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Axis – Escape the Aliens in this new C64 port from AnyStone Games
The Commodore 64’s library has grown even bigger today with the official release of Axis, a high-stakes "escape" title developed by AnyStone Games. Born from the legacy of Zsolt Bertók’s (Bery) original Videoton TV Computer game of the same name, this modern C64...
Five Classic Video Game Easter Eggs
The first use of the term "Easter Egg" is widely attributed to Steve Wright, then director of software development at Atari, circa 1980. He was, of course, referring to the now classic hidden credit room in Warren Robinett's Adventure for the Atari 2600. Since then,...
Space Invaders – by Brett Weiss
I discovered Space Invaders in 1978,Space was visiting my aunt and cousins in McGregor, Texas (outside of Waco), a town of barely over 2,000 people. It was in a dingy, seedy arcade and was very imposing. I’d already played my share of pinball and electromechanical...
A review of The History of the Pokémon Games
It's the thirty-year anniversary of the very first Pokémon games which were released back in 1996. Nintendo is pulling out all the stops reminding us. But unofficial historians are getting in on the act too, with The History of the Pokémon Games by James...
Breakout – by By Bill Donohue
Beating our educations had taken upon moving from New York (Catholic schooling, Nuns who also acted as Wardens, Mandatory Mass every Friday Morning) to California (“Deliverance” music, lots of “twins”, English? “Wash” pronounced as “Warsh”). The first thing he brought...
PONG – by Eugenio Angueira
Pong! was my very first experience with Atari Home Pong released in 1975. Not only was I hooked on the game, but so was my dad, my uncle, and just about everyone in my family. It was easy to play, but the game really shined when we were playing against each other. Of...
Five PS2 Games That No One Played But Should Have
The PlayStation 2 has so many games. The PlayStation 2 has so many good games. So how do you choose? Old School Gamer’s Patrick Hickey Jr. shares some fun ones you might have missed. Fire Pro Wrestling Returns: This game already has a niche audience, but without a pro...
Basketball Classics Review: Stellar
The 2K Basketball Empire has manifested itself on every console to the point where they even took over the NBA Playgrounds series once that showed some potential. The end result was a monopoly on the roundball gaming experience that cost gamers looking for something...
Boss Fight Books confirms Age of Empires as 41st title
On March 31st, Boss Fight Books confirmed that it had acquired enough funds via its Kickstarter campaign to go forward with its latest project, a book about the 1997 strategy game Age of Empires, written by Richard Moss, an Australian gaming historian whose...
Table Tennis – by Leonard Herman
As the “father of videogame history,” I’m often asked about what I consider the most influential of all videogames. Without any hesitation, I’ll always respond with the simplest game imaginable. Although it consisted of only three spots, no sound, and no scoring,...
A Scorpion Behind the Rock – Then and Now
A simple phrase from a decades-old Apple II game still shapes how I approach modern work. What started as a deadly surprise in The Wizard & the Princess became a lasting lesson: always look for hidden risks before moving forward.
Retro Review – Choplifter for the Sega Master System
Set the wayback machine to the early '80s. While we had recently gotten our first home computer, the Commodore VIC-20, my cousins had been enjoying the Apple II system that my uncle used for writing sermons and the like. One of the first home computer games that I...
SpaceWar! The First Computer Game – by Eugene Jarvis
My favorite old school game has got to be 1962’s Spacewar! Spacewar! may well be the first true video game ever made. Developed by Steve Russel and collaborators at MIT. This 2-player space combat video game was played on a circular monochrome vector graphics display...
Calebe Adventure – A new 2D platformer released for the MSX by Paulo Pereira Gonçalves & Calebe Rodrigues Gonçalves
Recovering the Past: "Caleb Adventure" Brings Retro Heroism to the MSX! Retro gaming fans have a new mission: infiltrate the castle of Baron Buuu-hahaha and reclaim a stolen legacy. In the newly released title Caleb Adventure, players step into the shoes of a hero on...
Year 1952 and 1958 – by Tristan Ibarra
The Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC) located at the University of Cambridge’s Mathematical Laboratory would be the first computer hardware to host a “game” developed by Alexander Shafto “Sandy” Douglas, a British Professor of Computer Science. The...
ISSUE 50 OUT NOW !!!
Some games change everything. Over the last several decades, video games have evolved rapidly, thanks to developers who kept finding new ways to surprise us with the tools they had. Their ideas gave us the franchises we still celebrate and the genre landmarks that...
Hyper Sentinel Fusion – Final Chance to Join the Kickstarter!
Hyper Sentinel Fusion Already Made Kickstarter - Goal Do you want to join in? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/robhwson/hyper-sentinel-fusion-2?ref=8eqafc From the founders of Hewson (Uridium, Paradroid, Cybernoid, Tower Toppler) and 21st Century Entertainment...
The Retro Room Games Achieves First Stretch Goal for Annalog
The Kickstarter for Annalog only launched on Tuesday, but the NES game has already achieved its initial $7000 goal and then some. The Retro Room Games has confirmed that it has hit its first stretch goal of $10,000 with 28 days left to go in the campaign....
The Best GBA Games Ever Made
The legacy of Nintendo's Game Boy is one that speaks for itself, fondly remembered by many gamers as the pinnacle of handheld gaming before the turn of the 2000s. However, in March of 2001, Nintendo upped the ante with a direct successor, the Game Boy Advance, and the...
Sweet Fightin’ +2 – Street Fighter 2 looks incredible on the ZX Spectrum!
We've featured Street Fighter many times now on IndieRetroNews, either as a 'What if' for the Commodore Amiga, or with the 2022 hit release called Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition for the Commodore 64. Well here's one that will blow your minds! As I've been told...
The Nintendo Famicom Controller
Before the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) hit the states, Nintendo had a console in Japan that would start a revolution of gaming. It was called the Famicom, or the full name, Family Computer. In 1983, the console hit the homes of gamers in Japan and test the...
Retro Review: Fort Apocalypse for the C64
Early in my video gaming life, one of the first computer games I ever played was Dan Gorlin's classic Choplifter on my cousin's Apple II. The simple presentation, on that glowing monochrome green CRT, was instantly addictive. When we got our Commodore 64 some time...
The Secret of Monkey Island project for the Commodore 64 looks incredible!
I'm sure many of you especially Amiga owners, will remember the brilliant 1990 Adventure game ' The Secret of Monkey Island, by Lucasfilm Games. But did you know a developer by the name of Joachim Ljunggren in collaboration with Andreas Larsson is working on bringing...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Basketball?
Release Date: 1978 Publisher: Atari Controller: Joystick Players: 1 - 2 Genre: Sports Alternate Title: N/A Model #: CX2624 Rarity: 2 Programmer: Alan Miller This one-on-one basketball duel is a flawed but entertaining take on the sport. This is about as rudimentary of...
This Day In Video Game History
