SpiritSphere - Pong meets Zelda in this rather lovely Indie game

Earlier last week Eendhoorn released the competitive local multiplayer game ' SpiritSphere ' for the PC. It looks to have a number of inspirations from classic games such as Pong, Zelda and even Windjammers while mixing them up to create something rather unique and enjoyable to play. Featuring an 8-bit art style that sticks closely to the NES colour palette and a great soundtrack by Gas1312,

Tetris Mix - 1980's Tetris classic comes over to the Pico-8 as a first preview!

One of the most popular games of all time was a tile-matching, block rotating puzzle video game first released in 1984 which became a huge hit on the Gameboy in 1989.  It just had to be the classic 'Tetris'; a game that caused many people to spend hours playing to the point of addiction. Although we've had numerous clones over the years some of them good and some of them rather bad, today's

Cyber Shadow - In development retro styled platformer with a hint of Ninja Gaiden

Alepos Arkoudis‎ recently contacted us via our Facebook page of a new NES style platformer that is in development for both PC and MAC by MekaSkull and Pentadrangle. Titled as ' Cyber Shadow ', this game mixes the best bits of Metroid, Castlevania, Ninja Gaiden and Megaman and puts you in control of a mighty warrior slashing your way through the armies of mechanical fiends to free your clan and

Alwa's Awakening - Charming looking retro style platformer coming this Jan to Steam

Next up in our list of goodness and one I think most of you will be looking forward to playing, is Elden Pixels retro inspired PC platformer ' Alwa's Awakening ', which is going to be released this month Jan 2017. In this game you play as Zoe, a heroine sent from another world to bring peace to the land of Alwa. You must use your magical staff against all manor of strange beasties and big

Bitsturbed - PC retro inspired first person shooter with lots of Giblets!

Have you had enough of side scrolling beat em ups or shooters and instead prefer blasting lots of enemies into pieces, in a similar gameplay style and graphics to that of the original Wolfenstein 3D? Then come and play ' Bitsturbed ' developed by TristanD. A free to play working title of an old-school, story-driven, sci-fi first person shooter that features health pick ups, in your face combat

Tujate - Side scrolling shooter inspired by the classics is free to play

Some more PC gaming news for you today and still sticking with the retro theme, is Hijong Park's side scrolling shooter ' Tujate ', which again is available free to play for the PC. Developed using Game Maker Studio, Tujate is inspired by those great classic games defender, choplifter, and cybernoid, and puts you in control of the ultimate fighter destroying enemy targets, waves of enemies and

Marvel Infinity War - Zvitor and Maru's PC Beat Em Up looks rather cool!

It's been a long time since we've featured a good looking fighting game and so to change that, here's a new game developed by Zvitor and Maru using OpenBOR, ' Marvel Infinity War '. This excellent looking game available for your PC, is a throw back to the days of the side scrolling beat em ups from the Mega Drive and arcade machines we used to play and love. It features many characters from

Iridium - Unofficial fan based remake of Uridium teased as alpha footage

A long time ago Hewson Consultants made great games for old retro computers, such as the fantastic Uridium, Paradroid, Cybernoid, Exolon, Nebulus and many more were just some of the games they released. In fact during the early part of this year the team behind that famous company launched the Kickstarter campaign for ' Hyper Sentinal ' which was a high grade modern version of Uridium. It was

Unknown Realm - A drool worthy 8-bit styled RPG via Kickstarter campaign is a success

This did not come as a surprise to me, considering how good this retro styled RPG looked for both C64 and PC, as Unknown Realm - The Siege Perilous by Stirring Dragon Games is a Kickstarter success raising $65,887 pledged of $65,536 goal (19 days still to go). Again as mentioned before this is an RPG that has the look of one of the best RPG's ever released on the C64 as Ultima IV, while also

Dizzy X - Journey to Russia - A very Dizzy AGE remake is now available to play!

Oh joy of joys guess who's back? It's that lovable character Dizzy, who's once again staring in his very own story for kids and adults to enjoy from around the world, and not just in Russia. This is Dizzy X - Journey To Russia, a brand new fan remake by VK007 of the rather unknown ZX Spectrum of the same name originally developed by Sergey Gorshkov in 1994, and part of a long list of

Unknown Realm - This RPG via Kickstarter for C64 and PC looks gorgeous!

