BROWSER BASED – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Demon Burst – Recommended retro-styled platformer gets a new build!

On August 26, 2019August 27, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

We love trawling through the retro side of the itch.io site, as sometimes we come across a game we can’t put down. Sure enough that has happened today, as being drawn in by the colourful main game screen, we’ve come across a game called ‘ Demon Burst ‘. This game […]

Escape From Dinosaur Island DX – Browser based ZX Spectrum styled Adventure!

On August 2, 2019August 2, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Putting aside the Amiga and C64 games, it’s time we look towards the ZX Spectrum for our retro goodness, as we’ve been informed by Chris that ‘Escape From Dinosaur Island DX ‘ is now available to play in your browser. This game which is also coming to a ZX Spectrum […]

Altered Beast – A classic Arcade beat em up, given the fan treatment

On July 8, 2019July 8, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

If you are a retro gamer, chances are you would’ve heard or atleast played the 1988 classic Arcade game of Altered Beast by Sega which appeared on multiple systems including the Sega Mega Drive. Well if you do remember it, you’ll be interested to know LucasCCBJogos has released an early fan […]

FUZ – PICO-8 Puzzle Platformer demake of FEZ (Playable Online)

On May 13, 2019May 14, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

FEZ which is a Puzzle Platformer, was released way back in 2012-2013 on both Xbox 360 and Windows Steam as a game developed by Polytron Corporation in which featured a rather unusual rotating design as your character can explore a 3D world in certain 2D perspectives. This game which gathered favourable […]

1942 – Browser based C64 shoot em up inspired classic

On April 17, 2019April 18, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

In 1984 a great shoot em up was released for the Arcade by Capcom and that game was 1942. A game in which you had to shoot down enemy planes, avoid being shot out of the sky and performed awesome rolls while collecting power ups. It was an awesome game […]

Super Spectrum World – Play through lots of classic Spectrum games as Miner Willy! (Jet Set Willy)

On April 12, 2019April 13, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Now here’s a game I think most of our readers would have played or heard of throughout the years, is Jet Set Willy. A platform game originally written by Matthew Smith and published by Software Projects for many home computers such as the ZX Spectrum in 1984. It star’d none […]

The Path – Illustrated text-based puzzle game also playable in your browser!

On March 22, 2019March 23, 2019 By Neil G

Another game released by Adventuron this month and no not a simulation, is the Illustrated Text-Based Puzzle game ‘ The Path ‘. Yes indeed it’s time to put aside the sim and look towards this rather unusual game, as in the The Path you will encounter a series of challenges, containing […]

Hamurabi – A classic resource management sim ported online!

On March 22, 2019March 23, 2019 By Neil G

Atlantis and Dragonfire weren’t the only games to be ported this month, as earlier today Chris contacted us to let us know that a port of ‘Hamurabi’ had been released and playable online via the Adventuron itch.io page. This game according to the main write up, is a port of […]

GALAXY FORCE – Bullet hell shooter inspired by Scramble, playable online

On March 21, 2019March 22, 2019 By Neil G

In March of this year PuzCPC released a very nice side scrolling shoot em up Amstrad port of a much earlier game which was originally released way back in 1983 as Skramble developed by Darrell Etherington. The actual release name was ‘ Scramble ‘ which was also the original name […]

The Beast Of Torrack Moor – 30th Anniversary Edition is finally here

On December 19, 2018December 19, 2018 By Neil G

Throughout the last few years we’ve featured a number of text based adventures, games such as the upcoming unnamed Pirate themed C64 adventure, The Pawn Remastered, The Marlo Files Remastered Edition, and Goblin Towers to name but a few. But there’s another game of similar flavour that has just been […]

The Internet Archive adds the glorious C64 to its overflowing library

On October 9, 2018October 10, 2018 By Neil G

Glorious news for Tuesday as if you thought playing over 1,100 Arcade machines in your browser was seriously cool, then you’ll be overjoyed to hear the same website ‘ The Internet Archive ‘ has now added a huge list of awesome C64 games to play in your browser. In fact […]

The Beast Of Torrack Moor – 30th Anniversary Edition – Coming this November!

On September 5, 2018September 6, 2018 By Neil G

Introducing Foreign Frugglers – a Free Retro Pixel-Art Web Game

On September 4, 2018September 5, 2018 By Neil G

Ultimo Games has just released a fun retro-inspired shooter titled Foreign Frugglers. The masterful pixel-artist Timo Visser has created a simple yet fun arcade style game that’s free to play in your web browser. [embedded content] Gameplay is a take on the timeless classic Space Invaders with some fun additions. […]

Bio Evil 4 – Resident Evil 4 demake as a platform shooter

On August 28, 2018September 4, 2018 By Neil G

Delunky and Metro Cop aren’t the only games to come out from the Demake 2018 competition, as we’ve just come across a game called ‘ Bio Evil 4 ‘, which from the look of it, is a demake of the early 2000 capcom third person horror Resident Evil 4, but […]

Spelunky demade on the Pico-8 as ‘Delunky’

On August 27, 2018September 4, 2018 By Neil G

The original Spelunky released in 2008 is an action/puzzle platform game, where you play as the Spelunker who must explore tombs and other locations looking for treasure, (and love!) avoiding traps, blowing up scenery and enemies while escaping with as much loot as possible. It was and still is such […]

Metro Cop – Virtua Cop demake available now!

On August 27, 2018September 4, 2018 By Neil G

If you remember pointing a plastic gun at the Arcades or at home towards the TV blasting away enemies on the screen, then chances are you would’ve played the many lightgun games available at the time such as Time Crisis or even Time Gal. Well if you have then you’ll […]