Atari XE – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Train 3 – The sequel to a very challenging Atari XL/XE game

On September 17, 2019September 18, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

If you’re looking for a challenging Atari XL/XE game then you’ve come to the right place! As thanks to a heads up by Saberman, not only can you still play BAHA SOFTWARE’s challenging game of ‘ Train 2 ‘, but as from this month they’ve also announced the release of […]

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

On September 17, 2019September 18, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Another heads up from Saberman as he recently contacted us, to let us know that Gibstov had released an update to 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 […]

The Rescue Expedition – Upcoming Atari 8bit action platformer accepting pre-orders

On August 20, 2019August 21, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Putting aside the Amiga and C64 news now, as thanks to a heads up by a good friend of ours, we’ve been told Gorgh and Retronics Publishing action packed platformer of ‘ The Rescue Expedition ‘, is now ready for pre-orders priced at PLN 149 (EUR 39, USD 49) for a […]

Heartlight – A charming puzzle game previewed on the Atari XL/XE -VXBE

On August 16, 2019August 17, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Fabulous news if you have an Atari XL/XE with a VXBE graphics card, as moments ago Saberman contacted us to let you guys know that Sebastian „Candle” Bartkowicz, has released an updated preview to the Arcade Puzzle game ‘ Heartlight ‘. Yes indeed a game that originally appeared in the first […]

Castle Defender – A fabulous tower defense Atari 8bit game shown at the Abbuc software contest.

On August 12, 2019August 13, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Train 2 wasn’t the only game shown off at the Abbuc software contest this month, as searching through the relevant forums, we’ve come across a rather eye opening defender game called ‘ Castle Defender ‘ developed by MatoSimi. Now this game was originally a BBC Micro title, but MatoSimi in light of […]

Train 2 and 3 – The sequel to a very challenging Atari XL/XE game

On August 12, 2019August 12, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Great Green Adventure 2: Prologue – A very chippy Atari 8bit game comes 1st at Lost Party 2019

On July 18, 2019July 18, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

If you’re looking for a nice game to play with a very cool soundtrack, then you might be interested in playing Dely and Zlews latest Atari 8bit game ‘ Great Green Adventure 2: Prologue ‘. which came first in the Lost Party 2019 Wild Competition. This game according to the detailed info, puts […]

Yamo Revenge – Action platformer featuring the protagonist from Bruce Lee (WIP)

On July 15, 2019July 15, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

We’ve certainly featured the 1984 game of Bruce Lee more than a few times this year, especially with games such as Eel Ecurb announced for the Atari XL/XE. But now we look towards something slightly different for our retro kicks, as Yaron Nir has released an early work in progress version of […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Mister Hoppe – Hopping ever higher in this score based Atari XL/XE game

On February 7, 2019February 8, 2019 By Neil G

The Atari XL/XE has also got a new game this month, and unlike the previous platformers we are so used to, this one is a score based run and jump game where the only end goal, is to keep getting an ever higher score. Yes if you like these sorts […]

Dru(i)darium – Action platformer for the Atari XL/XE gets a skeleton mod

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

Title typo still hasn’t been changed! Zbigniew ‘Saberman’ Zielinski has once again contacted us with more retro gaming info, as he has told us a skeleton change mod has been released for KK’s action platformer ‘Druidarium’, which was released for the Atari XL/XE. This game which can also be called Drudarium […]

Bosconian – 1980’s multi-directional scrolling shooter gets a great Atari 8bit 64KB port!

On January 25, 2019January 25, 2019 By Neil G

It’s the Atari’s time to shine as another game has been given the port treatment and it’s the Arcade game ‘ Bosconian ‘ developed by Namco all the way back in 1981. Currently available as a 64KB final version 1.2f for the Atari 8bit by shanti77. Bosconian is a multi-directional […]

Combat – Atari 2600 two player tank battler has arrived on the Atari 8bit

On January 4, 2019January 5, 2019 By Neil G

Great news indeed especially if you grew up on the Atari 2600 as well as the much later Atari 8bit as you’ll be overjoyed to hear Avery "Phaeron" Lee has released the Atari 2600 classic ‘ Combat ‘ over to the Atari 8bit. This well known game and a collectors […]

Highway Encounter – 80’s retro shooter comes over to the Atari XL/XE!

On December 23, 2018December 24, 2018 By Neil G

In 1985 Vortex Software released the puzzle shooting game ‘ Highway Encounter ‘ for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX and Commodore 64. It was voted in the top 100 ZX Spectrum games of all time and featured not just personal lives that look like Dalek’s, but the use of […]

8bit-Slicks – Remake of slicks’n’slide for the Apple II, Atari XL/XE, and C64/C128

On December 18, 2018December 19, 2018 By Neil G

It’s been some time since we featured any top down racing games, usually it’s arcade platformers or shoot em ups that grace our computer screens. But thankfully for today that’s about to change, as thanks to a heads up in our inbox, we’ve been told Timo Kauppinen’s ‘slicks’n’slide’ has been […]

New Adventures of Laura – New challenging levels for this charming Atari XL/XE game

On December 10, 2018December 11, 2018 By Neil G

If you’re looking for something nice to play over this Christmas period on your Atari XL/XE, then look no further than the ‘New Adventures of Laura’; A Christmas gift from ccwrc and Larek that not only adds new levels to the game, which originally went on sale in September as a […]