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Quest For Infamy – Nintendo Switch Review
Upon startup, the Nintendo Switch port of Quest For Infamy is a hard game to look at. Initially released in 2014 on the PC platform, Quest For Infamy's title screen might give players the wrong idea from the presentation standpoint when their eyes see the extremely...
Final Fight Enhanced – An enhanced Amiga version of a classic Beat ’em up from 1991 is in the works
This week just gets better and better for the latest Amiga news stories, as thanks to a heads up from a good friend of ours on the EAB forums, we've been told that Brick Nash is working on an enhanced version of the 1991 US GOLD published Beat 'em up of 'Final Fight'...
DOWNLOAD: One Humanity – DOOM 2 Level
“One Humanity” One Humanity is a new level for the 1994 id Software release DOOM® II created by John Romero to support the people of Ukraine and the humanitarian efforts of the Red Cross and the UN Central Emergency Response Fund. 100% of the proceeds go toward this...
Ambermoon Advanced – A new unofficial extension and remake to a great Amiga RPG gets a release!
We've featured Ambermoon many times now on Indie Retro News from the updated Amiga version, to the open source remake which can be downloaded to your home PC. Both versions give you hours worth of enjoyment of an incredible 90's RPG that not only featured 3D graphics...
Green Beret(Rush’n Attack) – A retro classic previously released on the Amiga as an Arcade(ish) conversion gets an update
Green Beret was an action arcade game released by Konami in 1985. It is remembered for its Cold War setting and its reliance on the player using mainly a knife to dispatch enemies, although you were able to collect many different weapons including a flame thrower to...
TJ’s Cavern Capers – Collect the Beers in this new ZX Spectrum game from Gaz Marshall
Another game for the ZX Spectrum and yet again another release that I think you will enjoy throughout the weeks ahead, is Gaz Marshall's new Arcade Platformer called TJ's Cavern Capers: A colorful ZX Spectrum game in which you need to collect all the Beers in each of...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Greg Sakundiak
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Greg Sakundiak who is displayed on card number 84, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection. Greg is also on trading card number 3359. Greg was a member of the 1984 U.S. National Video Game Team and broke many records back then...
Tiny Dungeons – A high grade ZX Spectrum 128k game from RetroSouls is finally here!
RetroSouls are certainly no strangers to many in the retro gaming scene, especially as they have released very enjoyable games such as GLUF, Old Tower, Twinlight, Alter Ego, and even Tourmaline for the ZX Spectrum. Well today after trawling through the latest Twitter...
Angels – Another amazing release for the ZX Spectrum by ZOSYA entertainment
ZOSYA entertainment (team) have made some great games throughout the years, games such as Drift!, Valley of Rains and even Travel Through Time Volume 1 which have all been featured on Indie Retro News. Well it looks as if they haven't finished with the speccy...
Celebrating 5 years of The Video Game History Foundation!
Since February 27, 2017, The Video Game History Foundation has been working hard to preserve, celebrate, and teach video game history. We want to thank you so much for believing in what we do! It's our mission to make video game history better. Over these past five...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Spy Hunter?
Publisher: Sega Release: 1984 Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Shoot’em Up Alternate Title: N/A Model: # 011-01 Rarity: 6 Programmer: Jeff Lorenz Dual Controller Module, basically a piece of plastic This port of the arcade classic is scaled down, but passable....
Five Extremely Underrated PS2 Games
Love the PS2 and don’t know what to play? Check out these often forgotten and overlooked titles on Sony’s most successful console ever. Indigo Prophecy: David Cage’s breakout title, it made many of the games he’s made after possible. To this day, it has amazing...
Knightmare – HOT NEWS as an Amiga port of a classic MSX game by Konami gets a release!
If you remember the 1986 MSX game of Knightmare, then you might like this hot news story that has just reached our inbox, as we've recently been informed by a good friend of ours on Facebook, that Hoffman finally has finally released the Amiga port of that classic...
Tiny Dungeons – A high grade ZX Spectrum game is coming from RetroSouls
RetroSouls are certainly no strangers to many in the retro gaming scene, especially as they have released very enjoyable games such as GLUF, Old Tower, Twinlight, Alter Ego, and even Tourmaline for the ZX Spectrum. Well today after trawling through the latest Twitter...
Wonder Boy Anniversary Collection (Switch/PS4) Pre-order
Wonder Boy Anniversary Collection in Limited Boxed Editions! Six games - 21 versions - In one collection Stuttgart, March 3rd 2022 - Publisher Strictly Limited Games is looking forward to the pre-order start for the Wonder Boy Anniversary Collection on March 6th. In...
The Last Escape – Escape from Colditz Amiga Demake released for the ZX Spectrum
As many of you know by now that the ZX-DEV Media and Demakes compo had been launched and gave you the chance to not only create an awesome game where the contestants had to either submit a game which is based on any of the different Communicational Media such as TV...
PETSCII Portal – An inspiration to Valve’s Portable arrives on the C64 and Commodore PET
For those of you who have played Valve's hit game of Portal might like this early hour news story, as we've recently been informed via CSDb, that if you head on over to the itch page below, you can download either the Commodore PET or C64 version of PETSCII Portal. A...
What The Fall of the Amico Really Means
Thanks in no small part to the widely publicized antics of company front-man Tommy Tallarico and a host of questionable money-raising stunts by Intellivision, the world at large has been seemingly all too thrilled to watch the slow and torturous unraveling of the...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Ikari Warriors?
Release Date: 1989 Publisher: Atari Controller: Joystick Players: 1 - 2 Genre: Arcade Alternate Title: N/A Model #: CX26177 Rarity: 5 Programmer: N/A This port of the arcade title is an admirable attempt at bringing it to the 2600. You are an Ikari Warrior, a member...
Green Beret(Rush’n Attack) – Highly challenging retro classic finally arrives on the Amiga as an Arcade(ish) conversion!
Green Beret was an action arcade game released by Konami in 1985. It is remembered for its Cold War setting and its reliance on the player using mainly a knife to dispatch enemies, although you were able to collect many different weapons including the flame thrower....
Old Towers – A great game by RetroSouls arrives on the Atari ST as a port by Andy Noble
If you've been following RetroSouls through the last couple of years, you would've known that they have released great games such as GLUF, Old Tower, Twinlight, Alter Ego, and even Tourmaline for the ZX Spectrum. Well if you remember one of those games as Old Towers,...
12 Months to Midnight for the Wii U and 3DS eShops.
On February 15, 2022 Nintendo made waves on social media, and not in a good way. They announced that in late March of 2023 they would be shutting down the Wii U and 3DS eShops for good. According to Nintendo's website, you can still re-download games, play online,...
Ermentrud – A new Adventure game appears for high end Amigas(OS3/4/MORPH), PC and MAC!
I've always had a fondness for Adventure games from The Secret of Monkey Island, to The Legend of Kyrandia or even the Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, there's not an adventure game I would not put aside ( Unless it has too many riddles and puzzles ). Thankfully...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Mark Moore
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Mark Moore, who currently is displayed on card number 3566, from the Superstars of 2021 Collection. Mark has pinball in his blood. He has played since he was a little child. His favorite pinball of all time is Kiss. Growing up...
