Gelatino 2 – A colourful MSX 1 game which will arrive on your doorsteps before Christmas!
The MSX community are certainly no strangers to quality releases on the MSX especially with great games such as Westen House and The Fall of Prometheus. Well today's news is equally special for the MSX community, as we've recently found out through Facebook, that you...
Sonic The Hedgehog is coming to the C64 and C128 and it looks seriously cool! (REU expansion cartridge required)
In the early 90's I had the pleasure of playing the mind blowing platformer Sonic the Hedgehog on both the Sega Megadrive and Sega Master System. A game by Sega which featured a ring collecting blue hedgehog that could spin, run, jump and roll about at the fastest of...
BLIP! BLIP! – A Game?
I wanted to write about a unique game I purchased from eBay last year. It is one I think is the beginning of handheld gaming that we know today. There are many things that jump started the handheld gaming, but this device was something I may have missed or did not...
Space Racing – This could be F-Zero on the ZX Spectrum 128k and it looks super awesome!
We've mentioned a lot of games entered into the ZX-DEV Media and Demakes competition from The Last Escape to Battle City ZX. But now as a complete surprise to us and one I think that will be a highlight for this December, is Voxel Tower's rather impressive looking...
No more blowing! Top Loader NES
It was on my birthday, October 18th, 1985 where console gaming changed forever. The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) hit North America and the consoled world has never looked back. Millions of NES consoles were purchased, and ten of million number of NES carts...
HI-SCORE – A C64 game by Misfit with an awesome soundtrack by 8-bits high
Misfit is certainly no stranger to us on Indie Retro News, creating great games such as Cheese And Onion, Super Goatron and Pilot Attack to name but a few. But now thanks to a heads up by Saberman we've been told he's also released the challenging yet enjoyable space...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Gaspar Ferreiro
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Gaspar Ferreiro who currently is displayed on card number 3910, from the Superstars of 2021 Collection. Gaspar’s pinball game of choice is Slugfest. If he could design his own pinball machine, he would love to do either an 80’s...
Asteroids: Recharged Blasts Off Today!
Asteroids™: Recharged Explodes onto Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, PC, VCS Today 1980’s Arcade Classic Hyperspace Warps into the 21st Century with a Modern Touch NEW YORK — Dec 14, 2021 — Asteroids: Recharged, the modern co-op revival of the definitive arcade shooter from...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Fire Fighters?
Release Date: 1982 Publisher: Imagic Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Arcade Alternate Title: N/A Model #: IA3400 Rarity: 3 Programmer: Brad Stewart We will never forget ! (9/11) You are a one man fire brigade working the overnight shift in the big city. A call...
Five Underrated Sega Genesis Sports Games
Looking for something sporty to play during the cold Winter months on your trusty Sega Genesis? Let us help you. Sports Talk Baseball: With nearly every player in the MLB in this game in 1992, it was certainly a special title when it was originally released. Add in...
Five Sega Genesis Games Every Gamer Should Own
If you love the Sega Genesis, here are five games that you’ve got to have on your console. NHL 94: Why? It’s still, to this day, quite possibly the greatest hockey game ever released. Even with better visuals and deeper modes from its younger brothers and sisters,...
Robert Mooney and his Custom Machine by Michael Thomasson
The most memorable quote from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” In fact, most people in the know concerning pinball aren’t aware that the popular movie from 1986 received a...
Five Underrated 8-Bit Sports Games
Sports games truly blossomed on 16-bit consoles, but there were plenty of gems on the Nintendo Entertainment System. Here’s a handful to keep you busy this holiday season. RBI Baseball 2: Gone forever were those adorable sprites and that’s probably the thing that took...
Pinball – The Silver Screen and Silver Ball by Michael Thomasson
While both competing for the same consumer dollar, Hollywood and pinball have shared a long relationship mutually beneficial to both. For starters, pinball machines have long filled movie theaters lobbies and, of course, pinball machines have been featured in films as...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Andrew Joseph
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Andrew Joseph, who currently is displayed on card number 3727, from the Superstars of 2021 Collection. Andrew grew up playing pinball but only started competing competitively a few years ago. Andrew’s game of choice is Hot...
Kiss: Psycho Circus – The Nightmare Child by Brett Weiss
Confession time: when it comes from the 1990s to the present, my history with computer games is spotty at best. Sure, I’ve played DOOM and some of the other major releases, and I even taught myself to type with Mario Teaches Typing (it was much more effective than my...
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon by Todd Friedman
You can’t discuss PC shooting games in the early 2000’s without mentioning the name Tom Clancy. Tom started his career as a writer in 1984. He is best known for his technically detailed espionage and military- science storylines set during and after the Cold War....
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Pigs in Space?
Publisher: Atari Release: 1983 Controller: Joystick Players: 1 - 2 Genre: Arcade Alternate Title: N/A Model: # CX26114 Rarity: 5 Programmer: Bill Aspromonte, Robert Zdybel, John Russell This charming Muppets based game is great for younger gamers. You are the...
Your Original Xbox could be dying! How Can You Save it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=167wNpOCmFo It's blue! It's beautiful! It's Kasumi! It's also a ticking time bomb! Will Gamer Logic remove the clock capacitor in time to save this limited edition console? Or has the leak of doom already soiled this blue beauty!? Hold...
The Dark Side of the Drives by Michael Mertes
Modchips were nothing new for game consoles when the Xbox and the PlayStation 2 were released in the new millennium. Before the release of both the PS2 and Xbox, consoles like the original PlayStation and Saturn had plenty of modchip options available for them....
