October 2018 – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Happy Halloween! And NaNoWriMo Begins at Midnight Tonight.

On October 31, 2018November 1, 2018 By Rampant Coyote

Happy Halloween. Definitely a favorite here at the Barnson household. This year we are celebrating by attending a Lore podcast event at Brigham Young University. It’s gonna be fun. And… even scarier… NaNoWriMo begins at midnight. And since I’m a bit of a night owl, I’m gonna try to get a […]

Halloween Special hosted by Games in Bits!

On October 31, 2018November 1, 2018 By Neil G

Welcome to the Indie Retro News: Halloween Special. I’ll be your host, Games in Bits. Specially selected because I have the most horrific avatar. Our delightfully despicable opening gif is courtesy of the SNK Arcade game Nightmare in the Dark, which is my personal recommendation for a Halloween playthrough. But […]

Zombie Calavera Prologue – Mojon Twins ZX Spectrum game gets a C16, Vic20 & C64 port by Digital Monastery

On October 31, 2018November 1, 2018 By Neil G

Are you feeling creepy and currently wearing a ghostly outfit for Halloween? Then you might be pleased to know Digital Monastery has finally released The Mojon Twins speccy game of ‘ Zombie Calavera Prologue ‘ over to the C16, Vic20 & C64 as a port that is completely free to […]

Skyrim Day 089 – The Jagged Crown

On October 31, 2018October 31, 2018 By Raifield

20 Sun’s Dusk, 4E201Dawnstar ~~~ I had been told after receiving my orders that the Legate and her squad would not be leaving until late the next day, but when I woke this morning I found them to have left several hours before. As no one had taken any trouble […]

Barbarian Plus – Head chopping classic enhanced gets an early Amiga preview

On October 31, 2018October 31, 2018 By Neil G

Barbarian….One of my favourite games since I discovered games. I wasn’t introduced to it like most heterosexual males my age, via their hormones and a titillating poster. Instead, it was one of the loose tapes that came with my second hand ZX Spectrum, and it got played to absolute death. […]

Hibernated 1 – This Place is Death – Text based adventure for multiple retro systems lands on the C64!

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

Text Adventures were many of our first forays into video gaming. Similar to the Adventure stories we would get as books each adventure was usually a unique, and fulfilling story combined with puzzles, traps, loot, and enemies. The latest release by Stefan Vogt is one such classic text based adventure […]

Scary Shows Season – Late Edition

On October 30, 2018October 31, 2018 By Rampant Coyote

Okay, so normally I do a thing around Halloween about the scary shows we’ve been watching, and what I’ve thought. This month has been a little crazy (the overworked kind, not the psycho-killer-with-a-knife kind). But hey, just in case you wanted to catch some good scary shows, here are my […]

The Gigatron Computer – New Features Update

On October 30, 2018October 31, 2018 By The 8-Bit Guy

Total Eclipse – 3D adventure game ported over to the Atari XL/XE

On October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 By Neil G

The weather outside is awful with lashing rain and cold winds, but alteast we have a new conversion to play on the Atari XL/XE! It’s Total Eclipse, a new conversion from the C64 to the Atari 8bit which was originally released in 1988 by Incentive Software for a mutltitude of computers […]

Amazon – Treehouse of Horror

On October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 By TBD

Written by TBD. Jason Roberts Journal Entry 4: Determined to get inside a treehouse, Maya and I decide to attempt some acrobatics. Will we find the Swiss Family Robinson inside? I can only hope…When we last left our heroes, they had just followed Professor Stroheim’s directions and found a treehouse […]

Game 307: Legends of the Lost Realm (1989)

On October 29, 2018October 30, 2018 By CRPG Addict

Legends of the Lost Realm United States Avalon Hill (developer and publisher) Released in 1989 for Macintosh Date Started: 26 October 2018 A few hours in to Legends of the Lost Realm, I’m trying to decide if the creators were just clueless or actually sadistic. Given that the developers […]

Alternate Reality Intro Music Recreation Last Half – A euphoric melody remake of a 1980’s RPG

On October 29, 2018October 30, 2018 By Neil G

Through all the years of playing games, what stands out the most isn’t always the gameplay, but that soundtrack that plays in the background to set the tone of the game being played. The creepyness of Silent Hill, the upbeat tempo of Arkanoid on the C64, or even the melody […]

Cow & Chicken – Protovision teases a work in progress C64 game

On October 29, 2018October 30, 2018 By Neil G

Not to be outdone the C64 has also had some new games to play this week, as we’ve also learnt from Saberman that Protovision have released a very early teaser of a game called ‘ Cow & Chicken ‘. Now unlike the other games we’ve mentioned, this alpha download is […]

TRONIC KIDS – A new Amiga game from Amiga Factory gets a release

On October 29, 2018October 30, 2018 By Neil G

If you’re not content with all the Amstrad news then how about some Amiga news instead, as we’ve just been told by Zener that AmigaFactory has released their RedPill based game ‘ Tronic Kids ‘, which is for all Amigas with at least 2MB memory as a minimum. As noted […]

Jarlac – A new Amstrad game incoming from Retrobytes Productions

On October 29, 2018October 29, 2018 By Neil G

If you thought Legend of Steel was a decent looking Amstrad game that’s soon to be released through the CPCRetroDev competition, then have we got a special treat for you. As earlier today thanks to a heads up from a friend, we have learnt Retrobytes Productions are working on a […]

Legend of Steel – TOD Studios shows off a new Amstrad CPC game!

On October 29, 2018October 29, 2018 By Neil G

This year so far has been very good for the Amstrad CPC, as we’ve seen a number of games that have been released such as Galactic Tomb, Pink Pills, Robbie Strikes Back, The Dawn of Kernel and even the incredible dungeon crawler ‘The Shadows Of Sergoth’. But the Amstrad is […]

Super cool ‘ Power Blade ‘ is coming to the ZX Spectrum 128k

On October 28, 2018October 29, 2018 By Neil G

Possibly the best looking ZX Spectrum game of this Autumn has just been announced, as we’ve come across a tweet from n1k-o@nq_skrju, that he is working on a seriously good looking ZX Spectrum game called ‘ Power Blade ‘, which originally was on the NES by Taito. This game is […]

Amazon – That’s a Paddlin’

On October 27, 2018October 27, 2018 By TBD

Written by TBD. Jason Roberts Journal Entry #3: Well, I finally found out what the Captain of The Amazon Queen wants from me apart from cigarettes. Now I’m settled in for a nice relaxing trip to our destination. I’m sure nothing can go wrong here – Maya and I feel […]

Crusaders of the Dark Savant: Walk into My Parlour

On October 26, 2018October 27, 2018 By CRPG Addict

At least he’s up front about it. We’re 9 entries and over 50 hours into Crusaders of the Dark Savant, so it’s probably time for a macro-level check-in. This is the situation as I understand it. The party has arrived on the planet of Lost Guardia following their unsuccessful […]

LGR – Awesome Animated Monster Maker

On October 26, 2018October 27, 2018 By LGR