Zenovia Interactive have announced a new release date for their upcoming cyberpunk run-and-gun title, Neon Inferno. Originally slated for October 2, the game will now launch...

Pengo – A classic Arcade game from 1982 has arrived on the MSX 2

by Indie Retro News | Sep 8, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Way back in 1982, Coreland published by Sega released the Arcade game of ‘Pengo’, A maze like game in which playing as a penguin, you must survive each round by eliminating all Sno-Bees and Sno-Bee eggs with sliding blocks, while optionally lining up the...

A Mortal Kombat II AGA project for the Amiga via Scorpion Engine is in the works!

by Indie Retro News | Sep 6, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Trawling through Facebook looking for some fresh Wednesday news, and I’ve just found out through the Scorpion Engine Facebook page, that RetroRic (Wardner) is working on a Mortal Kombat II AGA project. A new development that is being created using Earok’s...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Allen Staal

by Todd Friedman | Sep 2, 2025 | 1980s, 2000s, 2020s, Arcade, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Allen Staal who currently is displayed on card number 392, from the Superstars of 2012 Collection. You can also see Allen on card numbers 1754, 2139, 2173, 2467, and 2597. Allen is a huge Donkey Kong fan, as well as a...

by Old School Gamer | Sep 1, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Press Release

The AVGN is back… in 8-bits!! Experience the ULTIMATE NERD RAGE in Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit! The all-new action platformer set in the AVGN universe is coming soon for ALL modern platforms and the ACTUAL NES.   The modern version from Program Ancer, features...

Encounter HD comes out with version 1.2.3 and a new demo

by William Schwartz | Aug 31, 2025 | 1980s, 2020s, Indie, Indy Tools By Platform, Retro Computing

  On August 31st, Defense Force released a new version of Encounter HD, version 1.2.3 alongside a new demo. The project saw its initial release in December of last year. But the story of Encounter itself goes back quite a bit farther than that. The graphic...