Bomberman Cx - Play as Black Bomberman and more in this great NES hack!

When I was growing up there was a game I used to love playing with friends, whereby your task was to drop bombs and either blow up other enemies or your very best friend(s) in a maze like game screen. That game was Bomberman also known as Dynablaster, which was actually first released way back in 1983 by Hudson Soft and then published by Konami. It was and still is a fantastic game that can

Friday the 13th - NES classic horror back with improvements

In 2014 one of our reviewers Duston Justice, did a terrific review of the 1989 NES horror game ' Friday the 13th ', which was developed by the Japanese game developer Atlus. He noted the idea of having any significant blood, gore, or violence in a 1980's video game was unheard of, and given both the limitations of the console and of what would have been acceptable at the time, ‘Friday the 13th

Metroid - Rogue Dawn - Unofficial NES prequel to the original Metroid game released!

Another great release today and this is for all you NES gamers across the globe, as Grimlock, Optomon, snarfblam and team have released ' Metroid : Rogue Dawn ' version 1.10; the unofficial prequel to the first Metroid game released way back in 1986. This rather eye opening prequel shows the events that unfolded before Samus's famous Zero Mission on planet Zebes, it puts you in control of Dawn

Lala The Magical - The Mojon Twins releases another great game on the NES

The Mojon Twins are back in the gaming news this week as once again after all the games they have released previously, they've gone and released another as ' Lala The Magical ' on the NES. In this platforming homebrew, you plays as the bored Lala who is on a personal quest to find a Magical Wand that has the power strong enough to cope with the perils hidden inside the Sky Palace for three

Famicom Grand Prix II : 3D Hot Rally - An entertaining Famicom racer fully translated

Super Mario Kart wasn't the only classic Nintendo racing game that Mario and Luigi star'd in, but way before that in 1988 in Japan they also appeared in the enjoyable racing game ' Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally ', which only recently has been fully translated into English on the Famicom system by AgentOrange and team. Playing in a similar style to that of Rad Racer with a flavour of

Tcheco in the Castle of Lucio - A Steam Greenlight success is coming to the NES!

In 2015, Marcelo Barbosa released his action platformer through Steam after a very successful Steam Greenlight campaign. It was made available for all PC gamers yet it had the look of a NES homebrew with graphics and sounds inspired by the 8-bit era spread over 65 rooms of progressive difficulty. That same game which was highly regarded with decent scores overall has appeared in our news feeds

Twin Dragons - Charming platformer in development for the NESdev compo 2016

As a heads up by RVG a brand new NES game is in development for the NESdev compo 2016, and it's called ' Twin Dragons ', developed by Glutock. This is a charming looking side-scrolling platformer that will feature decent animations, physics, moving platforms, items and power ups and much more to make this a worthy sounding game indeed. According to the developer at its current stage of

Railroad Baron Famicom Boardgame on the NES is now in English

As it's nearly Christmas most of you lucky ones have probably got a lot of people coming over for a family get together, or mates round for a quick booze up. So you'll probably need something fun to play that isn't just your usual online Call of Duty frenzy via your Xbox one. So here we have Tetsudou Ou: Famicom Boardgame, aka Railroad Baron for the NES, which is a 4 player game that has been

Dreamworld Pogie - A 'new' old game by The Oliver Twins gets a Kickstarter

Well this news came as a complete surprise to us, as once again The Oliver Twins has found a game in their rather large and mysterious attic, Dreamworld Pogie. Now many of you may remember Wonderland Dizzy being found as a source code and graphics on a once long lost floppy disk, that needed a ton of work to get it to a final state. But I bet you haven't heard of Dreamworld Pogie! That's

Super Mario Bros CPC - A Nintendo classic on the Amstrad CPC gets an in dev port update

As one of the greatest platforming game series ever released I'm sure many of you remember ' Super Mario Bros ' released by that famous company Nintendo in the late 80's for the NES. Well if you've been keeping an eye on Indie Retro News, you would've learnt of GinBlog82's in development port of that famous game but this time on the Amstrad CPC. If you didn't know about it, now's the time to

Super Mario Bros 3 - A New Journey - 8 newly themed worlds to explore in a NES classic

