Thanks to another heads up from a good friend of ours , we've been told that if you're looking for something different to play on your C64, then make sure to check out Stepz latest free game of 'Rambler'; A game in which you need to grab all the stars to reach the exit! In light of this news, considering it's a bit on the slow side today, Saberman has done a video of the game being played.
Amiga owners and Commodore owners alike, have we got the event for you! As Fusion Retro Events which is a part of Fusion Retro Books, will be celebrating all that is retro in their own special way! As in the words of the announced event organizers, "South West Amiga Group and Retro Computer Museum. The ZZAP! Live event will cover each an every Commodore system including the Amiga family. The event will be held on the 12th August at The Holiday Inn, Kenilworth, CV8 1ED.".
The retrogames just keep on coming, as thanks to another heads up earlier today from our good friend Saberman, he has told us that Inufuto has released a brand new game for systems such as the Amstrad, C64, Plus4 and ZX Spectrum called 'Cracky'. An Arcade platformer in which you need to collect all the Stars while avoiding deadly baddies. In light of this news, Saberman has also done a new video which shows the game in action below.
If you're looking for some cool Sega Mega Drive or Genesis news then you've come to the right place! As we've recently come across a new game that I think many will be looking forward to, and that's the in-development game of 'Planet B'; A 16bit procedural roguelike rpg which promises randomly generated content and so much more. In light of this news, we have a brand new teaser trailer to show you from the game, with development by Fabrice Fernandez, Hieu-Khai Bui-Quang and Emmanuel Rousseau.
Do we have some truly stonking news for you fine folks especially if you have an Amstrad CPC 128k or even a GX4000! As thanks to the hard work of Amstrad GGP, at some point in the near future we'll be able to play 'Mighty Street Fighter'; A rather unique looking version of Street Fighter which looks to be using a similar character design to that of the chibi art style NES game of 'Mighty Final Fight' which was released in 1993.
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 released on the Commodore 64, and it's 'GP Cars' by LHS; A tiny sprite racing game that came 2nd place at the WiLD Demo Competition FOReVER 2023 - ROBOT. To coincide with this news, Saberman has done a new video where he crashes around the track a lot!
It was just recently that we gave you the heads up that the 1987 Arcade game of 'Flying Shark' was being remade for the Amiga by none other than Magnus T together with JMD. Well if you were hoping for more news on this Arcade like version of the game, which was originally developed by Toaplan and released on the Amiga as well as many other systems. Then as of today the creator has just released a 3 level playable demo for you to try requiring an Amiga 500, 7.14 mhz cpu, OCS/ECS, 1 MB and 1.3 ROM.
If you remember playing the late 80's game of 'Rick Dangerous'; a very challenging platformer that made you feel like an Indiana Jones character traversing dangerous locations such as caves and temples while avoiding the bad guys and deadly boulders and spiked traps, then you might like this latest news story sent to us by Per Ola Eriksson. As he was kind enough to inform us earlier today, that the graphically overhauled version of Rick Dangerous by The Z-Team, has just been updated with a kick ass release for 2023!
In 1988 Ocean Software ( Imagine Label ) released a fine beat 'em up for the Amstrad CPC, C64 and ZX Spectrum. It was a great title that had either single player or two player gameplay with you playing as street fighters known only as Renegade in a revenge against a kingpin named "Mr. Big" for murdering their brother. Well if you remember this fine game from the 80's you'll be pleased to know that if you have an Amstrad CPC, you can play the newest of releases called 'Renegade Reloaded'; A new CPC version of the game which now features scrolling by Geco!
Ever since the creation of Indie Retro News, we've always tried to keep you up to date on the latest games, either for the Amstrad, the C64 or even the ZX Spectrum. Well it's the ZX Spectrum that's getting another shoutout this week. As we've recently been informed this morning, that if you head on over to the link below, you can try out the latest game creation from SEQUENTIA SOFT called 'Storm Over Valhalla'; A high quality ZX Spectrum game with plenty of levels and enemies to defeat!
For those of you who are looking for a great Commodore amiga news story, will be excited for this announcement. As we have just been given the heads up via Walter Mamo in our Commodore Amiga Facebook group, that Prototron is working on an Enhanced version of the Arcade game of 'FINAL FIGHT'. A game that was originally released back in 1989-1991 but is regarded by many as a BAD port by U.S. Gold. As in the words of one such gamer "Looked great in the mags, looked great during the intro, but everything changed rapidly when the game actually started".
As an Amiga owner and a fan of homebrew releases I was pleasantly surprised by how enjoyable Lemming880's platformer ' Boxx 2 ' and ' Boxx 3 ' was on the Amiga system, especially with added bright and bold colourful detail by Koyot1222. Both of these games were developed using backbone and required you the player to collect as many coins as possible, while avoiding deadly traps, killing bad bosses and aiming to reach the exit to complete the level.. So why are we mentioning these games again? Well check out the latest update below and you'll find out why :).
Trawling through the latest The New Dimension entries looking for a decent C64 game to play, and one that stood out in the crowd was Carl Mason's updated and enhanced Commodore 64 Shoot em up of ' VIOS '. This game according to The New Dimension, is an updated version of the game which now features special enhancements such as a new front end, a hi score table, as well as other bits described in the information below the gameplay video provided by Per Ola Eriksson and Saberman.
The retro game news just keep on coming, as thanks to another heads up earlier today from a good friend of ours, we have been told us that JOTD has released a new preview download, for his upcoming Arcade - Amiga conversion of the classic game of Xevious. A game that was originally released in the Arcades by Namco's and then ported to other home computers. To coincide with this update, Saberman has done a video of the game below.