Indie Apps & Games News

Toki was an awesome arcade shooter platformer that was released way back in 1989 by a designer by the name of Akira Sakuma for many different systems such as the NES, Sega Mega Drive, Atari Lynx, Atari ST, Amiga and… Continue Reading →

With Christmas being just over a month away you’d expect to see lots of Christmas themed games appearing on Indie Retro News in the lead up to the 25th. Well that’s certainly happening this week, as the second title to… Continue Reading →

This is incredible news if you have a Commodore 64, as thanks to a heads up through Twitter, we just found out that one of the best homebrew developers of Sarah Jane Avory, has announced that she is working on… Continue Reading →

While the website has been flooded with lots of game news, I thought it best to mention that Jon Williams classic game of ‘Timeslip’, has been released for the Commodore 64. A game which was originally released way back in… Continue Reading →

While the website has been flooded with lots of game news, I thought it best to mention, that Jon Williams classic game of ‘Timeslip’, has been released for the Commodore 64. A game which was originally released way back in… Continue Reading →

Some more great retro gaming news for you all, as we’ve just been given the heads up through our Facebook group, that Alarsoft who was behind great conversions and new games such as Galaxian, Hyper Harvest, and Galaga, has now turned his… Continue Reading →

I’m a huge top down racing fan, from games such as Micro Machines to Supercars and Indy Heat on the Amiga. Well here’s another top down racing game you might like to try that was recently updated for the Commodore… Continue Reading →

CNGSoft are no strangers to us on Indie Retro News, creating very enjoyable games such as The World Of Hire Hare, Duck Out, FROGALOT, Justin, BB4CPC and The Adventures of Timothy Gunn to name just some of the awesomeness from… Continue Reading →

This game was just too good to pass up, as trawling through the CPCRetroDev 2023 competition entry page, we’ve come across a charming looking Amstrad CPC game of Paulina’s Potions by Leosoft. A game that doesn’t just use a technique… Continue Reading →

In 1987 Irem produced one of the greatest shoot em ups of our time, a shoot em up that even today is regarded as one of the best. That shoot em up was none other than R-Type! It featured many… Continue Reading →

If you have an Amstrad CPC and looking for another decent game to play throughout the weekend, then make sure to check out TheQproyect’s newest of Arcade games released for the Amstrad called ‘Peral’; a game in which you must… Continue Reading →

Even more Amstrad news to get through over the next couple of days and more so considering the amount of games entered into the CPCRetroDev 2023 competition, as we’ve yet again been informed by Saberman and Xenomorph, that Voxel Tower… Continue Reading →

It’s time for some very early Christmas news, as if you have an old PC at hand or an emulator installed such as DOSBox, you might like to play this fun for all the family game of Crimbo by Blackjet…. Continue Reading →

I’m sure many of you remember the 1987 game ‘Wizball’: A game which was coded by Jon Hare and Chris Yates (Sensible Software legends), with music by Peter Clarke, and Martin Galway(C64 version) for the C64, ZX Spectrum, Amiga and… Continue Reading →

Here we go again with another CPCRETRODEV2023 entry, as we’ve been informed just moments ago, that VEC has entered his family friendly game of ‘THE LAST BREW’ for the Amstrad CPC. A game in which you must protect Zmira from… Continue Reading →

Remember the days spent down at the Arcades, hearing the beeps and bops from the different machines, the coloured lights flashing all around, and money being lost for hours worth of enjoyment? Then you might be interested to know that… Continue Reading →

We’ve just come across another great news story especially if you have a ZX Spectrum, as we’ve been told through our Dizzy RetroGaming Facebook group and by Saberman, that the classic game of ‘Fantasy World Dizzy’, which was released back… Continue Reading →

Ah "Cauldron", what a game that was, flying about the landscape on your broom shooting bats and jumping platforms while avoiding baddies. Hard to believe it was released all those years ago in 1985 for the ZX Spectrum, C64 and… Continue Reading →

If you have an Amstrad CPC and looking for some Amstrad related news, then we are pleased to tell you, that if you head on over to the link below, you can check out Altanerus Dog latest Amstrad CPC game… Continue Reading →

The news continues for the C64 as we’ve just been told through our inbox, that Raiders of the Lost Empire have now released a new version of First Star Software’s 1984 classic game Boulder Dash called ‘Boulder Dash Junior 8… Continue Reading →

While many of you have probably played Shadow Dancer back in the day on the Amiga, some of you felt while the game was fun, it was lacking in graphics, noting by many as having an Atari ST colour-palette and… Continue Reading →