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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...
Syberia (2002): The Timeless Cult Classic
Syberia (2002) is a must-play for every graphic adventure game lover. The protagonist, atmosphere, puzzles and story are fully flashed out in this cult classic, created by an amazing comic artist Benoît Sokal. Keep reading and find out just why Syberia is so highly...
Which Retro Video Games Featured Casino?
We live in a world that is immersed in digital technology. Wherever we travel, we will be presented with a wave of people glued to their mobile devices. Nowadays there are a lot of casino games available at your fingertips, online, in any device. You can find...
Source of Madness casts its way to a Switch cartridge
The side-scrolling dark-action roguelite gets a physical Nintendo Switch release in January! Developed by Carry Castle and published by Thunderful Publishing, Source of Madness is a Lovecraftian-inspired roguelite soon available in a physical format for the very first...
How Did Esports Originate In Retro Gaming And Grow Into A Huge Industry?
Over the past few decades, electronic sports, sometimes referred to as "esports," have become a multibillion-dollar business. The introduction of home consoles in the early 1970s prepared the stage for esports to appear, followed by games that continually advanced in...
Memories of the Past: Demos
I was sitting with my son the other day, watching him go through the countless ads on Youtube for the next major "AAA" title in gaming history to enjoy a 10-minute Minecraft video that some guy shoved together for the views. It was chaotic, but that's what catches...
Sydney Hunter and the Caverns of Death is coming to the NES and it looks FAB!
As many of you were aware by now, Collector Vision Games had released a great game called Sydney Hunter and the Caverns of Death for the SNES; a game in which you play as Sydney trapped inside an ancient volcanic cavern and the aim to survive and win your freedom....
YouTube Video of the Week: Old School Gamer Magazine – Issue 1 – 30
Here is a video of every magazine printed to date. This is issue #1 - #30. The first magazine came out in November of 2017. Every other month has a new "theme" edition that covers the retro era as well as some current day items, such as video game conferences and...
Quasimodo’s Christmas Caper – An in development festive C64 game gets another teaser
We have recently found out through Facebook that as of December this year, Robert Wilson will be releasing his upcoming C64 game of 'Quasimodo's Christmas Caper'; An in development Arcade Platformer which is a spin off to Hunchback Redux (currently in development)...
Santa Claus – A family friendly C64 game by IntoInside for Christmas
With Christmas being about two months away you'd expect to see a number of Christmas themed games appearing on Indie Retro News in the lead up to the 25th. Well that's certainly happened this week, as the first game to be mentioned on our site is a Christmas game by...
Santa’s Workout – The first of many C64 games for Christmas, with Vector5games latest release!
Christmas is here and you'd expect to see lots of Christmas themed games appearing on Indie Retro News in the lead up to the 25th. Well that's certainly happening this week, as the first game to be mentioned on our site is a Christmas game by Vector5games for the C64...
