The Indie-Credible Podcast

Should a tribute game play exactly like the original, or should it try something completely new?

Episode 101 of The Indie-Credible Podcast brings Jeff and Xander back for another week of indie gaming, early indie releases, new indie releases, community recommendations, and retro homebrew discoveries.

This week, we're tackling a question that comes up constantly in the indie scene: When developers create tribute games inspired by classic franchises, how much should they change?

Should a new Castlevania-inspired game stick to the original formula, or introduce new mechanics, modern conveniences, and fresh ideas? At what point does innovation stop feeling like the game it's supposed to celebrate?

Community Pick: Castlevania: Belmont's Revenge Demo

We're putting that discussion to the test with the Castlevania: Belmont's Revenge demo!

With questions surrounding its reception, we discuss what works, what doesn't, whether the negative feedback is justified, and whether we actually managed to finish it.

Next Community Pick: Well Dweller?

What We've Been Playing

Jeff Played:

• Shelldiver

Xander Played:

• Keep Driving

• Blades & Battles (Demo)

From unusual indie concepts to games inspired by the classics, there's plenty to discuss this week.

New & Noteworthy Indie Games

Our weekly hunt for new indie releases brings another batch of interesting discoveries:

• Hermit and Pig

• Plane Crazy: Championship Edition

• Lovish

• ROMEO IS A DEAD MAN

• Hordes of Hunger

• CiniCross

• Crimson Capes

Plane Crazy: Championship Edition brings back memories of the N64 era, while CiniCross taps directly into one of Jeff's guilty-pleasure gaming genres!

Budget Indie Games Under $2

This week's budget section is absolutely STACKED. We're hunting through another huge batch of affordable indie games.

We're also checking out The Chill in Hell bundle and The Forgotten Castle + Original Soundtrack Bundle.

With this many budget discoveries, there's a good chance something interesting slipped through the cracks!

Prices reflect the deals found while preparing this episode and may change.

Aftermarket & Homebrew Highlights

RED VOLT — Game Boy Color

A new boss-rush action game is coming to Nintendo's classic handheld!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/seejan/red-volt-a-boss-rush-action-game-for-game-boy-color?ref=android_project_share

Essencelord — Game Boy Color

A loot-driven adventure joins the growing library of new Game Boy Color homebrew releases.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/905334868/essencelord-a-loot-driven-adventure-for-the-game-boy-color?ref=android_project_share

Super Mario 64... on Super Nintendo?!

Yes, we're talking about Super Mario 64 running on SNES hardware. Just how far can developers push Nintendo's classic 16-bit console?

https://youtu.be/U3mwIUV_9kk?is=X6rzvJ2e6U-LlQDt

Ninja Garden — NES

A brand-new gardening action game for the original Nintendo Entertainment System. The name alone deserves some attention!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnblueriggs/ninja-garden-a-new-gardening-action-game-for-nes?ref=android_project_share

Kyle's Trials

This week we're diving into:

• Classic indie wrestling

• PlayStation CD samplers

From Castlevania tribute games and modern indie gaming to Game Boy Color homebrew, NES releases, and an enormous selection of budget discoveries, Episode 101 continues our hunt for the overlooked games worth playing.

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WE MADE IT TO EPISODE 100!

For 100 episodes, The Indie-Credible Podcast has been digging through indie gaming, early indie releases, new indie releases, community recommendations, retro homebrew, physical releases, and all the weird corners of gaming that Jeff and Xander somehow stumble into.

For Episode 100, we're celebrating the milestone by asking a simple, completely non-controversial question:

IS AI EVIL?!

ModRetro is partnering with OpenAI on tools designed to help people create AI-powered retro games. Xander found this one, so we dive into what it could mean for indie developers, homebrew creators, and the future of making games.

Is AI another development tool that lowers the barrier to creating indie games? Does it take something away from the creative process? And what happens when AI creation starts colliding with the retro and homebrew scenes?

