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.

Links :1) Wikipedia

Indie Retro News celebrates over 6 years of gaming news!

It's incredible to think that this year will be another year under our belt and our anniversary of over 6 years since our gaming creation in the late part of 2011! Over many years of posting the latest gaming news on certain forums, (originally just quotes) I had a dream to create my own gaming website, one that would suit both fans of the Indie scene and the Retro scene and would reach out to as many people as possible, which includes those of you in the Amiga, Amstrad, C64, ZX Spectrum, Sega Master System, NES and even the BBC Micro scene. Thus in late 2011 Indie Retro News was born and over time has seen a huge surge in views with the end result of being a part of the top 5 retro gaming blog, the top 10 retro gaming blog, and the top popular blogs to Follow!

Romhacking Spotlight - Lode Runner Mini, Super Mario Ultimate and SoR2

Welcome to another post of the Romhacking Spotlight! If you missed the first post this segment is all about recommending some of the many great romhacks that you might have missed. For me romhacking is a way to play those old games in a new way, or to get a sequel to a game that never were. For example we all loved Super Mario Bros 3 but Nintendo had to move on to the next generation consoles and sadly never made any more Mario Bros games for the Nes. But thanks to romhacking we can see many new versions of a game and a good example of this is the hack "Super Mario Ultimate" that you can read more about in this post :)

Indie Retro News will be leaving retro behind and going triple AAA gaming!

It's a sad reflection of society but it looks as if people are turning their backs on indie and retro games and moving towards a more modern outlook in life. As such Indie Retro News will no longer be featuring indie, retro games and or retro systems. To be honest I kind of agree as the Amiga just isn't very good, nor is the Amstrad, C64, ZX Spectrum or NES, they pretty much suck in comparison. I mean seriously why would anyone want to play on an Amiga nowadays when you can play on a powerful PC with the latest commercial games. I'd rather play Battlefield or Call of Duty, when the graphics and story are way better than anything! So as of now we will no longer be featuring indie or retro games, they just are not very good nor are they worth writing about.

Romhacking Spotlight - Mario Land, Turtles and Balloon Fight!

 

Welcome to the first installation of Indie Retro News Romhacking Spotlight! There are a lot of hacked rom files out there and new hacks gets released every week and it's very easy to miss some really amazing hacks. So I decided to create this segment to spotlight some of those hidden gems that might have passed under the radar.

Indie Retro News NEEDS YOU! :)

As mentioned some time back it's time we moved forward and look towards hiring new additions to our website to make this place even better than it could be. As such we are looking for new writers who can not only help write the latest news up but perhaps even do awesome reviews of those favourite games from your past. All we ask is that you can pull the reader in, do a cool write up review with pictures and at least have some knowledge of writing via websites.... So Amiga, Amstrad, Atari, C64, PC, ZX Spectrum or even NES cartridge slot blowers now's the time to sign up and have fun! - Contact us here

Indie Retro News Patreon Funding Campaign is launched!

Finally after being poked left right and centre last year to set up a Patreon Funding campaign to help Indie Retro News, it's time to announce that the campaign is now live! Yes indeed thanks to a kick up the back side ;) and Chris Wilkins of those awesome Fusion Retro Books such as The Story of the Commodore 64 in Pixels and The Crash Annual 2018 reminding us throughout 2017 we've decided now is the right time to launch for even more Amiga, Amstrad, C64 and even ZX Spectrum goodness!

So what do you get out of it? Well apart from more write ups from us which is really going to kick up a notch next week, we will hire extra writers, you will get some exclusive heads up news AND more awesome stuff in the pipeline ;)

Links : 1) Indie Retro News Patreon Page

Top 75 Retro Gaming Blogs and Websites - VOTED 5TH with a badge of honour!

What a lovely wake up call, as we were recently contacted by Ben Johnson in Admiration of our Retro Gaming Website, that out of a top 75 of retro gaming blogs and websites to follow in 2018, Indie Retro News was voted 5TH! Which means we were very close to gaining the top spot as listed by the TGS Score, Domain Rating, Referring Domains and Organic Traffic. As you can see we are delighted with the news and a big part of that isn't just our review writers but also you the reader who keeps coming back again and again! Also a massive thanks to the site owner who said to us "What you’re doing on indieretronews helped lots of Retro gamers, including me. I can’t imagine the workload you put in to make it that good"

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Top featured blog at Tierragamer and a Merry Christmas to you all

Another year is fast coming to a close and Christmas is tomorrow with kids and adults opening up their presents and perhaps loading up the odd retro game or two in a fit of nostalgia. For us it's been a very positive year that has been filled with some of the best games for some time with not just the Amiga, but also the C64 and ZX Spectrum as the highlights on our website. Although there have been some difficult times in health, the website has gone from strength to strength and as such I'd like to say a huge thank to you all with a BIG Merry Christmas, AND finally to check out our latest award by TierraGamer, coming 1st place as the top popular blog :) 1) Links

Indie Retro News is now ranked 6th - Top 75 Retro Gaming Blog and Website on the planet!

Here at Indie Retro News we've just had the best news of the year, as thanks to a heads up by our friends Retro Games Collector, we've just found out we have been awarded the TOP 75 Retro Gaming Blog on the internet, coming an incredible 6th place! To say I'm overjoyed is an understatement as lot of that is not only through keeping the website up to date, but it is also as a massive thanks to you the readers and developers who keep coming back for more. - You're all awesome, seriously! (link)

Indie Retro News is taking a break, back soon!

