Platformer – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Malasombra – Eye candy NES title announced by 4mhz gets early footage

On September 4, 2019September 4, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Remember when we said that the Amstrad publisher of 4mhz, who released fabulous games such as Operation Alexandra and The Lost Treasure of Cuauhtemoc, was bringing a brand new game to the NES called ‘ Malasombra ‘? Well there’s good news for today! As thanks to a heads up by @jdjuanje, […]

Demon Burst – Recommended retro-styled platformer gets a new build!

On August 26, 2019August 27, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

We love trawling through the retro side of the itch.io site, as sometimes we come across a game we can’t put down. Sure enough that has happened today, as being drawn in by the colourful main game screen, we’ve come across a game called ‘ Demon Burst ‘. This game […]

Cuba 1898 – A new Amiga game from Iron Gate

On August 10, 2019August 11, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Another Amiga game to get us through the rest of the weekend, as thanks to a heads up from Saberman on his holiday return, he has told us Iron Gate has released the action platformer game ‘ Cuba 1898 ‘ for the Commodore Amiga. This game developed by jojo073 with […]

Tiny Little Slug – A charming platformer from Slamy and XplrA is coming to the Amiga!

On August 6, 2019August 7, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Most of the time when it comes to Amiga games, we usually get a heads up by a good friend, or a recent post via the Commodore Amiga Facebook group. But this time taking us completely by surprise, we’ve just been contacted by Slamy and XplrA via twitter, that they […]

Grelox – Action platformer with a retro vibe gets a PC release!

On July 25, 2019July 25, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

It was only last year that we featured a really cool looking game called ‘ Grelox ‘; an upcoming game by Sunteam, that’s not only an action platformer, but it has the retro feel of an old Master System Game with inspirations to ZILLION and using the Master System Palette. […]

The Shadow over Hawksmill – A dark C64 Cthulhu inspired game teased once more!

On July 12, 2019July 13, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Argus, Organism, Sizzler, and Rocky Memphis : The Legend Of Atlantis are some truly great games created by Stuart Collier, Trevor Storey and Saul Cross, and while we wait for Dragonspire to be finished, it looks as if another game is coming that is sure to excite many in the […]

Grelox – Action platformer with a retro vibe looks super cool!

On June 27, 2019June 28, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Looter – Early preview of a fabulous looking C64 game by Marvin Hardy

On June 10, 2019June 10, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

The C64 gets a mention this afternoon as we’ve just come across a new video from Saberman that shows the very latest work in progress footage of a C64 game called ‘ Looter ‘; which is a new game from Marvin Hardy that was originally called Hellbound. This footage gives us […]

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 […]

Percy Penguin in the Present Palaver – Feeling festive early in this new ZX Spectrum game

On June 3, 2019June 3, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Andy Green Pixel Art If you just can’t wait for Christmas but you’re feeling festive even though it’s hotting up outside, then you’ll be pleased to know John Davies has released his Christmas themed game of ‘Percy Penguin in the Present Palaver’ for the ZX Spectrum. This game as we said […]

Sam’s Journey coming to the NES now with new footage!

On May 31, 2019June 1, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

When Knights of Bytes released Sam’s Journey for the Commodore 64 back in 2017 it was a huge hit! Indie Retro News awarded Sam’s Journey game of the year 2017 as this game really surpassed all our expectations, delivering us a huge epic adventure that really pushed the limitations of […]

Doc Cosmos 2 Adventures in Time – C64 Sequel to the RGCD 16k competition entry Doc Cosmos teased

On May 28, 2019May 29, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

In March of this year shallan64 released a fantastic game for the C64 community which not only featured top quality gameplay as a C64 RGCD 16K entry, but when a powerful time travelling alien device was activated, it switched to two different graphical styles depending on the timeline being used to […]

Sc0tb0t – Play as a plucky little robot and stop the Loch Ness Monster! (ZX Spectrum)

On May 20, 2019May 21, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

A rather late hour ZX Spectrum game has just been announced, as we’ve just been informed by Andy Green who did the amazing art work above, that Dougie Mcg has released his new ZX Spectrum title called’ Sc0tb0t ‘. Now if you love games with plenty to do through a mutlitude […]

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 […]

Rade Blunner Weon Kolalski’s Memories – Episode 1 of a new ZX Spectrum platformer

On April 29, 2019April 30, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Putting aside the C64 news this evening as now we look towards the ZX Spectrum for our retro kicks, as we’ve been told by Saberman that Iadvd has released the first episode of a ZX Spectrum game called ‘ Rade Blunner – Weon Kolalski’s Memories ”. Now if you like platformers as […]

Frantic Freddie II – A highly enjoyable unofficial C64 sequel to a 1980’s classic

On April 29, 2019April 30, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

With so much being released on the C64 last week, you’d think the scene would take a break for a little while, sitting down having a cool drink on a warm day going " Ahhh time to relax " but not so! As on arrival back to writing, we were […]

Lumberjack Platform – Tree chopping Amiga game is now a charming platformer!

On April 24, 2019April 24, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Some time back we mentioned Megastyle & Protovision’s C64 homebrew game of ‘ Lumberjack ‘, which put you in the mighty boots of a Lumberjack, chopping down trees as fast as he can, without being bashed by the big branches above. It was a highly addictive game on the C64 […]

Whipseey and the Lost Atlas – Family friendly Kirby inspired platformer, coming soon!

On April 24, 2019April 24, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Trawling through many of the games found on the Steam coming soon list, there was every chance of finding a damn fine game that not only looked charming but had a high enjoyment factor that anyone in the family could pick up and play. Thankfully one such game called ‘ […]

BioJet – Flying platformer as a first release for the Amiga community!

On April 22, 2019April 22, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

On our return to writing game news, Saberman was kind enough to send us some Amiga updates, as he has just told us Roy Schneider and team have released the flying platformer of BioJet. Now if you’ve not heard of this game before, that’s because it was only just released on […]

Wormwood Preview – Early alpha version of a randomly generated C64 wormy platformer!

On April 17, 2019April 18, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

If you’ve got a C64 and want to play a game that’s still in development, then you might be interested to know that Lemonspawn is working on a C64 randomly generated platformer called ‘ Wormwood ‘, which they also class as a 16kb classic roguelike action RPG in the spirit […]