Empire Strikes Back – A C64 fan version by Megastyle has been released and it looks mighty impressive

by Indie Retro News | May 4, 2026 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Well, it’s that time of year again when we all suddenly become sci-fi nerds and amusingly misquote Star Wars for 24 hours, so to celebrate the geek in-joke turned global holiday that is Star Wars Day, we present you a brand new game for the C64 which is sure to excite...

Celeste – Rage inducing platformer for the Amiga by Paweł Juen Nowak

by Indie Retro News | May 3, 2026 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Developer Paweł Juen Nowak has began porting the challenging Pico8 platformer Celeste to the Commodore Amiga, designed to display using C2P techniques which necessitate a higher-powered processor for smooth gameplay. While running well on a 50MHz 060, the port...

Micro Karting – A work in progress nod to Super Mario Kart for the Amiga [UPDATE]

by Indie Retro News | May 2, 2026 | 1990s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

If you’ve never heard of Super Mario Kart, then I guess you were living in a cave, as this game series which first appeared in 1992 on the SNES, was one of the most addictive arcade style racing games ever to appear on a TV screen. So to see someone try to...

Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Dan Kingdom Talks GRIDbeat!

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | May 1, 2026 | 2020s, Gaming, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Interviews

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with GRIDbeat! Creative Director Dan Kingdom, who discusses the process to make the game a reality and what it is like to work with Acclaim. Old School Gamer Magazine: How was GRIDbeat! born? Dan Kingdom: GRIDbeat! grew out of a very...

Classic Kong – An Iconic arcade game now reimagined for the Atari Jaguar

by Indie Retro News | Apr 30, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

In a exciting development for retro gaming enthusiasts, developer swapd0 who recently released the Atari Jaguar game called BurgerTom, has now unofficially released Classic Kong for the Atari Jaguar. This new homebrew project brings a faithful reimagining of the...

Commando – This Hack/Mod of an 8bit classic looks rather super now on the ZX Spectrum

by Indie Retro News | Apr 28, 2026 | 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Saberman has contacted us to let us know that tiboh’24-26 has announced the release of a hack/mod of Commando for the ZX Spectrum. A new version of the game which not only overhauls the intro graphics, but it now features AY-Music which brings it more in line...