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Donkey-Me is a cool little retro game that sees the Original Donkey Kong game re-skinned with wonderful pixel art style representations of classic movies. These movies include Star Wars, Alien, Gremlins, Indiana Jones, The Exorcist, Rambo (first Blood), and several others, all brought to life in glorious 8-bit form.

The soundtrack is also excellent, with 8-bit chip-tune versions of all the movie scores, all instantly recognisable and sounding great.

The mixture of retro gameplay, graphics, music and classic movies all add to the nostalgic charm of the game, making it a must have for all retro game fans. Did we mention it also has a Flash Gordon Skin? Get it now! :D

Download it now, Free (PC, Mac & Linux)

A Beta for the unreleased Dreamcast game, Toejam and Earl 3 has been unearthed and is now available to download! ZahookiTM found the files lurking inside an old Dreamcast Devkit that he bought off ebay and has very nicely released the game, free for us all to play.

The game plays quite similarly to the original toejam & Earl games but in glorious 3D, it controls well, features 3 playable characters and still retains the sense of humour of the originals.

As it was still in development, there are no cutscenes, you just begin at the start of the map and go to the elevator to reach the next level. Levels 1 to 9 are stable, with levels above that becoming more unstable and crashing quite often.

It’s an interesting curio from Sega’s history, and we’d highly recommend grabbing a copy of it before Sega get wind of it and shut ZahookiTM down. You can use an emulator or just burn the image to a disk and play it on your Dreamcast

Download the Beta now, Free!

Magic Barrage is a cool retro MMO action-adventure RPG with fast paced arcade combat and bullet-hell shooter style game mechanics.

The game is great fun, with the retro aesthetic complimenting old school arcade feel of the twitch based fighting mechanics. There is also plenty of depth to the game, with 8 eight character classes, crafting, pets, boss fights, guilds PvP and Boss fights. There will also be several events ongoing during the Open Beta Phase, with players earning and winning exclusive in-game prizes.

Play the Free Open Beta

The Intergalactic Trashman is a 2D space exploration game with platform stages that combines action, puzzles and stealth.

You take on the role of an intergalactic trashman who must travel around the universe to find his partner, who disappeared under strange circumstances. This revolves around 2 different types of gameplay. The first sees you piloting your upgradable ship around the universe, exploring planets, scavenging and fighting space pirates. The second type of gameplay sees you taking control of your trashman for fun platform stages, that see you using fighting skills, stealth and solving puzzles.

Intergalactic Trashman is a fun and varied game with lots of character, combining two different types of gameplay to make one very promising game.

Download the Pre-Alpha, Free

Cypher is a cool new retro side-scrolling shooter with online multi-player, with fast paced gameplay and hacking mechanics. You control an agent who’s at war against corrupt government of Mars, using your hacking skills and fighting skills to steal the data that will bring them down. Unfortunately there are other organisations out to steal the data too.

Cypher plays really well, with a nice array of weaponry, a levelling up system, and great online multi-player mechanics. It’s a great retro 2d sidescroller with cool modern-day mechanics.

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Necropolis is a cool new first person rogue-like adventure game with a fantastic hand drawn black and white art style. You explore the well crafted fantasy world of Necropolis, fighting a host of paper-crafted mythical beasts and enemies. The full release will also incorporate multiplayer, so you’ll be able to explore it’s fascinating world with friends.

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Do you like 2D side scrolling brawlers? How about 2D side scrolling brawlers with the ability to level up your character, customize their abilities, fight huge bosses and play online with friends? Sound good? Well Blade Hunter is the game for

Blade Hunter is a beautifully animated game that mixes the classic arcade fun of a 2D brawler with the depth of an RPG and the online features of an MMO. If you’re a fan of any of those genres, it’s well worth checking out.

Join in the Alpha

Little Space Adventure is a fun 2D Arcade side-scrolling shooter from Bluerift. Visually it’s still a little basic, but the gameplay is fun, there’s a nice assortment of upgrades and a variety of enemies to blast.

If you’re into side-scrolling shooters, it’s worth checking out, as it can become rather addictive as you chase after that elusive high score!

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Cloudface is a hand-animated 2D platformer with graphics and humor inspired by Earthworm Jim & Warioland. You control a cheerful business-cloud on a quest to save his important documents. Use weather-based powerups to manipulate enemy abilities & traverse weird and beautiful 2D levels.

It’s a fun game, and the hand drawn animation add a lot of character and joy to the proceedings. It’s the sort kind of game that you can’t help but smile while you’re playing. It’s still early in development, but it’s looking great already. The devs plan to add more zones, more boss fights and Laser Ducks!

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Thanks to Richardsfm for informing us of this Alpha

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