AMSTRAD – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Top 11 Amstrad CPC Games of 2019

On January 2, 2020January 2, 2020 By IndieRetroNews

Another year has passed, and another year of excellent offerings for the humble Amstrad CPC. Whilst the quantity was down slightly from that of 2018, the quality was of a high standard as expected. CPCRetroDev didn’t let us down with a good selection, but the highlights were a near-perfect arcade […]

Toki – In dev Amstrad version of an Arcade classic gets an early beta demo

On December 21, 2019December 21, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

As we said before this year has been incredible for the Amstrad! Especially with the hit classic of Pinball Dreams coming over to the Amstrad CPC from the Commodore Amiga, with smooth scrolling, great graphics, and a fantastic soundtrack to make it the hightlight of this year and the years […]

PAKET Engine demo – Point and click tool demo’d for the Amstrad CPC

On September 4, 2019September 4, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

With games such as the latest homebrew of Caren and the Tangled Tentacles on the C64, there’s many who’d hope to create such a thing on the Amstrad CPC. Thankfully that may be a possibility down the line, as according to XeNoMoRPH on the cpcwiki forums, Paketesoft has released a very […]

30 Years of Golden Axe!

On August 3, 2019August 3, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

It’s been 30 years since Sega unleashed the fantasy slash em up Golden Axe in the arcades, and it hasn’t lost any of its charm. It’s a series which received several sequels and a 2008 reboot which all never matched up to the original story of vengeance and rescue with […]

Nigel Mansell’s Grand Prix – 1980’s racing game gets a great Enterprise 128k conversion

On May 14, 2019May 15, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

The 128k version of R-Type wasn’t the only game to grace the Enterprise system, as just moments ago thanks to a heads up by Teemu Korvenpää, we’ve also learnt that Nigel Mansell’s Grand Prix; a game from 1988 and developed by DJL Software Ltd. Has also been converted over to the Enterprise […]

Vespertino – A Racing Simulator that will crown the Amstrad CPC as the best 8-bit platform?

On May 5, 2019May 6, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

If you thought Super Mario Brothers on the C64 was going to be the only highlight this year, then prepare for a shock. As we’ve just been tweeted via @BATMAN_GROUP that they are working on a racing game called ‘Vespertino’; a game they claim will crown the Amstrad CPC as the […]

Crownland – High grade homebrew platformer is getting an Amstrad CPC conversion

On April 29, 2019April 30, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Way back in 2007 a platformer by the name of Crownland was released for the Atari 8bit by LaResistance, which came second place in the ABBUC Software Contest and blew us away with high quality graphics and superb platforming game play. Well fast forward to this month however and this […]

Antstream – A retro game streaming subscription service is a Kickstarter success

On April 29, 2019April 30, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Great news if you were supporting the Antstream Kickstarter; a crowd funding campaign for a retro gaming based streaming service. As we’ve recently been informed through our twitter feed, that not only is it a Kickstarter success but the pledges are still increasing and it’s now beyond £50,000! For those […]

Antstream – A retro game streaming subscription service launches a Kickstarter!

On April 9, 2019April 9, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

As someone who is a huge retro gamer going right back to the late 70’s with an Atari 2600, an Amstrad, C64, ZX Spectrum, Amiga and pretty much every other system you could think of at my disposal at one point or another through the years. I was pleasantly surprised […]

R-Type 128k – It’s now time for the Enterprise to have this incredible Shoot em up port conversion!

On March 29, 2019March 29, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

You may remember our big article on the Amstrad remake of ‘R-Type 128k’ which came with high praise and regarded as one of the most downloaded Amstrad homebrew’s ever. But there’s another remake that is set to take the Enterprise scene by storm and it’s ‘R-Type 128k’, which has since […]

Alcon(Slap Fight) – Abalore’s Amstrad port of a classic Arcade game

On March 28, 2019March 29, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

While many of you are eagerly awaiting the Amstrad port of Pinball Dreams, or have played the excellent Amstrad port of Scramble, then there’s another game you might be interested in and again a port and that’s the upcoming Amstrad game ‘Alcon’ developed by Abalore. Now if you’ve ever played […]

Scramble – A wicked retro shoot em up gets a fantastic Amstrad port

On March 12, 2019March 13, 2019 By Neil G

I was just thinking to myself could this day get any better, and going by the latest update on the CPCwiki forums, it has! Welcome to ‘Scramble’; a very nice side scrolling shoot em up Amstrad port of a game which was originally released way back in 1983 as Skramble […]

Nogalious – Multiplatform retro inspired game gets new Amstrad and C64 Screenshots!

On March 11, 2019March 12, 2019 By Neil G

As most of you were made aware by now LUEGOLU3GO STUDIO’s had released their multiplatform game called ‘ Nogalious ‘, which was made available for both the PC and the MSX, and both available to play through Steam. Well if you were also following the team behind that same game, […]

Pinball Dreams on the Amstrad CPC – An EXCLUSIVE First Look!

On March 2, 2019March 2, 2019 By Neil G

Released originally in 1992 on the Amiga, Pinball Dreams, the game which claimed to be a ‘real pinball simulator’ became somewhat of a fan-favourite and cult classic. Released on many different system over the years including the likes of the Super Nintendo, the Amstrad CPC never saw a port as […]

Top 11 Amstrad CPC Games of 2018

On February 26, 2019February 27, 2019 By Neil G

Even though it’s 35 years old as of 2019, the Amstrad CPC still has a passionate fan-base and a prominent following in the programming community. This is exemplified in the quantity AND quality of the games released last year, most in downloadable form but some even in physical hard copy […]

Retarded Creatures and Caverns – ZX Speccy Adventure game available for the Amstrad CPC

On February 25, 2019February 26, 2019 By Neil G

What a fabulous day so far with games such as Tenebra Macabre, B-Ball and even Moritz to the Moon gracing themselves on our website. So what’s next you might ask? Well here’s an Amstrad game for you to enjoy, it’s ‘Retarded Creatures and Caverns’. A text based adventure that was released […]

Pinball Dreams CPC – Fantastic Amiga classic on the Amstrad CPC is nearly here!

On February 18, 2019February 18, 2019 By Neil G

At the end of 2016-2017 we announced the fantastic Amiga pinball game ‘ Pinball Dreams ‘ by Digital Illusions CE in 1992 had finally been made available as a preview download on the Amstrad CPC by none other than Batman Group, creators of the scene demo Batman Forever. Well here […]

Phantomas 2.0 – Overhauled classic for the Amstrad CPC is finally here!

On February 1, 2019February 1, 2019 By Neil G

In 1986 Dinamic Software released the Spanish game of ‘ Phantomas 2 ‘ for the Amstrad CPC, C64, ZX Spectrum and later the MSX with an international release name through Codemasters under the title of ‘ Vampire ‘. This rather creepy game with a mix of adventuring and platforming containing […]

Phantomas 2.0 – Upcoming overhaul for the Amstrad CPC due Friday 1st Feb!

On January 28, 2019January 29, 2019 By Neil G

A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year from Indie Retro News

On December 25, 2018December 25, 2018 By Neil G

Here we are again with another Christmas and what a year it has been, full of incredible indie games, new homebrews, and lots of retro specials that have amazed even our own writers! From C64 games such as Aviator Arcade II, Portal, L’Abbaye des Morts 64, Caren Thank You Edition 2018, Organism, Limbo, […]