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, you'll be battling it out in arenas set in a classic RPG world while picking up mighty power ups to help you or the person you are hoping to defeat.

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 the Marvel Universe such as Wolverine, Captain America, Spiderman, The Hulk and many more in a battle against multiple foes that seriously need a good kicking!

Rick Dangerous makes an appearance in Spelunky!

In 2013 Mossmouth, the developers of the original and great Spelunky,  released the HD remake of Spelunky on Steam and GOG on the PC. It was a game in very similar style to the platforming classic rick dangerous, but with cave exploration and treasure-hunting with all new graphics, music, new areas and much more that made Spelunky HD a fantastic game to play. So it was no wonder that this week, a Rick Dangerous mod was released for Spelunky, in which you can play as the legendary character Rick Dangerous, who appeared on the Amiga, Amstrad and many other famous retro systems.

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 to spend the rest of your evening reliving a golden age of handhelds, with so many genre's to choose from, you can do no wrong by playing all these fine submitted games.

Dragon Bros - Pixelated blaster is in development and it looks FUN!

Space Lizard have just given us the heads up, for a new game that is in development that has been shown off in a trailer and demo prototype. Titled ' Dragon Bros ', and due for release for consoles and PC end of Summer 2016. This looks to be a rather enjoyable frantic run n gun action shooter, with nice pixel art, that they say is inspired by the classics such as Metal Slug and Contra. If you love collecting items, blasting away anything in your path, and like playing with a friend, then it might be worth your time playing the latest released demo.

RPGolf - A hybrid RPG Golf game mix gets an Indiegogo campaign

We've just been informed by Riccardo Castelnuovo and the team at gaming startup ArticNet who are based in Osaka, Japan, of a new game called ' RPGolf ' that is aiming for Indiegogo funding for iOS, Android, PC and Mac. Classed as a hybrid RPG Golf game in an open-world, the developers have taken the boredom of golf and added a unique twist based on the beautiful surroundings you usually see when playing the game in real life.

ICS 2 - Unforgiving browser based platformer gets a sequel

Good afternoon gamers, it's another day of news articles and to begin with we have ' ICS 2 ' developed by Miroko, that you may want to try if you like difficult platformers. In this browser based game you must traverse each level to reach the exit, but unlike the typical traps and check points that most games feature, this one has an unusual game element which adds to the playability of the game.

Carrie's Order Up! - Cute and Challenging Arcade game inspired by the likes of Pac-Man

Even though I do like a good horror game, sometimes I like to step back and enjoy the cute side of life, in other words charming graphics, cuddly characters and good fun for the entire family. And so when we got the heads up by Cleave for his cute and challenging arcade game of ' Carrie's Order Up! ', which is also going through a Steam Greenlight campaign, it just made want to shout out to my little sister and say " Hey check out this lovely looking game, it's inspired by Pac-Man! ".

Moor - A 3D dungeon crawler game inspired by Delver (Concept)

I'm sure many of you remember the game Delver, it was a 3D dungeon crawler that came across as a minecraft style game blended in with a touch of Ultima Underworld. Well as I was trawling through Steam Greenlight I came across a screenshot that looked very much like that game but having a much darker overtone. Sure enough ' Moor ' developed by Fredrik, is inspired by Delver but unlike that game will have puzzle parts to progress through the rooms, so not just running around and bashing enemies.

Super Mustache - A man with a moustache aims for a greenlight success

Here we are in 2016 and yet again another retro styled platformer is aiming for a Steam Greenlight success. This is ' Super Mustache ' by Back to Basics Gaming, a vintage pixelated platformer that stars Captain Super Mustache on a journey to save his planet Uranus. Featuring a more modern 8-bit artwork, a chippy soundtrack, 3 worlds with 15 hand crafted levels and customizable controls, Super Mustache looks like it could well be a charming experience for all ages.

Conquerors - Control your enemies and prevent the conquest of your planet.

I'm sure everyone of you has either heard or watched the movie Aliens, with those awful facehuggers lunging at peoples faces and implanting a rather nasty creature in their bellies. Well this game ' Conquerors ' developed by TheGreatThibal is very similar. But with this game, your planet is under threat and your family being wiped out, by the use of face hugging by crawling into enemy suits, you can control them and cause all out revenge on the ones who started the problem in the first place.

Squirrel Away - Play with up to 4 players in this frantic Squirrel game!

A game with Squirrel's you say, a game with up to four of them? Sign me up! Welcome to ' Squirrel Away ' developed by Alpaca Space Lab, a wickedly cool looking multplayer game for PC, MAC, Linux and Android, whereby you need to collect as much fruit as possible before your opponent. But watch out for those dangerous predators or you'll end up as tasty meat!

UPSQUID - How far can you go in this infinite squid scroller?

The weather outside is bleak and it's the first Monday of a near year, so to brighten up your day we have an arcade game to show you from 01010111 called 'UPSQUID'. A lovely little game indeed with a chippy soundtrack, the aim of the game is to get your squid as high as possible, without getting trapped or running out of life force.

Slipstream - Retro inspired racer aiming for a Steam Greenlight success

Throughout this year there has been a surge in retro inspired racers that either look like Lotus or the other classic arcade title of Outrun. Games such as Horizon Chase and Red Hot Overdrive certainly come to mind. Today's feature of 'Slipstream' by ansdor, stood out in a crowd of Steam Greenlight games, as not only does it have those colourful visuals of our retro past such as the atmosphere of 80’s and 90’s games like OutRun, Daytona USA, Super Hang-On and Sonic the Hedgehog but it also has a retrotastic soundtrack to boot!