ROM – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Romhacking Spotlight – The DX Edition posted by Thermoptic

On August 10, 2019August 11, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

This segment of the Romhacking Spotlight is all about DX! You might remember that Nintendo has re-relased a number of titles for the Gameboy with the added letters DX at the end. These were games that first were released for the original Gameboy – in its fabolous limited monochrome colors […]

What Remains – A new NES game surfaces from iodinedynamics

On May 24, 2019May 25, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

The NES scene has certainly been busy this month, with cool games announced such as Micro Mages and NEScape! But now another game is set to take center stage, as we’ve just come across a tweet from @remwhat, that they have released the final version of What Remains; an 8-bit interactive fiction and […]

Fantastic Dizzy – Sega Mega Drive/Genesis game Prototype discovered

On March 2, 2019March 3, 2019 By Neil G

Ever since I had an Amstrad CPC 464 and then on to an Amiga, I have always been a massive Dizzy fan, playing pretty much every Dizzy game ever released since 1987 by the famous Oliver Twins with a huge collection gathering in my cupboard. One such Dizzy game I […]

Romhacking Spotlight – Contra, Sor2 and Bubble Bobble

On January 8, 2019January 8, 2019 By Neil G

Contra Hard Corps – Hit Points Restoration Hack If you were a Megadrive/Genesis owner back in 1994 you were probably as glad and surprised as I was when Konami released a Contra game for the system. And what a game!. Contra: Hard Corps features 4 different characters with 16 unique […]

Donkey Kong – Atari 8-bit Arcade HACK has finally been released for all to enjoy!

On December 1, 2018December 2, 2018 By Neil G

Way back in 2016 we mentioned Darryl1970’s Atari 8-bit Arcade hack of Nintendo’s 1981 original classic ‘ Donkey Kong ‘, in which you played as Mario that must avoid obstacles across a number of platforms, with sometimes a hammer in hand to save a damsel in distress from a giant […]

Romhacking Spotlight – The Rainbow Realms. Interview with Bluecrush

On November 30, 2018December 1, 2018 By Neil G

This year Super Mario Bros 3 celebrates its 30th Anniversary, yes believe it or not but it was exactly 30 years ago Nintendo released this amazing game and i remember it like it was yesterday. I was walking home from school listening to the track Summertime with DJ Jazzy Jeff […]

A two player Super Mario Bros hack is finally here!

On October 17, 2018October 18, 2018 By Neil G

Amazing news in the romhacking community! 33 years ago Super Mario Bros was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System and just a couple of days ago the romhackers Corpse Grinder and Ti released a two players simultaneous mode for Super Mario Bros! Most of us have forgotten that the original Super […]

GoldenEye 007 for the N64 gets a cool inverted aim RomHack!

On October 7, 2018October 8, 2018 By Neil G

Multiplayer deathmatch in GoldenEye 007 for the N64 was just amazing! Screencheating, Slappers only, Golden Gun, Oddjob, Proximity mines, so much fun so fond memories! Oh and if you are a big fan of the game and have not yet watched the amazing parody clip made by College Humor called […]

Montezuma Again! – 1980’s Atari 8-bit Platforming classic, now with 72 NEW rooms!

On September 27, 2018September 28, 2018 By Neil G

Even more great retro gaming finds for this week, as we have just learnt José Tomás Parga has released a rom hack of Montezuma’s Revenge and added 72 new rooms, giving a new lease of life to this classic game which was released in the early 80’s for the Atari […]

Romhacking Spotlight – Hacks that adds a second player!

On August 22, 2018September 4, 2018 By Neil G

The hacks that impresses me the most are hacks that makes a significant change to a game, that adds an element that changes the way we were used to play the game. And an example of this are these amazing hacks that adds multiplayer to a game that originally just […]