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Black Dawn TechnoMage – The next Amiga AGA game in the Black Dawn Saga gets a demo!
We've featured many Dungeon Crawlers on Indie Retro News, from Black Dawn Rebirth which is a high grade crawler as the 7th episode of the Black Dawn Dungeon Crawler/RPG series by Colin Vella, Shaun Watters, Ten Shu and Mike Richmond. To ' The Shadows of Sergoth '; a...
Taito Gets Pinned! – by Michael Thomasson
While nothing will ever replace the feel of a real pinball machine, digital pinball machines have been improving and now do quite a nice job of simulating the silver ball experience. There have been many options over the years, including the pricey and deluxe set-ups...
PAC-MAN – Another ZX Spectrum version of Pac Man appears!
There have been many Pac-Man games mentioned on Indie Retro News, from Jr. Pac-Man on the Intellivision, a Pac-Man game on the Pico-8, and even the latest Pac-Hack on the ZX Spectrum (All of these vary in style to the 1980's hit classic that can still be found today...
Pac-Man: Birth of an Icon – a book review by Ryan Burger
Over the last ten years I have accumulated around 150 books and nearly that many magazine issues (many of which we have the rights to make available to you with your account at OldSchoolGamer.Com) all about retro video gaming. In that time, I have NEVER seen a single...
Five Influential Sports Games You Should Play
The sales of sports games drive the gaming industry, but with a lack of competition in the genre over the last decade, fans have truly missed out. Here are five great Sports games to play that you most likely missed. Powermove Pro Wrestling: Yukes is currently busy...
Troll’s Treasure – A family friendly Adventure game by Michał “stRing” Radecki-Mikulicz as a 1st place winner at Silly Venture
We've mentioned a number of text entry based adventure games over the years, from games such as Venganza and Spooky Adventure, to Knight Orc and Masquerade. But now another game has appeared which will appeal to gamers who have children, is michomis 1st place winner...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Jarrod Kailef
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Jarrod Kailef, who currently is displayed on card number 3143, from the Superstars of 2019 Collection. Jarrod is an all-around retro gamer. He has been involved in and around gaming since a young child. He is very technical...
Music Games – by Brian Szarek
When we think of music games today, we think of titles such as Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero or Rock Band, all of which have their positive attributes, but are mostly newer (with the exception of DDR which made its first appearance in the late 1990s). Even...
Five PS1 Survival Horror Games You Might Have Missed
Survival Horror games are one of the industry’s most successful genres. While they’ve existed for decades, the niche truly began to blossom on the PlayStation. Here’s a handful of games that you may have missed that truly kickstarted the movement. The City of Lost...
HOT News as ‘L’abbaye Des Morts’ NES port is available as a digital download!
If you've been following Indie Retro News through these last few years, you would've known about Locomalito's awesome retro styled platformer 'L'Abbaye des Morts'; a game which not only appeared on the PC, but as a release on the ZX Spectrum, a port for the MSX, and...
Amidar500 – A 1980’s Arcade and 2600 game gets an Amiga conversion by JOTD
JOTD is certainly making a name for himself here on Indie Retro News, creating awesome Arcade like conversions of games such as Ms Pacman and Pacman 500, and even the rebuilt & adapted to Amiga AGA ripped from Supercars International 1996 as Supercars 2 AGA. Well...
Pump it Up – by Michael Mertes
You certainly can't discount the amount of money Konami has and still is making worldwide with its musical games like Dance Dance Revolution, as it has been one of the hottest things to play for years wherever arcade cabinets can be found. Much like how Street Fighter...
Luminous Avenger iX 2 Review – Nintendo Switch
If you were a fan of any Mega Man X games, you will feel right at home with iX 2. Luminous Avenger iX 2 is a 2D, side-scrolling action platform game that pits you against many robotic foes as you attempt to explore and essentially escape a parallel world filled with...
Atari, Konami, and Square, We Need To Talk.
Being in touch with current trends is business 101. It keeps a company in touch with their audience and keeps them relevant in the ever changing consumer landscape. Yet what happens when the popular trend of the day is met with so much scrutiny and criticism? Many...
Luminous Avenger iX 2 Preview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbz8ggecoAc Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX released back in September 2019, and Luminous Avenger iX 2 is its direct sequel coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam on January...
VIV SAVAGE: By the author formerly known as THE JADED GAMER
Gee, I can’t play Guitar Hero… or Rock Band… or any other guitar game. Why? Because I’ve played guitar in real rock bands for about 50 years and, to be honest, it’s a miracle I’m still alive. The one thing I always noticed about guitar games is that they leave out a...
4 Characteristics of Most Successful Gamers
Gaming is a hobby enjoyed by billions all over the world. While some play games simply for fun, others do it competitively, to prove they are the best. It takes a lot of time and work to become a successful gamer at times, and every person’s path to success is...
9 Myths You Learned from Playing Oregon Trail
Most of us have grown up playing computer games, especially Oregon Trail. That's because this game was exciting and fun. Kids would stock up oxen, watch over their family members, and hunt for buffaloes. But have you ever thought how much this computer game is similar...
Rogue64 – A new C64 roguelike from Badger Punch Games is now shipping via Bitmap Soft and it looks fab!
If you love C64 games and want to own a game that features some damn fine box art, then you'll be pleased to know as thanks to a heads up on Twitter, that Badger Punch Games latest offering of 'Rogue64' is not only available for purchasing through Bitmap Soft, but as...
Dance Dance Revolution – by Michael Mertes
Konami's Dance Dance Revolution hit the Japanese arcade scene in 1998 as a brand-new addition to Konami's Bemani series of music and rhythm games. Like Beatmania, Konami would utilize a specialized cabinet with a powerful sound system and a control system that...
Attack of the Petscii Robots – HOT NEWS as an Action Adventure Amiga game as a port by Vesa Halttunen is finally here!
Another great news story for you all, as if you followed our previous write up in regards to Attack of the Petscii Robots; A game which is a brand new porting by Vesa Halttunen's of David Murray's Action Adventure. Then you'll be pleased to learn that as of today, you...
Yoomp! OCS – Amiga version of Yoomp! gets another tease for low end Amigas!
Even more Amiga news now! As we've just been contacted by Saberman that Zbych Zbigniew Ross author of Yoomp!64, is also working on an Amiga port of the game, which is more catered for users owning an Amiga OCS or above with minimum 14MHz processor, and "some" (not...
Snow Force – Sarah Jane Avory’s festive Shoot ’em up for the C64 gets a release! (Includes Soul Force X)
While many of you are still enjoying Sarah Jane Avory's latest game of Briley Witch Chronicles, a Japanese inspired RPG with all the hall marks of a really well developed game. There's another game worth playing that has just appeared in our inbox as a brand new...
JAKE SIMPSON, REVOLUTION X – by Patrick Hickey, Jr.
Light gun games get no love today, but with the popularization of games the likes of Duck Hunt, Wild Gunman, Gumshoe and Hogan’s Alley in the 1980s, Nintendo proved they could be big sellers on the console market if done right. In the arcades, however, they were...
