Santa’s Troubles – Are you feeling festive for another Commodore 64 game?

by Indie Retro News | Dec 25, 2023 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

If you just can’t wait for Christmas day and fancy playing a Christmas themed game right now, then you might be interested to know that LC-Games, who was also behind Dig Dug Revival, Bagman Strikes Back and many many others, has released the Christmas game of...

Garbage Pail Kids – Mad Mike : The 8-bit Game ORDER NOW (ALMOST SOLD OUT)

by Todd Friedman | Dec 21, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Press Release

wGrowing up  in the 1980’s, I collected many things. Baseball Cards, Video Games, Pennies, and more. There was one item that always got me back to the 7-11 by my house. It was Garbage Pail Kids. These “Sticker” cards came with a stick of gum as...

Link’s Awakening DX HD – An unofficial PC remake that breathes new life into this classic Game Boy Color game from 1998!

by Indie Retro News | Dec 21, 2023 | 1990s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

If like me, you’re a huge fan of Zelda, then you’ll be happy to know as thanks to a heads up by Tom via Twitter, he has told us that linksawakeningdxhd has made available this incredible looking game of “Link’s Awakening DX HD”. As in the...

Tetris Recoded – This latest version of Tetris by RetroBytes looks super cool!

by Indie Retro News | Dec 17, 2023 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

It’s time to move away from the Platform genre and look towards classic Puzzle games for our retro fun, as if you loved the 1984 game of Tetris, you’ll be pleased to know that as of today, you can download the very latest Tetris game of ‘Tetris...

Are video gamers mini crazy? Let me count the ways.

by Todd Friedman | Dec 16, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, 2020s, Arcade, Columns

I have been wanting to discuss this many time but never had the chance to until now.  I wanted to voice my opinion on how the gaming world is going mini crazy.  I am indeed am one of those gamers.  I can’t help but collect all the new mini versions of the same...

Ronald Pieket: One: Man on the Run

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Dec 15, 2023 | 1990s, Gaming, Interviews, The Story Of...

The mid to late ‘90s were an interesting time for gaming. With the end of the 16-bit era and rise of the Sony PlayStation, the slow death of 2D games was beginning and the ascension of the sexier 3D games we now know and love today was upon us. The end result was some...