Kickstarter – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Jetman – The complete published works all in one book!

On February 6, 2020February 7, 2020 By IndieRetroNews

When you hear the name Chris Wilkins of Fusion Retro Books, you can’t help but think of great reading material such as The story of the Oliver Twins, The story of the Commodore 64 in pixels, Fusion, ZZap! and even the Great Crash Annual to name but many he’s pushed through […]

The FUSION 2020 Annual – Bi-monthly FUSION magazine in the form of a fantastic annual!

On September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

From the early part of last year, we have been giving you multiple heads up regarding a great gaming magazine called ‘ Fusion ‘, which is a magazine which features not just gaming news from Indie and Retro but also Handhelds and even Table Tops ( Bit like us really […]

Rollie – Upcoming NES platformer, Kickstarter to launch soon

On August 16, 2019August 17, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Thanks to a heads up by our good friends RetroVideoGamer they’ve come across a lovely looking platformer for the NES called ‘ Rollie ‘ developed by Optomon. This game that has been developed over the course of the last 2 years, is an upcoming platformer that at some point this […]

The Lord of Dragonspire – Previously announced C64 RPG in final testing

On July 24, 2019July 25, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Great news if you were a specific backer of the Zzap64 2020 annual kickstarter or a follower of the psytronik website, as we were recently told through Facebook that Icon64 will be bringing the RPG game of ‘ The Lord of Dragonspire ‘ to the C64 at some point soon. This game […]

Orange Island – 8-bit action-adventure for Pc and Nes

On July 5, 2019July 5, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Orange Island is a new 8-bit action-adventure platformer game that is currently up on Kickstarter and was successfully funded within the first 24 hours of its campaign. Orange Island draws inspiration from side-scrolling NES games like Legacy of the Wizard, Kirby’s Adventure and Zelda II and mixes this with puzzles […]

Small Saga – Charming mouse game aims for a Kickstarter success

On June 15, 2019June 16, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Not many RPG’s have mice and their compatriots as the main characters for an RPG and this one has them set in the sewers of London so in fact has two points not seen in many (any?) other RPG’s but Jeremy Noghani has started work on exactly that. With well […]

SKALD: Against the Black Priory – A dark fantasy game inspired by classic RPG’s gets a Kickstarter

On June 3, 2019June 4, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

In the 80’s many of us had the pleasure of playing Ultima IV on the C64, it was arguably one of the best RPG’s ever released for the Commodore and featured a top down playing field with lush landscapes, dungeons to explore, characters to traverse with and many enemies to […]

The Curse of Illmoore Bay – A cartoony platformer aiming for a Genesis/Mega Drive success!

On May 17, 2019May 18, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

If you don’t have a NES but a Sega Genesis or Sega Mega Drive and wondering when it’s your time to shine, then worry not! As thanks to a heads up in our Indie Retro News Facebook group, we’ve been told Second Dimension R&T, LLC will be bringing their action platformer […]

NEScape! – Another new cart release on NES launches kickstarter

On May 15, 2019May 16, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Oh you lucky NES fans. Just when we’ve had one amazing NES game deliver it’s kickstarter physical carts, well now, just like busses, along comes another brilliant NES indie game looking to raise funds for a cart production run. NEScape! is a timed puzzle game in the style of an […]

Zzap! 64 Annual 2020 a Kickstarter success, also new The Lord of Dragonspire footage!

On May 14, 2019May 15, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Fabulous news if you’ve supported the latest Zzap! 64 Annual 2020 Kickstarter as not only is it a kickstarter success, but we’ve also been told one of the perks as The Lord of Dragonspire, has also received new footage as a short glimpse of this upcoming game. Yes indeed if […]

Zzap’s back…Again – Zzap! 64 Annual 2020 announced!

On May 13, 2019May 14, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

It wasn’t long ago now that we were banging on about Zzap! 64 Annual 2019 ; a glorious book of goodness from Chris Wilkins as a revival of the classic Zzap magazine, wrapped up in the guise of an awesome looking hardback. Well it looks as if the C64 is about […]

Antstream – A retro game streaming subscription service is a Kickstarter success

On April 29, 2019April 30, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Great news if you were supporting the Antstream Kickstarter; a crowd funding campaign for a retro gaming based streaming service. As we’ve recently been informed through our twitter feed, that not only is it a Kickstarter success but the pledges are still increasing and it’s now beyond £50,000! For those […]

Atari: A Visual History – A Visual History Compendium book about the Atari 8-bit!

On April 23, 2019April 24, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

While the crowdfunding platforms are being flooded with projects for retrocomputing greats such as the C64 or Spectrum, the scene has been a little light on products for the Humble Atari 8-bit. Seemingly unloved by people targeting the frothing hoards of retro fans of other 8bit systems which has been […]

Amiga Power: The Album With Attitude – A tune banging retro remix Kickstarter success!

On April 15, 2019April 15, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

What a great way to start a Monday as we can officially announce that the Amiga Power : The Album With Attitude Kickstarter, is a huge success after we helped pushed it over that last threshold! This new Kickstarter from Matthew Smith, is a serious treat for Amiga game 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 […]

Antstream – A retro game streaming subscription service launches a Kickstarter!

On April 9, 2019April 9, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

As someone who is a huge retro gamer going right back to the late 70’s with an Atari 2600, an Amstrad, C64, ZX Spectrum, Amiga and pretty much every other system you could think of at my disposal at one point or another through the years. I was pleasantly surprised […]

Amiga Power: The Album With Attitude – A tune banging retro remix Kickstarter has launched

On March 29, 2019March 29, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

What a great way to start a Friday as we can now officially announce that the Amiga Power : The Album With Attitude Kickstarter has now launched and is ready for your pledges! This new Kickstarter from Matthew Smith, is a serious treat for Amiga game and or music lovers, […]

Amiga Power: The Album With Attitude – A tune banging retro remix Kickstarter launching this Friday!

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

This is seriously great news for anyone who loves retro gaming music, especially from the Amiga! As during the weekend just gone by, we were told that a new Kickstarter is launching this Friday that is sure to excite many in the Amiga community. Titled as ‘ Amiga Power: The Album […]

Spectrum Addict 2.5: The Lost Tapes – Documentary film about the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Computer is a Kickstarter Success!

On March 20, 2019March 21, 2019 By Neil G

Andy Remic certainly knows how to please the retro community, especially through the organising, creating and releasing two incredible ZX Spectrum packed feature documentaries. Both the Memoirs of a Spectrum Addict and Spectrum Addict Load "Film 2" were crowd funded successes. Well now it looks as if he has another […]

Panic! Dizzy – A ‘new’ old game by The Oliver Twins smashes Kickstarter goal

On March 15, 2019March 16, 2019 By Neil G

Well this didn’t surprise us at all, as earlier today we found out Chris Wilkins, who was behind other successful Kickstarters such as the Crash Annual 2019, ZZap! 64 Annual 2019 and Mystery World Dizzy, has once again smashed through another Kickstarter goal! Yes indeed after raising an incredible £20,780 thanks to […]