ModRetro & OpenAI:
https://retrododo.com/modretro-partners-with-openai-to-help-you-make-ai-retro-games/

What We've Been Playing

Jeff jumps into Trinity Trigger, while Xander spends some time with Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium.

Community Pick: River City Girls 2

The Randomizer gives us River City Girls 2!

There's really only one important question:

JEFF BETTER BE ABLE TO DO THE DAMN HYPER KNEE!

After 100 episodes, apparently these are the important issues we're tackling.

Next Community Game:

We're checking out the new Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge demo!

Early Indie Releases & New & Noteworthy

Our hunt through the latest indie gaming discoveries continues with:

• Astro Duel II

• G-Switch 4: Creator

• Hack And Climb

• Touhou: Blooming Soul

• Gravethorn

• PaperKlay

• Hop 'n' Marty

We've mentioned Hack And Climb before, but this thing looks insane enough that it's finally time to dig into it properly.

Budget Indie Pick Under $2

The Siege and the Sandfox

Aftermarket & Homebrew Highlights

The Matthew Smith Collection

A new physical retro collection is on Kickstarter, which leads to a bigger discussion: how does a release like this compare with the reproduction releases we're seeing from companies like Limited Run Games and iam8bit?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixeljockey/the-matthew-smith-collection?ref=android_project_share

TRAVELLER•ULW10 – A Modern 4:3 PVM Monitor

A brand-new monitor designed specifically around retro gaming has already attracted around 750 Kickstarter backers.

That's a LOT of monitors.

Could fulfilling that many specialized displays become a problem?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/unicousa/travellerulw10-a-modern-take-on-the-retro-4-3-pvm-monitor?ref=android_project_share

Kyle's Trials

We've got some Random Tandems, plus stories from Slave to the Deathmatch 17!

And somehow all of this is happening on our 100th episode.

Thank you to everyone who has listened, recommended games, joined us for Indie Thursdays, supported the Patreon, watched the streams, sent us ridiculous stuff to talk about, or simply discovered an indie game because we wouldn't shut up about it.

Here's to the next 100!

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Episode 99 of The Indie-Credible Podcast, an indie gaming podcast, dives into a major question for the modern indie scene: is Steam changing how regular gamers discover indie games?

With changes to how Steam handles wishlists and game marketing, Jeff and Xander discuss what this could mean for smaller developers trying to get noticed. Could the changes help players uncover more new indie releases, or make visibility even harder in an already crowded storefront?

What We've Been Playing

Jeff returns to Packet on NES, plays the new Game Boy release Maiden of the Dark, and jumps into River City Ransom: Underground.

Xander checks out the Metal Crisis demo.

Community Pick: Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider

This week's Community Pick is Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider, the retro-inspired action platformer that looks like it was ripped straight out of the 16-bit era.

Does this modern throwback capture what made those classic action games great, or does nostalgia only carry it so far?

Next Randomizer Pick:
River City Girls 2

Early Indie Releases & New & Noteworthy

Our weekly hunt for early indie releases and new indie games turns up:

• Echoes of Elysium

• Cairn

• Plinbo

• SantaCorps: Snow Patrol

• VonGarland: Castle Beyond Blood

• Banished Knight

• Tearscape

And Tearscape immediately has our attention with its 2D Zelda-like gameplay!

Budget Indie Picks Under $2

• Songbird Symphony

• Snowball!

• One Way Heroics

• Helen's Mysterious Castle

• Murasaki

Aftermarket & Homebrew Highlights

Zero Wing AES

Zero Wing is coming to the Neo Geo AES, and the really interesting part is the confirmation that it's based on Hoffman's port. Could this potentially open the door for more homebrew projects to make the jump to physical Neo Geo releases?

