Sad news as legendary retro gaming music artist 'Ben Daglish' has passed away :(

Indie Retro News is usually very upbeat and always ready to talk about the latest games or music, but it's with great sadness to tell you all that the legendary retro gaming music artist Ben Daglish has passed away to Cancer at the young age of 52. If you've ever had an Amiga, Amstrad, C64 or ZX Spectrum you would've come across his incredible music with games such as Cobra, Mask, Auf Wiedersehen Monty or even The Last Ninja. So you can understand why we are rather upset especially after listening to his music growing up, and more so that we will be taking one day off from writing to pay our respects to this great man.

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Avenger +5DG - C64 Gauntlet clone with new graphics by Oliver Orosz

Just recently over the weekend, Hokuto Force released the Gauntlet clone of ' Avenger +5DG ' for the C64, which originally was released way back in 1987 by Gremlin. This latest update has a brand new crack, with a new trainer and awesome graphics by Oliver Orosz, the same person behind the games Jani and graphical designs for Mystic Mansion and Guardian. In Avenger you play as a Ninja and after successfully completing your training, must avenge your step father and take back the scrolls of Ketsuin from the wicked Yaemon to appease the God kwon and release from eternal hell.

The story of the Commodore 64 in pixels - C64 Book kickstarter Success!

Chris Wilkins must be overjoyed with the news today as after just a few days worth of campaigning and through our big feature, his latest book of ' The Story of the Commodore 64 in pixels ' is now a Kickstarter success. Raising £20,867 pledged of a £20,000 goal with still 27 days to go, the project creator who is also the creator behind ZX Spectrum Story in pixels vol 1, vol 2 and The History of U.S. Gold is now hoping to reach further stretch goals such as a brand new album from Linus and GH, and if raised up to 55K : each book will come in a presentation box!

The story of the Commodore 64 in pixels - Chris Wilkins sets forth his latest Book kickstarter

Welcome to another Kickstarter which is hopefully going to have a very special place in the C64 retro gaming community. This is ' The Story of the Commodore 64 in Pixels ' by Chris Wilkins, who is also known for such detailed books as the ZX Spectrum Story in pixels vol 1, vol 2 and The History of U.S. Gold. With every book that has been released so far, each one has been packed full of reading material such as interviews with the hardware creators, the game developers, a history of the hardware and lots of double page spreads of gaming goodness. With this latest Kickstarter that is aiming for a £20,000 goal, C64 owners may find this to be a very worthy crowd funding campaign indeed!