H.E.R.O. – An awesome conversion of a classic now for the VIC-20 by Kollektivet
Gamers of the 1980's will remember a fantastic game called ' H.E.R.O' which was released for the Atari 800/2600, ColecoVision, C64, C128, and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. It was a classic game which puts you in control of Roderrick Hero, on a mission to search the cave...
Wonder Boy – An Arcade game from 1986 as an unofficial Amiga port by Acidbottle gets a new update
We've featured Wonderboy many times now on Indie Retro News, from the modern remake of Wonderboy The Dragons Trap, to the Amiga versions of Wonderboy in Monster Land SE, and the more recent Arcade to Amiga port of Wonderboy by Acidbottle. Well here's another Amiga...
The Flip Side by Roger C. Sharpe
It was May 30, 1871, when Montague Redgrave of Cincinnati, Ohio was issued patent US115357A for his “Improvements in Bagatelles”. His invention was a smaller table top version of what had been a very popular French parlor game in the 1700s. In addition, Redgrave made...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Wayne Coombs
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Wayne Coombs who currently is displayed on card number 2055, from the Superstars of 2015 Collection. Wayne was one of the first referees for Twin Galaxies back in the early 1980’s. Wayne was instrumental in helping Walter with...
The Antstream Arcade Years: 1995
With the Antstream Arcade search facility capable of narrowing its range by year, there’s a great way to discover the games from a time you remember especially fondly. This week, we look back at one such year and the noteworthy games that make it a fantastic time...
Antstream Arcade Twitch Superstar: Retro Death Row
In our latest Antstream Arcade Twitch Superstar feature, we chat with another one of the wonderful people spreading the retro gaming glory of Antstream Arcade via streaming platforms. This week, we proudly present Steve, aka Retro Death Row, answering questions on his...
Radiohead Album Using Mario 64 Music Is Utterly Brilliant!
Have you ever wanted to know what Radiohead's incredible 2007 album 'In Rainbows' sounded like if it was the soundtrack to an N64 game? Then look no further. The hugely talented on4word has recreated the entire album using music and sound effects from Super Mario 64....
Five Superhero Games We’d Love to See Happen
Legacy Comix owner and Old School Gamer Magazine Senior Writer Patrick Hickey Jr. shares his thoughts on five great comic book franchises that would make amazing video games. The Maxx: The art alone in this comic lends itself beautifully to the video game world. Add...
The Last Ninja – Is System 3’s classic game coming to the Atari XL/XE? Here’s a Demo tease!
Way back in 1987, System 3 released one of the greatest action adventure games ever to be made available for the C64. It was none other than 'The Last Ninja', which also saw a number of ports released for the Apple IIGS, MS-DOS, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron ,Apple II,...
Ultimate Play The Game “Sabre Wulf” is getting a C64 remaster, and it looks awesome!
The retro news just keeps on coming this weekend, as earlier today we found out ' Sabre Wulf ' will be coming to the C64 as a full remaster by Genesis Project. Yes indeed this famous game released in 1984 by Ultimate Play the Game, and originally released on the ZX...
Distant Worlds & A New World Concerts!
AWR Music Productions, LLC presents Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY, the official symphony concert tour. Launched in 2007, in conjunction with the twentieth anniversary of FINAL FANTASY, Distant Worlds features the music of the great video game series FINAL...
Pak-Men – A Pac-Man clone for the C64 as a preview via Lucas SDM Siudym!
In the early 80s, when video games were just starting their migration from the arcades to the living room, it was common for games programmers to take their inspiration from the more popular arcade games, and so we ended up with a million and one variations on...
Hyperkin Wants To Make The Sega Dreamcast 2
Accessory maker Hyperkin just got everyone's hopes up regarding a follow-up to the Sega Dreamcast – only then to proclaim that, if it got the chance, it would love to make the console happen. The original Dreamcast was Sega's final foray into the world of home...
Mind Blown! As Starfox demo’d on the Sega Genesis/MD!
