Five Challenging SNES Games to Take Your Mind off of Valentines Day
Alone this Valentine’s Day but looking for a way to get through the night without being reminded? Check out these tough SNES games that will make the time fly by! Hagane: One of those forgotten SNES games that collectors love. It’s a tough one too. Super Castlevania...
Target Renegade Remix – A classic beat ’em up coming to the Commodore Amiga gets a new tease
In 1988 Ocean Software ( Imagine Label ) released a fine beat em up for the Amstrad CPC, C64 and ZX Spectrum. It was a great title that featured both single player and two player fighting with you playing as street fighters known only as Renegade in a revenge against...
Black Dawn TechnoMage – The next Amiga AGA game in the Black Dawn Saga gets a demo!
We've featured many Dungeon Crawlers on Indie Retro News, from Black Dawn Rebirth which is a high grade crawler as the 7th episode of the Black Dawn Dungeon Crawler/RPG series by Colin Vella, Shaun Watters, Ten Shu and Mike Richmond. To ' The Shadows of Sergoth '; a...
Taito Gets Pinned! – by Michael Thomasson
While nothing will ever replace the feel of a real pinball machine, digital pinball machines have been improving and now do quite a nice job of simulating the silver ball experience. There have been many options over the years, including the pricey and deluxe set-ups...
PAC-MAN – Another ZX Spectrum version of Pac Man appears!
There have been many Pac-Man games mentioned on Indie Retro News, from Jr. Pac-Man on the Intellivision, a Pac-Man game on the Pico-8, and even the latest Pac-Hack on the ZX Spectrum (All of these vary in style to the 1980's hit classic that can still be found today...
Pac-Man: Birth of an Icon – a book review by Ryan Burger
Over the last ten years I have accumulated around 150 books and nearly that many magazine issues (many of which we have the rights to make available to you with your account at OldSchoolGamer.Com) all about retro video gaming. In that time, I have NEVER seen a single...
Five Influential Sports Games You Should Play
The sales of sports games drive the gaming industry, but with a lack of competition in the genre over the last decade, fans have truly missed out. Here are five great Sports games to play that you most likely missed. Powermove Pro Wrestling: Yukes is currently busy...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Jarrod Kailef
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Jarrod Kailef, who currently is displayed on card number 3143, from the Superstars of 2019 Collection. Jarrod is an all-around retro gamer. He has been involved in and around gaming since a young child. He is very technical...
Music Games – by Brian Szarek
When we think of music games today, we think of titles such as Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero or Rock Band, all of which have their positive attributes, but are mostly newer (with the exception of DDR which made its first appearance in the late 1990s). Even...
Five PS1 Survival Horror Games You Might Have Missed
Survival Horror games are one of the industry’s most successful genres. While they’ve existed for decades, the niche truly began to blossom on the PlayStation. Here’s a handful of games that you may have missed that truly kickstarted the movement. The City of Lost...
HOT News as ‘L’abbaye Des Morts’ NES port is available as a digital download!
If you've been following Indie Retro News through these last few years, you would've known about Locomalito's awesome retro styled platformer 'L'Abbaye des Morts'; a game which not only appeared on the PC, but as a release on the ZX Spectrum, a port for the MSX, and...
Amidar500 – A 1980’s Arcade and 2600 game gets an Amiga conversion by JOTD
JOTD is certainly making a name for himself here on Indie Retro News, creating awesome Arcade like conversions of games such as Ms Pacman and Pacman 500, and even the rebuilt & adapted to Amiga AGA ripped from Supercars International 1996 as Supercars 2 AGA. Well...
Pump it Up – by Michael Mertes
You certainly can't discount the amount of money Konami has and still is making worldwide with its musical games like Dance Dance Revolution, as it has been one of the hottest things to play for years wherever arcade cabinets can be found. Much like how Street Fighter...
Luminous Avenger iX 2 Preview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbz8ggecoAc Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX released back in September 2019, and Luminous Avenger iX 2 is its direct sequel coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam on January...