Demons of Asteborg DX – Neo Geo AES Limited Edition

Another modern game heads to classic hardware with a Limited Edition physical release of Demons of Asteborg DX for the Neo Geo AES.

https://neofid-studios.com/products/pre-order-demons-of-asteborg-dx-new-boxed-cartridge-with-printed-manual-for-neo-geo-aes

Kyle's Trials

This week Jeff brings in:

• GI JOE x TMNT

• A very cool custom HuCard release

• A new physical Metroidvania indie game

From Steam indie game discovery and new indie releases to Community Picks, budget games, Neo Geo homebrew, and physical indie releases, Episode 99 searches every corner of the modern indie gaming scene for games worth talking about.

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Episode 98 of The Indie-Credible Podcast, an indie gaming podcast, dives into early indie releases, new indie releases, community recommendations, retro homebrew, and another week of discoveries from across the indie gaming scene.

This week, Jeff finally tackles his massive Nintendo Switch physical collection. After organizing everything around his favorite genres, categorizing hundreds of games, and going through all those Limited Editions, the collection is smaller, cleaner, and actually makes sense!

What stays? What gets sold? And at what point does collecting everything start getting in the way of enjoying the games you actually care about?

What We've Been Playing

Jeff gets physical with some modern NES homebrew, playing the Rip N Boarders NES tech demo.

Xander fires up RetroBat for some classic Toki Arcade and checks out the demo for Froggo's Adventure: Drifting Sky.

Community Pick: Chico and the Magic Orchards DX

This week's community game is Chico and the Magic Orchards DX, a puzzle adventure built around rolling a giant walnut through a colorful series of challenges.

Did the Randomizer uncover another overlooked indie gem?

Next Randomizer Pick:
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider

Early Indie Releases & New & Noteworthy

This week's new indie games and discoveries include:

• Kings of Hell

• Quartermain and the Cult of Cthulhu

• Hack And Climb

• Valkyrie Saga

• Escape from Ever After

• Wanderling

• Arcadium: Space Odyssey

Budget Indie Picks Under $2

• Shady Part of Me

• Grid Ranger

• Ashina: The Red Witch

• Marrow

• Exoder

• Artifact Adventure

Aftermarket & Homebrew Highlights

Maiden in the Dark – Game Boy

Another brand-new physical Game Boy release enters the aftermarket rabbit hole:

https://tigerchainsawstudios.com/products/maiden-of-the-dark-complete-in-box

We also discuss the Neo Geo AES+ delay. With the system reportedly pushed back a year, can it recover from the negative reaction, or will the delay ultimately keep it from ever reaching the finish line?

Kyle's Trials

This week brings an eclectic mix:

• A Dungeon Crawler Carl figure to go with the books

• The Danish Flyver March

• GCW Live Wrestling Show Stories!

• Plus a tease for a very cool custom HuCard release coming next time

Coming Up

Next week's big topic: Steam's Wishlist Updates!

How many games are sitting there? Which ones still deserve to be there? And how much overlap is there with everything else in the backlog?

Plus Patreon streams, Indie Thursdays, and more from the Indie-Credible community.

From Nintendo Switch collecting and overlooked indie games to NES homebrew and new Game Boy releases, Episode 98 continues our weekly hunt through early indie releases, community recommendations, and the modern indie gaming scene.

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Episode 97 of The Indie-Credible Podcast, an indie gaming podcast, is back with another week of early indie releases, new indie releases, community recommendations, aftermarket games, and everything happening across the indie gaming scene.

This week, Kyle's Trials brings us an interesting Switch 2 Special Edition. It's the first limited-edition release we've picked up from a limited physical publisher on Switch 2, but is it actually complete on the cartridge? Ironically, Jeff isn't planning to collect Switch 2 LEs... but when it's a Zelda-like/Metroidvania, the rules apparently become a little flexible.

Steam Deck Streaming Artwork Fix

Jeff also tackles an annoying problem with his Steam Deck setup: blank artwork for streaming games.

