Double Dragon – Work continues to bring an Arcade quality port of Double Dragon over to the Amiga
Even to this day, if you ask someone what they thought of Double Dragon, and they'd probably tell you of an awesome Arcade beat em up released in 1987, that gave you the option to play two twin martial artists who could kick, punch and throw enemies off scene through...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Air Raid?
Release Date: 1982 Publisher: Men-A-Vision Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Shoot’em Up Alternate Title: N/A Model #: M707 Rarity: 10 Programmer: Gary Kitchen With only a handful of copies known to exist, Air Raid is one of the rarest games for the 2600. This...
Five Underrated Game Boy Games You Must Play
The Game Boy has a massive library and because of that, there are a ton of games you definitely misses. Check out this handful of titles and thank us later. The Adventures of Star Saver: This is a unique little romp that has an awesome score and an old-school arcade...
A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year from Indie Retro News
Here we are again with another Christmas and what a year it has been, full of incredible retro games such as Snow Force, Briley Witch Chronicles, Scramble Infinity and Sonic The Hedgehog on the C64, to Turbo Tomato, The Shadows of Sergoth on the Amiga and even more...
Indie Retro News – C64 Game of The Year Award 2021 – VOTE NOW! (Winner announced 1st Jan 2022)
With one day left for 2021 and something I've personally not done on Indie Retro News before, I thought it was about time I also did an Indie Retro News game of the year award for the C64 with the winner being announced at some point on Jan 1st 2022. Yes we may get...
The Power of the Fist – NES Powerglove
Some call it a controller, some call it a peripheral, some even call it a gimmick. I would say it is all of these and more. The Nintendo PowerGlove is one of the most talked about pieces of the juggernaut system we know as the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). ...
Krogharr – Inviyya creator’s upcoming Amiga game goes AGA and it looks great!
Right from the word go, we were one of the first gaming websites to give you the heads up about TIGERSKUNK's amazing Shoot 'em up of Inviyya; a game with amazing scrolling graphics, super action, great sound effects, and a real hark back to days of R-Type or...
Santa’s Rats Issue – An enjoyable yet challenging Arcade game for the C64 by Marco Giorgini and Andrea Capitani
With the end of the year fast approaching and Christmas slowly ending up at the back of our minds, there's still time for us to put in a few games on Indie Retro News that celebrate the festive season. One such game that was released a little while ago, with a...
Choctris – A Tetris clone for the Commodore Amiga gets a new version!
It's time to move away from the Platform genre and look towards classic Puzzle games for our retro fun, as if you loved the 1984 game of Tetris , you'll be pleased to know that as of today you can download the very latest Tetris clone of 'Choctris'. Yes indeed thanks...
Stunt Car Racer – A classic stunt car game for the C64 running super smooth with a SuperCPU!
Of all the games to appear to in the late 1980's, this in my opinion was one of the best stunt style racers, it had some of the craziest tracks and the ultimate track the "Ski Jump". What made it so good was not just the feeling of speed, but the thrill of...
iiRcade Review – Gunforce
Gunforce is a side-scrolling action shooting game produced by Irem for the arcades in 1991. This shoot em up game is perfect for the iiRcade hardware. It gives the true arcade feel as if you owned the game from the 1990's. GunForce is a multi-national army assembled...
Turbo Santa – Did you enjoy playing Turbo Tomato by NIVRIG GAMES? Then you’ll love this new festive game for the Amiga!
Prepare for all out entertainment especially if you have a Commodore Amiga at hand, as we've recently been informed via our good friend Nivrig Games who also designed the highly enjoyable and addictive game of 'Turbo Tomato', that as from right now you can play the...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Crash Dive?
Release Date: 1983 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Controller: Joystick Players: 1 - 2 Genre: Shoot’em Up Alternate Title: N/A Model #: 11031 Rarity: 5 Programmer: Bill Aspromonte This is a solid shooter and a nice addition to the 2600 game catalog. You are given control...
iiRcade Review – Stadium Hero ’96
Stadium Hero '96 was produced by Nihon Bussan/AV Japan in 1996.An excellent baseball game from Data East. The marquee has a "MLC" logo. MLC stands for "Mother Less Cassette". This arcade baseball game lets players select fictional teams from eight different countries...
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....