Retro Gaming News
Here on Indie Retro News we do love writing about the Atari XL/XE, I mean seriously we can’t stop featuring the latest games released for this system. Well here we are with another story sent to us by Saberman, and it’s the latest new level update for the classic game of ‘Lord of the Orb’;…
“Nintendo fans live in a bubble”. Don’t worry – you’re not suffering from déjà vu. If you feel like you’ve read this before, it’s because we’re republishing some of our favourite features from the past year as part of our Best of 2024 celebrations. If this is new to you, then enjoy reading it for…
Everyone should try hacking a game at least once… Don’t worry – you’re not suffering from déjà vu. If you feel like you’ve read this before, it’s because we’re republishing some of our favourite features from the past year as part of our Best of 2024 celebrations. If this is new to you, then enjoy…
The British games industry loses a legend. We’re sad to report that Team17 co-founder Martyn Brown has passed away. He was 57. Brown helped establish the veteran British publisher in 1990 following the merger of 17-Bit Software and Swedish developer Team 7. Brown led Team17 alongside Michael Robinson, Debbie Bestwick, Andreas Tadic, Rico Holmes and…
Basic Fun’s line of Arcade Classics tabletop video game toys were all the rage in the late teens, but new released evaporated around 2020 – or so we thought! Just in the past week, sightings of a new Pac-Man with a 2024 copyright and updated box art started to appear in Walmart retail stores. Could…
You’ll need to speak Japanese, though. It’s amazing that secrets can remain hidden in some of the most popular video games of all time, but it does happen – and sometimes for several decades. Take Zelda: Majora’s Mask, for example; it has recently been discovered that the N64 version contains hidden support for the N64’s…
…but it does appear to own the rights to Warp’s games. Sega has been making electronic games since the late 1960s, so it’s a given that the company has a lot of IP stored up. Add in the fact that, over the decades, it has acquired the IP of other companies (such as Technosoft and…
Powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip. We’ve already seen the interesting AYANEO Flip DS imitate Nintendo’s iconic DS handheld, and now rival firm OneXPlayer is getting in on the action. The company has just teased the OneXSugar, an Android-based dual-screen handheld. Details are thin on the ground, but we do know that it will be…
Interview from July 7th, 2017. Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Michael Thomasson who is displayed on card number 531, from the Twin Galaxies Superstars Collection of 2013. Michael is also featured on card number 670. Michael is one of the most widely respected videogame historians in the field today. He has written books, published…
We speak with Digital Eclipse editorial director Chris Kohler. Don’t worry – you’re not suffering from déjà vu. If you feel like you’ve read this before, it’s because we’re republishing some of our favourite features from the past year as part of our Best of 2024 celebrations. If this is new to you, then enjoy…