2018 – Page 4 – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Island of Dr. Brain – Books and Balances

On December 14, 2018December 15, 2018 By Ilmari Jauhiainen

Written by Reiko I just completed various language puzzles (synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms) to collect three items to place on the counterweight to a bridge in order to access the interesting hut in the corner of a robot village. Inside the hut we have a very eclectic collection of decorations, […]

The Happy Place That Is Holiday Lemmings

On December 14, 2018December 15, 2018 By LGR

Atari ST version of Sinbad and the Throne of the Falcon gets an Amiga port by Maynaf

On December 14, 2018December 15, 2018 By Neil G

C64 box art Throughout 2018 Indie Retro News and our good friends Amiga Bill, DamienD, Saberman and even Per Ola, has been at the forefront for Amiga news announcing games such Coco Banana, Powerglove Reloaded, Tiger Claw and even The Zing to name but a few. But this time we’ve got […]

Monkeys & Dragons – Retro Adventure inspired by video game classics like Monkey Island!

On December 14, 2018December 15, 2018 By Neil G

I’ve always been an Adventure gamer on both my Amiga and PC, and have such fond memories of games such as The Secret of Monkey Island, Simon the Sorcerer, Fable, Kings Quest and even the Quest for Glory series. So to hear that a new Adventure game inspired by those […]

Book of Demons – Unique paper hack n slash dungeon crawler is out now

On December 14, 2018December 15, 2018 By Neil G

During the early part of 2016 we gave you the big heads up for Thing Trunks hack n slash RPG dungeon crawler ‘ Book of Demons ‘, which was due to be released towards the end of 2016. Well fast forward to today and after a slew of big awards […]

Tales of Greta – Arcade inspired game is free to play

On December 14, 2018December 14, 2018 By Neil G

If the Gameboy inspired game was not to your liking, then how about playing this Arcade styled platformer called ‘Tales of Greta’ by Styrbjörn Andersson, which is completely free to play (Donations Welcome). Now unlike the previous game we mentioned, according to the developer Tales of Greta is designed to resemble […]

Indiana Boy Steam Edition – Retro inspired platformer in a Game Boy style

On December 14, 2018December 14, 2018 By Neil G

As a fan of the Gameboy and all those games that are inspired by that great hand held, I was pleased to see that the developer Fabio Fortino had released his retro inspired platformer game of ‘ Indiana Boy Steam Edition’, which looks very much like a Gameboy game and […]

How Vintage Game Controllers Worked

On December 14, 2018December 14, 2018 By The 8-Bit Guy

Matt Chat 414: Atom RPG with Anton

On December 14, 2018December 14, 2018 By Matt Barton

AGDXmas Community Jam – Snowed Under

On December 12, 2018December 13, 2018 By Neil G

When it comes to announcing something from Allan Turvey, it’s usually a new game that’s just been announced such as the case with Rally X Remix, Roust or even Terrapins. But this time he’s decided to do something different, as in relation to the upcoming festive period, he is putting the […]

Doom turns 25. I celebrate in virtual reality.

On December 12, 2018December 13, 2018 By Rampant Coyote

Doom turned 25 this week. I feel kinda… old. Just saying. I tried desperately to download it via FTP (I think) over a modem the first day it was available (or was it the following day?), without much success. Fortunately, a friend of mine the next day had been more […]

From Beyond – Prologue – Horror adventure, inspired by games such as Shadowgate now on Steam

On December 12, 2018December 13, 2018 By Neil G

If you were a huge fans of games such as Deju Vu, Uninvited or even my personal favourite Shadowgate, then you’ll be pleased to know the developer SuckerFree Games has released their MACVenture style game ‘ From Beyond-Prologue ‘, which as from the end of last month was made available to […]

Game 310: Le Maître Absolu (1989)

On December 12, 2018December 13, 2018 By CRPG Addict

Le Maître Absolu “The Absolute Master” France Ubisoft (developer and publisher) Released 1989 for Amstrad CPC Date Started: 9 December 2018Date Ended: 9 December 2018 Total Hours: 7 Difficulty: Moderate (3/5) Final Rating: (to come later) Ranking at Time of Posting: (to come later) I don’t often like to […]

Open Fodder – Open sourced Cannon Fodder reaches version 1.5.0 with Cannon Fodder 2 support

On December 12, 2018December 13, 2018 By Neil G

From 1993 to 1994 Sensible Software and published by Virgin Interactive released two of the best top down war based shooters I have ever played in my life (War has never been so much fun). It was none other than Cannon Fodder and it’s sequel Cannon Fodder 2: An action-strategy […]

O-EYES – ZX Spectrum port of the 1982 arcade game EYES

On December 11, 2018December 12, 2018 By Neil G

A new game has appeared for the ZX Spectrum, as thanks to a heads up by our good friend ZX Dev, they have told us oblo’s game of ‘O-EYES’ has been released. This game is a ZX Spectrum port of the 1982 Arcade game ‘ EYES ‘, which was originally developed […]

Operencia: The Stolen Sun – Modern homage to classic first-person dungeon-crawlers gets a trailer

On December 10, 2018December 11, 2018 By Neil G

Gather your party, pick up your weapons and venture into the lands of Operencia, as the developers Zen Studios have just released a brand new trailer for their upcoming retro inspired Dungeon Crawler ‘Operencia: The Stolen Sun’; a game which is due to be released next year on Steam as […]

New Adventures of Laura – New challenging levels for this charming Atari XL/XE game

On December 10, 2018December 11, 2018 By Neil G

If you’re looking for something nice to play over this Christmas period on your Atari XL/XE, then look no further than the ‘New Adventures of Laura’; A Christmas gift from ccwrc and Larek that not only adds new levels to the game, which originally went on sale in September as a […]

Ultimate Play the Game ‘Atic Atac’ remake is coming to the ZX Spectrum Next

On December 10, 2018December 11, 2018 By Neil G

Ultimate Play the Game released many incredible titles in the 80’s, games such as Knightlore, Jetpac, Sabre Wulf and Gunfright to name but a few. But today’s news is something of a special announcement for fans of Ultimate Play the Game, as their top down arcade adventure game ‘ Atic […]

Aviator Arcade II – An awesome C64 shoot em up gets a full release

On December 10, 2018December 10, 2018 By Neil G

Even more fantastic news has appeared in our inbox, as RGCD has finally announced the commercial release of ‘ Aviator Arcade II ‘, a game by Mark Hindsbo, Saul Cross & Thomas Petersen, which originally appeared as Aviator Arcade in 2014 as a three level 16kb cart game for the […]

Legends of the Lost Realm: Bit by Bit

On December 10, 2018December 10, 2018 By CRPG Addict

It’s tough to advance in Legends of the Lost Realm. Legends of the Lost Realm is one of those games that it’s hard to believe anyone has ever won. It’s taken me 13 hours, several false starts, a couple of dozen character deaths, and at least three complete re-installations […]