Tetris Championship Edition – A brilliant MOD of the classic Tetris 2 on the ZX Spectrum [UPDATE]

by Indie Retro News | Mar 2, 2025 | 1970s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Oh joy of joys, if you loved the 1984 game of Tetris or the 1989 game of Columns , you’ll be pleased to know a brand new puzzle overhaul of Tetris 2 by František Fuka has been released for the ZX Spectrum. This excellent game that was originally released for the...

Atari 2600 Keystone Kapers from Activision | The Third Time REALLY IS the Charm!

by GenX Grownup | Feb 27, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, Atari, Early IBM DOS, GenX Grownup, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Stern

Atari 2600 Keystone Kapers from Activision | The Third Time REALLY IS the Charm! Kitchen designed the game after working on Atari 2600 games Space Jockey and a port of Donkey Kong. He wanted to develop a game similar to the latter game, and began developing what would...

Plyuk – Another unique ZX Spectrum 128k game from RetroSouls

by Indie Retro News | Feb 24, 2025 | 1980s, 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

While RetroSouls has released many games such as GLUF, Old Tower and Alter Ego, one of the more unique games they released, was a game called Ringo. What made this game unique was the fact that it was one of the first games to use their new ‘experimental...

A look back at Promenade by Red Art Games

by Todd Friedman | Feb 23, 2025 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

“Promenade the critically acclaimed 2D collectathon combining exploration and puzzles in a dreamlike, colorful universe is still available digitally or physically on all platforms ” Join Nemo and his octopus companion on an oniric and enchanting journey...

Atari’s Yars Rising: Where’s All the FAN HATE Coming From?

by GenX Grownup | Feb 16, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, Atari, Early IBM DOS, GenX Grownup, Heritage Auctions, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Stern

Fan reaction to the recently-announced Yars Rising has been surprisingly divisive. It’s been accused of being too talky, too different, and “not Yars” at all. In this editorial, Jon shares his thoughts on Yars Rising and the negative fan feedback. From the renowned...

Aqua Ippan – This love letter to Metal Slug by Division 六 looks fantastic!

by Indie Retro News | Feb 14, 2025 | 1990s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

I can say for sure there’s probably not many of you that haven’t heard of ‘Metal Slug’, a game in a series of games that are well known in the gaming community, going back to the days of the Neo Geo system. This game has plenty of humor, while...