Saberman – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Frostbite – Atari to C64 conversion #3 from Chopper Command team gets a release!

On November 10, 2019November 11, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Great news for this rather cold and frosty Sunday, as we’ve just been told by Antonio Savona, that the same team behind the Atari to C64 conversion of Chopper Command and the previously released Keystone Kapers. Has now announced the release of the next game in the trilogy line up, as […]

R.E.R.O – Amiga H.E.R.O remake gets an early demo tease

On November 9, 2019November 10, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Sometime back we mentioned the classic game of H.E.R.O, which was first released way back in the 1980’s for the Atari 800/2600, ColecoVision, C64, C128, and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Was not only being at some point overhauled for the C64 but was also coming to modern systems as an inspired […]

Train 3 – The sequel to a very challenging Atari XL/XE game

On September 17, 2019September 18, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

If you’re looking for a challenging Atari XL/XE game then you’ve come to the right place! As thanks to a heads up by Saberman, not only can you still play BAHA SOFTWARE’s challenging game of ‘ Train 2 ‘, but as from this month they’ve also announced the release of […]

Heartlight – A charming puzzle game previewed on the Atari XL/XE -VXBE

On August 16, 2019August 17, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Fabulous news if you have an Atari XL/XE with a VXBE graphics card, as moments ago Saberman contacted us to let you guys know that Sebastian „Candle” Bartkowicz, has released an updated preview to the Arcade Puzzle game ‘ Heartlight ‘. Yes indeed a game that originally appeared in the first […]

Zoinho – Isometric styled ZX Spectrum game previewed

On August 15, 2019August 16, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

There are a lot of readers on our site that remember and have enjoyed the 1980’s Isometric games from Ultimate Play the Game, such as Gunfright, Pentagram and even Knight Lore on systems such as the Amstrad, C64 or ZX Spectrum. So you can see why I just had to […]

Donkey Trolls Preview – You’ve been trolled in this new C64 game preview

On August 12, 2019August 13, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

We don’t get many Trolls on Indie Retro News thankfully, maybe the odd one waiting to kick up a storm in the thread comments. But virtually smacking a Troll in a C64 game certainly sounds like a fun experience indeed. Yes that’s exactly what you do in this early preview […]

Endless Forms Most Beautiful 64 – A fantastic Arcade C64 experience

On July 23, 2019July 23, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Even more great games to play through July, as thanks to a heads up by Saberman we’ve been told Rikib80 and team have released the Arcade styled platformer of ‘ Endless Forms Most Beautiful 64 ‘ for the Commodore 64. This game released much to the surprise of the community, is […]

Yamo Revenge – Action platformer featuring the protagonist from Bruce Lee (WIP)

On July 15, 2019July 15, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

We’ve certainly featured the 1984 game of Bruce Lee more than a few times this year, especially with games such as Eel Ecurb announced for the Atari XL/XE. But now we look towards something slightly different for our retro kicks, as Yaron Nir has released an early work in progress version of […]

Relentless 64 – Fast paced C64 Shoot em up released by Bitplane Technomantes

On July 1, 2019July 2, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

The C64 games just keep on coming *Seriously it’s just non stop!*. But now we look towards another Shoot em up for our retro blasting kicks, as Bitplane Technomantes had released a fast paced Shoot em up called ‘ Relentless ‘; a C64 conversion of axelay’s CPC 16KB game Relentless, which […]

Docsters Digger – Bonus C64 game released with Mancave

On June 24, 2019June 25, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

During this weekend as noted by our main write up on Friday, Psytronik Software had released a brand new C64 game by Megastyle called ‘ Mancave ‘; a game which follows the hilarious adventures of Richard Morningwood who has the unfortunate task of gathering up the pages of some rather naughty […]

Eel Ecurb – Bruce Lee playable in reverse on the Atari 8bit

On June 24, 2019June 25, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

In 1984 Datasoft released a brilliant arcade platformer called ‘Bruce Lee’ which was based on the famous motion picture martial artist. It was and still is a highly regarded platformer that is still loved to this day and can be played by anyone. But boy do we have something unusual […]

Lost Little Spaceman – A little lost Spaceman in a new ZX Spectrum game

On June 17, 2019June 18, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Another Saberman heads up as he has told us Nellyfish has released the Arcade/Platformer game of ‘ Lost Little Spaceman ‘ which is available to download and play on a ZX Spectrum. This game developed using AGDx, is the latest enjoyable title to appear on our little Speccies, as in […]

AMIner – An Arcade mining game released for the Amiga gets an update

On June 17, 2019June 18, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Another Amiga announcement has just arrived from Saberman, as he has just told us a previous Amiga game that was released in March of this year called ‘ AMIner ‘ has been updated to ver. 19.6.9, which features a number of improvements. This previous game listed in the EAB game development contest […]

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 […]

Operation: Labyrinth Fall – Ross Adkin’s latest speccy game

On June 6, 2019June 7, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

The Amiga isn’t the only retro system to get a lot of games announced, as after previously announcing the release of Sc0tb0t, KRAP PARK and Percy Penguin in the Present Palaver. Along comes Operation: Labyrinth Fall to keep the ZX Spectrum gamers happy. Yes indeed another ZX Spectrum game has arrived, and unlike […]

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 […]

PoNG 4K – A wicked Amiga CD32 Pong stye game is now available

On June 3, 2019June 3, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

It’s a Monday and what does that mean? A new week full of awesome retro games to play! First up and one we have featured before as a 3rd place winner at RetroKomp 2018, is Cobe, Koyot1222 and Goatmare’s Amiga CD 32 game of ‘PoNG4K’; a very fancy multiplayer styled Pong […]

Rygar AGA – An Amiga conversion of a great Arcade game gets a new beta!

On May 27, 2019May 27, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

We’ve been talking about the Amiga AGA conversion of the legendary Rygar game by Tecmo for sometime now, going back as far as when it was first announced last year much to the excitement of the Amiga community. Well after many updates and many shout outs through Amiga Bill’s Twitch […]

Goldrake – C64 Shoot em up based on a 1970’s anime/cartoon

On May 20, 2019May 21, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

The C64 scene hasn’t finished with us yet, as moments ago we were contacted by Saberman, that the C64 game based on the 1970’s Manga UFO Robo Grendizer called ‘ Goldrake ‘, has recently been released by The Hokuto Force. This game classed as a shoot em up and developed […]

Pagoda Warrior II – A brand new C64 game featuring music by Richard Bayliss!

On May 13, 2019May 14, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

The C64 news just keeps on coming, as earlier today we were informed by the developer Stefano "Mc.Valdemar" Canali, that he had released a new C64 game called ‘ Pagoda Warrior II ‘; a brand new game featuring music by Richard Bayliss that has been entered in the C64 SEUCK Competition […]