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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...
Tetris dotBAS – A new Tetris clone in development for the Amstrad CPC!
If you loved the 1984 game of Tetris or the 1989 game of Columns , you'll be pleased to know a brand new puzzle game inspired by those games has been teased for the Amstrad CPC developed by Francesc Alcaucer. This game as a heads up by XeNoMoRPH and named as 'Tetris...
Bean Versus The Animator It’s Snow Joke – A cool arcade shooter for the Amiga gets an exclusive festive level!
Great news if you're looking for something completely different other than all the Platformers and Shoot em ups we've featured on Indie Retro News, as 17BitRetro has recently contacted us through Twitter, to tell you that the previously released game of Bean Versus...
Five Comic Book Characters Who Should Have Had Retro Games
Comic Book characters are all the rage now, but they’ve been playing an impact on video games forever. Despite that, not every super hero has a game- and not every one will. Here’s our list of five characters who deserved their own retro games. The Maxx: Sam Keith’s...
Bubble Shooter (Teaser) – A mobile game appears on the Atari XL with inspirations to Puzzle Bobble!
Puzzle Bobble has infuriated and thrilled us in equal measure since its release around the year of 1994. Its appeal captures all age groups, and the fun is doubled with a brother, sister or friend playing to beat each others high score. So why is this game getting...
Seaquest – A 1983 Atari 2600 game arrives on the C64 by H4plo, Marukpa and Richard Bayliss!
We've featured many Atari 2600 to C64 conversions and ports throughout the years, from Spider Fighter, to Keystone Kapers and even our personal favorite Frostbite. Well here's some good news to get us through this Friday which has been developed by H4plo, Marukpa and...
Green Beret(Rush’n Attack) – Highly challenging retro classic gets another fabulous Amiga 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 the flame thrower....
Retro Racers Moto Roader – Coming Soon
15th of February 2022, Indie publisher Ratalaika Games is delighted to announce the digital release of Moto Roader for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Microsoft Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch is set for February 25th 2022. Facts - Not Fiction The...
Frostbite – A classic Atari 2600 game from 1983 has appeared as a port for the Atari 8bit!
Great news for this rather grim Monday morning, as we've just been told by Saberman, that as of today you can download the Atari 2600 to Atari 8bit conversion of Frostbite developed by glurk; A game that was not only originally released by Steve Cartwright for the...
Flying Arrows ! Coming Soon to Kickstarter
Description New action platform GameBoy videogame on real cartridge! Fly your arrows and ride them to defeat all the wild animals up to the castle History This is how it all starts. The moon approaches the Earth, bringing new changes to all of life. The order imposed...
