GOG – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Master of Magic – A classic 4x strategy game by Microprose reviewed by DarkwyndPT

On August 23, 2019August 24, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Like I said in my previous review, this time we’ll take a look at one of my personal favourite games of all times and perhaps the most in-depth game I’ve ever played, Master of Magic. Master of Magic is a 4X strategy game developed by Simtex and published by MicroProse. […]

Ion Fury – An action packed first person shooter using the famous Build engine!

On August 15, 2019August 15, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Don’t get me wrong I do like playing modern first person shooters such as Shadow Warrior or even Wolfenstein, but in all honesty I prefer playing the much older types, the original early 90’s gun in hand blasters such as the original Doom or even Wolfenstein 3D. So it stands […]

Gibbous – A Cthulhu Adventure with upwards of 70 voiced characters gets a release

On August 10, 2019August 10, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

My love of adventure games is strong, from The Secret of Monkey Island, to The Legend of Kyrandia or even the Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, there’s not an adventure game I would not put aside ( Unless it has too many riddles and puzzles ). So you can […]

Wing Commander – An incredible space sim gets a BIG Cola Powered Gamer review

On August 9, 2019August 10, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

When talking about space sims, sooner or later someone will mention Wing Commander. Developed by Origin Systems, Wing Commander can be considered one of the best and influential space sim ever created. Wing Commander had a different take on the then established space sim formula, bringing the game and space […]

Gibbous – A Cthulhu Adventure with upwards of 70 voiced characters coming August 7th

On July 11, 2019July 12, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

My love of adventure games is strong, from The Secret of Monkey Island, to The Legend of Kyrandia or even the Black Mirror, there’s not an adventure game I would not put aside ( Unless it has too many riddles and puzzles ). So you can see why I was […]

Blazing Chrome – Seriously cool Contra styled game gets a release on GOG/Steam

On July 11, 2019July 11, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

With Odallus: The Dark Call and Oniken under their belt, the developer JoyMasher are certainly no strangers to developing a varied selection of decent retro inspired games. But now it looks as if they are about to top all of them in quality as they have once again mentioned their […]

198X – Multi-Genre Arcade game by Hi-Bit Studios released on GOG and Steam

On June 20, 2019June 21, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

The Indie games just keep on coming today, and one that really stood out and just released on GOG and Steam, is Hi-Bit Studios latest multi genre Arcade game of ‘ 198X ‘. Now I know many of our readers have a particular favourite when it comes to game types, so […]

Cathedral – Classy NES-inspired 8-bit adventure is coming soon to GOG

On June 18, 2019June 19, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

In 2016 Indie Retro News was one of the first sites to give you an updated look at Decemberborn’s in development NES inspired 8bit adventure ‘ Cathedral ‘, which looks to have the charm of those retro classics while having cool platforming dungeons, unique aesthetics, new items, baddies to fight […]

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom – Wonderboy in Monster World spiritual successor gets a PC demo

On May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

The developers Game Atelier have just announced that their spiritual successor to the Wonder Boy in Monster World series as ‘ Monster Boy And The Cursed Kingdom ‘ which was released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Has finally received its first major PC demo after being […]

Blood: Fresh Supply – Blood Remaster has been released, Gory FPS from 1997!

On May 9, 2019May 10, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

The news just gets better and better this week as we’ve just been told Monolith Productions bloody gory and hellish first person shooter of ‘ Blood ‘, has been released on GOG as a remaster by Nightdive Studios! Yes indeed this ultimate classic of a game remastered, and one we […]

Pathway – Beautifully pixelated strategy RPG set in the 1930s!

On April 11, 2019April 11, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Another great looking game and no not a retro game that can be launched on an Amiga or C64 is Robotality and Chucklefish’s Strategy RPG ‘ Pathway ‘, which can be purchased right now via GOG or Steam. This game that stood out on our twitter feed as an Indiana Jones […]

The 7th Guest: 25th Anniversary Edition – Remastered classic in a new 25th Anniversary Edition!

On April 2, 2019April 3, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Way back in the 90’s Trilobyte with publishing by Virgin Interactive Entertainment released the interactive movie puzzle adventure game ‘ The 7th Guest ‘ on multiple systems including CDI, PC and MAC. It was a first person horror game with adult content, that featured live action video clips and pre-rendered […]

A grand day for RTS fans as Warcraft I & II bundle arrives on GOG

On March 28, 2019March 29, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

After GOG announced that the classic hack n slasher of Diablo was made available on their digital store, many people did expect that Warcraft would follow soon after, especially as both of these incredible titles came out from Blizzard. Well even though we didn’t get the heads up till late […]

Diablo – An all time hellish classic makes an appearance on GOG

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

This month has been completely mind blowing for news updates, especially with games announced such as The Age of Heroes, Celtic Heart, Rygar AGA, The Shadows of Sergoth, and even Bruce Lee The Return of Fury. So how do we top that you might ask? Well if you’ve been following […]

Blackthorne – DarkwyndPT takes a look at a very good classic action game!

On February 14, 2019February 15, 2019 By Neil G

Well, like I promised last time, today’s review is from a GOOD action PC game and it’s also one of the first games produced by a famous game developer. I’m talking about Blackthorne. Blackthorne (AKA Blackhawk in Europe) is an action/platform game developed by Blizzard and published by Interplay. It […]

Book of Demons – Unique paper hack n slash dungeon crawler is out now

On December 14, 2018December 15, 2018 By Neil G

During the early part of 2016 we gave you the big heads up for Thing Trunks hack n slash RPG dungeon crawler ‘ Book of Demons ‘, which was due to be released towards the end of 2016. Well fast forward to today and after a slew of big awards […]

Hot News as Blood Remaster has been announced, Gory FPS from 1997!

On December 7, 2018December 8, 2018 By Neil G

The news just gets better and better this week as earlier today we were told Monolith Productions bloody gory and hellish first person shooter of ‘ Blood ‘, will be coming to the PC via GOG and Steam as a remaster by Nightdive Studios, and published by Atari. If that wasn’t […]

Battle Princess Madelyn – Ghouls ‘n Ghosts inspired spectacular is finally here on GOG and Steam

On December 7, 2018December 7, 2018 By Neil G

Glorious news today as we’ve just found out from Casual Bit Games that they have finally released their epic Ghouls ‘n Ghosts inspired game ‘ Battle Princess Madelyn ‘, which is available to buy on both GOG and Steam. This game has been eagerly awaited for sometime as not only […]

Parkitect – Retro inspired theme park designer launches on November 29th!

On November 12, 2018November 13, 2018 By Neil G

There is one game that I have really been looking forward to playing ever since its Kickstarter success, and that is ‘ Parkitect ‘ developed by Texel Raptor. Not only is it inspired by the great classics such as Theme Park and Roller Coaster Tycoon, by building your very own […]

Project Warlock – A retrotastic first person shooter is coming to GOG this Thursday!

On October 15, 2018October 16, 2018 By Neil G

Buckshot Software have just announced their seriously cool looking retro styled first person shooter ‘ Project Warlock ‘ will be released via GOG as of this Thursday 18th October for PC gamers across the globe. Taking its inspiration from 90’s shooters such as Wolfenstein 3D and Doom and as a […]