Crater Song – A short, single-player co-op adventure puzzler for the NES by John Vanderhoef

by Indie Retro News | Mar 19, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

If you’re looking for a new NES game to try and want one to satisfy your retro gaming needs, then make sure to check out John Vanderhoef’s latest game of ‘Crater Song’. A game in which the creator describes as a short, single-player co-op...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight “Rewind” – Patrick Hickey, Jr.

by Todd Friedman | Mar 17, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, Interviews

This week we look back an interview I did with Patrick Hickey, Jr. on October 17th, 2019. Since 2019, Patrick has done so many incredible things with his retro gaming books and his newest adventure, the comic book genre. All of his published books can be seen...

Bubble Bobble looks great on the Atari 7800!

by Indie Retro News | Mar 17, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Prepare to have your minds blown , especially if you have an Atari 7800! As we have just found through Liqmatrix, that during Jan of this year, OldStyle and Bobby Clark had released an update to their incredible work in progress Atari 7800 conversion/port of the...

Classic NES game ‘Duck Hunt’ unofficially released on the Commodore Amiga, gets a new update

by Indie Retro News | Mar 15, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

If you’ve ever had a Nintendo and a Light Gun, then chances are that you would’ve played the 1984/95 NES game of ‘Duck Hunt’: A game in which players fired a NES Zapper at a CRT television, with three attempts per round to shoot ducks and clay...

Berserk Boy- Mega Man/Sonic style platformer

by Old School Gamer | Mar 14, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Indie

In the distant future, a mad scientist and his army of darkness seek to enslave the people of Earth. Hope for all humanity rests with The Resistance, but are they enough? Enter Kei, a rookie hero who is transformed by mysterious Orb energy into BERSERK BOY! With...

Donkey Kong – A famous 80’s game as an Arcade to Commodore Amiga conversion by JOTD!

by Indie Retro News | Mar 13, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

As we said before, it was only just the other week that we informed you that JOTD, who is also behind the brilliant Arcade conversions of Galaxian and Super Xevious 1200 for the Amiga, was going to be doing another conversion/port of the classic 80’s game of...