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Alright, the Nintendo Entertainment System is undoubtedly a great little console, Nintendo’s questionable business tactics aside. The 8-Bit NES rocked the worlds of a lot of gamers over the last 30 years, all over the world, and continues to do so long after it died commercially. Thanks to clone systems that continue to get slightly […]
Posts Tagged ‘classic’
New Hardware: New Nintendo NES Clone called Super 8-Bit Released
December 27th, 2014 
Carl Williams 
Posted in News 
Tags: classic, clone, entertainment system, nes, nintendo, retro, retro game, retrocollect, retrogaming, Super 8-Bit, system on a chip 
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New Game: Vectrex Receives Two Christmas Themed Games
December 15th, 2014 Carl Williams Throughout gaming there have been only a few “dedicated” Christmas games released. There was Christmas Nights on the Sega Saturn and there is a Christmas themed Jazz Jackrabbit game, I believe. That is pretty much it. Sure there are games that feature ice levels and the like but not too many that have a snowy, […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: 1982, Christmas Eve, classic, homebrew, independent, north america, retro, retro game, retrogaming, rom, Save the Trees, Stocking Stuffer, united states, vectrex No Comments »
Source Code for Doom 3DO Released
December 7th, 2014 Carl Williams Doom was THE first person shooter for a long time, even after Quake was released Doom was still holding its own with gamers. Doom hit many platforms from the PC where it originated to less powerful consoles such as the Super Nintendo and even the Sega Saturn. The Playstation versions were pretty darn good and […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: 1995, 3do, August, Christmas, classic, Doom, E.T., first person shooter, fps, october, port, Rebecca Ann Heineman, retro game, retrogaming 1 Comment »
Bandit Gaming- New, Better, Mario Bros Coming to the Atari 2600
November 23rd, 2014 Carl Williams The original Mario Bros that hit the Atari 2600 was less than stellar, to be honest. It was a serviceable version but it was lacking in many ways due to the capabilities of the hardware. Homebrew fans are working on fixing this, near, travesty, with a new and better Mario Bros for the Atari 2600. […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: arcade, atari 2600, classic, facebook, homebrew, mario bros, nintendo, retro, retro game, retrogaming, Upcoming & New 8 Bit Games, youtube No Comments »
New Game: Willy the Wasp 2 Hits the ZX Spectrum Retro Computer
November 19th, 2014 Carl Williams The ZX Spectrum, a computer that gamers like me here in the United States probably have very little experience with got a new game recently. Willy the Wasp 2 was recently released on the Spectrum computer adding another action adventure title to its library. The story for Willy the Wasp 2 is pretty simple, and […]
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New Game: Chief Chef for the Odyssey 2 Released for Free
November 13th, 2014 Carl Williams It seems that in classic games there was a lot of food and food preparers involved. From titles such as Burger Time to Food Fight and many others, food was a prominent component of early video games, even Pac-Man had food as a central point. Since the gameplay had to be kept simple back then […]
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Posted in News Tags: Atari Age, Chief Chef, classic, homebrew, Kaboom, magnavox, odyssey 2, Pressure Cooker, retro, retro game, retro gaming, retrogame, retrogaming 2 Comments »
Mod- Legend of Grimrock Receives Fan Remake of Dungeon Master
October 23rd, 2014 Carl Williams Legend of Grimrock recently received a sequel (Indie Retro News has covered it extensively) but that has not stopped fans from continuing to support the original title. Fans have taken it upon themselves to create a mod for Legend of Grimrock featuring a faithful recreation of the classic Dungeon Master. For those that do not […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: alternate reality, amiga, atari st, classic, Dungeon Master, first person, indie retro news, Legend of Grimrock, mod, modification, retro, role playing game, The Dungeon No Comments »
New Game- Ugaris The Legend Recovered Released for Windows
September 2nd, 2014 Carl Williams We love new games around here, especially those that hearken back to a simpler time when games were more about the story and challenge and not so much about the graphics. Ugaris is just such a massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG). The engine running Ugaris is based on the Astonia 3 engine from […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: Astonia 3, Avernum, carl williams, classic, Intent Software, Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, MMORPG, pc, retro, retro gaming magazine, rgm, Spiderweb Software, triverse, Ugaris, Ultima, windows No Comments »
Game Hack: Super Mario Bros 3 with Giana Sisters Levels, Yeah, Someone Took the Rivalry There
August 27th, 2014 Carl Williams For the readers reading this that do not know what the Giana Sisters was about, it was basically a Super Mario Bros clone for computers. The Great Giana Sisters as it was officially titled (fans shortened it to simply Giana Sisters) was an almost lawsuit perfect copy of Super Mario Bros, which launched shortly before […]
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New Game: First Turbo Grafx-16 Hu-Card in Over 20 Years Sells Out in Less Than One Day at CCAG
July 27th, 2014 Carl Williams Attendees of the Classic Console and Arcade Gaming Show in Cleveland Ohio this weekend were lucky enough to be attending a landmark event. This is the first time in over 20 years that a Turbo Grafx-16 Hu-Card was made available- Atlantean by Aetherbyte Studios. Atlantean is a side scrolling shooter that features rarities on the […]
