GAMING – Page 2 – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Malasombra – Eye candy NES title announced by 4mhz gets early footage

On September 4, 2019September 4, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Remember when we said that the Amstrad publisher of 4mhz, who released fabulous games such as Operation Alexandra and The Lost Treasure of Cuauhtemoc, was bringing a brand new game to the NES called ‘ Malasombra ‘? Well there’s good news for today! As thanks to a heads up by @jdjuanje, […]

Syndicate – Action/strategy classic by Bullfrog gets a DarkwyndPT review

On September 3, 2019September 3, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Well, this retrospective sure is going slow, isn’t it? Sorry for taking so long, but because of recent work issues, I no longer have a lot of free time. And it happened all of a sudden, without notice, so I couldn’t cancel anything or plan around it. Anyway, today’s review […]

Vegetables – A fabulous C64 Match 3 game being ported to the Amiga

On August 30, 2019August 31, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

It’s once again the Amigas time to shine, as we’ve just been given the heads up through our email, that Mike Richmond’s Vegetables will hopefully be coming to a Commodore Amiga you at some in the near future. Yes indeed if you’ve heard of this game before, that’s because it was originally […]

Beneath a Steel Sky – A great sci-fi Adventure from 1994 reviewed by Cola Powered Gamer

On August 29, 2019August 30, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Beneath a Steel Sky is a second game made by Revolution Software, after the decent success of their first game Lure of the Temptress. For this game Revolution Software really put the effort and love in this game. Writers Cecil Charles and Dave Cummins goal was to find a mix […]

Project Horizon – Alien blaster announced for the Commodore Amiga

On August 28, 2019August 29, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

While we wait for that exclusive Amiga game reveal through Amiga Bill and Indie Retro News ;), we’ve also been told by our good friend Solo, of a new game coming called ‘ Project Horizon ‘. This game announced just recently, is a brand new game that according to the […]

Rygar AGA – An upcoming Amiga conversion of a great Arcade game gets a long play exclusive!

On August 26, 2019August 27, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

You’d think the Rygar AGA news would take a break by now, considering how many times we’ve featured it and it’s not coming till October. But as of today thanks to our good friend Graeme Cowie of Bomb Jack Beer Edition, he has shared with us a brand new footage […]

LOS AMORES DE BRUNILDA -One of the most acclaimed 8bit freeware games now released for MSX2

On August 26, 2019August 27, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Great news if you have an MSX2, as thanks to a heads up from a member in the MSX group, we’ve been told LOS AMORES DE BRUNILDA has been released on the MSX2 for free with a commercial cartridge version due soon! Yes indeed this highly acclaimed game released previously on […]

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 […]

Kung Fu Master – Upcoming Amiga conversion of a classic Arcade game

On August 24, 2019August 25, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Diablo wasn’t the only game that may come to the Amiga in a fully playable state, as thanks to a heads up by Per Ola, he let us know that KungFu Master is being ported to the Amiga by Seko; A game which appeared in the 1980’s in the Arcades […]

Master of Magic – A classic 4x strategy game by Microprose reviewed by DarkwyndPT

On August 23, 2019August 24, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Like I said in my previous review, this time we’ll take a look at one of my personal favourite games of all times and perhaps the most in-depth game I’ve ever played, Master of Magic. Master of Magic is a 4X strategy game developed by Simtex and published by MicroProse. […]

Chopper Command (C64) – Final version will be released tonight

On August 21, 2019August 22, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Indie Retro News have been given the heads up that Chopper Command is currently in the process of being released, and will be available to download this evening. Final bug testing was completed this week after we helped Beta test the game live on Twitch. It was streamed on my […]

Malasombra – Eye candy NES title announced by 4mhz!

On August 21, 2019August 22, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

4mhz has been one of our favourite Amstrad publishers, releasing fabulous games such as Operation Alexandra, and even the brilliant The Lost Treasure of Cuauhtemoc! Sadly however a game we previously thought was coming to the Amstrad isn’t, as thanks to a heads up in our twitter feed the rather eye […]

Fallout – An amazing game reviewed by Cola Powered Gamer

On August 21, 2019August 22, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Fallout can be considered the godfather of modern RPGs. While it may look and play differently than modern RPGs, almost everything that you see in today’s RPGs, Fallout did in one way or another. Released in 1997 and developed by Interplay, Fallout is certainly one of the most important RPGs […]

Wonder Girl in Monster Place – An updated Amiga game tease by Moya

On August 21, 2019August 22, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Once again another Amiga game has been mentioned, as we’ve just come across a post on our Commodore Amiga Facebook group, of an updated game tease by Moya called Wonder Girl in Monster Place(WIP title). This game which had an early tease some time back, is an action platformer developed […]

The Rescue Expedition – Upcoming Atari 8bit action platformer accepting pre-orders

On August 20, 2019August 21, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Putting aside the Amiga and C64 news now, as thanks to a heads up by a good friend of ours, we’ve been told Gorgh and Retronics Publishing action packed platformer of ‘ The Rescue Expedition ‘, is now ready for pre-orders priced at PLN 149 (EUR 39, USD 49) for a […]

MARS – A new C64 game from Sputnik World, a mission to MARS!

On August 19, 2019August 20, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

C64 owners you might have felt a little bit left out today with all that Amiga and C16/Plus/4 news going on, but worry not! As thanks to a hearty heads up from Psytronik Software, they have announced a brand new game coming to the C64 called ‘MARS’. Yes indeed it’s […]

ALPHARAY – A fabulous shoot em up for the COMMODORE C16 + 64K and the PLUS/4

On August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

On the topic of brilliant looking shoot em ups, one such game caught our eye, and that’s Stefan Mader’s and team ‘ ALPHARAY ‘ by Puls4r. This game released recently at the Evoke party, is a stonkly good shoot em up, which was released by the Bauknecht Group for the COMMODORE […]

Inviyya – An in-development Amiga Shoot Em Up, and we can’t wait!

On August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

The Amiga scene has really kicked it up a notch this year, what with the upcoming Black Dawn Rebirth and Tiny Little Slug to name but a few great games we are looking forward to. But one such game is high up on my wishlist, and that’s TigerSkunk, Triace and Premium’s […]

The Scorpion Engine – The next best creation tool for the Amiga?

On August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

As most of you are aware, there are different ways to create Amiga games, either through Amos, Blitz Basic, RedPill or through the rather lackluster Backbone. But one such engine is making its presence known, and that’s Earok’s upcoming Scorpion engine; a nifty piece of software that at some point […]

Heartlight – A charming puzzle game previewed on the Atari XL/XE -VXBE

On August 16, 2019August 17, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Fabulous news if you have an Atari XL/XE with a VXBE graphics card, as moments ago Saberman contacted us to let you guys know that Sebastian „Candle” Bartkowicz, has released an updated preview to the Arcade Puzzle game ‘ Heartlight ‘. Yes indeed a game that originally appeared in the first […]