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Doomlings MSX – Killing Lemmings for fun… Again!

Ask anyone about Lemmings, and their first memories, would probably be about a bunch of blue and green haired Lemmings that could be blown up, ripped apart and dropped from the highest of points before they even hope to reach… Continue Reading →

Docsters Digger – A Bonus C64 game released with Mancave in 2019 gets a Plus/4 port by 220 Volt Team (220V)

During 2019 Psytronik Software released(link) a 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 magazines that… Continue Reading →

Ladybird – A rather cool Commodore 64 game by Icon64 with publishing by Psytronik!

Looking for some more entertainment this weekend, either through emulation or real hardware, then come and check out Icon64 with publishing by Psytronik’s latest Commodore 64 game of ‘Ladybird’. A retro-inspired arcade game, in which you must make your way through… Continue Reading →

SkillGrid – A wicked AGA Shoot ’em up for the Commodore Amiga gets another update!

Some late Indie Retro News for you all and one I think you’ll agree is rather cool if you have a Commodore Amiga, as we’ve recently been informed via the EAB forums, that you can now download the newest version… Continue Reading →

Rex and the Galactic Plague – A teased blaster for the Commodore Amiga by Hoyster Games [DEMO UPDATE]

Another Scorpion Engine game has appeared, as looking through the Commodore Amiga Facebook group, I’ve come across a new work in progress arcade shooter called ‘Galactic Plague’ by Hoyster Games. A game in which the developer says" Just for the… Continue Reading →

Soko-Ban – 1980’s game of Sokoban on the PC, gets a unique Amiga port by Tukinem

While Twitch streamer Amiga Bill is probably going to be overloaded with the amount of Amiga news on offer this week. I thought it would be worth mentioning however, that Tukinem has released the new Commodore Amiga game of ‘Soko-Ban’…. Continue Reading →

Absolute Zero – A 2023 Puzzle Platformer for the Amiga gets a new build!

The games just keep on coming and more so Amiga ones, as we’ve recently been contacted about a rather challenging game called Absolute Zero that has been updated with a new build for the Commodore Amiga by GUS Entertainment. Developed… Continue Reading →

Platman MC – A lovely new homebrew for the C64 by Wanax and team!

Way back in 2016 I announced Saul Cross and Wanax’s arcade platformer of ‘ Platman ‘, A game that I was sure would be a winner in the RGCD C64 16KB Cartridge Game Development Competition 2015/16. Well fast forward to today… Continue Reading →

MoonRN – A new endless runner for the Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum by Snauts

Fancy something different other than the usual genres I’ve been posting about these last few weeks, then come and check out Snaut’s endless runner game of MoonRN for the Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum. A game in which you must… Continue Reading →

Super Sokoban – A new MSX2 game as a 40th birthday celebration of the MSX puzzler Sokoban!

A new MSX 2 news story has hit our inbox, as we’ve just been informed through Facebook, that 2NICE has released a very polished Sokoban incarnation, to celebrate the 40th birthday of the original MSX game called ‘Super Sokoban’.A game that requires… Continue Reading →

Forest Escape – A Knight’s Quest – Collect coins and avoid enemies in this HQ ZX Spectrum 48/128k/NEXT game! [UPDATE]

Another game has appeared to grace our ZX Spectrum screens, as we’ve recently been informed via Saberman through Facebook, that if you head on over to the itch io page linked below, you can play IrataHack’s  ZX Spectrum game of… Continue Reading →

Kommando Urbex 1 & 2 – Another Amstrad CPC game release by Altanerus Dog [UPDATE]

Thanks to another heads up by both XeNoMoRPH and Saberman, we’ve been told that Altanerus Dog has released a new Amstrad CPC Adventure game of ‘Kommando Urbex’. A game in which you must not only explore an old agricultural complex from… Continue Reading →

A Centipede Emulator for the Atari 8bit/Commodore 64 by Norbert! [UPDATE]

Welcome to Centipede for the C64 as an emulator by Norbert. A game that was not only released as a vertical fixed shooter by Atari in 1980, but it also featured as a rather cheesy but nostalgic Pixel movie. A… Continue Reading →

LightTheLEDs – A new Amiga puzzler from Skinny Marley creator Toolzzi

JOTD isn’t the only developer who is hard at work creating new Amiga games, as looking through the Commodore Amiga Facebook group, we’ve just found out that Toolzzi. Who was also behind games such as Skinny Marley, Cat Hunts Rats and Skinny Marley… Continue Reading →

Operation Steel Rain – This WIP mech platformer for the Amiga looks rather cool (+DEMO)

Even though it’s still Jan, already we’ve had so many Amiga game news stories, that at times I could hardly keep up! Games such as Bad Dudes vs DragonNinja, Castlevania AGA, Tracker Hero and WIZONK are just some of the… Continue Reading →

HOT NEWS : Bad Dudes vs DragonNinja conversion is in the works via JOTD for the Amiga

Well this is incredible news!! As an IndieRetroNews reader, has recently informed us in our comments feed, that JOTD is now working on a Bad Dudes vs DragonNinja Arcade conversion for the Commodore Amiga (AGA). Although it’s still in a… Continue Reading →

Abyssal Karma Part 1 – A top scrolling Shoot ’em up for the C64 by Rodrigo Yeowtch [UPDATE]

If you’re not playing modern games such as Stalker 2, or the latest hardware release of ‘The Spectrum’, then how about this homebrew update of Rodrigo’s Commodore 64 top scrolling Shoot ’em up of ‘Abyssal Karma’:  An entertaining game which… Continue Reading →

Rogul – Hack’n’Slash Roguelike for the Atari XL/XE by Bocianu with music by PG

Roguelike. Just the word brings up thoughts of ascii based dungeon crawlers with esoteric early ’80s User Interfaces that have the steepest of learning curves that have more complexity than a B-52 cockpit. There are hundreds if not thousands of… Continue Reading →

Tracker Hero – A musical game for the Amiga? Count me in!

Throughout the years most of the games I feature on Indie Retro News, are either arcade platformers, shoot ’em ups, or my least favorite genre, puzzlers. Well here’s something that is likely to spice it up a bit in the… Continue Reading →

Sky Shapers – A vertical scrolling SHMUP from new Norwegian developers Digilicious Nibbles! {AMIGA}

Love collecting big box Amiga games and more so brand new ones from homebrew developers, then come and check out Digilicious Nibbles latest Arcade Shoot ’em up of ‘Sky Shapers’: A game in which the Norwegian developers have said is "an engaging… Continue Reading →

Elite for the VIC 20 (32K + 3K RAM) as an unofficial port by Aleksi Eeben!

I’ve always had a soft spot for Elite ever since I played ‘Frontier Elite II’ on the Amiga in 1993. Although Elite and Frontier Elite II was vastly different in graphical quality, it still gave a space-sim sci-fi experience like… Continue Reading →

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