In the 80's many of us had the pleasure of playing Ultima IV on the C64, it was arguably one of the best RPG's ever released for the Commodore and featured a top down playing field with lush landscapes, dungeons to explore, characters to traverse with and many enemies to fight. It was no wonder that many would class the 80's to the 90's as the golden age of RPG's and that's before the love of

Kingdoms and Castles - A charming city builder aims for a Steam Greenlight success

When I was but a young gamer one of my most favourite pass times was to build mighty castles, look after my villagers with food and housing, and defend them from attacking foes. This is probably why I was so hooked on games such as Castles and even The Settlers. So to find a game that is very similar but with dragons and vikings, in a world of charming detail I just had to give it a mention.

Z-Exemplar - Retro inspired ZX Spectrum R-Type is finally here on Steam!

One of the most eagerly awaited games that we have featured many times before in that retro style, just has to be Suminell Studios Shoot em up ' Z-Exemplar ', which not only went through a Steam Greenlight success but has finally appeared on Steam! Yes indeed for those of you have been keeping a keen eye on this ZX Spectrum detailed blaster, with a look of an R-Type and or Gradius clone is now

OverBite - A charming platformer with a bite gets a Steam Greenlight campaign (+Demo)

Ladies and Gentlemen Dracula is back and this time he's just a little bit annoyed! Developed by Hotdog Laser, Dracula has returned from his grave after a long recovery at the defeat at the hands of the legendary vampire hunter Van Helsing. The problem is what was once a menacing character of evil, has pretty much been turned into a laughing stock, with cartoons, plushies and t-shirts. So it's

Warlock Revenge - A first person shooter inspired by DOS classics aims for a Greenlight success

To be honest although I do play the odd modern day first person shooter such as DOOM or Battlefield 4, I'm still a huge fan of those retro classics such as Blake Stone or even Wolfenstein 3D, which are both playable through Dosbox. So it came as a surprise to me to learn of a new first person shooter aiming for a Steam Greenlight success, that is inspired by those classics but with a dark

Donkey-Me - An old retro inspired Donkey Kong with a twist that's still enjoyable today!

The designer behind the hit retro game such as Bruce Lee II and the retro inspired Maximus Action Carnage released a rather cool indie game in 2013 that has a slight twist to the original. This is Donkey-Me which is intended to be a collection of games, each of them inspired in a classic movie but with a Nintendo's Donkey Kong arcade game look. This is of course "Donkey Me Raiders of the Lost

Skullstone - Dungeon Master inspired Dungeon Crawler coming 2017

One things for certain, you can never get sick of too many dungeon crawlers, especially as each one gives you a choice of characters, plenty of loot to find and dark cramped dungeons to explore filled with evil creatures in need of a tasty human meal. And so welcome to ' Skullstone ' developed by Polish developers Black Torch Studios for a release date of 2017; a new first person dungeon

The Deep Paths: Labyrinth Of Andokost - Love dungeon crawlers? This game might be for you!

Our good friend Khelben Blackstaff, developer of that brilliant dungeon crawler ' Dungeon Kingom ', has informed us through Facebook of the upcoming release for The Deep Paths Labyrinth of Andokost developed by Steve Jarman, which is going to be available on Steam in just two days time - 26th October. If you loved those grid based classics such as Dungeon Master and Lands of Lore and want

Okinawa Rush - A seriously cool Beat Em Up/Platformer you've got to play!

Move over Way of the Exploding Fist as a new game is fighting to take your belt. Titled as Okinawa Rush and developed by David Miller, Steve Miller and Gary Angelone, this is a seriously cool ninja beat em up based platformer, that is in development for PC with a possible Kickstarter to come. In this game you play as the experienced martial artist Hiro Yashima, who has honed his skills to a

GBJAM 5 - Over 400 games submitted to the latest GameBoy Jam!

What an incredible end to the evening, filled with over 400 games of fun. As during the latest GBJAM 5, hundreds of games were submitted for voting to be a successful entry in the GameBoy themed Jam. Gamers from around the world were given the opportunity to create any game they wish, as long as it looked like a Game Boy game in 4 colours, with a screen resolution of 160px x 144px. So if want