Knights & Slimes – An in dev Arcade platformer for the C64 by Monte Boyd gets another tease

by Indie Retro News | Aug 6, 2022 | 1980s, C64 Vic20, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Another C64 news story for you all, and one I think many will still be interested in playing when it gets an eventual release, is the upcoming game of Knights & Slimes for the C64 by Monte Boyd. Yes indeed thanks to another shout out on Twitter, not only is Monte...

Heart of Darkness: Dark Souls for kids in the 90s

by Old School Gamer | Aug 3, 2022 | 1990s, Console/Handheld

*WARNING* – THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS POTENTIALLY MAJOR SPOILERS FOR HEART OF DARKNESS. IF YOU HAVE NOT YET PLAYED THIS GAME BUT HAVE AN INTEREST IN DOING SO, PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS ARTICLE WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS* Gamers these days seem to enjoy punishment in their...

Mighty Street Fighter – Could this upcoming ‘Street Fighter’ be the next homebrew hit for the Amstrad 128k?

by Indie Retro News | Jul 23, 2022 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

I’m sure many of you remember Street Fighter, a game which originally appeared on the Arcades, and was then ported to pretty much every system you could think of, including such systems as the Amiga, Atari St and even the ZX Spectrum.  Well fast forward to today...

1942 – Arcade quality port is still coming to the Amiga with new shown!

by Indie Retro News | Jul 18, 2022 | 1980s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

In 1984 a great shoot ’em up was released for the Arcades by Capcom and that game was 1942. A game in which you not only had to shoot down enemy planes including bombers, but you could also perform awesome rolls while collecting power ups. Thankfully this game...

North American Genesis 2 Becomes Official

by Jason Russell | Jul 15, 2022 | Console/Handheld, Gaming, Lists

While it was all but assured that Sega planned to create a North American Genesis Mini 2 given their announcement of the Japanese Mega Drive 2, it looks like we have a leak on Amazon to thank for prompting Sega to make it official. The American Genesis 2 will be...

Black Jewel Reborn Kickstarter Campaign Launching Today

by Old School Gamer | Jul 13, 2022 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Press Release

Black Jewel Reborn Kickstarter Campaign Now Live New cooperative hack and slash for SNES, Genesis, NES and Game Boy Gaimersheim, Germany –July 13, 2022– Indie development studio, PSCD Games has launched a Kickstarter Campaign to fund their cooperative hack and slash...