Defence - A Galaga / Space Invaders mash up appears as the 4th entry into the MSXdev22 competition.

We've featured Galaga on Indie Retro News a number of times already, there was the Atari 2600 port, the excellent demake on the Amiga by Pink and Fade One and then the more recent C64 release by Arlasoft. Well fast forward to today however and there's another Galaga style game that may be of interest to anyone owning an MSX, as GameCast Entertainment has released their Galaga/Space Invaders mash up of Defence for the MSXdev22 competition.

Defence - A brand new Amstrad CPC game by Shining features a classy soundtrack!

We get so many homebrew games it's really nice that developers change the genre slightly and they aren't all platformers and shooters. This is especially true of Shining's new Amstrad CPC disk based game ' Defence ', which is free to download and play and also available as a rather nice physical personalized disk edition with lovely cover, manual and soundtrack on Vinyl-CDR including digital edition. If you enjoy Tower defense games then read on as this is exactly that!

The Loot Castle - PC based tower defence with an interesting take on the genre

Developed by Steven Colling, The Loot Castle is offering an interesting twist on tower defence games. Instead of the tried and tested formula of having a bunch of units to place to hinder the advancing enemy, you indirectly control a set of skeletons occupying various rooms in your castle that are tasked with fending off the advancing knight attack. The big difference from traditional tower defence mechanisms though is control via setting up skill trees.

Pirates! Showdown - The popular yarrr RTS is now free for Android

Game Type : RTS, Defence
Android Developer : Mango Publishing
Game Info Quote : This is a full version of the hit game Pirates! Showdown which is a fast-paced game combining real-time strategy(RTS) and defence tactics. Face off against the fearsome Red Hand privateers in thrilling head-to-head pirate battles on the high sea! Capture towns and other structures to strengthen your defense and increase your gold supply. Capture your enemy's base to win, but make sure you are also defending your own base! 75 campaign levels plus randomly generated maps in skirmish mode!
Release : Now (Free)
Systems : Android