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STERN OF THE UNION ADDRESS – AUGUST 2023
The Stern of the Union Address, your monthly resource for news, information and highlights on all things Stern Pinball. Without further ado my fellow pinheads: We are Venom!: Choose your host…. Change the game! There was absolute carnage at San Diego Comic-Con this...
Atari’s 1975 Hi-Way Arcade Game
It is always quite interesting when stumbling upon footage of an old arcade game that many of us either didn’t experience or had long forgotten about it. One such game is Atari’s arcade driving game, Hi-Way. Hands-up those who saw or played this game in an...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight #300 – Paul Monaghan
THIS IS MY 300TH TRADING CARD SPOTLIGHT! Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Paul Monaghan, displayed on card number 4277, from the Superstars of 2023. Co-founder of the Maximum Power Up podcast, which was started in 2015, Paul has had a passion for video game...
Airwolf Enhanced – An improved and more level version of a very difficult game!
Ask most retro gamers or people of middle age and upwards about the name Airwolf and they'd probably tell you of a TV series in the 80's that revolved around a rather powerful military helicopter and its crew undertaking missions with cool action sequences. In fact...
Rastan is still coming to the Amiga 500 and above and it’s looking very good indeed! (Demo Released)
We've featured a number of Arcade to Amiga conversions/ports throughout the years, from the more recent Super Xevious, to Flying Shark, Green Beret and even our personal favorite Wonder Boy by AcidBottle. Well if you're looking for even more Arcade like updates on the...
Argon Update: New UI / New Platforms!
Earlier this month, we released a major update to Argon on Google Play. It will be coming soon to Amazon and Windows 11. New “Streaming Content” style UI home page with featured games, carousels, banners and grids New Universal UI works across phone/tablet, tv, and...
Stern Pinball Launches New Insider Connected™ Features
[embedded content] [embedded content] [embedded content] Launch Parties and Operator Machine Tech Alerts CHICAGO, IL – October 26, 2022 – Stern Pinball, Inc. expands its award-winning Insider Connected platform with new features benefiting both players and operators...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘The Godfeather’
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Rick Salter, co-founder of Hojo Studios, to find out all about the GTA-inspired pigeon roguelike, The Godfeather! About The Godfeather: The Godfeather’s fast-paced “swoop & poop” gameplay takes place across dynamically...
Mytris – A new Tetris clone for the Atari XL/XE that features a lovely tune!
If you loved the 1984 game of Tetris , you'll be pleased to know a new clone by PPs, Buddy and VinsCool has been released for the Atari XL/XE called Mytris. This game that was announced by us some time ago but in beta, is not only a very decent version of Tetris...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘REMEDIUM: Sentinels’
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Sobaka Studios’ Head of Studio Dean, who details the REMEDIUM: Sentinels’ development cycle and the buzz leading up to its release this Summer. About REMEDIUM: Sentinels: Defend new areas of a plague-ridden continent with more...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Nikki Greene
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Nikki Greene, who currently is displayed on card number 4123, from the Superstars of 2022 Collection. Nikki is an all-around gamer that enjoys anything and everything about gaming. Her love is typically playing arcade or...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside Exorcizamuste
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Exorcizamuste solo developer Toni Palacios Rubio, who lets us know what the development cycle has been like and so much more. About Exorcizamuste: Exorcizamuste offers an online co-op mode where players act as hunters, aiming to...
The Last Dungeon – A new Zelda like game teased for the Commodore Amiga (+Demo)
The Amiga news just keep on coming, as thanks to another heads up earlier today from a good friend of ours, we have been told that Pixelplop has teased a new Commodore Amiga game via the AmiJam of The Last Dungeon; A Zelda like game in which you have to traverse...
Far After – Limited Collector’s Edition – A high-grade Gameboy Color game published by Bitmap Soft in conjunction with Brent Lattery (SuitNtie), that you’ll not want to miss!
Bitmap Soft have published some incredible games over the years, from Smarty and the Nasty Gluttons, to Black Dawn Rebirth and even our personal favourite addiction of Turbo Tomato for the Commodore Amiga. Well it's the Gameboy Colour that's going to get a much needed...
Retro Gaming Roundup – RoundUp194 – No News Is Good News
Link to Podcast Top Ten Expo Moments - (00:00) Gaming Trivia - (2:12:25) Hardware Flashback - (2:13:07) Dubmood: Nuke - (2:41:45) Dinosaur Pie - (2:44:50) Guinness Gaming Records - (3:51:11) Fanta: +h2K - (3:53:00) Random Questions - (3:55:21) News - (3:56:25)...
Rastan – Another Alpha update to a fabulous WIP Amiga 500 and above Arcade game!
Last week on Indie Retro News we gave you the heads up about a new alpha demo of 'Rastan' that was made available by basementApe for the Commodore Amiga. Well fast forward to today and if you're hoping for some new updates in regards to this Arcade development using...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Femdemic’
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Kevin Glaap/Rel (Founder & Lead Developer, Rel.Pink) who details the creative process behind their new title, Femdemic. About Femdemic: Femdemic offers two very different story paths – Liberation and Compliance – that share...
Frogger – A 1:1 arcade port is coming to the Commodore Amiga via JoeJoe
While the choice is there to still play the awesome remade version of Frogger for the C64 called ' Frogger Arcade ' by Hokuto Force (Digital Monastery). There's another version come to light which you may be interested in playing when it's finished, and that's...
Vampire Slayer – An Action/Arcade game by Seamsoft entered into the MSXdev23 compo!
Another retro gaming news story to keep you company, as thanks to Tom contacting us early this morning, we've been told that a brand new game for the MSX1 called 'Vampire Slayer', is available to download and play. This game developed by Seamsoft for the MSXDev 23...
Star Wars fans unite! BSzili releases an unofficial Amiga port of Dark Forces (High end Amiga required?)
It feels like it was only just yesterday that we announced through Indie Retro News that BSzili had unofficially released not just the full version of the classic ID Software game of 'Wolfenstein 3D' and 'Spear of Destiny', but also other games such as Exhumed, and...
You Still Have Time To Catch The John Hancock Plushie
2 WEEKS LEFT TO ORDER YOUR OWN JOHN HANCOCK! The John Hancock plushie will be available to pre-order until August 11th @ 11:59 PM ET. This campaign needs a minimum of 200 orders to proceed with production. Hurry and get your plushie now! Use code HANCOCK10 at...
Indie Retro News celebrates over 30 million views, THANK YOU EVERYONE!
It is a time to celebrate on Indie Retro News, as not only have we hit a huge milestone in views reaching a staggering 30+ million website hits which doesn't include Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr, but we are also celebrating around 11 years of the creation of the...
Masaya Matsuura, Rodney Alan Greenblat and Perry Rodgers: PaRappa The Rapper: Don’t Stop Believin’
When the average gamer thinks of rhythm or music-based games, their mind immediately goes to titles the likes of Rock Band, Guitar Hero and Dance Dance Revolution, all which feature licensed-tracks from a plethora of well-known artists. But a year before DDR got...
My Antstream Arcade: Defender
Platform: Arcade Year: 1981 I’ve got a love-hate relationship with this legendary arcade shoot-‘em-up. Crikey, I imagine that practically everybody has a love-hate relationship with Defender, bar those elite gamers with godlike joystick skills. Alas, for me, back in...
This Day In Video Game History