I always try to get you the latest updates from around world when it comes to games that have been released or are still being developed. Well this latest news story took us by surprise this afternoon, as looking through our Twitter feed, I've come across a mind...
Duke Nukem 4Ever – A prototype build for a scrapped sidescrolling 2D version of Duke Nukem Forever has been recovered!
Apogee Software certainly released some great games in the 90's, games such as Monster Bash, Bio Menace and even our personal favorite Duke Nukem. Well one game you've probably never heard of is the platformer version of Duke Nukem 4Ever. That's because while the game...
Retro Gaming Roundup – December 2022
CLICK HERE FOR PODCAST TOPICS COVERED IN THE SHOW Hardware Flashback - (00:00) Dinosaur Pie - (35:47) Guinness Gaming Records - (1:53:31) Martin Galway: Rambo High Score - (1:55:09) Top Ten Swinging Games - (1:59:15) Linus GH: Truck On - (3:16:14) Live News And...
The Retro Hour EP360 – Sega Classics
90's Video Game Shop Memories & Sega Classics We chat to the wonderful James Schall about working at classic gaming shops like Virgin Games and Future Zone, his time as product marketing manager at Sega in the post Dreamcast era, and his current work resurrecting...
KICKSTARTER – “Back of the Box” A 90s Video Game Coloring Book
CLICK HERE FOR KICKSTARTER PAGE Do you remember the thrill of powering on your favorite video game console and embarking on an epic adventure? Take a trip down memory lane with our retro video game coloring book, designed for those who grew up playing classic games....
COMING SOON – It Returned To The Desert – For Steam
Unique mix of turn-based strategy and adventure. Defend the town of Glint Rock against radioactive giant ants! Dr. Mill is a geologist that came to town to examine the recent meteor crash. Now he has to convince the towns folk that something's going on. It Returned to...
Missile Command on the Amstrad CPC+ and GX4000 and it looks pretty decent!
The iconic Atari game Missile Command didn't get the best of ports even on the Amstrad, but that is about to change. As thanks to yet another gaming heads up from Saberman, he has told us that Ayor61 and team, have released a much improved version of the game over to...
Coming Soon for iiRcade – Wizard of Walls
Coming Soon to the iiRcade Wizard Of Walls! "Wizard Of Walls" is a dungeon/maze shooter with retro mechanics inspired by the old arcade classic "Wizard Of Wor". You play a warrior with a laser gun and have to shoot all monsters. If you touch a monster or get shot by a...
Last Action Hero – An enhanced(hack) version of a 1994 brawler via AmigaLive!
While I do try to avoid writing on weekends, this was too good not to spread the word! As thanks to both Earok and Saberman letting us know earlier today, they have told us that AmigaLive has made available a hack of the Amiga version of the 1994 game 'Last Action...
Five What-Ifs That Could Have Changed Gaming Forever
The comic book industry isn’t the only one that get to have this much fun. Take a look at five situations that morphed the industry forever and what could have happened if things happened otherwise. Sega Doesn’t Give Up Creating Consoles After the Dreamcast: Sega is...
Grandchild Discovers 26 Copies Of Wario Game
Grandchild Discovers 26 Copies Of Wario Game In Late Grandmother's Collection As spotted by Gaming Bible, a gamer named KrisReed recently took to Reddit to share a picture of their grandmother's video game collection. However, it appears their late relative apparently...
Dread – WIP Doom clone on the Amiga 500 & Atari ST looks better than ever in this new footage
The upcoming Doom clone of 'Dread' has been featured many times on Indie Retro News, as with every new update the Amiga 500 and Atari ST version looks better than ever with noted changes as fabulous new textures and new zones to visit. Well if you're looking for more...
A Picture’s Worth a Thousand…Pixels?
My oldest brother Richard wasn’t the master of sarcasm that our middle brother Steven was. But he still looked at my game's box with a caustic smirk. “This-“ he said, first looking at the art on the box cover of cover of Atari's Air-Sea Battle... and then looking at...
