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We’ve played Fix It Felix Jr. for the C64 and it’s Smashing!

On April 14, 2020April 15, 2020 By IndieRetroNews

Anotonio Savona announced today that he is putting the finishing touches to the brand new C64 version of "Fix It Felix Jr". This is a 4th unofficial port of the arcade game which was inspired by the 2012 Disney motion picture: Wreck-it-Ralph. Other ports have been made for the SEGA […]

Chopper Command (C64) – Final version will be released tonight

On August 21, 2019August 22, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Indie Retro News have been given the heads up that Chopper Command is currently in the process of being released, and will be available to download this evening. Final bug testing was completed this week after we helped Beta test the game live on Twitch. It was streamed on my […]

Chopper Command (C64) – Exclusive WIP screenshots from Antonio Savona

On August 1, 2019August 2, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Chopper Command is an Atari 2600 exclusive title published by Activision and released in June 1982, programmed by Bob Whitehead. C64 fans can look forward to their own port currently being developed by Antonio Savona (P0 Snake, Planet Golf, L’abbaye des Morts) and graphics by Steven Day, who did loading […]

Parasol Stars C64 is in development and it looks fantastic!

On May 11, 2019May 12, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

One of C64s most heart breaking stories – a fully completed and faithful Commodore 64 port of Parasol stars was lost forever when the developer – Colin Porch’s wife destroyed all his disks in an argument. The story was the subject of an infamous cover up, reported by Ocean and […]

Cosmic Force – Successfully funded C64 Kickstarter has 3 days left!

On April 15, 2019April 15, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

A brand new C64 game will be produced by Steven Fletcher and Wavem Studios. After their incredible journey talking to devs, engineers and artists from Commodore’s history in the immensely enjoyable documentary: The Commodore Story (2017), Steven has created another successful Kickstarter campaign for Cosmic Force. A brand new C64 […]

The Age of Heroes – A full C64 review by Hayesmaker of Psystronik’s latest release!

On April 8, 2019April 9, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

An evil wraith has appeared and is sending its legion of the damned across the frozen wastes, mountains and sacred temples, and only you can stop them. As descendants of the warriors of light, you must travel to the East and end the wraith and his legions for good. The […]

C64 GOTY Winner Announcement!

On January 11, 2019January 12, 2019 By Neil G

2018 was such a great year for C64, and I’m sure it’ll keep getting better in 2019. Recently we published a fab list of game releases both physical and download games, and the list is crammed full of awesome games. In the article I published my list of nominees for […]

The year of the C64 – A 2018 Roundup and GOTY Nominees!

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

As another super year for the C64 draws to a close, I take another look at the release highlights of the year, starting with all the games which had Physical versions ship this year, then followed by all the digital download releases, including the ones which will ship next year, […]

High Noon – Early C64 Western with extras from Hokuto Force

On November 27, 2018November 27, 2018 By Neil G

Back in 2015 when I joined Indie Retro News, there weren’t so many brand new C64 games being released, so we used to fill our blog with news from the various cracking groups. I particularly liked Hokuto Force’s releases because they focused on re-releases of those lesser known titles that […]