We talk about the solution, getting custom artwork working again, and the rabbit hole that comes with trying to make a massive digital collection actually look good.

What We've Been Playing

Jeff has been playing the ultimate collecting game: cataloging the Switch collection!

Xander continues Spider-Man, checks out Mega Man X Regenesis, and plays AND beats Sir Noggin during Indie Thursday.

Community Pick: Necrosphere Deluxe

This week's community game is Necrosphere Deluxe, a brutally challenging minimalist Metroidvania built around an unusual two-button control scheme.

Did the Randomizer uncover another hidden indie gem?

Next Randomizer Pick:
Chico and the Magic Orchards DX

Early Indie Releases & New & Noteworthy

This week's new indie games and discoveries include:

• SEBI 16

• PREQUEL

• Karous

• Deaths Web

• Ghetto Zombies: Graffiti Squad

• Looney Landers

• Escape From Ever After

Budget Indie Picks

Nothing this week?!

Sometimes the under-$2 section comes up empty, and we're not going to force a recommendation just to fill the list.

Aftermarket & Homebrew Highlights

Stains of Decay – New Game Boy Game

Another brand-new game for Nintendo's classic handheld arrives on Kickstarter, continuing the explosion of new physical releases for old hardware.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gamebrewery/stains-of-decay-new-gameboy-game?ref=android_project_share

Super Strife – NES

We also check out Super Strife, another new NES project keeping Nintendo's 8-bit hardware alive.

https://mazionach.itch.io/super-strife

From Necrosphere Deluxe and Mega Man fan projects to Switch 2 collecting, Game Boy homebrew, NES games, and our latest indie discoveries, Episode 97 continues searching every corner of the modern indie scene.

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Episode 96 of The Indie-Credible Podcast returns from Video Game Summit with more indie gaming, convention stories, community recommendations, and another huge batch of early indie releases and new games worth discovering! 

Fresh off VGS, Jeff and Xander have stories. Lots of stories. We talk Bakery Bumps, Todd and the orange juice, and somehow becoming rockstars at Prince Arcade. Kyle's Trials keeps the VGS memories going with some weekend whiskey finds and Kyle's custom controller!

 What We've Been Playing

Jeff dives into Metroid Prime Origins and checks out the Donkey Kong Land Remake, continuing the show's obsession with discovering new ways to revisit classic games.

Xander finally plays One BTN Bosses and jumps into Agent 64, the indie FPS heavily inspired by the golden age of Nintendo 64 shooters.

 Community Pick: Moonlight Pulse

This week's community recommendation is Moonlight Pulse, as we continue letting the Indie-Credible community lead us toward games we might otherwise never discover.

 Next Randomizer Pick:
Necrosphere Deluxe

 Early Indie Releases & New & Noteworthy

This week's new indie games and discoveries include:

• Biolab Wars

• Ashina: The Red Witch

• Aim Climb

• Bloody Paws Unleashed

• Little Gods of the Abyss

• PicoMix by NuSan

• Zebulon: A Lost Cat

 Budget Indie Pick

The Way, recommended by Thunderdome!

 Aftermarket & Homebrew Highlights

UrbX Warriors: The Lost City – 16-bit Edition

A new 16-bit physical release hits Kickstarter, but what's going on with the PAL and Japanese versions?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tonywarriner/urbx-warriors-the-lost-city-16-bit-edition?ref=android_project_share

The Layover Hit: Reloaded

A new Game Boy Color action game arrives on Kickstarter with assassin action, physical cartridges, and an unusual Day One red cart situation.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jcouche/the-layover-hit-reloaded-gameboy-color-assassin-action?ref=android_project_share

Batty Zabella GB

Another physical Game Boy release enters the aftermarket rabbit hole!

https://theretroroomgames.com/products/batty-zabella

From Agent 64 and community picks to Game Boy homebrew, Kickstarter discoveries, and the insanity left over from VGS, Episode 96 continues our weekly hunt through the modern indie scene.

