April 2020 – Page 5 – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Let’s Play Silence (Blind), Part 6: Trippy Flowers

On April 18, 2020April 18, 2020 By The RPG Chick

Back-Tracking: Beneath Apple Manor (1978)

On April 17, 2020April 18, 2020 By IndieRetroNews

Some years ago I played through Beneath Apple Manor, one of the earliest commercially available CRPGs (and possibly the first ever). It’s something of a proto-Roguelike, and as I recall it was a tight, replayable game that I enjoyed quite a bit. It scored a 41 on the RADNESS Index, […]

Let’s Play The Outer Worlds (Blind), Part 116: Planning With Phineas

On April 17, 2020April 18, 2020 By The RPG Chick

The Shareware Scene, Part 1: The Pioneers

On April 17, 2020April 18, 2020 By Jimmy Maher

The digital society which we’ve created over the last few decades has upended many of our traditional notions about commerce. Everyday teenagers now stress over their ratings and advertising revenues on YouTube; gamers in “free” games pay staggering sums for the privilege of advancing through them a little faster (wasn’t […]

Let’s Play Enderal – Forgotten Stories (Skyrim Mod – Blind), Part 138: The Living Temple

On April 17, 2020April 18, 2020 By The RPG Chick

LGR – Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets!

On April 17, 2020April 18, 2020 By LGR

Trailmarch – A new RPG is coming to the Amiga from Pixelshift Interactive!

On April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 By IndieRetroNews

If you love Dungeon Crawlers or RPG’s in general, then as noted by Solo, Pixelshift Interactive is working on a new game for the Amiga called ‘Trailmarch’; an indie developed role-playing game for the Amiga computer system, harkening back to the days of Bard’s Tale and Might & Magic. In […]

Missed Classic 85: Drive-In Adventure (1982)

On April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 By IndieRetroNews

Written by Joe Pranevich Sex sells. Whether you personally consume pornography or not, it is undeniable that whenever a new media technology came along, it quickly adapted for adult entertainment. Pornography influenced the rise of VHS in the 1970s, the early internet in the 1980s, and eventually the broadband push […]

Let’s Play Silence (Blind), Part 5: Cocooned!

On April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 By The RPG Chick

Kitsune’s Curse – A fabulous new platformer for the Amstrad CPC!

On April 16, 2020April 17, 2020 By IndieRetroNews

Another great heads up for our Indie Retro News readers, as we’ve just been told by Juan J. Martínez that he has now released his new game for the Amstrad CPC called ‘ Kitsune’s Curse ‘. Yes indeed from the same creator behind The Dawn of Kernel, Magica, Golden Tail, […]

Let’s Play The Outer Worlds (Blind), Part 115: Dimethyl Sulfoxide

On April 16, 2020April 17, 2020 By The RPG Chick

Let’s Play Baldur’s Gate EE (Blind), Part 139: Knock-Down, Drag-Out Pirate Battle!

On April 16, 2020April 17, 2020 By The RPG Chick

Godkiller 2 Exile – Impressive ZX Spectrum 128k sequel gets an enhancement

On April 16, 2020April 17, 2020 By IndieRetroNews

Another great day for speccy owners, as not along we were informed that the previous release of ‘Godkiller 2 Exile’, which was created by APSIS and powered by The Mojon Twins, has since been enhanced in light of the upcoming Godkiller 3. If you’ve not heard of this game before, GodKiller […]

Priority Adventure Game 1: Mystery House (1980)

On April 16, 2020April 17, 2020 By IndieRetroNews

The cover to the original packaging of Mystery House I was supposed to post this on the weekend, but with quarantine happening and nothing to do but sit at home, my sleep cycles got so messed up that I basically lost a day or two. I’ve been playing a lot […]

Let’s Play Silence (Blind), Part 4: Freeing Sam & Horus

On April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 By The RPG Chick

Let’s Play The Outer Worlds (Blind), Part 114: Ministry of Accuracy & Morale

On April 15, 2020April 16, 2020 By The RPG Chick

Let’s Play Enderal – Forgotten Stories (Blind), Part 137: Frostcliff Tavern & Crystal Forest

On April 15, 2020April 16, 2020 By The RPG Chick

Let’s Play Silence (Blind), Part 3: Kyra & Sam

On April 15, 2020April 15, 2020 By The RPG Chick

Let’s Play The Outer Worlds (Blind), Part 113: Minister Clarke

On April 14, 2020April 15, 2020 By The RPG Chick

We’ve played Fix It Felix Jr. for the C64 and it’s Smashing!

On April 14, 2020April 15, 2020 By IndieRetroNews

Anotonio Savona announced today that he is putting the finishing touches to the brand new C64 version of "Fix It Felix Jr". This is a 4th unofficial port of the arcade game which was inspired by the 2012 Disney motion picture: Wreck-it-Ralph. Other ports have been made for the SEGA […]