November 2018 – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Romhacking Spotlight – The Rainbow Realms. Interview with Bluecrush

On November 30, 2018December 1, 2018 By Neil G

This year Super Mario Bros 3 celebrates its 30th Anniversary, yes believe it or not but it was exactly 30 years ago Nintendo released this amazing game and i remember it like it was yesterday. I was walking home from school listening to the track Summertime with DJ Jazzy Jeff […]

LGR Oddware – Action Replay Cheat System for Windows 95

On November 30, 2018December 1, 2018 By LGR

Controlling the Spice, Part 2: Cryo’s Dune

On November 30, 2018December 1, 2018 By Jimmy Maher

Philippe Ulrich To hear him tell the story at any rate, Philippe Ulrich had always been destined to make a computer game out of Dune. On July 21, 1980, he was a starving young musician living in an attic closet in Paris without heat or electricity, having just been dropped […]

The Shoot ‘Em Up Destruction Set – Kick ass C64 games by ALF YNGVE!

On November 29, 2018November 30, 2018 By Neil G

If you fancy a bit of kick ass shoot em up action on your C64 then look no further! As checking through the latest itch.io updates we’ve come across The Shoot ‘Em Up Destruction Set; a seriously cool pack of C64 games from Alf Yngve published by Psytronik. Inclusive in […]

Heroes of Gorluth – High quality Amiga platformer available for pre-order

On November 29, 2018November 30, 2018 By Neil G

If you’ve not heard of AmiWorx, they were behind Tales of Gorluth and Tales of Gorluth II; two great Amiga action adventure games which featured hours of game play, great colour graphics,exciting quests and more than 40 pieces of music that made them both a great experience to play. Well […]

Pole Position Atari 8-bit sprite hack by AtariAge member TIX

On November 29, 2018November 30, 2018 By Neil G

During the late 80’s Namco released a brilliant arcade racing game called Pole Position, which was designed by Tōru Iwatani, designer of Pac-Man, ending up as one of the most popular arcade racing games of 1982-3. Well if you remember this game AND you played it on one of the […]

Crusaders of the Dark Savant: Trying Everything

On November 29, 2018November 30, 2018 By CRPG Addict

A moment where I couldn’t pass a cliff. I don’t know why this “Coil of the Serpent” worked, but it did. As I mentioned in an earlier posting, I’ve developed the habit, when playing Crusaders of the Dark Savant, of starting each session with a careful review of my […]

Treasure Hunter Simulator – Metal Detecting-like experience coming to Steam 6th December

On November 29, 2018November 30, 2018 By Neil G

If you’ve ever wanted to experience Metal Detecting, the search for history in the ground using a Metal Detector but don’t want the hassle of finding new permissions, the expense of buying a brand new detector OR finding bottle tops, ring pulls and large iron crud, then you might be […]

Waxworks – London Calling

On November 29, 2018 By Ilmari Jauhiainen

By Deimar Frederick Abberline’s Journal: I am quite concerned with all the deads in Whitechapel and I don’t know why. The dead of the five women has stirred not only the district, but the whole country. But that’s not it. Nor the gruesome manner in which the killings were carried […]

Dawnthorn – Stand-alone prequel to Zelda inspired Hazelnut Bastille is announced

On November 28, 2018November 28, 2018 By Neil G

While many of you are excited to learn that Aloft’s Zelda inspired RPG of HAZELNUT BASTILLE is a huge Kickstarter success raising £116,390 of a £51,027 goal and still 20 hours to go. You may also be interested to know that the same team have recently announced Dawnthorn; a standalone prequel to Hazelnut Bastille, […]

DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition – Re-mastered classic comes to Steam

On November 27, 2018November 28, 2018 By Neil G

If you remember those great classics such as Arkanoid or even Breakout you might be in for a treat! As we’ve recently been contacted by Longbow Games that they have released their remastered version of DX-Ball 2, as ‘DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition’ , which is in celebration of the king […]

New Release: All Made of Hinges – A Mormon Steampunk Anthology

On November 27, 2018November 28, 2018 By Rampant Coyote

I’ve got another short story out, today! All Made of Hinges – An Anthology of Mormon Steampunk has launched, the first of three volumes. The ebook is out now, with a paperback edition to follow shortly. I haven’t focused on short stories very much this last year, but I still […]

Missed Classic: A Mind Forever Voyaging – Jewel of the Quad-State Area

On November 27, 2018November 27, 2018 By TBD

Written by Joe Pranevich A Mind Forever Voyaging isn’t like any game that I have played before. It takes its time introducing you to the characters and the plot, encouraging you to explore rather than setting out a stream of puzzles for you to solve. It is content to follow […]

High Noon – Early C64 Western with extras from Hokuto Force

On November 27, 2018November 27, 2018 By Neil G

Back in 2015 when I joined Indie Retro News, there weren’t so many brand new C64 games being released, so we used to fill our blog with news from the various cracking groups. I particularly liked Hokuto Force’s releases because they focused on re-releases of those lesser known titles that […]

Crusaders of the Dark Savant: Ultima Thule

On November 26, 2018November 27, 2018 By CRPG Addict

The game’s tendency towards broad comedy continues. Some commenters had suggested that I finish up on land before exploring the ocean, so for no other reason than an inexplicable desire to be contrary, I set off on a long ocean voyage. I decided to make my way to Ukpyr, […]

We’ve Gotta Talk About Fallout 76.

On November 26, 2018November 27, 2018 By LGR

FROGS – C64 4 player homebrew classic gets an Atari ST port release!

On November 26, 2018November 27, 2018 By Neil G

In 2017 we announced the release of the C64 4 player game ‘ Frogs ‘ which was developed by Christian Gleinser of Dr. Wuro Industries as a great game in which you play as a little frog that has to jump across from rock to lily pad, while trying not […]

Foggy’s Quest 2 The Lost Treasure of OMK – A fabulous in-dev ZX Spectrum game with new images

On November 26, 2018November 27, 2018 By Neil G

John Blythe has created some awesome games over the years, games such as ALL HALLOWS – Rise of the Pumpkin and even The Incredible Shrinking Professor to name but a few. But there’s another one of his games that would be worth your time keeping an eye on, and that’s […]

Unofficial CD32 Release – The Ultimate Lemmings Collection from Amiga Jay

On November 26, 2018November 26, 2018 By Neil G

During the early part of 2016, it was the 25th Anniversary of DMA Design’s ‘ Lemmings ‘. A game published by Psygnosis way back in the early 90’s for the Amiga, Atari ST and PC and regarded by many as one of the greatest games ever and featured many blue, […]

R0x Zero – A gorgeous Atari ST/STE playable demoscene shmup

On November 26, 2018November 26, 2018 By Neil G

It’s easy to forget that the Atari ST has a demoscene since it’s usually the Amiga that get all the demo attention. but take a look at R0x Zero. A brilliant playable SHMUP built into the usual demo fare of scrolling text and bouncing blitter objects. It’s a thing of […]