Either you've been living in a cave or stuck on some far off island waiting for rescue, there's probably not one person on this Earth who hasn't heard the name Mario, or more especially the legendary classic Super Mario Bros 3 by Nintendo on the NES, released way back in 1988-1991. One of the finest platformers ever that has lasted the test of time, is once again gracing our gaming screens as

SEGA classic Sonic the Hedgehog on the NES as a hack gets an improvement patch

Good afternoon you lovely people have I got some great news to brighten up your day! Remember last month when I announced with a big article, SEGAs classic Sonic the Hedgehog but released on the NES as a hack by JABU. Well you'll be pleased to know after some negative feedback regarding the music, not only has there been a music improvement patch done by Ti, but there has also been a graphical

Defender of the Crown - Extended Collector's Edition by Cinemaware Retro - Unboxed!

When I was a teen in the 90's I was a massive fan and collector of the Cinemaware line up on the Amiga such as Defender of the Crown, It Came from the Desert and my all time favourite Wings. But even though a remastered edition of Wings was later released on the PC through a successful Kickstarter campaign, I have still been eagerly awaiting the collectors edition of the Defender of the Crown

SEGA classic Sonic the Hedgehog on the NES? Oh yes!

Through all these years of playing on old consoles and computers with some of the very best and worst games developers had to offer, there's always something out there that I've never heard of before. Thus here we are with the classic and well loved Sonic the Hedgehog, but this time it isn't on any SEGA device, but on the NES as an improved and more playable HACK version in celebration of the

8-BIT XMAS 2016 - Retrousb's latest Xmas NES cart is a pinball game!

Ho ho ho it's Christmas, well not yet anyway, but that hasn't stopped Retrousb from selling their latest NES cart ' 8-Bit Xmas 2016 ', which is a new Pinball game in celebration of that very festive season. In this game you'll be bashing balls, hitting targets and aiming for the ultimate high score and the big SANTA for extra points. If you get a truly awesome score, you can upload it via the

Super Mario Bros CPC - The Amstrad CPC gets an early port tease of a legendary Nintendo game

Unless you were living in a cave, many of you will remember the classic game that is ' Super Mario Bros ', that was produced by Shigeru Miyamoto and released by that famous company Nintendo in the late 80's for the NES. It is an incredible platformer that has had many sequels and spin offs on different systems, ranging from the NES all the way up to the very modern console, the Wii U. Yet

Amiga Retro Event - Playnation Games celebrates the Amiga - Next week 29th September 2016!

Time has just flew by as next week PlayNation Games is going to be celebrating the Amiga in style by hosting the Amiga Retro Event held at Playnation Games on the 29th September from 6pm till 11pm. Organised by the Sega, Atari, Commodore, Nintendo RetroGaming Cafe Facebook Group this is going to be the most classy Amiga set up happening this side of the UK! Not only can you play Amiga games on

Family Trainer 8 Totsugeki! Fuuun Takeshi Jou - Takeshi’s Castle NES English translation

Some more cool news straight out of RomHacking is the NES English translation of Family Trainer 8 Totsugeki! Fuuun Takeshi Jou into Family Trainer 8 Showdown Takeshi's Castle. Now if you remember the game show that used to air on Sky TV, it involved a number of contestants trying to accomplish many different hilarious challenges to reach the end. Basically falling in mud off moving platforms

Pac-Man Xtreme - Classy ROMhack of Ms Pac-Man officially released

More great news this week as after eleven years of hard work, KaBooM has released an incredible ROMhack of the namco version of Ms Pac-Man for the NES! Originally released in the 1980's as an Arcade game and then ported over to other systems, became one of the most successful American produced games selling over 115,000 cabinets. That same game is now available as a top quality enhanced

Super Pitfall 30th Anniversary Edition : NES Super Pitfall turns 30 today and a fan has fixed it‏!

In 1986 Pony Inc released the loose remake of Pitfall II: Lost Caverns ' Super Pitfall ' for the Famicom and PC-8801. It was a scrolling platformer that also appeared in 1987 for the NES as another line up in the Pitfall series which first appeared on the Atari 2600 and published by Activision. However Super Pitfall unlike the original Atari 2600 game was not so well received with one such