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Retro gaming blog focused on NES classics. Deep dives, screenshots, and memories of 8-bit era games. Follow for regular posts about classic Nintendo Entertainment System games.

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GRIMLIGHT: The Hollow Bell is open source — 30 rooms of turn-based gothic puzzling for Game Boy Advance, with Wardens, bone slabs, lava and acid rivers, bell portals, and a passcode for every room: github.com/retroromrunn... #indiedev #retrogaming #gba #homebrew

github.comRelease GRIMLIGHT v1.4 — The Molten Choir · retroromrunner/grimlightGRIMLIGHT: The Hollow Bell is complete — and the manor has doubled in size. 30 rooms across 6 chapters. Beyond the Deep Bell, two whole new chapters wait: the Ember Deep and the Molten Choir, in ru...
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EMBERWAKE's source is open! 🔥 The whole isometric game — Three.js scene, silhouette title flames, shader torch, 3D particle bonfires, synthesized fire audio — lives in one HTML file plus three.js: github.com/retroromrunn... #opensource #indiedev #gamedev #threejs

github.comGitHub - retroromrunner/emberwake: EMBERWAKE — one torch against the dark. A lone torchbearer's flame is health and light itself; light all 7 bonfires to bring the dawn. AI Browser Game Jam 5 entry (t...EMBERWAKE — one torch against the dark. A lone torchbearer's flame is health and light itself; light all 7 bonfires to bring the dawn. AI Browser Game Jam 5 entry (theme: TORCH). - retroromrunn...
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DREADHOLLOW MANOR for the Game Boy Color is open source! Full C source, the art generator, and the ROM — build it, learn from it, or just play. Source here: github.com/retroromrunn... #GameBoy #gbc #homebrew #opensource #retrogaming #indiedev

github.comGitHub - retroromrunner/dreadhollow-gbc: DREADHOLLOW MANOR — a haunted-house game for the Game Boy Color. Gather the relics each night while a growing pack of wraiths hunts you. GBDK-2020 homebrew, wr...DREADHOLLOW MANOR — a haunted-house game for the Game Boy Color. Gather the relics each night while a growing pack of wraiths hunts you. GBDK-2020 homebrew, written in C. - retroromrunner/dreadholl...
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UNLUCKY XIII is now on GitHub 🕯️ My liminal-horror jam game: an endless hotel corridor, a brass key, Door XIII — and something tall that only moves in the dark. Full source + playable build: github.com/retroromrunn... #horror #gamedev #indiedev #gamejam

github.comGitHub - retroromrunner/unlucky-xiii: UNLUCKY XIII — a liminal horror micro-game. An endless hotel corridor, a brass key, Door XIII, and something tall that only moves in the dark. Made for the Tuesda...UNLUCKY XIII — a liminal horror micro-game. An endless hotel corridor, a brass key, Door XIII, and something tall that only moves in the dark. Made for the Tuesday the 13th Jam. - retroromrunner/un...
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VESPER made the list! 🦇 ZeroPage Homebrew's 2026 roundup of Atari 2600 homebrew games now catalogs Vesper among this year's releases. Full list here: forums.atariage.com/topic/387079... #Atari2600 #homebrew #retrogaming #indiedev

forums.atariage.comAtari 2600 Homebrew Games Released/Completed/WIP in 2026Atari 2600 Homebrew Games Released/Completed/WIP in 2026 Below is a list of all the Atari 2600 homebrew games that have either been physically released, completed or have released an updated WIP in 20...
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VESPER is live 🦇 A gothic horror game for the Atari 2600. Play a fledgling bat — drink from the villagers, become the Vampire, and survive six hours of night. Source on GitHub, free to play. github.com/retroromrunn... #retrogaming #atari2600 #indiedev #horror

github.comGitHub - retroromrunner/vesper-atari-2600: VESPER — a gothic horror game for the Atari 2600. Play a fledgling bat, drink, and become the Vampire before dawn. 32K batari Basic homebrew.VESPER — a gothic horror game for the Atari 2600. Play a fledgling bat, drink, and become the Vampire before dawn. 32K batari Basic homebrew. - retroromrunner/vesper-atari-2600
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DREADHOLLOW MANOR is live. Six rooms. Three relics. One angry wraith. Explore the manor, grab the relics, don't let it touch you. New Atari 2600 horror, free to play. On GitHub — can you survive the halls? github.com/retroromrunn... #retrogaming #atari2600 #indiedev #horror

github.comGitHub - retroromrunner/dreadhollow-manor: DREADHOLLOW MANOR — a haunted-house adventure for the Atari 2600. Explore six rooms, collect relics, dodge the wraith.DREADHOLLOW MANOR — a haunted-house adventure for the Atari 2600. Explore six rooms, collect relics, dodge the wraith. - retroromrunner/dreadhollow-manor
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For the homebrew devs: FIREFLY's full 6502 assembly source is on GitHub. 4K ROM, Y-sorted kernel, freeze mechanic, rising fanfare — a clean starting point for your own Atari 2600 project. github.com/retroromrunn... #atari2600 #homebrew #retrodev #6502

github.comGitHub - retroromrunner/firefly-atari-2600: FIREFLY - minimal Atari 2600 proof-of-concept. Title screen, movable blinking firefly, wall borders. Clean starting point for Atari 2600 homebrew.FIREFLY - minimal Atari 2600 proof-of-concept. Title screen, movable blinking firefly, wall borders. Clean starting point for Atari 2600 homebrew. - retroromrunner/firefly-atari-2600
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I built DEEP CIRCUIT — a retro raycaster dungeon dive. Explore procedurally generated mainframe sectors, collect 3 access shards to unseal each uplink, and loot RAM, GPUs and SSDs to survive the descent. Runs in your browser, no install. silent-mullet-8g8s.here.now

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What's the 16-bit game you think was secretly smarter than anyone gave it credit for? I'm taking requests for the next retro dive.