Old Towers – RetroSouls seriously cool ZX Spectrum game arrives on the Famicom/NES with a version 1.1

by Indie Retro News | Jan 1, 2025 | 1990s, 2010s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

If you’ve been following RetroSouls for awhile you would’ve known they have released games such as GLUF, Old Tower, Twinlight, Alter Ego, and even Tourmaline for the ZX Spectrum. Well today as thanks to a heads up via Facebook, we have been told that they...

Tetra Zone – A modern take on a classic WIP for the Commodore Amiga

by Indie Retro News | Dec 26, 2024 | 2000s, 2010s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

If you’ve played the 1980’s hit game of Tetris then you’ll be pleased to know that as of this morning, we have been informed that you can now download Wei-ju Wu’s WIP Commodore Amiga game of Tetra Zone. As in the words of the creator “a...

A Very Hairy Christmas – A modern HD debut of Mr Hair for the PC by Langford Productions

by Indie Retro News | Dec 24, 2024 | 2010s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

We’ve just received word from our good friend Richard of Langford Productions, of a new PC game that has been released called ‘A Very Hairy Christmas’. A game which doesn’t just have nods to other classic games from the 80’s such as...

New Stranger Things Table from Zen Studios; Stern Improves Insider Connected App; New Spooky Logo

by Knapp Arcade | Dec 22, 2024 | 2010s, 2020s, KnappArcade, Pinball

I have a couple of pinball odds and ends for everyone this afternoon. Let’s start in the world of digital pinball.   First off, I had no idea that Netflix includes 112 free phone apps with subscriptions to its video service. Apparently, one of these...

A review of Shovel Knight from Boss Fight Books

by William Schwartz | Dec 16, 2024 | 2010s, Reviews, The Story Of...

  No one can ever quite agree what really makes a video game retro. Ten years old used to be a good yardstick, but as time marches on, and ten years ago now includes the PlayStation 4, well, that’s not generally a good definition. Strangely enough, though,...

Forgotten Indie Games That Deserve to Be Remembered

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Dec 14, 2024 | 2000s, 2010s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

With the holidays approaching, everyone is focused on the new games we want, but in this special post, we detail games that deserve to be remembered. Endless Midnight: Zombie Swarm: Jordan Trudgett’s independent game on the 360 Live Arcade was from a different era. In...