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...

DOUBLE BABOON NINJA – This upcoming Arcade game by Danlabg for the Amiga looks fab [BETA UPDATE]

by Indie Retro News | Apr 20, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Fancy playing a new Commodore Amiga game that smacks of high quality, is fun to play, and well worth keeping an eye on as developments progress, then this game called ‘Double Baboon Ninja’ by Danlabg is just the game for you. An upcoming Arcade game in...

Musing of a Retro Gamer: Lost Media and Game Preservation

by Marcus Albers | Apr 19, 2026 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Arcade, Console/Handheld, Early IBM DOS, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

As I was browsing Reddit the other day, as I’m wont to do from time to time, I came across a post about something of great interest to me that I knew nothing about. The post discussed the release of a PC port of Infinity Blade II. For the uninitiated, the...

Mappy – Bally Midway & Namco’s Arcade mouse game has arrived on the Amiga via JOTD

by Indie Retro News | Apr 16, 2026 | 1980s, 2010s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

I had a feeling it wouldn’t be too long for another JOTD announcement, and thus here we are with a new Arcade to Amiga port that’s been released called ‘Mappy’. A side-scrolling platformer that was developed by Namco for the Japanese market in...