Five Must-Play Game Boy Titles Besides Pokemon and Tetris
If you love Nintendo’s breakthrough handheld console, you’ll got the staples- Tetris and Pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow, but with over a thousand titles released, there are a bevy of gems. Here are a few of the best you may have never played. Penguin Wars: It’s...
Gem Blenders, TCG coming to Kickstarter
GEM BLENDERS: A REVOLUTIONARY NEW TRADING CARD GAME After selling through their beta version product, indie game designer Steve Sekula and his team are set to launch the First Edition of the trading card game Gem Blenders this March via Kickstarter. In a game of Gem...
Czolgi – An Atari 2600 Combat inspiration arrives on the C64 via Protovision
Some cool news indeed especially if you grew up on the Atari 2600 as well as the much later Atari 8bit as you'll be interested to hear, that Protovision has released the Commodore 64 game of Czolgi. A new game which is an inspiration to Combat that was first shown at...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Daniel Janson
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Daniel Janson who is displayed on card number 4161, from the Superstars of 2022 Collection. Daniel has been into pinball since I was 12-13 years old. In 2003, he purchased his first pinball machine (The Shadow). This was the...
Antstream Arcade’s Greatest Hits Of 2022
t’s been another cracking year at Antstream Arcade, stuffed full of new games, challenges and tournaments. So with New Year’s Eve imminent, join us as we celebrate the most popular retro games this year in the Antstream Arcade Greatest Hits Of 2022 compilation, along...
Taito Corporation Preparing For 70th Anniversary Celebrations In 2023
From Nintendo Life 2023 The famous video game developer Taito Corporation - known for legendary arcade hits like Space Invaders and Bubble Bobble - will celebrate its 70th anniversary on 24th August 2023. To prepare for this epic milestone, the company has already...
The Retro Hour / Guitar Hero & Rock Band – The History PodCast
CLICK HERE FOR PODCAST We get the inside story on Harmonix Music Systems, the company who brought us the legendary party games Guitar Hero and Rock Band. How the company founders remortgaged their houses to make it happen, how they did an industry first and made a...
Exploding Fist Remake – A remake of the C64 classic “The Way of the Exploding Fist”
Here's a game I remember fondly it's ' The Way of the Exploding Fist' ; a 1980s fighting game published by Melbourne House that appeared on many different systems such as the Amstrad, C16, C64, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, and even the Acorn! This rather famous game which...
Classic NES game ‘Duck Hunt’ has been released on the C64!
We always try to keep you up to date with the best in C64 news, but boy do we have a surprise for you. As if you've ever had a Nintendo and a Light Gun, then you'll be pleased to know Mahna Mahna has released the classic NES game of ' Duck Hunt ' over to the Commodore...
Second Front RELEASE DATE !
Second Front will release on the 31st of January The developer has taken great steps to ensure the game is a deep and immersive strategy game that reflects the WWII era. Players can also create and share their own scenarios with other players via steam. Second Front...
Zelda as an unfinished “Prototype” for the Commodore Amiga by Tukinem
If like me, you're a huge fan of Zelda, then you'll be happy to know as thanks to a heads up by Saberman, he has told us that Tukinem has made available the unfinished prototype(?) of Zelda over to the Commodore Amiga. As in his words "Work on it lasted great until I...
Syberia (2002): The Timeless Cult Classic
Syberia (2002) is a must-play for every graphic adventure game lover. The protagonist, atmosphere, puzzles and story are fully flashed out in this cult classic, created by an amazing comic artist Benoît Sokal. Keep reading and find out just why Syberia is so highly...
Which Retro Video Games Featured Casino?
We live in a world that is immersed in digital technology. Wherever we travel, we will be presented with a wave of people glued to their mobile devices. Nowadays there are a lot of casino games available at your fingertips, online, in any device. You can find...
Source of Madness casts its way to a Switch cartridge
The side-scrolling dark-action roguelite gets a physical Nintendo Switch release in January! Developed by Carry Castle and published by Thunderful Publishing, Source of Madness is a Lovecraftian-inspired roguelite soon available in a physical format for the very first...