If you're looking for a new Amstrad game you've come to the right place, as trawling through the cpcwiki forums and thanks to XeNoMoRPH who also sent us a heads up, we've recently been told that as of this week you can download Philippe MOULIN's latest Amstrad CPC game of Josh. A rather interesting Amstrad Puzzler in which you need to not only collect the fruit, but also to clear the game screen of a specific colour of diamonds.
Lemmings was a game published by Psygnosis way back in the early 90's for the Amiga, Atari ST and PC and regarded by many as one of the greatest games ever, especially as it featured many blue, green haired Lemmings that could be blown up, ripped apart and dropped from the highest of points before they even hope to reach that exit. So why is that great game getting another mention on IRN? Well as of today if you have a Commodore 64 or a Plus/4 you can play the PETSCII version of lemmings; a game which was originally developed by Jim Orlando for the CBM PET and now ported by Kornel Kolma.
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 we have mentioned. But now after searching the very depths of the Amstrad world and thanks to another heads up by XeNoMoRPH, we've come across a brand new 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.
Other than adventure games and platformers, I've also had a great fondness for shoot 'em ups, from retro games such as R-Type and Project-X to modern inspirations such as the fabulous Super Hydorah. There isn't a Shoot 'em up that I'd turn away from just to pick up a power up and blast a few waves of enemies! So to see a high quality shoot em up that's in development by White Ninja Studio called 'Irena Genesis Metal Fury' for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis certainly piqued my wave blasting interest!
Coming completely out of the blue and one I think I'll be hooked on this week as an Adventure fan, is Clifftop Games retro-ish point and click adventure of ' Kathy Rain : Director's Cut'; an enhanced version of the award winning game which is available for PC, Mac and Linux. As for the story, which every cool adventure game needs, you play as Kathy Rain, as she tries to come to terms with her own troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather!
As many of you know by now especially after @hayesmaker64's inside scoop from 2018, the ex-SEGA game developer and author: Sarah Jane Avory was working on a fabulous Japanese styled RPG for the C64 called ' Briley Witch Chronicles ', which by all accounts wasn't just a good looking game, but it looked to feature plenty of retro goodness that was sure to whet your appetite. Well after featuring the game many times throughout the last few years, we are here to tell you as a HOT news story that the game has finally been released!
It's time to give the Game Boy some much needed attention, as if you're looking for a new boxed game to buy that is being published by our good friends Bitmap Soft, then make sure to check out MHZ Games latest puzzle game of 'Pineapple Kid'; A game which not only tells the story of Pineapple Kid, who is on a personal quest to challenge a legendary Tower that appears once every 100 years. But he aims to gain passage to a place called the Pineapple Paradise to live a happier life!
It is a time to celebrate for Indie Retro News today as not only have we hit a huge milestone in views reaching a staggering 22+ million website hits which doesn't include Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr, but we are also celebrating over 9 years of the creation of the website. It's hard to believe that Indie Retro News was formed in September 2012 with an official beginning in the early part of October, as an idea to give you the most interesting of gaming news from Indie games to our specialty retro.
Another Amiga news story for you all as if you've been following our recent updates regarding Graeme Cowie, Ten Shu and DJ Metune's upcoming Amiga OCS conversion of a classic Arcade game called Kung Fu Master. Then you'll pleased to learn that not only is the game going to be called Devil's Temple - Son of the Kung-Fu Master, but it will now be a spin off game with lots of cool kick ass levels, combining some of the best features of Vigilante such as player weapon pick ups and additional moves. To coincide with this news, Graeme Cowie has shown off an impressive title screen for the game.
If you loved playing Platformers on the Amiga, then you might like this latest news update to start the week, as trawling through the EAB forums, we've been told there has been a number of new in-development teasers shown for Mixel's upcoming Amiga platformer of 'Creeping Me Out : Hex Night. A Scorpion Engine created Action/Adventure/Platformer that doesn't just feature complex levels, but a story, enemies, big bosses and dangerous traps to keep you company.
Another hot news story for you all, as we have just been told through twitter that the all time classic platformer of 'Prince of Persia'; a game which has been released for many different systems back in 1989 by Broderbund, has finally been made available as an incredible port for the Atari XL/XE. Prince of Persia is not only a game that featured lots of well designed platforming levels, but the game was full of danger as you must be careful not to fall through loose floors, get hit by sword wielding guards, crushed by gates or at worst skewered in blood on deadly spikes.
Teased back on February on this very site, the much awaited Amstrad CPC arcade port of Puzzle Bobble will not only be released at some point today, but to get you excited prior to the BIG release thanks to Crazy Piri who sent us the game, I have an exclusive review video to show you which can be viewed below in glorious 8bit. Puzzle games on the Amstrad are sort of a specialty for the system, it can really shine with these types of games.