Ghostbusters - Classic 1984 game of Ghostbusters is coming to the Intellivision

While many of you still remember and love to this day, the classic game of 'Ghostbusters'; a game based on the movie of the same name that was released on many different systems such as the Amstrad, C64 and ZX Spectrum. You'll be pleased to learn that if you have an Intellivision however and didn't get to enjoy that classic game, then we have found out that CM Intellivision Homebrews will be porting the game over as Ghost Busters + for the Intellivision.

Judge Dredd and the House of Death - A big Adventure game is coming to a C64 near you via Atlantis

I don't usually do writing on weekends but at certain times we get news updates that just need to be announced! Well here are with Judge Dredd and the House of Death; an upcoming Adventure game from Atlantis that is not only based on the original 1986 pen and paper game from Diceman issue #1, but it will be a choose your own Adventure game based on your decisions that will be released this Summer 2021 fitting on two disk sides!

GEM JAM - Bejeweled/CandyCrush work in progress for the Amstrad CPC


We've featured a number of great match 3 games on Indie Retro News, games such as The Return of Traxtor and Vegetables Deluxe to name but a few. But now after searching the very depths of the Amstrad world, we've come across a brand new WIP game for the Amstrad called 'GEM JAM'; a freely playable Bejeweled/CandyCrush Clone that was developed entirely through Lockdown returning to the CPC after nearly 30 years of absence.

TURBO ARCADE - An awesome racing game is coming 2022 to your Atari 2600, demo now available

If however you don't have a ZX Spectrum but instead an Atari 2600 then you might like this piece of news, as trawling through Facebook, we've just come across this awesome looking racing game for the Atari 2600 called Turbo Arcade. Although the game isn't due to be released until 2022, Champ Games have at least released a demo for you to try which gives you an early look at this upcoming racing game which when complete, will feature 99 rounds and hundreds of scenes to race through.

Popeye - A classic Game & Watch game from 1981 appears on the ZX Spectrum 48k

Another day and another Game and Watch mention, as the previous one was called 'Donkey Kong Jr' which was ported over to multiple commodore systems, and this latest release called 'Popeye' has been developed for the ZX Spectrum 48K using Basic by McFly. Now unlike the other game port developed by alargames and starring Mario, Popeye is a simple game of skill starring Popeye and Olive, with the latter tossing objects from a ship's deck to be caught by her sailor boyfriend.

Inding of BaasIc - A krappy demake for the spectrum 48k, entirely written in ZX Basic.


Way back in 2011 many of us had the pleasure of playing Edmund McMillen's 'Binding of Isaac'; a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements, which followed Isaac on his journey finding bizarre treasures, that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures. Well if you remember that game and feel like playing a Krappy demake on your ZX Spectrum, then you can check out "Inding of BaasIc
" a demake for the spectrum 48k, entirely written in ZX Basic.

Super Bat Puncher 10th anniversary - A charming NES platformer gets a demo, Famicom edition version 2021 Q4

If you're looking for a new NES demo to try and want one to satisfy your retro gaming needs, then look no further than this latest news update! As thanks to a heads up by a good friend of ours on Twitter, we have been told you can now download the latest Famicom/NES game demo called ' Super Bat Puncher '; a charming little platformer developed by Jul6502, Dave Harris and Nicolas Betoux as a teaser to the Famicom version due to be released 2021 Q4... Super Bat Puncher Demo (FC) 10th anniversary (pre-order) linked below.

A new Scorpion Engine hack n Slash Amiga game is in the works

A very early Amiga heads up for you all, as thanks to Earok spreading the news on Facebook, we've been told that Dante 3d dev@dantemendes is working on a new action platformer for the Amiga, which is being developed using Earok's excellent Scorpion engine. Although details are very sparse at this stage, the developer has released some very early footage and hopes to add more game development information down the line.