Zx Spectrum – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Trashman Crisis Time – A ZX Spectrum remake of a classic 1984 game

On April 28, 2020April 29, 2020 By IndieRetroNews

A great release of Fix It Felix Jr for the C64, Raid over Moscow for the Commodore Amiga, and a proof of concept Shadow of the Beast on the Intellivision, what else could be announced to make this week even better? Well how about this new release from PCNONO Games […]

Kung-Fu Bruce The Legend Continues – An unofficial sequel of Bruce Lee game based on ZX Spectrum now for Windows!

On December 11, 2019December 12, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

As we said before it’s incredible to think how many times Bruce Lee has appeared on Indie Retro News, as either as a discussion about the original classic or some new overhaul to whet your appetite. Games such as Bruce Lee Return of Fury, Bruce Lee RX and even Bruce […]

Super Mario Bros on the ZX Spectrum as a demo? Crazy!

On October 28, 2019October 29, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Pinball Dreams released on the CPC and Eye of the Beholder coming to the C64, could things get even crazier? Well it looks as if it just has! Welcome to the Super Mario Bros 128k Demo, a very early yet pretty amazing work in progress port of the classic NES […]

Wheelie – Riding Motorbikes ZX Spectrum style in a florinthedwarf review!

On September 17, 2019September 18, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

..but what if it doesn’t come back? If, like me, you’re waaaay too scared to go anywhere near a motorbike, let alone get on one, then Wheelie would have been the closest you would have got to experience the thrill of motorbike racing. Also, like me, you would need to […]

Zoinho – Isometric styled ZX Spectrum game previewed

On August 15, 2019August 16, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

There are a lot of readers on our site that remember and have enjoyed the 1980’s Isometric games from Ultimate Play the Game, such as Gunfright, Pentagram and even Knight Lore on systems such as the Amstrad, C64 or ZX Spectrum. So you can see why I just had to […]

Escape From Dinosaur Island DX – A new ZX Spectrum Adventure from Adventuron

On August 5, 2019August 5, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Glorious news ZX Spectrum owners as the previously released browser based ZX Spectrum styled game of ‘ Escape From Dinosaur Island DX ‘, is now available for the ZX Spectrum hardware! Yes indeed thanks to heads up by Chris Ainsley. We’ve been told this latest release is a typing text […]

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 […]

Andy’s Escape – A Challenging platformer released for the ZX Spectrum 48k

On July 22, 2019July 23, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

While many of you are probably baking in this heat, you might find the time to cool down with a new game to play on your ZX Spectrum called ‘ Andy’s Escape ‘. This game developed using AGD by Dave Hughes (UK), puts you in the boots of Andy on a […]

GLAZX – Multiplayer fun for the ZX Spectrum 48/128

On July 18, 2019July 19, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

If you’ve got a friend round for a beer or two, then you might be interested in playing EUGENYN’s latest ZX Spectrum offering of ‘ GLAZX ‘. Yes indeed unlike the ZX Spectrum games we’ve featured recently, this one developed as a challenge and dev experience for the computer he […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Dizzy Scripting Engine reaches v1.1.0 – Create Dizzy games for the ZX Spectrum

On June 24, 2019June 25, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

I’ve always had a soft spot for that lovable character Dizzy; A character by the Oliver Twins that takes us back to the golden years of the Amstrad, C64 and even the ZX Spectrum. To be honest it’s why everytime there’s a new Dizzy fan game being developed or a […]

Lost Little Spaceman – A little lost Spaceman in a new ZX Spectrum game

On June 17, 2019June 18, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Another Saberman heads up as he has told us Nellyfish has released the Arcade/Platformer game of ‘ Lost Little Spaceman ‘ which is available to download and play on a ZX Spectrum. This game developed using AGDx, is the latest enjoyable title to appear on our little Speccies, as in […]

Operation: Labyrinth Fall – Ross Adkin’s latest speccy game

On June 6, 2019June 7, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

The Amiga isn’t the only retro system to get a lot of games announced, as after previously announcing the release of Sc0tb0t, KRAP PARK and Percy Penguin in the Present Palaver. Along comes Operation: Labyrinth Fall to keep the ZX Spectrum gamers happy. Yes indeed another ZX Spectrum game has arrived, and unlike […]

Percy Penguin in the Present Palaver – Feeling festive early in this new ZX Spectrum game

On June 3, 2019June 3, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Andy Green Pixel Art If you just can’t wait for Christmas but you’re feeling festive even though it’s hotting up outside, then you’ll be pleased to know John Davies has released his Christmas themed game of ‘Percy Penguin in the Present Palaver’ for the ZX Spectrum. This game as we said […]

Sc0tb0t – Play as a plucky little robot and stop the Loch Ness Monster! (ZX Spectrum)

On May 20, 2019May 21, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

A rather late hour ZX Spectrum game has just been announced, as we’ve just been informed by Andy Green who did the amazing art work above, that Dougie Mcg has released his new ZX Spectrum title called’ Sc0tb0t ‘. Now if you love games with plenty to do through a mutlitude […]

Percy Penguin – A very early Christmas present for ZX Spectrum owners?

On May 20, 2019May 20, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

If you just can’t wait for Christmas and fancy playing a Christmas themed game, or atleast a beta version of a Christmas themed game, then you might be interested to know John Davies has released an early beta version of his ZX Spectrum game ‘ Percy Penguin ‘. Classed as […]