VIV SAVAGE: By the author formerly known as THE JADED GAMER
Gee, I can’t play Guitar Hero… or Rock Band… or any other guitar game. Why? Because I’ve played guitar in real rock bands for about 50 years and, to be honest, it’s a miracle I’m still alive. The one thing I always noticed about guitar games is that they leave out a...
9 Myths You Learned from Playing Oregon Trail
Most of us have grown up playing computer games, especially Oregon Trail. That's because this game was exciting and fun. Kids would stock up oxen, watch over their family members, and hunt for buffaloes. But have you ever thought how much this computer game is similar...
Rogue64 – A new C64 roguelike from Badger Punch Games is now shipping via Bitmap Soft and it looks fab!
If you love C64 games and want to own a game that features some damn fine box art, then you'll be pleased to know as thanks to a heads up on Twitter, that Badger Punch Games latest offering of 'Rogue64' is not only available for purchasing through Bitmap Soft, but as...
Dance Dance Revolution – by Michael Mertes
Konami's Dance Dance Revolution hit the Japanese arcade scene in 1998 as a brand-new addition to Konami's Bemani series of music and rhythm games. Like Beatmania, Konami would utilize a specialized cabinet with a powerful sound system and a control system that...
Attack of the Petscii Robots – HOT NEWS as an Action Adventure Amiga game as a port by Vesa Halttunen is finally here!
Another great news story for you all, as if you followed our previous write up in regards to Attack of the Petscii Robots; A game which is a brand new porting by Vesa Halttunen's of David Murray's Action Adventure. Then you'll be pleased to learn that as of today, you...
Yoomp! OCS – Amiga version of Yoomp! gets another tease for low end Amigas!
Even more Amiga news now! As we've just been contacted by Saberman that Zbych Zbigniew Ross author of Yoomp!64, is also working on an Amiga port of the game, which is more catered for users owning an Amiga OCS or above with minimum 14MHz processor, and "some" (not...
Snow Force – Sarah Jane Avory’s festive Shoot ’em up for the C64 gets a release! (Includes Soul Force X)
While many of you are still enjoying Sarah Jane Avory's latest game of Briley Witch Chronicles, a Japanese inspired RPG with all the hall marks of a really well developed game. There's another game worth playing that has just appeared in our inbox as a brand new...
JAKE SIMPSON, REVOLUTION X – by Patrick Hickey, Jr.
Light gun games get no love today, but with the popularization of games the likes of Duck Hunt, Wild Gunman, Gumshoe and Hogan’s Alley in the 1980s, Nintendo proved they could be big sellers on the console market if done right. In the arcades, however, they were...
Experts reveal the diets and workout plans of top characters!
New year is here, and therefore it’s time to sign up for that annual gym membership you are probably, rarely, going to use. But have you ever sat at your console and wondered “how would they keep in shape” when it comes to gaming characters? Well, Ebuyer has taken...
Ghosts ‘n Goblins – Overhaul in development for the Amstrad Plus gets a new tease
The Amstrad has really set the bar high for 8bit developed games this year, with incredible releases such as AMSTRED, Cosmic Gatlin', Wrecking Ball, and Wireware. But here's one game that I think that will really impress the Amstrad community as a complete overhaul,...
SNK VS CAPCOM: Card Fighters’ Clash Review – Nintendo Switch
SNK VS CAPCOM: Card Fighters' Clash was a bit of a head-scratcher for Neo Geo fans when it came out in 1999. I certainly was looking forward to a portable version of SNK VS Capcom where I could duke it out in standard fighting game format with epic matchups like...
Beatmania! – by Michael Mertes
October 1999 - A newly christened DJ named DJ Eclipse walked into a mall arcade with his high school friends and surveyed what arcade games were on the floor that home consoles couldn't easily replicate. There were plenty of light gun games littering the floor, along...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Boxing?
Release Date: 1980 Publisher: Activision Controller: Joystick Players: 1 - 2 Genre: Sports Alternate Title: N/A Model #: AZ-002 Rarity: 2 Programmer: Bob Whitehead Despite being simplistic and straightforward, this is a fairly accurate video game portrayal of the...
