Saberman – Page 2 – The Retro Gaming Treasury

PONG 4K – A wicked Amiga CD32 Pong stye game now as a boxed edition

On May 9, 2019May 10, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

In the 1970’s Bushnell and another guy called Alcorn released a Pong prototype at a local bar named Andy Capp’s Tavern, yet it wasn’t until 1975 and through a long history that Pong actually appeared in our homes, and on my very own Atari 2600. Thankfully others see Pong as […]

Rade Blunner Weon Kolalski’s Memories – Episode 1 of a new ZX Spectrum platformer

On April 29, 2019April 30, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Putting aside the C64 news this evening as now we look towards the ZX Spectrum for our retro kicks, as we’ve been told by Saberman that Iadvd has released the first episode of a ZX Spectrum game called ‘ Rade Blunner – Weon Kolalski’s Memories ”. Now if you like platformers as […]

Let’s Invade 2 – A psychedelic Space Invaders on the C64 by Richard Bayliss

On April 29, 2019April 30, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Some years back we mentioned Richard Bayliss’s Space Invaders game with a twist ‘ Let’s Invade! ‘; a C64 game which takes the original Arcade 1978 Shooter Space Invaders by Tomohiro Nishikado and adds psychedelic moving backgrounds with upbeat trance music. Well fast forward to this month and we’ve been […]

Frantic Freddie II – A highly enjoyable unofficial C64 sequel to a 1980’s classic

On April 29, 2019April 30, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

With so much being released on the C64 last week, you’d think the scene would take a break for a little while, sitting down having a cool drink on a warm day going " Ahhh time to relax " but not so! As on arrival back to writing, we were […]

Lumberjack Platform – Tree chopping Amiga game is now a charming platformer!

On April 24, 2019April 24, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Some time back we mentioned Megastyle & Protovision’s C64 homebrew game of ‘ Lumberjack ‘, which put you in the mighty boots of a Lumberjack, chopping down trees as fast as he can, without being bashed by the big branches above. It was a highly addictive game on the C64 […]

Mashed Turtles – A surprisingly enjoyable Frogger inspired C64 game

On April 24, 2019April 24, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

It’s time to put aside the controversial Super Mario C64 news, which is *ahem* still available throughout the globe just not on one particular site ;). As we have come across a rather enjoyable Frogger inspired game called ‘Mashed Turtles’, which has been released for the C64. This game originally […]

Wasteland – Journey through the Wasteland in this rather cool Atari XL/XE game

On April 22, 2019April 22, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

We’ve had a lot of platformers and text based adventure games lately on the Atari XL/XE, so to change all that, we are pleased to announce as thanks to Saberman, the release of the Atari game ‘Wasteland’ by Michael Jaskula (mike). Yes indeed if you’re looking something fresh on the […]

1337 Karate – Fight the competition in this Karate game released at Revision 2019.

On April 22, 2019April 22, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Yet another Saberman heads up and no not an Amiga game, is this C64 karate based preview called ‘ 1337 Karate ‘ by Abyss Connection which pits you against the computer or another player in a multitude of karate competitions. Yes indeed if you loved playing games such as International […]

BioJet – Flying platformer as a first release for the Amiga community!

On April 22, 2019April 22, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

On our return to writing game news, Saberman was kind enough to send us some Amiga updates, as he has just told us Roy Schneider and team have released the flying platformer of BioJet. Now if you’ve not heard of this game before, that’s because it was only just released on […]

Star MIG – Blast away enemies in space in this SEUCK Compo C64 shooter

On April 19, 2019April 20, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

I know many of you are still calming down after finding out that the C64 version of Super Mario Bros was not fake but the real deal, but you might also be interested in playing this fine little shoot em up that was released recently called ‘ Star MIG ‘. […]

Wormwood Preview – Early alpha version of a randomly generated C64 wormy platformer!

On April 17, 2019April 18, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

If you’ve got a C64 and want to play a game that’s still in development, then you might be interested to know that Lemonspawn is working on a C64 randomly generated platformer called ‘ Wormwood ‘, which they also class as a 16kb classic roguelike action RPG in the spirit […]

Sardonic – Another arcade shooter appears on the Amiga!

On April 11, 2019April 12, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

We are not finished with the Amiga news yet! As moments ago we were told that *ahem* Penisoft had released their Amiga game of ‘ Sardonic ‘, which looks to be a remake of a PC game they released way back in 2003. Now unlike the other game we featured […]

Blask – First person shooter Amiga tech demo update

On April 4, 2019April 5, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Once again ‘Blask (eng. Shine?, Glow?, Glare?)’ is in the news, as Saberman has just given us a quick heads up to tell us a new Amiga tech demo was available for this work in progress first person shooter developed using AMOS. We had already announced the previous tech demo […]

Robbo After 30 Years – 30th celebration of a classic Action Puzzle game (Atari XL/XE)

On April 3, 2019April 3, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

If you don’t have a C64 but an Atari XL/XE then this news should cheer you up! As we’ve just been told by Saberman that Lukas Bezdek has released the 30th Anniversary game ‘ Robbo After 30 Years ‘ for the Atari XL/XE. This game based around the classic 1980’s […]

Adventure Ponies – My Little Pony comes to the Atari XL/XE (64K Required)

On April 1, 2019April 2, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Another heads up from Saberman as he recently contacted us, to let us know that Gibstov had released his Atari XL/XE game called ‘ Adventure Ponies ‘, which is an Atari 8-bit port of the flashgame "Adventure Ponies" from the Hub network. Now if you want to play a charming […]

Berks Four – Super duper blaster for the Atari XL/XE

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

It’s the Atari XL/XE’s time to shine today as over the weekend we were contacted by Saberman of a new game called "Berks Four", which was coded by Jon Williams who was also behind another classic game called "Jet Boot Jack". In short, Jon has previously worked on other games […]

Blask – First person shooter Amiga tech 2 demo update

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

It’s a Monday which means it’s time to start writing retro news, and for the first piece of news here’s a new Amiga tech 2 demo called ‘Blask (eng. Shine?, Glow?, Glare?)’, or as its previous name ‘Alien Enemy: Dangerous Alien’, which is a new improved demo with updated movements. […]

Dragonfire ZX – Another Atari 2600 to ZX Spectrum port by Luca Bordoni

On March 20, 2019March 20, 2019 By Neil G

Another ZX Spectrum port to grace our speccy screens and again from Luca Bordoni using AGDX, is the Atari 2600 game Dragonfire, which was first released in 1982 as another game by Imagic. Yes indeed get ready to play another port, but unlike the other game we mentioned previously, this one puts […]

Mister Kung Fu – A kick ass Kung Fu Master conversion via ZX-Dev-MIA-Remakes compo

On December 30, 2018December 31, 2018 By Neil G

With the end of the year fast approaching, you would be forgiven for thinking there wouldn’t be anymore fantastic games released, especially as the Christmas rush had ended and New Years Eve is only tomorrow. Well boy do we have surprise for you! As if you followed our previous write […]

Tank Blasta – SEUCK C64 game featuring music by Richard Bayliss

On December 21, 2018December 21, 2018 By Neil G

When someone says to me Richard Bayliss I always think of banging tunes with just about every C64 game he’s involved in. Sure enough that’s also true of the latest game that was released over the weekend, and that was ‘ Tank Blasta ‘; a SEUCK C64 game coded by […]