DEUS EX: Warren Spector by Patrick Hickey, Jr.
Set in the near-future, Deus Ex, ironically originally named Shooter, is set in a world where every conspiracy theory you’ve ever heard is true. The Illuminati, Knights Templar and Roswell all happened, and it gets worse: plagues, disasters, and corruption rule. In...
Minekart Madness – A great NES game as a homage to 80’s coin-op classics by Matt Hughson
If you're looking for a new NES game to try and want one to satisfy your retro gaming needs, then look no further than this latest game sent to us via the nesdev forums, as we have just been told that you can now download Matt Hughson's new game of 'MineKart Madness';...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Beany Bopper?
Release Date: 1982 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Shoot’em Up - Scrolling Alternate Title: N/A Model #: 11002 Rarity: 4 Programmer: Grady Ward This odd title leaves a lot to be desired. Even by Atari 2600 standards, this is a...
XBOX : Capcom Classics Collection Volume 2 by Michael Mertes
Since sports games were pretty much the only driving force in terms of software towards the end of the Xbox console's lifespan, it seemed only fair to cover a game that actually would have some mass appeal to it. Thankfully, Capcom delivered a fantastic collection of...
Five NES Games That Deserve A Modern Remaster
The remaster fad has been prevalent in gaming for nearly a decade but the question remains as to why so many amazing games from the past are forgotten. Does the world really need a Last of Us, Spyro, Crash or Final Fantasy VII remaster? In this exclusive Old School...
XBOX: Smoke and Mirrors by J. Allard
John asked, “Was that smoke?” That was not a question I wanted to answer 12 hours before the grand announcement. Our meticulous tech team had packed the one-of-a-kind machine to survive baggage handlers and extreme turbulence but had failed to anticipate my stupidity....
Five Underrated 360 Games You’ll Love
Microsoft plans to end backwards compatibility on the Xbox One and Series X, but that doesn’t mean every game on their old consoles will be available. In this list, we share five amazing 360 games that you might be able to play on your new Microsoft console, but some...
Atari®XP Launches New Game Cartridge Initiative with the Release of Three Never Published Titles
New York, NY (November 16, 2021) - Atari® — one of the world's most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers — today announced the launch of Atari XP, an initiative to bring rare and never-released Atari game cartridges to market. The first...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know M.A.D.?
Publisher: US Games Release: 1982 Controller: Joystick Players: 1-2 Genre: Shoot’em Up Alternate Title: N/A Model: # VC1012 Rarity: 4 Programmer: N/A In this discount Missile Command knockoff you must use your base to defend your civilization’s energy supply against...
Five Point and Click Games You Must Play
Point and Click games are at the heart of the Retro game experience. They are smart, they often have great tunes and most of all, they make you think. For that reason alone, they have a cult fanbase among older gamers and are appreciated heavily by those who...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Paul Streifel
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Paul Streifel, who currently is displayed on card number 3982, from the Superstars of 2021 Collection. In October 2020, Paul saw some chatter online on a Facebook arcade game leaderboard about how nobody was playing Snap Jack...
The Console Wars 1990-1999 by Kevin Butler
As the decade of the 1980s faded into memory for the video game and console industry, many changes were about to occur to hearken in the decade of the 1990s. Atari, the main player in both the arcades and home video games/consoles, found its star starting to descend...
An Interview with Zach Sharpe – by Michael Thomasson
Zach is the son of industry legend Roger Sharpe, aka “the man who saved pinball.” While his pedigree may have initially defined him, Zach has made a name for himself by becoming the “World’s Greatest Pinball Player”, finishing number one on the World Pinball Player...
Get the Led Out ! Led Zeppelin Pinball by Brett Weiss
Gary Stern, the Chairman and CEO of Stern Pinball Inc., summed it up best when he proclaimed, “There is nothing more energizing and fun than bringing pinball and music together.” After releasing nearly a dozen pins based on iconic rock bands, Stern’s latest launch...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Haunted House?
Release Date: 1981 Publisher: Atari Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Adventure Alternate Title: N/A Model #: CX2654 Rarity: 2 Programmer: James Andreasen This is a nice spin on the tried and true Adventure style gameplay. In the small town of Spirit Bay there...
Preparing for Dread
Playing through all the 2D Metroid games was something I've been wanting to do for a while. While Metroid Fusion always haunted me as a game I never got to beat (until recently) the series always piqued my interest. Who doesn't want to be a badass bounty hunter in...
An Interview with Tommy Tallarico by Todd Friedman
There are few industry leaders that immediately come to mind when you talk about the gaming industry and the console wars in the 1990s. One of those leaders is Tommy Tallarico. Tommy has been involved in almost every aspect of the gaming industry: development,...
James Dillon: Crash Bandicoot by Patrick Hickey, Jr.
Every console has a game synonymous with it. A game that effectively represents it, its capabilities, and its legacy. For Atari, it was Pong and possibly Pitfall. For Nintendo, it’s always been the Super Mario franchise. Sega’s is Sonic the Hedgehog. The PlayStation...
8BitCade Level UP Launches on Kickstarter
The 8BitCADE Level Up is a fun yet challenging way to learn how to code. It is a combination of hardware (the prebuilt console) and software (the learn platform) that work hand in hand to allow you to learn the fundamentals of coding step by step! From online courses...
Sega Genesis vs. Super Nintendo by Brett Weiss
Back in 1989, I worked at the primary location of Lone Star Comics, a retail chain and mecca of popular culture in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. It was a great time to work at such a place and an amazing time to be a fan of cartoons, comic books, and the like. The...