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The Retro Hour EP360 – Sega Classics
90's Video Game Shop Memories & Sega Classics We chat to the wonderful James Schall about working at classic gaming shops like Virgin Games and Future Zone, his time as product marketing manager at Sega in the post Dreamcast era, and his current work resurrecting...
KICKSTARTER – “Back of the Box” A 90s Video Game Coloring Book
CLICK HERE FOR KICKSTARTER PAGE Do you remember the thrill of powering on your favorite video game console and embarking on an epic adventure? Take a trip down memory lane with our retro video game coloring book, designed for those who grew up playing classic games....
COMING SOON – It Returned To The Desert – For Steam
Unique mix of turn-based strategy and adventure. Defend the town of Glint Rock against radioactive giant ants! Dr. Mill is a geologist that came to town to examine the recent meteor crash. Now he has to convince the towns folk that something's going on. It Returned to...
Missile Command on the Amstrad CPC+ and GX4000 and it looks pretty decent!
The iconic Atari game Missile Command didn't get the best of ports even on the Amstrad, but that is about to change. As thanks to yet another gaming heads up from Saberman, he has told us that Ayor61 and team, have released a much improved version of the game over to...
Coming Soon for iiRcade – Wizard of Walls
Coming Soon to the iiRcade Wizard Of Walls! "Wizard Of Walls" is a dungeon/maze shooter with retro mechanics inspired by the old arcade classic "Wizard Of Wor". You play a warrior with a laser gun and have to shoot all monsters. If you touch a monster or get shot by a...
Bleeps On Wax: Bushiden Soundtrack
Welcome to Bleeps On Wax, where we look at a variety of Video Game Soundtracks released on vinyl! Bushiden Soundtrack Garoad is back at it with another fantastic game soundtrack. This time, Garoad lends his talents to Bushiden, a soon-to-be-released ninja action...
Last Action Hero – An enhanced(hack) version of a 1994 brawler via AmigaLive!
While I do try to avoid writing on weekends, this was too good not to spread the word! As thanks to both Earok and Saberman letting us know earlier today, they have told us that AmigaLive has made available a hack of the Amiga version of the 1994 game 'Last Action...
Five What-Ifs That Could Have Changed Gaming Forever
The comic book industry isn’t the only one that get to have this much fun. Take a look at five situations that morphed the industry forever and what could have happened if things happened otherwise. Sega Doesn’t Give Up Creating Consoles After the Dreamcast: Sega is...
Grandchild Discovers 26 Copies Of Wario Game
Grandchild Discovers 26 Copies Of Wario Game In Late Grandmother's Collection As spotted by Gaming Bible, a gamer named KrisReed recently took to Reddit to share a picture of their grandmother's video game collection. However, it appears their late relative apparently...
Dread – WIP Doom clone on the Amiga 500 & Atari ST looks better than ever in this new footage
The upcoming Doom clone of 'Dread' has been featured many times on Indie Retro News, as with every new update the Amiga 500 and Atari ST version looks better than ever with noted changes as fabulous new textures and new zones to visit. Well if you're looking for more...
A Picture’s Worth a Thousand…Pixels?
My oldest brother Richard wasn’t the master of sarcasm that our middle brother Steven was. But he still looked at my game's box with a caustic smirk. “This-“ he said, first looking at the art on the box cover of cover of Atari's Air-Sea Battle... and then looking at...
Five Must-Play Game Boy Titles Besides Pokemon and Tetris
If you love Nintendo’s breakthrough handheld console, you’ll got the staples- Tetris and Pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow, but with over a thousand titles released, there are a bevy of gems. Here are a few of the best you may have never played. Penguin Wars: It’s...
Gem Blenders, TCG coming to Kickstarter
GEM BLENDERS: A REVOLUTIONARY NEW TRADING CARD GAME After selling through their beta version product, indie game designer Steve Sekula and his team are set to launch the First Edition of the trading card game Gem Blenders this March via Kickstarter. In a game of Gem...
Czolgi – An Atari 2600 Combat inspiration arrives on the C64 via Protovision
Some cool news indeed especially if you grew up on the Atari 2600 as well as the much later Atari 8bit as you'll be interested to hear, that Protovision has released the Commodore 64 game of Czolgi. A new game which is an inspiration to Combat that was first shown at...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Daniel Janson
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Daniel Janson who is displayed on card number 4161, from the Superstars of 2022 Collection. Daniel has been into pinball since I was 12-13 years old. In 2003, he purchased his first pinball machine (The Shadow). This was the...
Antstream Arcade’s Greatest Hits Of 2022
t’s been another cracking year at Antstream Arcade, stuffed full of new games, challenges and tournaments. So with New Year’s Eve imminent, join us as we celebrate the most popular retro games this year in the Antstream Arcade Greatest Hits Of 2022 compilation, along...
Taito Corporation Preparing For 70th Anniversary Celebrations In 2023
From Nintendo Life 2023 The famous video game developer Taito Corporation - known for legendary arcade hits like Space Invaders and Bubble Bobble - will celebrate its 70th anniversary on 24th August 2023. To prepare for this epic milestone, the company has already...
The Retro Hour / Guitar Hero & Rock Band – The History PodCast
CLICK HERE FOR PODCAST We get the inside story on Harmonix Music Systems, the company who brought us the legendary party games Guitar Hero and Rock Band. How the company founders remortgaged their houses to make it happen, how they did an industry first and made a...
Stern Pinball Announces Leadership Expansion
Seth Davis appointed CEO; Nick Parfitt appointed CFO CHICAGO, IL – December 20, 2022 – Stern Pinball, Inc. (SPI) today announced two executive leadership appointments to support the company’s continued growth. In the past three years, SPI has achieved successive...
Exploding Fist Remake – A remake of the C64 classic “The Way of the Exploding Fist”
Here's a game I remember fondly it's ' The Way of the Exploding Fist' ; a 1980s fighting game published by Melbourne House that appeared on many different systems such as the Amstrad, C16, C64, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, and even the Acorn! This rather famous game which...
Classic NES game ‘Duck Hunt’ has been released on the C64!
We always try to keep you up to date with the best in C64 news, but boy do we have a surprise for you. As if you've ever had a Nintendo and a Light Gun, then you'll be pleased to know Mahna Mahna has released the classic NES game of ' Duck Hunt ' over to the Commodore...
Second Front RELEASE DATE !
Second Front will release on the 31st of January The developer has taken great steps to ensure the game is a deep and immersive strategy game that reflects the WWII era. Players can also create and share their own scenarios with other players via steam. Second Front...
Five Atari Lynx Games You Should Play
The Atari Lynx was a big, bulky bad boy of a handheld back in the day and despite having better visuals than the Game Boy and the Game Gear, it just never resonated the same way as those other on-the-go consoles. That doesn’t mean there aren’t some fun games on it. ...
Zelda as an unfinished “Prototype” for the Commodore Amiga by Tukinem
If like me, you're a huge fan of Zelda, then you'll be happy to know as thanks to a heads up by Saberman, he has told us that Tukinem has made available the unfinished prototype(?) of Zelda over to the Commodore Amiga. As in his words "Work on it lasted great until I...
This Day In Video Game History
