Santa’s Troubles – Are you feeling festive for another Commodore 64 game?

by Indie Retro News | Dec 25, 2023 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

If you just can’t wait for Christmas day and fancy playing a Christmas themed game right now, then you might be interested to know that LC-Games, who was also behind Dig Dug Revival, Bagman Strikes Back and many many others, has released the Christmas game of...

Tetris Recoded – This latest version of Tetris by RetroBytes looks super cool!

by Indie Retro News | Dec 17, 2023 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

It’s time to move away from the Platform genre and look towards classic Puzzle games for our retro fun, as if you loved the 1984 game of Tetris, you’ll be pleased to know that as of today, you can download the very latest Tetris game of ‘Tetris...

Nintendo Gadgets We Wished Existed – Based On Actual Patents

by Todd Friedman | Dec 13, 2023 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Opinions

5 Nintendo Gadgets We Wish Existed, Based on Actual Patents They say that the book is humankind’s greatest invention — durable, navigable, versatile and non-reliant on external power sources or connectivity. Perhaps gaming’s equivalent invention is the deck of cards —...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Patrick Hickey, Jr.

by Todd Friedman | Dec 9, 2023 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Patrick Hickey, Jr. who is displayed on card number 3258, from the Superstars of 2019 Collection. Patrick Hickey, Jr., is the founder and editor-in-chief of ReviewFix.com and a lecturer of English and journalism at Kingsborough...

Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story

by Old School Gamer | Dec 6, 2023 | 1990s, 2000s, Press Release

An interactive documentary coming from Digital Eclipse in 2024 Gridrunner. Revenge of the Mutant Camels. Tempest 2000. Llamatron. In the British gaming universe of the ’80s and ’90s, nobody made games like Jeff Minter. Just revealed in the Day of the Devs...

Chaos Engine on the C64? This tribute certainly looks like it’s possible!

by Indie Retro News | Nov 23, 2023 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

The original Chaos Engine was an incredible game released in 1993, and developed by the very famous Bitmap Brothers. It was a well known title that at its core, was for the Amiga in which one or two players battled in a top down shooter genre against the evil...