PC – Page 4 – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Cathedral – Upcoming classy NES-inspired 8-bit adventure with new footage!

On April 9, 2019April 10, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

In 2016 Indie Retro News was one of the first sites to give you an updated look at Decemberborn’s in development NES inspired 8bit adventure ‘ Cathedral ‘, which looks to have the charm of those retro classics while having cool platforming dungeons, unique aesthetics, new items, baddies to fight […]

WWF WrestleMania – The latest DOS review by DarkwyndPT

On April 8, 2019April 9, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Any wrestling fan out there (even filthy casuals like me) knows that the upcoming weekend is WrestleMania, definitely the most famous wrestling event in the world. And to celebrate such occasion, let’s look at one of the first wrestling games ever made for the PC, WWF WrestleMania (not to be […]

Death, Love & Carrots – A lovely pixelated platformer available as Early Access

On April 5, 2019April 6, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Trawling through many of the games found on itch.io, there was always a chance of finding a nice game that not only looked charming but had the enjoyment factor that anyone in the family could pick up and play. Well thankfully one such game could fit both of those descriptions, […]

Guard Duty – Upcoming charming 2D fantasy adventure coming to Steam May 2nd!

On April 4, 2019April 5, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

I’ve always been an Adventure gamer on both my Amiga and PC, and have such fond memories of games such as The Secret of Monkey Island, Simon the Sorcerer, Fable, Kings Quest and even the Quest for Glory series. So to hear that a new Adventure game with a fantasy […]

The 7th Guest: 25th Anniversary Edition – Remastered classic in a new 25th Anniversary Edition!

On April 2, 2019April 3, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Way back in the 90’s Trilobyte with publishing by Virgin Interactive Entertainment released the interactive movie puzzle adventure game ‘ The 7th Guest ‘ on multiple systems including CDI, PC and MAC. It was a first person horror game with adult content, that featured live action video clips and pre-rendered […]

Viva Mortis – This Isometric ZX Spectrum inspired game looks super duper!

On March 29, 2019March 30, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

The last post for this evening and wow is it a good’n! As we’ve recently been informed through Facebook that AdamStrange has released his ZX Spectrum inspired game ‘ Viva Mortis ‘, for PC, MAC and Linux. What makes this game rather special isn’t just the fact it is a […]

A grand day for RTS fans as Warcraft I & II bundle arrives on GOG

On March 28, 2019March 29, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

After GOG announced that the classic hack n slasher of Diablo was made available on their digital store, many people did expect that Warcraft would follow soon after, especially as both of these incredible titles came out from Blizzard. Well even though we didn’t get the heads up till late […]

Legends of Amberland – 90’s inspired crawler by Silver Lemur Games – Early Access on Steam

On March 26, 2019March 27, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

We’ve been banging on about this game for months now, but today we were told by Silver Lemu Games that their work in progress Dungeon Crawler of ‘ Legends of Amberland ‘, is now available to buy through Early Access on Steam. This rather nice looking crawler that is still […]

OpenTTD 1.9.0 RC2 – Open Source Transport Tycoon Deluxe gets a new release candidate

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

OpenTTD is one of the most popular open source releases on our site, and that comes as no surprise to us as it’s a constantly updated open source version of Microprose’s hit game Transport Tycoon Deluxe. A game that’s so addictive you’ll be spending hours developing your very own transport […]

Metaloid:Origin – Super cool fast-paced gun’n run 2D platformer coming to Steam 28th March!

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

If you’re looking for an upcoming game that is not a retro game but still has that retro vibe, then you’ll pleased to know as thanks to a heads up by Retro Revolution, that they will be releasing their fast-paced gun’n run 2D platformer of ‘ Metaloid:Origin ‘ on Steam 28th March. […]

Katana Soul – A new game teased from SEEP devs based on the C64’s 16-color palette!

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

Our old friends SEEProduction, creators of those cool beat em up’s and fighting games with famous characters from other well known titles, have just sent us a message from their twitter page that they are going to be releasing a new game this month called ‘ Katana Soul ‘, which […]

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 […]

Fallen Dungeons – A dark and creepy Dungeon Crawler announced

On March 8, 2019March 9, 2019 By Neil G

Grid based Dungeon Crawlers have a huge fan base on Indie Retro News, ask anyone here what game they remember the most and usually it’s either Dungeon Master, Eye of the Beholder or even the modern ones such as Legend of Grimrock or Vaporum. I mean seriously there’s even a […]

WRATH: Aeon of Ruin – 3D Realms going full retro with the return of the Quake Engine!

On March 7, 2019March 8, 2019 By Neil G

If you’re looking for a retro inspired shooter that is sure to excite many in the retro community, then look no further than 3D Realms upcoming First Person Shooter game WRATH: Aeon of Ruin. This game of which we were suprised to find out about today, is a wicked shooter of […]

LUST FROM BEYOND – Lust for Darkness sequel is coming Q1 2020!

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

This is a very early announcement and one "some" of you might be interested in, as we were contacted by PlayWay, that the sequel of Lust for Darkness, which is called LUST FROM BEYOND, will be released at some point Q1 2020. If you enjoyed the original game; a horror game […]

Quarantine – Driving simulation and FPS action from 1994, a DarkwyndPT review!

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

Everybody knows that one of the most influential videogames ever to be released for the PC was Doom. So much so that shortly afterwards a bunch of games with very similar gameplay and graphical engines were released, which became known as “Doom clones”. I’ve already reviewed one of these clones […]

Aleph One: Pathways Into Darkness – A full port of the 1993 mac game to the Aleph One engine

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

In 1993 Bungie Software released Pathways into Darkness the most advanced and ground breaking First Person Shooter for the Macintosh that broke new ground combining adventuring with a first person shooter. This game which sadly vanished into the void after the Macintosh hardware evolved has never been featured on this […]

Ryane McLaine – A new ZX Spectrum inspired game from Jetpack Jaxx dev gets a demo

On February 18, 2019February 19, 2019 By Neil G

As we said before it was only just last month we announced the release of a seriously cool looking ZX Spectrum inspired game called ‘Jetpack Jaxx’, which was not only released for the PC but also Android owners. This game having a ZX flavour, was developed by Psyshteek and as […]

Thalamus Lunark announcement – C64 and Spectrum Next?

On February 16, 2019February 17, 2019 By Neil G

Legendary C64 publishing house Thalamus have announced that they will be porting Lunark to the C64 and Spectrum Next, if the Nintendo Switch and PC/Mac versions are successfully backed on Kickstarter. Lunark is a great looking cinematic platform game currently in development by Johan Vinet of Canari Games. It’s heavily […]

Turbo Tank Redux DX – Action blaster inspired by NES games, available on PC

On February 15, 2019February 15, 2019 By Neil G

Looking for something cool to play on your PC that is inspired by classic games on the NES, then look no further than Turbo Tank Redux DX by Amir Bayareh. A rather cool looking drive and shoot game inspired by the classic NES graphic and sound style, as well as […]