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VGS

The Indie-Credible Podcast goes LIVE from the Video Game Summit in Chicago! 

Episode 95 is a special indie game convention episode as Jeff and Xander hit VGS for interviews, retro gaming history, new aftermarket games, convention pickups, and conversations with some absolute legends of the video game industry.

 AUDACITY GAMES

We sit down with Garry Kitchen of Audacity Games to talk about creating brand-new games for the Atari 2600 decades after the console originally launched.

And sitting right behind us during the interview? David Crane himself!

We talk Audacity Games, developing new Atari games, and what it's like for legendary developers from the earliest days of the industry to return to classic hardware with completely new ideas.

Audacity Games:
https://adgm.us/

 GENERAL CHAOS: MAJOR SNAFU

We also interview Brian F. Colin of Game Refuge, creator of arcade classics including Rampage and Arch Rivals and the original General Chaos on Sega Genesis.

Brian joins us to talk about General Chaos: MAJOR SNAFU, the long-awaited follow-up to General Chaos, and its LIVE Kickstarter campaign!

Support General Chaos: MAJOR SNAFU on Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chaos2majorsnafu/general-chaos-major-snafu

 VIDEO GAME SUMMIT PICKUPS!

After an entire weekend hunting around VGS, we finally show off what we bought!

Jeff and Xander dig through their Video Game Summit pickups, convention finds, retro games, collectibles, and whatever other weird stuff managed to follow us home from Chicago.

Episode 95 is a different kind of Indie-Credible, combining indie gaming, retro gaming history, aftermarket development, and the people who helped build the industry we're still talking about today.

From legendary Atari developers creating new games for old hardware to Brian Colin bringing General Chaos back for a new generation, VGS shows just how closely the modern indie scene connects to gaming's past.

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Episode 94 of The Indie-Credible Podcast, an indie gaming podcast, dives into early indie releases, new indie releases, community picks, and the latest discoveries from the indie gaming scene. 

This week’s Community Pick is Vengeance of Mr. Peppermint, a brutal retro-style beat ’em up packed with pixel-art violence and a seriously twisted revenge story. Jeff and Xander jump in to see whether this community recommendation deserves a spot on your indie gaming backlog.

 Community Pick:
Vengeance of Mr. Peppermint

 Next Up:
The Randomizer returns to decide what we play next!

Kyle’s Trials goes back to the NES with some boxed NES madness, which leads perfectly into this week’s main topic: Jeff is completely revamping his Best NES Homebrew Games article!

What belongs among the best NES homebrew ever made? We talk modern NES development, physical aftermarket releases, collecting, and just how far new games for the NES have evolved.

 What We’ve Been Playing

Jeff fires up the Sharp X68000 for some Castlevania and Salamander, along with Pizza Busters, a homebrew mini-game!

Xander goes considerably less obscure with some classic Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance on PlayStation 2.

 Early Indie Releases & New & Noteworthy:

• Arksync

• MIO: Memories in Orbit

• Hank: Drowning on Dry Land

• Super Chipflake Ü: Quest for the Uncooked Schnitzel

• Super Woden: Rally Edge

• MOCHI O

• Z GYUBAAN

 Budget Indie Pick:

Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem

 Aftermarket & Homebrew Highlights

Retro Game Forge is LIVE on Kickstarter!

A new project focused on celebrating retro and homebrew gaming hits Kickstarter, giving us another reason to talk about the growing world of new games for old hardware.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/retrogameforge/retrogameforge/

We also check out Metroid Prime Origins, another fascinating retro gaming project:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MHlFPjjDchmn6Rt42q-DHNi2KRmpI2SM/view?fbclid=IwdGRjcATqkQtjbGNrBOqRB3Bkb2YFZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEeLddS4diWKBWVvjXcoi8R18LeatD8w3UfqLuasCJ5M0kuVNbFLT9qx8PgnzM_aem_rpQDl8aToUn4qCiM1Km8nw

From NES homebrew and aftermarket games to hidden indie discoveries and Community Picks, Episode 94 continues our search for the games and projects worth knowing about across the modern indie gaming world.

