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Why Sonic Fans Are Mad.
There are a myriad of ways for fans of the Sonic games to get mad. Be it a beloved game is a poor port, the new game doesn't live up to expectations, or SEGA deciding to screw up what should've been a sure-fire hit. In the past few weeks it's been the latter with...
Akumajou Dracula AGA – Castlevania could be coming to the Amiga, and it looks amazing ( Play the prototype today! )
We've certainly played our fare share of Castlevania inspired games over the years, especially the most impressive Castlevania Spectral Interlude, which we had the pleasure of playing way back in 2015 on the ZX Spectrum which was created by Sanchez. But today thanks...
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Ewok Adventure
It’s the holiday season, which means it is time to sit down and watch The Star Wars Holiday Special. It has become something of a cult classic since its one and only airing forty years ago. This made for TV masterpiece told the story of Chewbacca, his wife Mallatobuck...
Wonderboy III – Monster Lair (AGA) may be in the works for the Amiga after Wonderboy 1200 is done!
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 upcoming Wonderboy 1200; An Arcade game from 1986 as an unofficial Amiga port...
Podcast of the Week – Passion for Pixels
This podcasts devotes an entire episode to the Nintendo 64! Mario 64, Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Goldeneye, Mario Kart 64, Banjo-Kazooie, Perfect Dark, Zelda: Majora's Mask and more as we reminisce on the launch of what was first known as the Ultra 64. Click here...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – John Riggs
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features John Riggs who currently is displayed on card number 4098, from the Superstars of 2022 Collection. John Riggs has been playing video games for as long as he can remember. From his earliest gaming memory of playing Donkey Kong...
Defender – A downloadable Remaster of a 1980’s arcade classic for Windows
In 1981 Williams Electronics released Defender, an all time classic multi-directional arcade shooter featuring 2D graphics as you defeat waves of aliens while protecting astronauts on the surface. But what if I told you there's a new game by Tank King that is very...
Podcast of the week – Cartridge Command
Cartridge Command is your weekly retro gaming podcast where they discuss, breakdown, and review one classic game! When a PC game is ported to the NES, it's not always pretty. Luckily, Maniac Mansion for the NES is pretty awesome! We cover the game-play mechanics,...
Berzerk – Classic 1980’s Arcade game by Stern gets a C64 Conversion via Arlasoft!
Great news if you have an Commodore 64 as we've recently been given the heads up by Saberman through Facebook, that Arlasoft who was behind the great Arcade conversions such as Donkey Kong Jr, Fastfood, Galaga and Galaxian DX has released an unofficial port of the...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Tony Temple
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Tony Temple, who is displayed on card number 134, from the Superstars of 2011. Tony is also on trading card number 1757. Tony is one of the United Kingdom’s foremost classic gaming champions, famous for his world record play...
Wolfenstein 3D: Spear of Destiny – The prequel to Wolfenstein 3D also gets the Amiga 1200 treatment via BSZili!
It was only just the other day that we announced through Indie Retro News that BSzili was aiming to bring the full version of the classic 1992 ID Software game of 'Wolfenstein 3D' over the A1200 with some Fast RAM, no CPU accelerator required. Well fast forward to...
POSTAL 2 available for free on GOG
What better way to start a Thursday than with some news about free games! We have a special deal for fans of a dark sense of humor – Postal 2 is now up for grabs on GOG until the 22nd of April 2022, 10:30 PM UTC – just head over to GOG's front page and look for...
Console Review: THEA500 Mini
The Amiga Story As hard as it is to imagine now, when the Amiga line of computers came on the scene in 1985, the Commodore 64 was only three years old. And, contrary to common misconception, the two Commodore personal computer platforms coexisted all the way until...
NEW Re-release from Retro-Bit! Battletoads & Double Dragon
Open Pre-Orders April 19th - May 22nd! ONE-TIME RELEASE! Worlds collide in Battletoads & Double Dragon in an officially-licensed limited collector’s cartridge re-release of the classic Nintendo® Entertainment System brawler from Retro-Bit® Publishing, a publishing...
Iris and the Giant GiveawayAvailable Now on The Indie Spring Sale on GOG The fusion of the roguelike, RPG and CCG genres is available for free for 48 hours •Discover over 300 deals on Indie games up to -90% • April 15th, 2022 – There’s nothing like a creative spirit...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Gil Velez
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Gil Velez who is displayed on card number 3420, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection. Gil is also featured on card 3421. In 2016 Gil founded a Facebook group called “Arcade Game Repair Help Group”. This group offers real...
From Below – A great Tetris style game recently released for the NES is coming to the Game Boy
If you loved the 1984 game of Tetris or the 1989 game of Columns then you might like this latest news story featured here on IRN. As trawling through Facebook today, we have found out that the previously released NES game of ' From Below '; a game which gained...
Podcast of the Week – The Retro Hour
In this Edition, the Retro Hour hosts chat to the awesome James Rolfe (aka The Angry Video Game Nerd) about his memories of gaming and his love for terrible retro games. The Angry Video Game Nerd - The Retro Hour EP321 Click Here to listen to the Podcast Show Notes...
Nintendo Switch Review – Taito Milestones
ININ Games together with TAITO are excited to announce TAITO MILESTONES for Nintendo Switch launching April 15th in Europe and North America! The special retro compilation of some true TAITO classics will be available through selected retailers and the Nintendo eShop....
Farawaydius – A super tiny Gradius inspiration for the C64 gets a preview
We've just received some rather interesting news from a good friend of ours, especially if you've got a C64 or emulator at hand, as if you loved playing the classic game of Gradius/Nemesis; a side scrolling shoot-em-up that was originally released as a Japanese coinop...
The Wheel of Time is released
GOG Is Bringing Good Old Games Back To Life The Wheel of Time Is Now Available The classic FPS The Wheel of Time released for modern PCs with Nightdive Studios • Revealing a list of 500+ Good Old Games available on GOG • April 6th, 2022 – GOG, the digital distribution...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Atari Video Cube?
Release Date: 1982 Publisher: Atari Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Puzzle Alternate Title: Rubik’s Cube Model #: CX2670 Rarity: 7 Programmer: N/A This is a surprisingly robust and challenging puzzle game that will give fits to even the most seasoned of puzzle...
What PlayStation Needs To Do.
This past week, Sony announced what the new tiered system for their online services would be. Essentially it boils down to the more money you pay for the service, the more games you could play, with the Premium Membership being the one that has all the retro goodies....
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Carl Klitzke
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Carl Klitzke who currently is displayed on card number 3975, from the Superstars of 2021 Collection. Carl is a masterful arcade game and pinball technician. Anything you need he can fix. He worked on his very first pinball...
