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Eye of the Beholder – A Dungeon Crawling classic as a port on the C64 ( Intro in the making! )

On January 18, 2019January 18, 2019 By Neil G

During last year we were keeping you up to date in regards to Andreas Larsson‎ and team’s work in progress Eye of the Beholder port that is coming to the C64, which looks as if it was released all those years ago along side the Amiga. Well it’s a new […]

Chinatown Detective Agency – Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? Homage teased!

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

Some rather interesting news this evening, as we have just learnt General Interactive are working on a Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? Homage, which is going to be called Chinatown Detective Agency. This game inspired by that classic educational 1985 Broderbund title, is instead set in Singapore in the year 2032 […]

Guy In A Vest – Commodore 64 game to be published in 2019 by RGCD and Psytronik!

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

Amiga, MSX or ZX Spectrum not doing it for you? Then have we got some great news for you C64 lot! As earlier today we were told on Facebook that the upcoming C64 game ‘ Guy in a Vest ‘, has not only been announced as being published by RGCD […]

Lunar Rescue is coming to the ZX Spectrum as an Arcade conversion!

On December 4, 2018December 5, 2018 By Neil G

We always try to keep you up to date with the best in Speccy news, but boy do we have a surprise for you. As if you were an Arcade gamer in the late 70’s and into the 80’s then you’ll be pleased to know Allan Turvey is bringing the […]

Death Strike – A demo of a rather cool looking shoot em up by Darkbits

On November 13, 2018November 13, 2018 By Neil G

Don’t worry Shoot em up fans we haven’t forgotten you, as in our search for something fresh rather than platformers, we have come across a game you might just like. Titled as ‘ Death Strike ‘ this early work in progress game developed by Darkbits, is an old school horizontal shoot […]

Thio’s Odissey – A Wonder Boy clone is coming to the Intellivision

On November 12, 2018November 13, 2018 By Neil G

When I was a wee lad spending all my money down at the Arcades, one such game I used to love was that fantastic platformer ‘ Wonder Boy ‘ designed by Ryuichi Nishizawa. Instead of those later Wonder Boy games which became more of an adventure platformer with RPG elements. […]

Lacim’s Legacy – In development RPG for Atari Lynx looks sublime

On November 6, 2018November 7, 2018 By Neil G

Welcome to our very first Atari Lynx news submission, a brand new game announced by Martin Wendt of PriorArt, that is sure to excite many who had this hand held released way back in the late 80’s to early 90’s. This game known as ‘ Lacim’s Legacy ‘ is a […]

LIMBO C64 – Modern Indie game as a work in progress on the C64 gets a preview download!

On November 3, 2018November 3, 2018 By Neil G

If you were a fan of the game Limbo with its dark backgrounds and horror overtone, then as a retro gamer you might be surprised to learn that the Limbo C64 work in progress version by Søren Trautner Madsen has been made available as an early preview download by Excess. This […]

Cow & Chicken – Protovision teases a work in progress C64 game

On October 29, 2018October 30, 2018 By Neil G

Not to be outdone the C64 has also had some new games to play this week, as we’ve also learnt from Saberman that Protovision have released a very early teaser of a game called ‘ Cow & Chicken ‘. Now unlike the other games we’ve mentioned, this alpha download is […]

Legend of Steel – TOD Studios shows off a new Amstrad CPC game!

On October 29, 2018October 29, 2018 By Neil G

This year so far has been very good for the Amstrad CPC, as we’ve seen a number of games that have been released such as Galactic Tomb, Pink Pills, Robbie Strikes Back, The Dawn of Kernel and even the incredible dungeon crawler ‘The Shadows Of Sergoth’. But the Amstrad is […]

Super cool ‘ Power Blade ‘ is coming to the ZX Spectrum 128k

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

Possibly the best looking ZX Spectrum game of this Autumn has just been announced, as we’ve come across a tweet from n1k-o@nq_skrju, that he is working on a seriously good looking ZX Spectrum game called ‘ Power Blade ‘, which originally was on the NES by Taito. This game is […]

Pinball Dreams CPC – Fantastic Amiga classic on the Amstrad CPC is nearly here!

On October 16, 2018October 17, 2018 By Neil G

At the end of 2016-2017 we announced the fantastic Amiga pinball game ‘ Pinball Dreams ‘ by Digital Illusions CE in 1992 had finally been made available as a preview download on the Amstrad CPC by none other than Batman Group, creators of the scene demo Batman Forever. Well here […]

Inviyya – In development Amiga Shoot Em Up for a pre-Christmas release?

On October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 By Neil G

The Amiga is coming in HOT this week as after already mentioning Magazyn, Invaders and Mini Legion, along comes Inviyya to really open our eyes to a very decent looking game. First announced via the EAB forums in October 2016 this latest update gives us a good glimpse of the upcoming […]

Invaders – A previewed Space Invaders clone for the Amiga

On October 15, 2018October 16, 2018 By Neil G

I’m sure many of you remember Space Invaders, a game that was first released way back in 1978 in the Arcades in Japan with a further release made available in the United States and a much later version in the 1980’s on the Atari 2600. Well if you do remember […]

Eye of the Beholder – A Dungeon Crawling classic as a port on the C64 looks mind blowing!

On October 15, 2018October 16, 2018 By Neil G

During this year we’ve been keeping you up to date in regards to Andreas Larsson‎ and team’s work in progress Eye of the Beholder port that is coming to the C64, which looks as if it was released all those years ago along side the Amiga. Well you’ll be pleased […]

Booty The Remake – Another fabulous entry in the ZX DEV MIA Remakes compo

On October 12, 2018October 13, 2018 By Neil G

The ZX Spectrum news is coming in thick and fast as after previously announcing that Alley Cat was being demade for the ZX Spectrum, along comes Booty The Remake to further whet our appetites. Now unlike the previous game which didn’t get a ZX Spectrum release, this one did as […]

Barbarian+ – WIP enhanced version of a classic head chopping game!

On October 1, 2018October 1, 2018 By Neil G

Throughout this year we’ve been keeping you up to date with the work in progress enhancement of Barbarian, which is going to be called Barbarian+ and worked on by Ten Shu, Colin Vella and Simone Bernacchia for the Commodore Amiga. Well you’ll be pleased to know this fabulous overhaul is going […]

Prisoner of War – An upcoming MSX1 game you’ll not want to miss

On September 20, 2018September 20, 2018 By Neil G

It’s time to give the MSX1 a bit of retro love as we’ve just found out as of this December, the developer @unepic_fran, with music and sound effects by @jvicentemz, and @Gryzor87 will be releasing their current work in progress game of Prisoner of War for the MSX. If you like […]

Raging Orlando – A great C64 work in progress title is teased by Warlock Entertainment

On September 16, 2018September 17, 2018 By Neil G

Checking the latest updates through our own Game Dev :RetroGaming Facebook group, we’ve just come across a game by Warlock Entertainment that is sure to excite many in the C64 community. Titled as ‘ Raging Orlando ‘ , this high quality game that is still at work in progress in […]

FROGS – C64 4 player homebrew classic is coming to the Atari STe!

On September 15, 2018September 16, 2018 By Neil G

In 2017 we announced the release of the C64 4 player game ‘ Frogs ‘ which was developed by Christian Gleinser of Dr. Wuro Industries as a great game in which you play as a little frog that has to jump across from rock to lily pad, while trying not […]