After 4 years of writing through the highs and lows of retro gaming it's time to announce Indie Retro News is taking a short break! No don't worry we won't be gone for ever, but as of this evening all writing will stop until either late Thursday or back on Friday. The reason for this is, I seriously need a time out as apart from one day stop when it turned out to be a disaster, I've never been anywhere away from my own area! Probably the addiction of finding the latest game news and keeping the site going doesn't help ;) But anyway, massive thanks to all of you who keep coming back, and don't worry, you'll see us again on Friday!

Indie Retro News is taking a short break

As many of you know I have been writing on my site Indie Retro News for many many years, and I feel now is the time to take a short break away and enjoy the lovely weather with loved ones. So don't be too concerned if you don't see any gaming news appearing over the weekend, as hopefully I'll be back later on Monday. Oh and I'd also like to say a huge thank you to all of my readers who keep coming back, so look forward to next week, as once more i'll be trying my utmost to bring you the latest in Indie and Retro gaming news. So see you soon Amiga, Atari, Amstrad, C64, ZX Spectrum gamers, you're all awesome!

Indie Retro News celebrates over 5 years of gaming news!

View count going up!

Indie Retro News is not only very close to our new first huge milestone of 40 million views, but today is our 5 year anniversary since our gaming creation in the late part of 2011! Over many years of posting the latest gaming news on certain forums, (originally just quotes) I had a dream to create my own gaming website, one that would suit both fans of the Indie scene and the Retro scene and would reach out to as many people as possible, which includes those of you in the Amiga, Amstrad, C64, ZX Spectrum, Sega Master System and even the BBC Micro scene. Thus in late 2011 Indie Retro News was born and over time has seen a huge surge in views to the point of even making the top 100 for the best gaming websites on the planet.

A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year from Indie Retro News [UPDATE]

Here we are again with another Christmas and what a year it has been, full of incredible indie games, new homebrews, and lots of lost and found retro specials that have amazed even our own writers thanks to Genesis Project, Hokuto Force or Laxity. From C64 games such as Charlie Chaplin, Red Baron 3000, Donkey Kong + (X2016 Version), Locators Synd, Hessian, Alien 8 and Pentagram, to the incredible Amiga specials such as the SEGA CD exclusive Heart of the Alien ported over to the Amiga, Another World lost levels, OnEscapee and Giana Sisters: Special Edition by PixelGlass Studios. But that's not all we've had to enjoy, as we've had month after month of Amiga CD32 conversions thanks to Earok(+team) and more so this year Amiga Jay with Psygnosis : The Complete Amiga Works, The Bitmap Brothers Collection and even the Overhead Racer Collection! [25/12/16 Christmas Update]

It's Friday and it's retro gaming remix time!

Good morning you awesome people, have I got a musical retro gaming treat for you! As I was fixing my computer yesterday with a rather poor excuse for a pad by my side, I decided to go through some of the coolest gaming remixes available on Youtube and pick a number of them to be posted up on Indie Retro News. Many of these tracks will sound fantastic on not just an expensive hi-fi system but can be blasted to your hearts content via an mp3 player in the car. So get ready gamers the music is about to start!

Thankyou everyone - Computer Update

I would like to say from the bottom of my heart, I am massively grateful to all of you that came forward to help sort this computer situation out and to get Indie Retro News back up and running. Without you I would've been completely stuck and this site would've really suffered, probably only once or twice a week updates from a family computer. Some were even willing to donate their own computers for just as long as mine was out of action, which I said no to (politely) but thankful yes. On the topic of the computer, it is back up and running but there are issues. It will need a new CPU cooler and a new motherboard. The graphics card looks to have survived as did the soundcard, even though it doesn't look to good on the back. So the next stage is repairs but articles will start to return to normal into next week. - Again thank you so much, you guys are awesome beyond words.

Bad news at the Indie Retro News HQ - RAIJINTEK TRITON

You may or may not have noticed the lack of articles yesterday but something terrible has happened. My sealed AIO cooling unit known as the RAIJINTEK TRITON has leaked its innards all over the Msi Gaming 5 motherboard, Asus Zonar soundcard and 980GTX graphics card. Upon closer inspection yesterday after hearing bubbling sounds, a large crack had appeared in the side of the block, forcing liquid out when the pump was working. I completely agree that electronics and water don't mix, but this was supposed to be a sealed all in one unit and was tested for many hours... It took a year to get to this point

AllGen Gaming - Video gaming centre in Rochester was a launch success!

After all these months of shouting about the latest gaming centre to be launching in Rochester,UK for all things retro and modern gaming, last weekend it actually happened. On Sunday 28th August ' AllGen Gaming' had its first launch day with all the gaming systems you could hope to play on under one roof. But that is not all as Indie Retro News was there to support them all the way through to show off just how keen we were to be a part of this incredible experience. ( Lots of Photos to follow )

The Summer of 64 - RGDS Podcast and Indie Retro News latest Amiga album!

It's that late hour news article again, and this time it's all about Aaron White of RGDS Podcast latest musical wonder, ' The Summer of 64 ' for the Amiga! As an exclusive Indie Retro News release, with a number of tracks chosen by yours truly, this big special album with all tracks converted by Aaron, has a menu graphics loading screen by none other than Paul Kitchen, who is a good friend of Aaron's from way back (Amiga group CMAP) ,and is now working on the Viva Amiga film project doing graphics as well as a few other projects.

AllGen Gaming - Video gaming centre launching this Sunday in Rochester-UK

Remember our heads up for the latest Gaming Centre launch in Rochester-UK for the 28th of August on Sunday? Well good news as it all looks to be going ahead as planned and now we know the times at AllGen Gaming will be from 1pm till 9pm with more consoles and systems than you could ever dream of in one place that isn't a gaming convention. What's more for the very first day it will be a FREE LAUNCH DAY EVENT and sponsored by our good selves Indie Retro News.