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

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

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? 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

Wacky Wheels HD - An official reboot of Apogee's classic racer for the PC

There's probably not a person out there today that hasn't played or even heard of Nintendo's Mario Kart on the SNES, but have you ever played Apogee Software's 1994 MS-DOS game Wacky Wheels? Well if you haven't, it might be worth your time checking out the official reboot of the game in glorious HD by Ferocity2d, which is available to buy for the PC today. Wacky Wheels HD is an all-new game

Super Mario Bros appears on the Amiga as a project called Other Super Mario

This year could almost be classed as the year of the Mario as it seems there has been no let up in that famous plumber either appearing on different systems as ports, fan games on the PC with Super Mario Bros. X 2.0, or hack jobs such as Communist Mario on the NES. And yet the year hasn't finished, as here we are again with another Super Mario Bros and this time Shigeru Miyamoto's game has

PicoFox - Fly your Arwing in this Pico-8 demake of an iconic SNES game

Day in day out we get the latest updates from around the world of games being released, or are in development. But when it comes to this gem of a Pico-8 game which is also playable in your browser, it is a rather special breed indeed. This is a demake of the classic 1990's SNES game ' Star Fox/Star Wing ', developed by electricgryphon for the Pico-8 and renamed as ' PicoFox '! It  has 3 levels

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

Crazy Kong City Episode one: Saving Helen Blond - Donkey Kong spin off for the ZX Spectrum

It was only just moments ago we mentioned Gabriele Amore's arcade port ' Donkey Kong Jr ' for the ZX Spectrum. But now another game called ' Crazy Kong City Episode one : Saving Helen Blond ', has appeared which looks to be a spin off from the original 1981 Donkey Kong. Developed again using AGD by Gabriele Amore, this time features Mario and he has to reach each exit on every screen, by

Donkey Kong Jr - Arcade port release for the ZX Spectrum by Gabriele Amore

Finally after many months of waiting a playable version of the arcade port of Donkey Kong Jr, has been released by Gabriele Amore for the ZX Spectrum! Originally released in 1982 for Arcades and later released for home systems such as the Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit with a C64 overhauled version by Mr Sid and an Atari 8-bit Arcade HACK released earlier this year. Has been in

BS The Legend of Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets - An Obscure Zelda game gets a BIG translation and more!

What an incredible end to the week especially for Zelda fans across the globe, as BS Zelda no Densetsu, also known as 'BS The Legend of Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets', has received a full English dub restoration. If you've never heard of the game, which until today included me, it was a score attack version of 'A Link to the Past', featuring high quality CD music and voices, but had to be

Super Mario Bros. X 2.0 - Top quality fun for all retro gaming Mario fans

More fantastic news today as Horikawa Otane has released the very latest version of Super Mario Bros. X 2.0. This is a rather large and impressive Mario fan game with well over 50 levels blending elements from Super Mario 1, 2, 3 and World. It has many power ups, such as the Ice Flower, Hammer Suit, Tanooki Suit, Kuribo's shoe, The Billy Gun, and Yoshi and can be played with a friend in the

Grump's Dream Course - Kirby’s Dream Course SNES hack with 152 hours of fun!

Between 1994 and 1995 the SNES video game ' Kirby's Dream Course ' was released across the globe developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo as a golf video game with a difference. It star'd none other than Kirby and was viewed in an isometric viewpoint and required you the player to hit Kirby around each course and into a hole just like in golf. The difference being, Kirby must hit

TLoZ 2.5 Classic + Koten 1.3 - Special Friday news - Classic Zelda remake!

Have I got a very special retro gaming news for you, especially if you're a massive fan of the game Zelda. As Anthus has released the full, un-passworded, forkable remake of the first 1986 Legend of Zelda game, including both quests, with 2.5 tileset and Koten's tileset for more modern computers. This is 100% NES authentic, save for some new tiles and animations from the Zelda classic 2.5 set.

Nintendo 64 Anthology - The Ultimate Book Kickstarter is now live!

Way back in the late 90's Nintendo released the third game console for the international market, it was also the last major console to use the cartridge based system, which was pretty much killed off by the CD. The console was of course the Nintendo 64, or as many people know it, the N64. Although I have never used one or played the games that came with the N64, I was very pleased to get a