Donkey Kong ’94 on Nintendo Game Boy is WAY MORE than an Arcade Port!

by GenX Grownup | Aug 3, 2024 | 1980s, 2000s, GenX Grownup, Opinions

Donkey Kong,[a] also referred to as Donkey Kong ’94, is a 1994 puzzle-platform game developed by Nintendo and Pax Softnica and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. Donkey Kong is loosely based on the 1981 arcade game of the same name and its sequel Donkey Kong Jr....

Nintendo 64 Quest Kickstarter – Coming Soon

by Todd Friedman | Jul 31, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, Press Release

ONE MAN. 296 GAMES. 14 DAYS. NO ONLINE PURCHASES. ARE YOU GAME? Follow video game collector, Jay Bartlett on an adventure to collect all 296 N64 games in 14 days with no online purchases! CLICK HERE FOR KICKSTARTER Ten years after the original film, Nintendo Quest,...

Antstream Arcade Retro Gaming History II: The Super Game Boy

by Antstream Blog | Jul 22, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, Antstream

It seemed like the perfect gaming idea – take the hugely popular Nintendo Game Boy and enable gamers to combine its games with the also-hugely popular Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Antstream Arcade digs into the archives to unearth the history of Nintendo’s...

2005 Mobile game ‘Doom RPG’ comes over to the Amiga 1200 and above

by Indie Retro News | Jul 16, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Here we are with another special announcement, as if any of you remember the 2005 mobile phone game of ‘Doom RPG’; a game developed by Fountainhead Entertainment combining the Doom first-person shooter franchise with role-playing video game elements. Then...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Paul E. Niemeyer

by Todd Friedman | Jul 11, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Paul E. Niemeyer, who currently is displayed on card number 4113, from the Superstars of 2022 Collection.  Paul’s career started back in 1982 at Bally/Midway. Paul displayed his artwork talent on dozens of games like Tapper,...

Binary Battle – A unique take on the Dungeon Crawler experience for the C64/Plus4!

by Indie Retro News | Jul 10, 2024 | 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

We’ve featured many Dungeon Crawlers over the years, from ones such as Eye of the Beholder, with its first person grid based movement, to the top down turn based ones such as Descending Dungeons. This game however called ‘Binary Battle’ by Haplo and...