Arcade – Page 2 – The Retro Gaming Treasury

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 […]

Nigel Mansell’s Grand Prix – 1980’s racing game gets a great Enterprise 128k conversion

On May 14, 2019May 15, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

The 128k version of R-Type wasn’t the only game to grace the Enterprise system, as just moments ago thanks to a heads up by Teemu Korvenpää, we’ve also learnt that Nigel Mansell’s Grand Prix; a game from 1988 and developed by DJL Software Ltd. Has also been converted over to the Enterprise […]

Rygar AGA – Tecmo’s Arcade game as an Amiga port looks better than ever!

On May 12, 2019May 12, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

On the 23rd of December 2018, we surprised the community with an announcement that Tecmo’s 1986 Arcade game of ‘ Rygar the Legendary Warrior ‘, was unofficially coming to the Amiga after having been released on many different systems including the C64 and ZX Spectrum. Well fast forward to today […]

Mr. Do! – Unofficial ZX Spectrum conversion of a classic arcade game from 1982 teased!

On May 8, 2019May 9, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

We always try to keep you up to date with the best in Speccy news, but boy do we have a surprise for you. As if you were an Arcade gamer in the early 80’s then you’ll be pleased to know Adrian Singh is bringing the classic Universal game of […]

Vespertino – A Racing Simulator that will crown the Amstrad CPC as the best 8-bit platform?

On May 5, 2019May 6, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

If you thought Super Mario Brothers on the C64 was going to be the only highlight this year, then prepare for a shock. As we’ve just been tweeted via @BATMAN_GROUP that they are working on a racing game called ‘Vespertino’; a game they claim will crown the Amstrad CPC as the […]

Neutron – Awesome C64 Shoot em up by Sarah Jane Avory gets a release

On May 2, 2019May 3, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Another HOT NEWS story for the C64 community as we’ve just been told Sarah Jane Avory has finally released the wicked looking C64 Shoot em up ‘ Neutron ‘, which can be downloaded as a name your own price game. This game of which we have featured before in relation […]

GET EM DX – A one or two player maze-based arcade C64 game released!

On April 26, 2019April 27, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

We have certainly been flooded with C64 news this month, what with Super Mario Bros, 1337 Karage, Rivarly, Mashed Turtles and Panzer gracing our Commodore screens. But now it looks as if another game is ready to be enjoyed, as we’ve just been contacted through our twitter page that RGCD […]

Could the Laser Disc version of Dragon’s Lair be coming to the C64 or is this really JUST FOR FUN?

On April 24, 2019April 25, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Now I remember Dragon’s Lair very well, from the Amstrad version with the jumping of platforms or trying to stay on the spinning disk without being blown off, or the interactive animated version which appeared as a laserdisc in which you needed to press a specific direction at the right […]

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 […]

Vegetables – A colorful C64 Match 3 game, written for the RGCD 16k Competition 2019.

On April 18, 2019April 19, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

We have certainly been flooded with C64 news this week, what with the upcoming Super Mario Bros, Wormwood Preview and Neutron that have recently been announced. But now it looks as if another game is ready to grace our screens, as we’ve been contacted through our twitter page of the […]

Neutron – Awesome looking C64 Shoot em up in dev by Sarah Jane Avory gets a wicked teaser!

On April 18, 2019April 18, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

As many of you know by now, the ex-SEGA game developer and author: Sarah Jane Avory is working on a fabulous RPG for the C64 called ‘ Briley Witch Chronicles ‘, which by all accounts isn’t just a good looking game, but will have lots of interesting features that is […]

Fruity Pete – Getting fruity with this new Atari XL/XE game!

On April 17, 2019April 17, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

It’s time to get fruity, well not that sort of fruity. As we’ve just been contacted by Saberman of a new game called ‘ Fruity Pete ‘, which is now available to play for all Atari XL/XE owners. This game coded by Fandal with graphics and music by Aki, is […]

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 […]

KoBo Deluxe – HOT NEWS as Kick ass blaster gets an Amiga 68k port!

On April 3, 2019April 4, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

We’ve got some great retro gaming news at this late hour, as we’ve just been informed through our inbox, that Artigames has released a kick ass shoot em up game called ‘ KoBo Deluxe ‘ for the Commodore Amiga and or Amiga based emulator. Yes indeed if you’re looking for […]

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 […]

Xenon – The Bitmap Brothers 1980’s Shoot ’em Up reviewed by DarkwyndPT

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

Yes, I know that in my last review I promised to get away from the stars, but I spent the last weekend playing some old arcade titles and thus decided to write a small review that just happen to be of a classic shoot ’em up. Sorry. Anyway, today’s subject […]

Rygar AGA – The best version so far of Tecmo’s Arcade game as an Amiga port!

On March 1, 2019March 2, 2019 By Neil G

Throughout the games development, we’ve been keeping you up to date as much as possible in regards to the work in progress Arcade to Amiga port of ‘ Rygar AGA ‘, which is by a great team of EAB members such as Mcgeezer, Dflrsilver, DJ Metune, Ross, Phx and Invent. […]

Rygar AGA – Tecmo’s Arcade game as an Amiga port gets a new demo

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

Last year we shocked the community with an announcement that Tecmo’s 1986 Arcade game of ‘ Rygar the Legendary Warrior ‘, was unofficially coming to the Amiga after having been released for systems such as the Sharp X68000, C64, ZX Spectrum, NES, Master System and yes even the Lynx all […]

Games 101 – Epic Retro Game Compilations

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

I while back, I produced a video celebration of the Amstrad CPC called The 464 Project. It was a popular video and so I have adapted the long-view format to suit a whole range of video gaming genres and topics. Games 101 is that series, and the first show looks […]

XRacing – MSXdev’18 top down racer due to be released very soon!

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

I love top down racing games, games such as Indy Heat, Super Sprint and even the most enjoyable of them all Super Cars on the Commodore Amiga. So to hear that XRacing, a game of similar style was going to be released very soon for the MSX, I was most intrigued! […]