ROGUEish – This roguelike C64 game by Syntaxerrorsoftware looks pretty decent (UPDATE)

by Indie Retro News | Jun 25, 2025 | 1970s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

I do love a good roguelike, it’s one of my favorite genres to play, especially when I’m delving deep into dark dungeons looking for decent loot and avoiding many of the nasties contained within. So if like me, you like that sort of gaming experience. Then...

Space Invaders – A C64 conversion of Taito’s Space Invaders by LC-Games

by Indie Retro News | Jun 24, 2025 | 1970s, 1980s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

We’ve mentioned many Space Invader variants over the years, from Havie’s Blitz Basic version of the game on the Amiga, to our personal favorite from Pink/Abyss called ‘Tiny Invaders’. Well yet again we’ve been sent another version of...

Unofficial SNK vs CAPCOM for the C64/128 gets a pretty impressive update! [Stronger Edition]

by Indie Retro News | Jun 22, 2025 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

There’s another awesome news story that’s worth a mention here on Indie Retro News, as thanks to both Ethan Knight and Saberman letting us know through Facebook, we’ve been told that Jon Eggelton and Gianluca Alberico has released a pretty impressive...

Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Matt Tuttle Talks Echoes of the Unread

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jun 10, 2025 | 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Interviews

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Echoes of the Unread creator Matt Tuttle to find out what inspired the game and more. Check it out on Kickstarter. About Echoes of the Unread: Developed by Clever Cat Games and published by Mega Cat Studios, Echoes of the...

Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside Ruyn With Paul Marrable

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jun 9, 2025 | 2020s, Gaming, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, The Story Of...

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Ruyn developer Paul Marrable, who discusses the FPS’ creation cycle and so much more. Old School Gamer Magazine: How was this game born? Paul Marrable: It actually started from messing around with creating level editors and tools...

The Five Best Retro iPhone Games You’ve Never Played And Probably Can’t Anymore

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jun 1, 2025 | 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Gaming, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

With so many titles available to play on the iPhone, there’s always a chance there are games you simply just missed out on. Mega addictive hits the likes of “Angry Birds” and “Candy Crush” don’t make it any easier to try new games...