Tag: NES

Pirates! – DarkwyndPT’s BIGGEST retro gaming review yet!

Ahoy there mateys! Welcome back to Retro Freak Reviews. And before ye all send me down to Davy Jones’ locker for not posting a review during the entire summer, let me redeem my sinner soul by offering ye this fine review in this finest of International Talk Like a Pirate […]

Malasombra – Eye candy NES title announced by 4mhz gets early footage

Remember when we said that the Amstrad publisher of 4mhz, who released fabulous games such as Operation Alexandra and The Lost Treasure of Cuauhtemoc, was bringing a brand new game to the NES called ‘ Malasombra ‘? Well there’s good news for today! As thanks to a heads up by @jdjuanje, […]

Orange Island – 8-bit action-adventure for Pc and Nes

Orange Island is a new 8-bit action-adventure platformer game that is currently up on Kickstarter and was successfully funded within the first 24 hours of its campaign. Orange Island draws inspiration from side-scrolling NES games like Legacy of the Wizard, Kirby’s Adventure and Zelda II and mixes this with puzzles […]

NEScape! – Another new cart release on NES launches kickstarter

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 […]

Antstream – A retro game streaming subscription service is a Kickstarter success

Great news if you were supporting the Antstream Kickstarter; a crowd funding campaign for a retro gaming based streaming service. As we’ve recently been informed through our twitter feed, that not only is it a Kickstarter success but the pledges are still increasing and it’s now beyond £50,000! For those […]

Ravva and the Cyclops Curse – Unleash your summoning powers in this new NES inspired game

Cathedral isn’t the only retro inspired game we’ve come cross today with an update, as we’ve also come across a NES inspired title called ‘ Ravva and the Cyclops Curse ‘ which was developed by Galope for PC, MAC and Linux. Yes indeed welcome to another charming looking retro inspired game, […]

Cathedral – Upcoming classy NES-inspired 8-bit adventure with new footage!

In 2016 Indie Retro News was one of the first sites to give you an updated look at Decemberborn’s in development NES inspired 8bit adventure ‘ Cathedral ‘, which looks to have the charm of those retro classics while having cool platforming dungeons, unique aesthetics, new items, baddies to fight […]

Panic! Dizzy – A ‘new’ old game by The Oliver Twins smashes Kickstarter goal

Well this didn’t surprise us at all, as earlier today we found out Chris Wilkins, who was behind other successful Kickstarters such as the Crash Annual 2019, ZZap! 64 Annual 2019 and Mystery World Dizzy, has once again smashed through another Kickstarter goal! Yes indeed after raising an incredible £20,780 thanks to […]

Mojonian Tales – An anthology of games created by the Mojon Twins for the NES

The Mojon Twins are certainly no strangers to this site, releasing cool homebrew games such as Cheril the Writer, Bootèe, MiedoW (Cheril’s Nightmares), Mega Cheril Perils and even games such as Lala The Magical on the NES! But now there’s a new game(s) in town, as we’ve just learnt from @nath_mojon the availability of ‘ […]

Panic! Dizzy – A ‘new’ old game by The Oliver Twins gets a NES Kickstarter

Throughout my childhood and into my adult life I’ve always had a fondness for that little adventuring egg called Dizzy, especially when he was first loaded up on to my Amstrad and then onwards to the Amiga and all the fan games that came thereafter. He brought into my life […]

Gruniożerca 2 & 3 – Double the fabulous fun for the NES!

Great news if you’re looking for some entertainment on the NES as we’ve just been told not only is Gruniożerca 2 available through Itch.io, but there’s a new game in the series worth trying via the NESDev competition and that is Gruniożerca 3! These two games although differing in gameplay […]