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Episode 93 of The Indie-Credible Podcast is packed with new indie releases, early indie discoveries, community picks, retro gaming, and another trip into the growing aftermarket homebrew scene. 

This week, Jeff plays Star Overdrive, while Xander jumps into Vital Shell. Our Community Pick is Zolg, before we throw the alphabet out the window and let the Randomizer take over!

 Community Pick: Zolg

 Randomizer Pick:
Vengeance of Mr. Peppermint

Kyle's Trials goes old school with vintage wrestling, followed by the mystery of The Missing NES Game! We also catch up on the latest Hagen's Alley projects and preview what's happening with Video Game Summit (VGS).

 New & Noteworthy Indie Games

This week's new indie releases and discoveries include:

• Belle Boomerang

• Blacktail

• Breakwaters: Crystal Tides

• Arm of Revenge Re-Edition

• Toni Island Adventure

• Bail Force: Cyberpunk Bounty Hunters

• CASSETTE BOY

 Budget Indie Picks Under $2

• Beat Souls

• Super Candle World

 Aftermarket & Homebrew Highlights

Is there a new destination for discovering aftermarket games? We check out the store at Afterplay and discuss what it could mean for finding new games created for old hardware.

Afterplay Store:
https://afterplay.io/play/store

We also dive into a new Donkey Kong Land project:

https://youtu.be/X-i34Ftxyp0?is=Ynj_8QF4yy4Sz_BJ

From early indie releases and hidden indie games to NES mysteries and new ways to discover aftermarket titles, Episode 93 continues our weekly search through the weird, wonderful, and overlooked corners of the indie gaming scene.

Episode 92 of The Indie-Credible Podcast, an indie gaming podcast, explores early indie releases, new indie releases, and community picks helping shape today's indie gaming scene. 

This week's community pick is Yokai Hunter Shintaro, a retro-inspired action platformer that proves great gameplay doesn't have to come with a premium price. Jeff and Xander revisit the game after completing it, discussing its classic influences, memorable boss battles, and why it's one of the standout community picks featured on the show.

Kyle's Trials finally begins the massive task of cataloging the entire NES collection, followed by a fun Xander quiz to test his retro gaming knowledge.

The crew also discusses Zaperoo, the exciting new front end for MiSTer FPGA, and whether it could become one of the best ways to organize and experience retro gaming on FPGA hardware.

 The annual Indie-Credible Secret Santa in July also returns, bringing another round of community fun and game swapping.

 The Indie-Credible Community List:
https://tinyurl.com/indiecrediblelist

Jeff revisits the NES cult classic Zombie Nation, while Xander returns to Truxton Extreme and completes this week's community pick, Yokai Hunter Shintaro.

 Community Pick:
Yokai Hunter Shintaro

 Next Up:
Zolg

 Early Indie Releases & New & Noteworthy:

• Big Hops

• OverRider

• TCL: The Cursed Legacy

• Chrono Sword

• 8-Bit Invaders!

• BallisticNG

• Aron's Adventure

 Budget Indie Pick:

• Avoidvania

 Game Industry Hardship Fund
Support developers affected by industry layoffs:
https://itch.io/b/3802/game-industry-hardship-fund

 Aftermarket & Homebrew Highlights

RetroBro Kickstarter – Hobo Aldo's Halloween Adventure (NES)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/desertoftheundead/hobo-aldos-halloween-adventure

 Wrap-Up

• Patreon Streams

• Indie Thursdays

• Community updates

• More retro gaming and indie discussions every week

From retro action platformers and FPGA developments to exciting indie discoveries and NES homebrew, Episode 92 continues highlighting early indie releases, curated community picks, and the ever-growing indie gaming community.

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