Nebulus Ported to the Game Boy Advance

by William Schwartz | Jan 31, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, AtariST, C64 Vic20, Console/Handheld, Indie

  On January 30th, Retro Room Games made their Game Boy Advance port of Nebulus available to purchase in their online store. Produced in collaboration with Rebellion, Nebulus is a classic puzzle platformer dating to 1987. Originally released for home computers...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Don Hodges

by Todd Friedman | Jan 31, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Don Hodges, who currently is displayed on card number 753, from the Superstars of 2014 Collection.  Don is a classic arcade gamer who has analyzed program code for games such as Pac-Man, Dig-Dug, Defender, and Galaga. He may be...

Invanoid – An Arkanoid and Space Invaders mix for the Commodore Amiga by DjPiotrs

by Indie Retro News | Jan 29, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

What do you get if you mix the 1986 Arcade game of ‘Arkanoid’ and the 1987 game of ‘Space Invaders’? Probably this latest game from djpiotrs called ‘Invanoid’; a brand new Amiga game in which playing as a bat like device scrolling...

Playstation 2 Games May Soon Be Practical to Recompile

by William Schwartz | Jan 28, 2026 | 1990s, 2000s, 2020s, Gaming

  The software developer ran-j, also known as Ranieri, has been making rapid progress on their new project to recompile Playstation 2 games. The project, which not so recently ago may have seemed fanciful, has taken on exciting connotations for retro gaming...

Halo Zero (Unofficial remake – Amiga/MD/NeoGeoCD) by Earok gets a preview build!

by Indie Retro News | Jan 27, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Here’s another banger of a news story especially if you were a fan of the Halo games, as thanks to a heads up by Earok, developer of the Scorpion Engine, he has announced a preview download of ‘Halo Zero’. An unofficial fan port of a classic fan...

GameShark Returns: The Complete Cheat Code Compendium

by Todd Friedman | Jan 26, 2026 | 1990s, 2010s, Press Release

We hit $50,000 over the weekend – and that means the Compendium officially upgrades to an Expanded Edition. More pages. More codes. More games. More of what made GameShark legendary in the first place. This is only the start of Week 2, and the support so far has...