GAMING – Page 5 – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Gibbous – A Cthulhu Adventure with upwards of 70 voiced characters coming August 7th

On July 11, 2019July 12, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

My love of adventure games is strong, from The Secret of Monkey Island, to The Legend of Kyrandia or even the Black Mirror, there’s not an adventure game I would not put aside ( Unless it has too many riddles and puzzles ). So you can see why I was […]

Athanor 2 – The Legend Of The Birdmen – A new adventure game coming to the Amiga!

On July 11, 2019July 12, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

If you’re bored of hearing about action games and platformers then listen up, as we’ve just found out Safar Games will be bringing the text based adventure game ‘ Athanor 2 – The Legend of the Birdmen ‘ , to the Atari ST and Commodore Amiga with the game being […]

Blazing Chrome – Seriously cool Contra styled game gets a release on GOG/Steam

On July 11, 2019July 11, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

With Odallus: The Dark Call and Oniken under their belt, the developer JoyMasher are certainly no strangers to developing a varied selection of decent retro inspired games. But now it looks as if they are about to top all of them in quality as they have once again mentioned their […]

F’n Balls – A new speccy game from Andy Dansby with loading screen by Andy Green!

On July 10, 2019July 11, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Glorious news if you’re looking for a new ZX Spectrum game to play, as thanks to a heads up by our good friend Andy Green, he has told us Andy Dansby has released the Arcade/Puzzle game ‘F’n Balls’ for the ZX Spectrum. Yes indeed featuring all the bleeps and blops […]

Super Goatron – An enjoyable C64 game from Misfit!

On July 8, 2019July 9, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Misfit is certainly no stranger to us on Indie Retro News, creating great games such as Cheese And Onion and Pilot Attack to name but a few. But now with the RGCD C64 16KB Cartridge Game Dev Compo in nearly everyones minds, he’s gone and created a game called ‘ Super Goatron […]

The Sorrow of Gadhlan’ Thur – A high quality MSX2 Action RPG from Kai Magazine

On July 8, 2019July 8, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

With it being Monday it’s time to look at upcoming games for a weekly start, and sure enough we have a new game to share with you, as Kai Magazine has announced the completion of a new game called The Sorrow of Gadhlan’ Thur; a high quality Action RPG which is […]

Orange Island – 8-bit action-adventure for Pc and Nes

On July 5, 2019July 5, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Orange Island is a new 8-bit action-adventure platformer game that is currently up on Kickstarter and was successfully funded within the first 24 hours of its campaign. Orange Island draws inspiration from side-scrolling NES games like Legacy of the Wizard, Kirby’s Adventure and Zelda II and mixes this with puzzles […]

Power Blade – A seriously cool looking ZX Spectrum game gets a new teaser!

On July 4, 2019July 5, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Last year we gave you the heads up of a seriously cool looking ZX Spectrum and ZX Spectrum NEXT game called ‘ Power Blade ‘, which is in development by n1k-o@nq_skrju and team as a top quality inspiration of the same name which was originally released in the early 90’s […]

PRECINCT 20 Dead Strange – A beautifully crafted new release for the C64!

On July 3, 2019July 3, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

In 2017 we announced a new project was in development by Alf Yngve and Richard Bayliss, which looked to be a mash of Death Wish with a dab of horror thrown in for good measure. That game which was just a secret C64 project at first, has now been released […]

Target Renegade – A classic 8-bit game gets a BIG ZX Spectrum review by Florinthedwarf!

On July 2, 2019July 3, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

I haven’t seen slacks like that since MC Hammer. Oh lordy. Mr Rene Gade is back and this time he’s brought the option of having two players simultaneously kicking the crap out of people at the same time. Could things get better? Well, yes they can as it turns out […]

Antstream – A retro game streaming subscription service is now live!

On July 1, 2019July 2, 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 was Antstream a Kickstarter success a little while ago, but after having a closed beta, the retro gaming […]

Relentless 64 – Fast paced C64 Shoot em up released by Bitplane Technomantes

On July 1, 2019July 2, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

The C64 games just keep on coming *Seriously it’s just non stop!*. But now we look towards another Shoot em up for our retro blasting kicks, as Bitplane Technomantes had released a fast paced Shoot em up called ‘ Relentless ‘; a C64 conversion of axelay’s CPC 16KB game Relentless, which […]

Death Weapon – Blasting wave quotas via an Arena C64 shooter by C64CD

On July 1, 2019July 1, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

If drinking games and non stop runners are not your idea of fun, then you might be interested in playing C64CD’s latest RGCD 16K cartridge competition entry ‘ Death Weapon ‘. Now unlike the scrolling shooters we have been used to playing throughout this year so far, Death Weapon is an […]

Ice Cold Beer – Have a drink on us in this new C64 game by Megastyle

On July 1, 2019July 1, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

The RGCD C64 16KB Cartridge Game Development Competition 2019 was very busy this time around for awesome C64 games, as not only did we have Let’s Invade 2, Dice Skater, Robots Rumble and Lala Prologue to enjoy, but now we have Ice Cold Beer to keep our C64 cool through […]

RUN DEMON RUN – Endless C64 runner released over the weekend through Psytronik

On July 1, 2019July 1, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

We’ve just had a fantastic weekend for retro games, as one such game released by Icon64, was the C64 game ‘ Run Demon Run ‘ ; a new game from the same team who brought you Sizzler, Rocky Memphis : The Legend Of Atlantis and The Sky is Falling. Yes indeed […]

Royal Hunt – Escape the boars in this new C64 game by Bimbarlade

On June 28, 2019June 29, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Great news if you’re looking for even more C64 games to play, as another game has surfaced called ‘ Royal Hunt ‘. This game developed by Bimbarlade, puts you in control of a nakid King on an escape mission after being hunted by angry boars with guns! Why are they hunting […]

Rade Blunner Ep.2: Cannibal Wheh’s Little Shop – Episode 2 of a new ZX Spectrum platformer by Iadvd

On June 28, 2019June 29, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Putting aside the C64 news, as now we look towards the ZX Spectrum for our 8bit kicks, as we’ve been told by John that Iadvd has released the second episode of a ZX Spectrum game called ‘ Rade Blunner Ep.2: Cannibal Wheh’s Little Shop ”. Now if you like platformers […]

Dice Skater – An addictive and unique game for the C64 by Geir Straume and Sean Connolly [16kb cartridge]

On June 28, 2019June 29, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

We’ve certainly featured a lot of C64 games over the years, from action platformers to shoot em ups and even puzzle games. But Dice Skater by Geir Straume and Sean Connolly for the C64 is something of a special breed. Yes indeed this one isn’t your typical C64 game, as in this […]

Cruiser-X 79 – C64 shoot em up preview teased by The New Dimension

On June 28, 2019June 29, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Another game to add to a long list of C64 designed shoot em ups, as we’ve recently been told by a good friend of ours that The New Dimension has released an early preview of an upcoming game called ‘ Cruisder-X 79 ‘. This game developed by Richard Bayliss and […]

PlayStation Classic 128GB Retro Console bonanza!

On June 28, 2019June 28, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

As someone who has an XBOX original stuffed full of awesome retro games, and an unbuilt Pi that I couldn’t be bothered with, I was very excited today to hear form Aaron White that ArcadePunks has launched the big 128GB build for the PlayStation Classic. This little mini console based […]