Thermoptic – The Retro Gaming Treasury

New Super Mario Land – A SNES remake of the original Super Mario Land appears!

On November 23, 2019November 23, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

It was only just recently a new Super Nintendo game called New Super Mario Land had appeared on the net from an anonymous developer. When we first read that this was a remake of the original Super Mario Land with new amazing graphics and animations, plus 4-player support it was […]

Cat Quest II out now on Steam – Thermoptic reviews a NEW release!

On September 25, 2019September 25, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

I am a big fan of the original indie game Cat Quest that was released back in 2017 by The Gentlebros, and now the sequel is finally here! Cat Quest is a fast paced open world action RPG that is super easy to pick up and play. It features gorgeous […]

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 […]

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

On July 5, 2019July 5, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

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 […]

Misplaced – A new Megadrive release from RetroSouls

On May 29, 2019May 30, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

RetroSouls that are known for many great homebrew games just released a new title for the Megadrive/Genesis called “Misplaced”. RetroSouls describes Misplaced as a small experimental puzzler. The goal is to collect crystals and placing them on altars to progress to the next level. To help the character to collect […]

Sam’s Journey Coming to the NES! Exclusive Screenshots

On February 20, 2019February 21, 2019 By Neil G

When Knights of Bytes released Sam’s Journey for the Commodore 64 back in 2017 it was a huge hit! Indie Retro News awarded Sam’s Journey game of the year 2017 as this game really surpassed all our expectations, delivering us a huge epic adventure that really pushed the limitations of […]

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 […]

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 […]

Citrouille – A new retro style game coming soon to Steam and itch.io!

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

If you are a fan of classic one-screen platform arcade games like Bubble Bobble or Lode Runner then you you should take a look at the upcoming game Citrouille! The basis of the game is to plant flowers of each of the grassy platforms by running over them, when all […]

Micro Mages: A gorgeous nes game for the NES – Currently on Kickstarter!

On September 13, 2018September 14, 2018 By Neil G

Micro Mages is a new NES game that is currently up on Kickstarter. The game is already finished and the developers are running a Kickstarter campaign now to raise funds for producing the actual cartridges, boxes and manuals. At first glance Micro Mages is a gorgeous looking platform game with […]

Skatemasta Tcheco – Upcoming NES inspiration with a new trailer!

On September 10, 2018September 10, 2018 By Neil G

Tcheco is back, and this time he brought a skateboard! Skatemasta Tcheco is an upcoming game from the game developer Marcelo Barbosa that also created “Tcheco in the Castle of Lucio” that we previously mentioned here on Indie Retro News. Skatemasta Tcheco is a Nes style game that draws inspirations […]

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 […]