Berzerk: An Arcade Dream Come True

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jan 3, 2025 | 1980s, Atari, Early IBM DOS, Early IBM DOS Intro, GenX Grownup, Heritage Auctions, Indie, Indy Tools By Platform, Stern

Berzerk is one of the first video games in the history of the industry to truly live up to its name. A 2D shooter that inspired classic games the likes of Robotron 2084 and Smash TV, it was a massive success in arcades across the United States well before iconic games...

Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside BOKURA: planet

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jan 1, 2025 | 2020s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Interviews, The Story Of...

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with BOKURA: planet developer Tokoronyori to find out all about the fun adventure/puzzle game with retro visuals. About: BOKURA: planet: BOKURA: planet, the sequel to the reality-bending co-op-only adventure with more than half a...

Defective $1000 Atari XP Carts; the State of Modern Atari | An Editorial

by GenX Grownup | Dec 30, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Atari, Early IBM DOS, Early IBM DOS Intro, GenX Grownup, Heritage Auctions, Indie, Indy Tools By Platform, Stern

About two weeks ago, a user on X by the name of Cear Dragon posted that two of their limited AtariXP carts – Haunted House & Crystal Castles – were defective. Haunted House, he claimed, had the PCB inserted backwards and Crystal Castles, he said, was buggy and...

Lord of the Orb – XaVeR adds even more levels to a classic 1985 game by Antic Software

by Indie Retro News | Dec 29, 2024 | 1980s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Here on Indie Retro News we do love writing about the Atari XL/XE, I mean seriously we can’t stop featuring the latest games released for this system. Well here we are with another story sent to us by Saberman, and it’s the latest new level update for the...

A Very Hairy Christmas – A modern HD debut of Mr Hair for the PC by Langford Productions

by Indie Retro News | Dec 24, 2024 | 2010s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

We’ve just received word from our good friend Richard of Langford Productions, of a new PC game that has been released called ‘A Very Hairy Christmas’. A game which doesn’t just have nods to other classic games from the 80’s such as...

Forgotten Indie Games That Deserve to Be Remembered

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Dec 14, 2024 | 2000s, 2010s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

With the holidays approaching, everyone is focused on the new games we want, but in this special post, we detail games that deserve to be remembered. Endless Midnight: Zombie Swarm: Jordan Trudgett’s independent game on the 360 Live Arcade was from a different era. In...