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Fit For A King – NES style retro Tudor RPG Out now

On September 11, 2019September 12, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Ever wanted to be King of England? Fancy changing the whole church just so you can marry who you want? Want it in a NES style RPG format but on your PC? itch.io download and steam keys too? Then Fit For A King is probably right down your Tudor alley. […]

Small Saga – Charming mouse game aims for a Kickstarter success

On June 15, 2019June 16, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Not many RPG’s have mice and their compatriots as the main characters for an RPG and this one has them set in the sewers of London so in fact has two points not seen in many (any?) other RPG’s but Jeremy Noghani has started work on exactly that. With well […]

NEScape! – Another new cart release on NES launches kickstarter

On May 15, 2019May 16, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Oh you lucky NES fans. Just when we’ve had one amazing NES game deliver it’s kickstarter physical carts, well now, just like busses, along comes another brilliant NES indie game looking to raise funds for a cart production run. NEScape! is a timed puzzle game in the style of an […]

Micro Mages – New NES platformer hits the stores

On May 2, 2019May 2, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Kickstarter has been the launch platform for many retro system games for a while now, and the latest to get the treatment is Morphcat Games’ Micro Mages. A spectacular looking 4-player NES title (with a multi-tap) that manages to squeeze every ounce of performance out of the 8-bit platform to […]

Another World Survival – Pico-8 Demake of Another world with a twist.

On April 19, 2019April 19, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Pico-8 is a wonderful platform for de-makes of classic games and now it’s Another World turn (Out of this world in some countries) to get the treatment! As a demake it captures the feel of the original game with very familiar backdrops and settings but the scope is vastly reduced… […]

Tube Runner – Pico-8 gets a tube racer with a wicked soundtrack!

On April 19, 2019April 19, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Here’s a treat for the Pico-8 crowd. Tube runner is, as you may have guessed, a tube racer in multi-coloured vector square tubes. Tube Runner gives not just a great impression of speed but also a cracking sountrack to boot. You have a time limit checkpoint system but also […]

TinyPi Pro preview – Kickstarter campaign – Less than 44 hours to go!

On December 29, 2018December 30, 2018 By Neil G

For the last couple of weeks I’ve been playing with an early version of TinyPi Pro. A fully fledged Raspberry Pi zero based gaming handheld not much bigger than a couple of boxes of matches. It’s the smallest raspberry pi gaming device possible with the casing barely bigger than the […]

Mawilo Studio Launches with a Lysium: Stardiver teaser trailer

On December 27, 2018December 27, 2018 By Neil G

New 16-bit style Metroidvania game from the makers of the Construct Metroidvania Game Kit? YES PLEASE! Only a teaser trailer released so far but the announcement comes in the form of a new joint effort in the form of Mawilo game studio between @Tokinsom @7SoulDesign @OneRumor and if their combined previous efforts […]

Infested – An NES style graphic adventure

On November 26, 2018November 26, 2018 By Neil G

In the 8-bit days, the adventure games that came before the animated style made popular by Lucasarts SCUMM games (Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island) were much simpler affairs. In a lot of cases barely more than text adventures but with added still pictures to help you visualize the room you […]

Starquake Amiga port from ST Finally Lands! First Look

On November 18, 2018November 18, 2018 By Neil G

For whatever reason, there’s a whole swathe of titles that got releases on the Atari ST back in the day, but not on the Amiga. Given the platforms similarities you’d think a port would be a no brainer. indeed, many games just got simple ports from the base ST version […]