Exploding Fist Remake – A remake of the C64 classic “The Way of the Exploding Fist”
Monday, 14 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Here’s a game I remember fondly it’s ‘ The Way of the Exploding Fist’ ; a 1980s fighting game published by Melbourne House that appeared on many different systems such as the Amstrad, C16, C64, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, and even the Acorn! This rather famous game which was very similar to Karate Champ even
- Published in PC
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GAMES, Labels: Exploding Fist Remake, LINUX, PC, PC Gaming, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, The Way of the Exploding Fist, WINDOWS
Duke Nukem 4Ever – A prototype build for a scrapped sidescrolling 2D version of Duke Nukem Forever has been recovered!
Monday, 14 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Apogee Software certainly released some great games in the 90’s, games such as Monster Bash, Bio Menace and even our personal favorite Duke Nukem. Well one game you’ve probably never heard of is the platformer version of Duke Nukem 4Ever. That’s because while the game did start its life as a side-scrolling platform shooter in
- Published in PC
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duke nukem, Duke Nukem 4Ever, GAMES, Labels: DOS, Lost and Found, MS-DOS, PC, Platformer, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming
The Dame was Loaded – Another adventure classic gets a BIG review by DarkwyndPT!
Monday, 14 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Hello again and welcome back to another requested review. One literature genre that translates pretty well to adventure games seems to be mystery tales, especially detective stories. There’s something special about solving a mystery, even better if it’s in the shoes of a hard-boiled detective. I’m talking about The Dame Was Loaded. The Dame Was
- Published in PC
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DarkwyndPT, Labels: Adventure, PC, PC Gaming, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, REVIEW, REVIEWS
Vradark’s Revenge – A new Action RPG to enjoy for your PC and ZX Spectrum Next!
Monday, 14 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Crater Crawler isn’t the only game to grace the ZX Spectrum NEXT system as another game is worthy of a mention on Indie Retro News which looks equally enjoyable, and it’s Sanchez Crew’s latest release of Vradark’s Revenge; An Action RPG in which you need to enter the ancient and dark Tomb to meet Vradark face
- Published in PC
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Labels: GAMES, PC, PC Gaming, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, Sanchez Crew, Vradark's Revenge, WINDOWS, ZX Spectrum Next
Pharaoh: A New Era – A remake of the 1999 hit classic ‘Pharaoh’ is finally here
Monday, 14 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Well this came as a complete surprise to us, as if you remember playing the great city builders of Pharaoh and the expansion Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile by Sierra Entertainment. You’ll be overjoyed to learn that Triskell Interactive with publishing by Dotemu, has released their latest game of Pharaoh: A New Era; A remake
- Published in PC
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Labels: GAMES, PC, PC Gaming, Pharaoh, Pharaoh A New Era, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, WINDOWS
GOBLiiiNS 5 – The retro classic GOBLiiiNS are back with a brand new game!
Monday, 14 August 2023
by HAS Admin
If you remember playing the comical puzzlers of Gobliiins, Gobliins 2: The Prince Buffoon, Goblins 3 and then the 3D variant of Gobliiins 4, which had it’s first release as Gobliiins back in the 90’s. Then you are going to love this latest news story that has just been sent to us through our email!
- Published in PC
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GAMING, gobliiins, GOBLiiiNS 5, Labels: GAMES, PC, PC Gaming, Puzzle, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming
Aqua Ippan – This love letter to Metal Slug by Division 六 looks fantastic!
Monday, 14 August 2023
by HAS Admin
I can say for sure there’s probably not many of you that haven’t heard of ‘Metal Slug’, a game in a series of games that are well known in the gaming community, going back to the days of the Neo Geo system. This game has plenty of humor, while remaining action packed throughout. In fact
- Published in PC
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Division 6, GAMES, Labels: Aqua Ippan, PC, PC Gaming, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, WINDOWS
Blackthorne – DarkwyndPT takes a look at a very good classic action game!
Monday, 14 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Well, like I promised last time, today’s review is from a GOOD action PC game and it’s also one of the first games produced by a famous game developer. I’m talking about Blackthorne. Blackthorne (AKA Blackhawk in Europe) is an action/platform game developed by Blizzard and published by Interplay. It was originally released in 1994
- Published in SNES Indie Game Releases
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DarkwyndPT, DOS, Game Boy Advanced, GAMES, GAMING, GOG, Labels: BLACKTHORNE, PC, PC Gaming, PC-98, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, Sega 32x, SNES
Wing Commander – An incredible space sim gets a BIG Cola Powered Gamer review
Monday, 14 August 2023
by HAS Admin
When talking about space sims, sooner or later someone will mention Wing Commander. Developed by Origin Systems, Wing Commander can be considered one of the best and influential space sim ever created. Wing Commander had a different take on the then established space sim formula, bringing the game and space combat to the levels of
- Published in SNES Indie Game Releases
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Amiga, Cola Powered Gamer, DOS, FM Towns, GAMES, GOG, Labels: 3do, Origin Systems, PC, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, REVIEW, SNES, SPACE SIM, WING COMMANDER
Syndicate – Action/strategy classic by Bullfrog gets a DarkwyndPT review
Monday, 14 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Well, this retrospective sure is going slow, isn’t it? Sorry for taking so long, but because of recent work issues, I no longer have a lot of free time. And it happened all of a sudden, without notice, so I couldn’t cancel anything or plan around it. Anyway, today’s review is probably of my favourite
- Published in SNES Indie Game Releases
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BULLFROG, DarkwyndPT, DOS, GAMES, GAMING, Labels: Amiga, MAC, megadrive, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, REVIEW, SNES, syndicate