PC Gaming – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Skatemasta Tcheco – NES style Adventure out now on Steam!

On February 26, 2020February 26, 2020 By IndieRetroNews

Tcheco is back! Last time we saw Tcheco was in the game Tcheco in the Castle of Lucioand but this time he brought his skateboard in a new auto-scrolling 8-bit Nes style adventure created by Marcelo Barbosa. Skatemasta Tcheco is all about quick reflexes and muscle memory as you skate […]

Kung-Fu Bruce The Legend Continues – An unofficial sequel of Bruce Lee game based on ZX Spectrum now for Windows!

On December 11, 2019December 12, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

As we said before it’s incredible to think how many times Bruce Lee has appeared on Indie Retro News, as either as a discussion about the original classic or some new overhaul to whet your appetite. Games such as Bruce Lee Return of Fury, Bruce Lee RX and even Bruce […]

Wing Commander Privateer – Cola Powered Gamer reviews an adventure space flight simulation classic!

On November 5, 2019November 6, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

After the success of Wing Commander II, the franchise received its first spin-off game. Wing Commander: Privateer or simply Privateer. It can be looked at as Origin Systems take on open-ended gameplay, and their take on the legendary Elite (1984). Released in the Fall of 1993, Privateer had an interesting […]

Under The Radar: Cyberpunk Games – Part 1 by Cola Powered Gamer

On October 29, 2019October 30, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Cyberpunk was covered extensively in film, TV and of course video games. The games covered here will be those that you probably haven’t heard of or have simply gone under your radar. So here’s a personal selection from me, Cola Powered Gamer! Gemini Rue Released in 2011 and developed by […]

Fallout – An amazing game reviewed by Cola Powered Gamer

On August 21, 2019August 22, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Fallout can be considered the godfather of modern RPGs. While it may look and play differently than modern RPGs, almost everything that you see in today’s RPGs, Fallout did in one way or another. Released in 1997 and developed by Interplay, Fallout is certainly one of the most important RPGs […]

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 […]

Darkula – A brand new Arcade game from Locomalito and Gryzor87

On June 10, 2019June 11, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Fabulous news has just hit our inbox, as Locomalito, the same designer behind games such as the fantastic Ghouls ‘n Ghosts style game of Maldita Castilla, and the awesome shoot em up teamed up with Gryzor87 for ‘Super Hydorah’, has announced the release of Darkula; a frantic fixed platform game […]

Guns of Midnight – Fast paced action platformer arrives on Steam

On June 6, 2019June 7, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

If you can’t wait for the previously announced shoot em up, but prefer to blast away enemies right now, then you’ll be overjoyed to learn that Terminist Arcade have released their fast paced action platformer of ‘ Guns of Midnight ‘ on Steam. This game according to the developer, is inspired by […]

Flufy Cleaning Co. – A Procedurally Generated Jet Set Willy Clone for Windows

On June 4, 2019June 4, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Just released from Albatross Wirehead is a C64 inspired game called Flufy Cleaning Co., an homage the classic Jet Set Willy! Available now for Name Your Own Price at itch.io. Become an employee of Flufy Co’s latest subsidiary, Flufy Cleaning Co! Flufy Cleaning Co. strives to provide the highest quality […]

Loom review – An all time classic Adventure game reviewed by DarkwyndPT

On May 14, 2019May 15, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Wow, almost a month without posting anything! Again, I apologise for the lack of posts and reviews. My professional life has a way of slowly taking over my personal life, which includes all my hobbies (but someone has to pay the bills!) But now I’m back and to make up […]

Raider of the Ruby Chest – Raiding ancient ruins in this charming retro inspired platformer

On May 1, 2019May 1, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Last month was pretty much non stop retro games on pretty much every system I can think of, from the Amiga, to the C64 and the ZX Spectrum. So now we are going to look towards the latest Indie games to get our more modernish fix. As we’ve been told […]

Calzone’s Adventure – Meoow perfect platformer available now!

On May 1, 2019May 1, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Have you always wanted to be a cat, to live the life as a cat and do everything that a cat does? Well now you can thanks to FloppyTapeGames latest cat adventure game. As in this new release called ‘Calzone’s Adventure’ , you play as Calzone the Cat on an […]

Planet Cloudius IX – 90’s inspired Commander Keen game gets a release!

On April 23, 2019April 24, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

I’m sure many of you remember that awesome game that is ‘ Commander Keen ‘; a game released by id Software and publishers Apogee software in the 90’s for MS-DOS as a fun platformer using EGA as a pioneer for graphics at the time! But did you know Roobar released his […]

Who Framed Roger Rabbit DOS review by DarkwyndPT

On April 22, 2019April 22, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Well, it’s Easter again and to celebrate this holiday, we’re going to take a look at an adaptation of perhaps the best live-action and cartoon crossover movie ever made (that also features a rabbit BTW). We’re talking about Who Framed Roger Rabbit! – Who Framed Roger Rabbit is an action […]

Haxor – 2D platformer with old era graphics and 8bit music gets a release

On April 15, 2019April 16, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

If you can’t wait for Shakedown Hawaii and would rather play something action packed right now, then look no further than ‘Haxor’ developed by Fat Dog Games. This new release for the PC, is a 2D platformer inspired by classic games, in which the graphics look to have an old […]

Ravva and the Cyclops Curse – Unleash your summoning powers in this new NES inspired game

On April 9, 2019April 10, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Cathedral isn’t the only retro inspired game we’ve come cross today with an update, as we’ve also come across a NES inspired title called ‘ Ravva and the Cyclops Curse ‘ which was developed by Galope for PC, MAC and Linux. Yes indeed welcome to another charming looking retro inspired game, […]

Viva Mortis – This Isometric ZX Spectrum inspired game looks super duper!

On March 29, 2019March 30, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

The last post for this evening and wow is it a good’n! As we’ve recently been informed through Facebook that AdamStrange has released his ZX Spectrum inspired game ‘ Viva Mortis ‘, for PC, MAC and Linux. What makes this game rather special isn’t just the fact it is a […]

Katana Soul – A new game teased from SEEP devs based on the C64’s 16-color palette!

On March 21, 2019March 22, 2019 By Neil G

Our old friends SEEProduction, creators of those cool beat em up’s and fighting games with famous characters from other well known titles, have just sent us a message from their twitter page that they are going to be releasing a new game this month called ‘ Katana Soul ‘, which […]

Space Quest II review – A classic Sci-fi adventure reviewed by DarkwyndPT

On March 11, 2019March 11, 2019 By Neil G

So, the new MCU movie, Captain Marvel, is on cinemas right now and as far as I remember, Carol Danvers isn’t in any video game whatsoever, so I decided to just review a classic sci-fi game set in space. And why not Space Quest II? Space Quest II: Chapter II […]

Fallen Dungeons – A dark and creepy Dungeon Crawler announced

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

Grid based Dungeon Crawlers have a huge fan base on Indie Retro News, ask anyone here what game they remember the most and usually it’s either Dungeon Master, Eye of the Beholder or even the modern ones such as Legend of Grimrock or Vaporum. I mean seriously there’s even a […]