May 2019 – Page 4 – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Let’s Play Furball (Dink Smallwood D-Mod, Blind), Part 2 of 3: Martridge’s Revelation

On May 21, 2019May 22, 2019 By The RPG Chick

Rome: Pathway to Power – Final Rating

On May 21, 2019May 21, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Written by TBD with Reiko In a rare case for The Adventure Gamer, this game was actually played by two of us. Reiko introduced us to the game and started it, making the first gameplay post, and then I took over when Reiko was unable to complete it. As Reiko […]

WinUAE 4.2.1 – A small bug fix release for a great Amiga emulator

On May 20, 2019May 21, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Just as I was going to bed I got a nice heads up from Vincent GR, that Toni Wilen had released a new Amiga Emulator update of ‘ WinUAE 4.2.1’. Now for those of you who do want to know… This isn’t a big feature update compared to the previous announcement […]

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 […]

Let’s Play Snatcher (Sega CD – Blind), Part 12 of 29: Outer Heaven

On May 20, 2019May 21, 2019 By The RPG Chick

Let’s Play Furball (Dink Smallwood D-Mod – Blind), Part 1 of 3: It’s a Cat-Astrophe!

On May 20, 2019May 21, 2019 By The RPG Chick

The Predator appears on the Atari XL/XE as a Tech Demo!

On May 20, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

It’s incredible to think one of the greatest movies of all time ‘Predator’ was viewed on our screens all those years ago in 1987, with multiple retro gaming ports of the same movie appearing on both the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Electron and even the […]

Star Control II: Summary and Rating

On May 20, 2019May 21, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

For the box art, the developers seem to be paying homage to L. Ron Hubbard. Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters United States Toys for Bob (developer); Accolade (publisher) Released in 1992 for DOS, 1994 for the 3DO console; later fan ports to other platforms Date Started: 23 March […]

Goldrake – C64 Shoot em up based on a 1970’s anime/cartoon

On May 20, 2019May 21, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

The C64 scene hasn’t finished with us yet, as moments ago we were contacted by Saberman, that the C64 game based on the 1970’s Manga UFO Robo Grendizer called ‘ Goldrake ‘, has recently been released by The Hokuto Force. This game classed as a shoot em up and developed […]

Zelda Fan Game – Scorpion Engine testing on the Commodore Amiga

On May 20, 2019May 20, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

We’ve featured many Zelda fan games over the years from Zelda Parallel Worlds to Beyond Hyrule to name but a few, but unlike those games however this one is slightly special. As thanks to Earok, he has announced the first showing of the Scorpion Engine for the Commodore Amiga; a new engine […]

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 […]

Finally – A Gameboy Color Backlight Mod!

On May 20, 2019May 20, 2019 By The 8-Bit Guy

Let’s Play Snatcher (Sega CD – Blind), Part 11 of 29: Plato’s Cavern

On May 20, 2019May 20, 2019 By The RPG Chick

Let’s Play Amberstar (Amiga, English – Blind), Part 74: Tricky Teleporters

On May 19, 2019May 20, 2019 By The RPG Chick

Let’s Play Mystery Island (Dink Smallwood D-Mod), Blind, Part 3 of 3: Ducks vs. Robots

On May 19, 2019May 20, 2019 By The RPG Chick

Let’s Play Snatcher (Sega CD – Blind), Part 10 of 29: Napoleon

On May 19, 2019May 19, 2019 By The RPG Chick

Let’s Play Amberstar (Amiga, English – Blind), Part 73: Maze of Madness

On May 18, 2019May 19, 2019 By The RPG Chick

Let’s Play Mystery Island (Dink Smallwood D-Mod – Blind), Part 2 of 3: Destroy the Cameras!

On May 18, 2019May 19, 2019 By The RPG Chick

RGCD officially killing it with 4 new C64 cartridges announced!

On May 18, 2019May 18, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Not happy with continually supporting the Commodore 64 game dev scene with the phenomenal 16KB Cart compo – James Monkman of RGCD announced 4 brand new cartridges. Following 2 official announcements for Retaliate DX and Grid Pix on the RGCD blog page, I spoke to James, who confirmed that the next C64 […]

Game 327: Darkwood (1992)

On May 18, 2019May 18, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Darkwood United StatesPublished as shareware in 1992 for the MacintoshDate Started: 15 May 2019 Date Finished: 16 May 2019 Total Hours: 4Difficulty: Easy (2/5)Final Rating: (to come later)Ranking at time of posting: (to come later) You are an orphan named Derek who wants to join the elite city […]