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Captain Square Jaw – A new game demo for the Spectrum Next which pushes the machine to its limits!

Another game is worthy of a mention on Indie Retro News which looks equally enjoyable and graphically superior for the system it’s being played on, is BCW.Design’s upcoming ZX Spectrum NEXT game of ‘Captain Square Jaw’. A game in which the… Continue Reading →

Scary Things – A vertical scrolling Shoot ’em up for the ZX Spectrum for Halloween

If you’re looking for more Halloween goodness then you’ve come to right place! As after already featuring the ZX Spectrum game of ‘Monster Mayhem’ by Mananuk, along comes another game for the ZX Spectrum called ‘ Scary Things ‘ by DF… Continue Reading →

Mega Splatterhouse – 1988/89 Arcade Splatterhouse gets a Sega Mega Drive demo!!

With the Caffeine just about kicking in and a HOT news story that’s well worth a mention. We’ve just been informed by the Scorpion Engine creator Earok, that Monster Bath Games Inc has released an early demo of the upcoming… Continue Reading →

Monster Mayhem – A new Halloween game released for the Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum by Mananuk!

Halloween has arrived and lots of creepy games with pumpkins, ghouls and ghosts have started to appear on Indie Retro News for your horror enjoyment. One such game that stands out with recommendations by multiple friends of ours such as… Continue Reading →

Pumpkin – A 2024 Halloween edition of the classic Pac-man game for the amiga!

More Amiga news this week as looking through the itch io website, we’ve found out that the developer of Electric Black Sheep. Who was behind games such as DUEL, Tale Of Evil and The Tower of Evil. Has released the Commodore Amiga… Continue Reading →

Retro Robbins in Micro-Blitz – The BIGGEST ZX Spectrum game by Lee Chops to date!

If you’re sick of all the ZX Spectrum news look away now! If however you want to check out a rather awesome looking ZX Spectrum game by none other than Lee Chops Stevenson. A creator behind games such as RETCON GHOSTLY CAPERS… Continue Reading →

Magic Tower – A challenging tower climber with a great soundtrack for the ZX Spectrum!

Another game that’s worth a mention for Halloween and one I think will drive some of you insane for the ever increasing difficulty level, is the challenging game update of ‘Magic Tower’ v1.1 for the ZX Spectrum by Seagal112. A… Continue Reading →

Jet Set Steamboat Willie : Darkside of the ‘Toon’- Mickey in a Jet Set Willy world with a creepier overtone

Sometime ago we featured a game called Manic Jet Set Willy, a Manic Miner / Jet Set Willy mash up for the ZX Spectrum by Norman Sword. Well fast forward to today and yet another Jet Set Willy mash up… Continue Reading →

2Tinycowboys – A WIP 2-player single-screen arcade-platformer for the Amiga 500 gets a BIG update

Remember when we featured the first demo for the Scorpion Engine developed game of ‘2Tinycowboys’ by Lord_Santa. Well if you enjoyed it and want more 2-player single-screen arcade-platformer goodness, then you’ll be pleased to know that as of today, you… Continue Reading →

Orbix – Check out this rather unique Commodore 64 game by fleischgemuese!

As you all know we feature as many different games as possible from every walk of retro gaming life. Well today retro gaming news is no exception! As thanks to a heads up by a good friend of ours, we’ve… Continue Reading →

Ruff in Trouble – A high quality nod to RUFF N TUMBLE for the Atari XL/XE is now available for all!

Another nod to a classic, as thanks to Saberman letting us know through Twitter, he has told us that the ABBUC Software Contest 2024 is finished, and shanti77 has made available the RUFF N TUMBLE inspired Atari XL/XE first place… Continue Reading →

Halloween X – The first Halloween game appears, and it’s for the Commodore Amiga

You can certainly tell that Halloween is approaching as more and more creepy games with pumpkins, ghouls and ghosts start to appear for your gaming enjoyment. One such game by the developer 8080 certainly has that ghostly appeal! As they… Continue Reading →

Xeno Brigade Extinction – A rather cool looking turn based strategy game for the Spectrum Next (Physical Release Preorder)

Something slightly different for today’s retro heads up, as we were kindly informed on our Facebook page, that if you love high quality turn based strategy games, AND have either a ZX Spectrum Next, N-go, or XBerry-Pi (50Hz) then it… Continue Reading →

Soltys – A 1995 DOS point and click adventure game is sill coming to the Amiga (AGA)

A Friday heads up for all of our Amiga readers , as we’ve recently found out through the EAB forums, that Tukinem together with Retronics, is still working on bringing the Polish point and click adventure game of ‘Sołtys’ over… Continue Reading →

Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo is coming to the Commodore 64/128 by RetroGL!

With the amount of news stories throughout the last week and the weekend just gone, you’d think we’d take a break, but not so! As waking up this morning, and waiting for the Caffeine to kick in, I was surprised… Continue Reading →

Squarez – A new abstract arcade game released for the Commodore Amiga

Fancy something different other than the usual genres we’ve been posting about these last few weeks, then come and check out la1n.ch’s endless top down arcade(?) game of Squarez. A new Commodore Amiga game which was created in connection with the… Continue Reading →

Alien Fish Finger – Check out this brilliant Amiga action platformer from 1995 which had a number of enhancements!

To be honest I’ve heard about most games that were released on the Amiga, especially ones that were either platformers or my personal favorite dungeon crawlers. However this game which caught our attention and worthy of a write up, was… Continue Reading →

Halloween X – The first Halloween game appears, and it’s for the Commodore Amiga (Demo)

Ai art booooo! ;pYou can certainly tell that Halloween is approaching as more and more creepy games with pumpkins, ghouls and ghosts start to appear for your gaming enjoyment. One such game by the developer 8080 certainly has that ghostly… Continue Reading →

Mijadore 2 The Key – EdD has released another high quality ZX Spectrum platformer!

It’s been a while since we featured any decent ZX Spectrum games, but looking through our messages this morning, we’ve been told that EdD has released the high quality ZX Spectrum game of ‘Mijadore 2 The Key’. A game in… Continue Reading →

Elevator Action – JOTD’s latest Arcade to Amiga conversion gets a final ECS build!

It’s Commodore Amiga news time! Welcome to Elevator Action for the Amiga! A new conversion update by JOTD and team which has now been released as a final ECS build ( Previously released as AGA). A game that was originally… Continue Reading →

Mushrooms That Grow in the Woods – Love Pac-Man? Then you might like this new C64 game by NemanjaV

One game that many people remember throughout the world by both the young and the old, is the Arcade game of Pac-Man from the 1980’s. It put you in control of Pac-Man through a maze, eating all the pac-dots, avoiding… Continue Reading →

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