Wonder Boy – HOT NEWS as an Arcade game from 1986 gets an unofficial Amiga port by Acidbottle
Wonder Boy is a game designed by Ryuichi Nishizawa which started its life as a skateboard rock jumping and axe bashing platformer, that later became the great adventure platformer with RPG elements known as ' Wonderboy in Monster Land '. Both of these games have lived...
Ninja Gaiden – ZeeWolf64’s latest project is Ninja Gaiden on the C64
For those of you who were really disappointed to find that Shadow Warriors on the C64 didn't live up to expectations and wasn't anything like Ninja Gaiden, might like this news update. As thanks to Per Ola contacting us recently, he has told us zeeWolf64 is working on...
DJ Hero – by Todd Friedman
I remember it like it was yesterday; walking into Toys ‘R Us to get my young twins some presents for the upcoming holiday season. Of course, when I go into a toy store, the first place I go to is the video game section. Not for the kids, but for me. I was still...
Moritz on the Autobahn – Moritz has arrived on the Amstrad CPC 128k!
Moritz has certainly made an appearance in a lot of ZX Spectrum games throughout our speccy write ups on Indie Retro News, he's been in Moritz Strikes Back, Moritz 48k, Moritz to the Moon, and yes even the the most recent of games, Moritz on the Autobahn. So what else...
Play Rewind Eject – Tabletop Card Game
Play Rewind Eject is a tabletop card game that utilizes the mechanics of the popular schoolyard turned internet sensation Kiss, Marry, Kill, paired with a social deduction mechanic, and themed with movies from pop culture. Play Rewind Eject is made for up to 8...
Guitar Hero – by Kevin Butler
First released in 2005, Guitar Hero was like the Konami arcade game Guitar Freaks in which you hit certain buttons as they appeared on the screen. Guitar Hero, though, took this approach to the next level. First, it used a guitar-shaped controller. This controller had...
Sydney Hunter & The Yucatan Jungle – The most advanced ColecoVision game ever made (for the stock system) is coming this year!
In the early 80's many of us had the pleasure of playing the adventure platformer 'Montezuma's Revenge' on the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Apple II, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, IBM PC, Sega Master System and even the ZX Spectrum (as Panama Joe). It combined treasure...
A Blast from the Past! Donkey Kong Country
In 1994 the first Donkey Kong Country came out on the Super NES. The game focuses on Donkey Kong and his nephew Diddy Kong, who must recover their stolen bananas from King K. Rool and the Kremlings. Each level is uniquely themed and consists of varying tasks such as...
Scramble Infinity – An incredible version of a 1980’s classic which is coming to a C64 near you soon!
I was just thinking to myself could this day get any better for the C64, and going by the latest update from Games That Weren't, it just has! Welcome to a new side scrolling Shoot 'em up for the C64 called 'Scramble Infinity'; A game which not only features amazing...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Time Pilot?
Publisher: Coleco Release: 1983 Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Shoot’em Up Alternate Title: N/A Model: # 2663 Rarity: 5 Programmer: Harley H. Puthuff, Jr. This is a slightly scaled down version of the arcade classic that really captures the spirit of the...
“In Memoriam” Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Ken Graham
Intro courtesy of Shawn Quinn: Many of us in the Houston area classic arcade and pinball community are mourning the passing of Ken Graham, who left us on the last day of 2021 after losing a bravely fought battle with cancer. Ken was one of the owners at The Game...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe?
Release Date: 1980 Publisher: Atari Controller: Joystick Players: 1 - 2 Genre: Brain Alternate Title: N/A Model #: CX2618 Rarity: 2 Programmer: Carol Shaw This unique take on the classic pen and paper game leaves a lot to be desired. If the cover is to be believed,...
Attack of the Petscii Robots – Action Adventure game from David Murray/8Bit Guy gets a Shareware version (C128/Pet/X16)
We have recently been contacted through Facebook, to tell you that the same creator of PLANET X3, who we know as David Murray/The 8bit guy, has not only made available the Action Adventure game of 'Attack of The Petscii Robots' for the Commodore PET, Commodore 128 and...