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Turrican – A hit platformer gets another tease for the MSX1 by TheGeps with music by Bitcaffe!

A rather famous game for this heads up article is none other than Turrican. A game which has had countless mentions on IRN throughout the years on multiple systems, has now appeared as another update work in progress video by… Continue Reading →

Chopper Duel – "The ultimate two-player air combat game!" Now for the Amiga!

Great news if you’re looking for something different other than all the platformers we’ve been featuring, as thanks to the creator announcing the release and our good friend Saberman letting us know as well, we’ve been told that izero79 has… Continue Reading →

Awesome Slam Siblings Infinite – A Super Smash Bros Tribute coming to the Commodore 64 and it still looks super!

We always try to get the best in retro gaming updates on Indie Retro News for our readers, as we’ve just found out while looking through the Commodore 64/128 Facebook group, that Søren Trautner Madsen is not only still working… Continue Reading →

Gates to Heaven – A brand new Amstrad CPC release from ESP Soft!

Another Amstrad news story for you all, as thanks to a heads up from our good friend XeNoMoRPH and Saberman. We’ve been told that if you really enjoyed any of ESP Soft’s previous games of CPC Jewels, Siemb Chronicles: Arkos the… Continue Reading →

Tiny Thor – A stylish Jump’n’Run game featuring pixel art from Henk Nieborg and music by Chris Hülsbeck! [GOG/Steam]

Our good friend Tom has contacted us regarding a lovely looking game called ‘Tiny Thor’, that is not only available for PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch and Steam OS/Linux, but features true 16-bit pixel art from Henk Nieborg, and the musical talents… Continue Reading →

Tiny Thor – A stylish Jump’n’Run game featuring music by Chris Hülsbeck! [GOG/Steam]

Our good friend Tom has contacted us regarding a lovely looking game called ‘Tiny Thor’, that is not only available for PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch and Steam OS/Linux, but features true 16-bit pixel art from Henk Nieborg, and the musical talents… Continue Reading →

DR. MARIA – A rather nice Dr. Mario clone for the Commodore 64

Another interesting news story has appeared which is well worth a mention on Indie Retro News, is the latest *Public* Commodore 64 release of ‘DR MARIA’ by Sysantmin. A Commodore 64 game which is not only a clone of the… Continue Reading →

Super Star Trek – 1970s source code of the 80 column printer terminal based simulation, converted to many 8bit systems!

Fancy a new game for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Commodore PET, Commodore 64, Plus/4 or Vic-20, then you’ve come to the right place! As thanks to a heads up by a good friend of ours in our inbox, we’ve… Continue Reading →

Plan B 2 – Fandal and Miker have released a new(ish) game for the Atari XL/XE!

The A8 retro games just keep on coming throughout the weekend, as thanks to another heads up earlier today from our good friend Saberman, he has told us that Fandal and Miker have released a new(ish) game for the Atari… Continue Reading →

Akumajou Dracula AGA – Upcoming Castlevania for the Amiga gets new demo footage!

We’ve certainly played our fare share of Castlevania inspired games over the years, especially the most impressive Castlevania Spectral Interlude by Sanchez on the ZX Spectrum. But today news is super special and well worth a mention, as thanks to… Continue Reading →

Herisferix – An enhanced Shoot ’em up for your Commodore 64 by TND

The Commodore 64 news just keeps on coming this week, as earlier today we were informed by our good friend and Youtubber Saberman, that TND has released a new C64 game called ‘Herisferix’; An enhanced version of a SEUCK game… Continue Reading →

Toki C64 Remastered is in development, early footage shown!

Toki was and still is 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… Continue Reading →

Space Taxi – An Iconic Commodore 64 game arrives on the Atari XL/XE and it’s pretty decent!

Here we are with another interesting story that’s just been sent to us by Saberman and F. Santellocco, and it’s the latest release of the iconic C64 game ‘Space Taxi’ for the Atari XL/XE. As in the words of the… Continue Reading →

Aliens NeoPlasma – A great Aliens themed ZX Spectrum game that should be experienced on a ZX Spectrum Next!

It wasn’t long ago now that we had the pleasure of playing the awesome game ‘Aliens NeoPlasma ‘ on the Spectrum which was developed by Sanchez crew (Russian Federation); a horror platformer as their own take on the Aliens movie… Continue Reading →

Galaxian500 – This Arcade conversion by JOTD and team for the Commodore Amiga looks super cool!

Quick Boxart by Mrv2kIt was only just the other day that we announced that JOTD was working on an Arcade to Commodore Amiga conversion of the classic game of ‘Galaxian’; a game that was regarded as an Arcade hit from… Continue Reading →

PETSCII Bros – A Commodore PET homage to Mario Bros, a 1983 arcade game!

Fancy another quality release for the Commodore PET, then you’ve come to the right place! As thanks to another heads up by a good friend of ours on both Facebook and Twitter, we’ve just learnt of a new game that… Continue Reading →

Tony – Previously announced Amiga game by Monochrome Productions gets new footage! [ DEMO RELEASED ]

The Amiga news just keeps on coming! As after already featuring the latest release of Tapper and the in development Galaxian, we have recently been informed by Saberman, that a new Amiga demo has been teased for the upcoming game… Continue Reading →

Tony – Previously announced Amiga game by Monochrome Productions gets new footage!

The Amiga news just keeps on coming! As after already featuring the latest release of Tapper and the in development Galaxian, we have recently been informed by Saberman, that a new Amiga demo has been teased for the upcoming game… Continue Reading →

Ooze: The Escape – A great ZX Spectrum game by Andy Johns gets a Haplo C64 port release!

If you have a Commodore 64 you are going to love this news update that’s been sent to us early this morning, as if you remember our previous announcement of Ooze which was released for the ZX Spectrum by Andy… Continue Reading →

Tapper – Arcade beer drinking classic on the Amiga gets a final release and it’s GREAT!

We’ve featured the 1983 game of ‘Tapper’ a number of times now, as throughout these last few months we’ve been telling everyone, that the beer serving Arcade game originally by Marvin Glass and Associates released by Bally Midway, was coming… Continue Reading →

Galaxian is being developed for the Commodore Amiga as a great conversion by JOTD

Galaxian has appeared on Indie Retro News many times over the years, especially as it is one particular Arcade classic that homebrew developers love making clones of with special effects and bonus power ups added. Well this time we are… Continue Reading →

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