COMING SOON : Hyperkin’s Handheld Console for Genesis and Mega Drive

by Todd Friedman | Jan 12, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Press Release

Hyperkin Announces Handheld Console Compatible With Genesis® and Mega Drive Cartridges January 12, 2024 (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles-based video game hardware developer, Hyperkin, has announced they are developing a handheld console, the Mega 95, compatible with...

Atari 2600+ Firmware Update Instructions | v1.1 Beta on Your Plus

by GenX Grownup | Jan 11, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, GenX Grownup

At release, the Atari 2600+ was a fun throwback conosole allowing you to play physical Atari 2600 and 7800 cartridges, but it was lacking a bit of compatibility and functionality that Atari fans were hoping for. As of today, a beta for the first firmware update for...

Tetris 1200 (AGA) – The 1988 Arcade version of Tetris is coming to the Commodore Amiga!

by Indie Retro News | Jan 10, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

The 1984 game of Tetris has been mentioned many times on Indie Retro News, with new versions of the game being re-released on the Amstrad CPC, C16, Plus/4 and ZX Spectrum. Well here’s another version of the game that is sure to be enjoyed by many that still love...

The Secret of Monkey Island – A landmark adventure game appears on the C64, but with some limitations!

by Indie Retro News | Jan 6, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

The Secret of Monkey Island developed by Lucasfilm Games (later LucasArts) was originally released in 1990 and created by now industry legends Ron Gilbert, Tim Schafer, and Dave Grossman. It was a game that has lived on the hearts of many with its fantastic pirate...

Duck Tales – Family Comes First! – Another fabulous speccy nod to Cartoon classic Duck Tales

by Indie Retro News | Jan 4, 2024 | 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Even though we were late in writing this one up as it was Christmas, we are pleased to inform our Indie Retro News readers that if you loved that classic Cartoon of Duck Tales, then you may also be interested to know that N10Team has released the ZX Spectrum game of...

Mega Man “My Arcade” – All 6 in 1 place!

by Todd Friedman | Dec 31, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Reviews

Growing up with the NES, there was a few games in the library that continue to grow strong even today. One of those is most defiantly the Mega Man series. The NES produced the first six games in the franchise. Some of these games are hard to come by and are a bit...