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TRAX – This Chaos Engine inspiration looks incredible on the Atari XL/XE! (WIP)

The original Chaos Engine was an incredible game released in 1993, and developed by the very famous Bitmap Brothers. It was a well known title that at its core, was for the Amiga in which one or two players battled… Continue Reading →

A new 1:1 Colonization recreation project in development by David P. Sicilia for the PC!

If you loved playing Sid Meier’s Colonization back in the day, and have tried out many of the clones or remakes that have been released over the years such as FreeCol, then make sure to keep an eye on developments… Continue Reading →

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Game Boy Adventure arrives on the C64 and it’s super cool!

Funnily enough during today I’ve been trying my utmost to find my original Gameboy which was given over to my Brother some years ago. Sadly I haven’t been able to find it, but at least this latest release by Roman… Continue Reading →

Banger Management – A fabulous Arcade Puzzler from Jonathan Cauldwell for the ZX Spectrum

With all the games I’ve featured you’d think the news would slow down, but not so! As after already featuring a number of games for a multitude of systems since Monday, along comes the ZX Spectrum game of ‘Banger Management’… Continue Reading →

Block’Em Sock’Em – A puzzle platformer by darryl1970 for the Atari 7800 gets a new demo!

Another cool looking game to sink your retro teeth into on this rather hot Thursday morning, as Liqmatrix was kind enough to let us know that if you head on over to the link below, you can check out the… Continue Reading →

Polymer Picker – Clear the Ocean from Rubbish in this BBC Micro game from Stephen Scott

The retro games just keep on coming, as thanks to another heads up earlier this week from our good friend Liqmatrix, he has told us that Stephen Scott has made available through itch io, his latest game creation for the… Continue Reading →

Gold Mine Run! – A charming Arcade platformer released for MS-DOS!

It’s not often we feature MS-DOS games, unless of course it’s a glorious classic released on GOG, but today’s announcement is something special for the retro game scene. As we’ve been told by our good friend Juan J. Martínez, who released… Continue Reading →

Petaxian (June Build ) – A new take on an Arcade classic based on PETSCII graphics

Galaga has appeared on Indie Retro News a few 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 here we are… Continue Reading →

RODOLFO SKYLARRIENTE, THE ARCHAEOLOGIST – A simple text adventure has been released for the Amstrad CPC!

I was a bit late on this one *Sorry Xenomorph :p*, but if you’re looking to play more of a history related game on your Amstrad CPC, then you might like this new game that has been sent to us… Continue Reading →

Tower and Dragon for the Commodore PET with only 8K has reached version 2.0

Another Commodore PET news story has appeared in our inbox, as we have recently been informed by the creator ‘Jason Cook’, that the previously released game of ‘Tower and Dragon’, has hit version 2.0 and can be enjoyed right now!… Continue Reading →

Flimbo’s Quest – A fun filled platformer is coming to the Atari XL/XE

This weekend has just got even better as solo/ng has announced that a new work in progress build of the Atari XL/XE conversion of ‘ Flimbo’s Quest ‘, has been released via the AtariAge forums. A game that was announced… Continue Reading →

Worms VBI – AttentionWhore announces that Teletext has come to the Commodore Amiga!

Some very special news has appeared in our inbox, as thanks to a heads up by Saberman, we’ve been told that AttentionWhore has announced that Teletext has come to the Commodore Amiga ‘AGA’. As in the words of one reply under… Continue Reading →

Mega Wizards – A work in progress preview of a multi-party game for the Commodore 64

Even though it’s getting really late and I’m almost falling asleep at the keyboard, I thought it best to give a shout out to this game that was mentioned to us through Facebook, and it’s "Retro Gaming with Jeffrey’s" latest… Continue Reading →

Holiday – An Amiga OCS/ECS Photo RPG released by Lifeschool22 via the AmiGameJam2022

Something different for today on Indie Retro News, as looking through the EAB forums for something interesting to write up, and we were contacted by Lifeschool22, about the latest game that they created for the Commodore Amiga called ‘Holiday’. A… Continue Reading →

Lunar City – An action blaster by TND released for the Commodore 64

It’s time for the Commodore 64 community to get a retro gaming news heads up, as earlier today we were informed by our good friend and Youtubber Saberman, that TND has released a new game for the C64 called ‘Lunar… Continue Reading →

Airwolf Enhanced – An improved and more level version of a very difficult game!

Ask most retro gamers or people of middle age and upwards about the name Airwolf and they’d probably tell you of a TV series in the 80’s that revolved around a rather powerful military helicopter and its crew undertaking missions… Continue Reading →

Caravandalf – A super fast scrolling shooter for the Amiga AGA by Peter & Gordon Mackay

Because of the ongoing Amijam competition, we have been swamped with new Amiga games! Games such as King Arthur, The Last Dungeon and RogueCraft, are just some of the games we’ve mentioned this week. Well here’s another Amiga game to play that… Continue Reading →

King Arthur: Rise of the Round Table – Sword slashing Amiga CD32 game inspired by Moonstone! ( Work in Progress )

Another interesting news story has just hit our inbox and one I think Commodore Amiga gamers across the globe will loading up when it’s finished, is the recently announced Amiga CD32 game called ‘King Arthur: Rise of the Round Table’;… Continue Reading →

The Last Dungeon – A new Zelda like game teased for the Commodore Amiga (+Demo)

The Amiga news just keep on coming, as thanks to another heads up earlier today from a good friend of ours, we have been told that Pixelplop has teased a new Commodore Amiga game via the AmiJam of The Last… Continue Reading →

RogueCraft – Awesome looking Amiga roguelike from Badger Punch Games gets an AmiJam demo!

If you have an Amiga you are sure to like this latest news story that’s just been sent to us by Saberman, as if you were hoping to play the C64 version of ‘Rogue64’ by Badger Punch Games but didn’t… Continue Reading →

Rogue Declan Zero (Amiga) – Another addictive looking game from Nivrig is here to play!

Here’s another great Commodore Amiga news story for all you fine retro gamers out there, as we’ve recently been informed via our good friend Nivrig Games, who also designed the highly enjoyable game of ‘Turbo Tomato’. That if you head… Continue Reading →

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