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Romhacking Spotlight – The DX Edition posted by Thermoptic

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

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

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 […]

Romhacking Spotlight – Contra, Sor2 and Bubble Bobble

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

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 […]

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

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!

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 […]