2005 Mobile game 'Doom RPG' has been port reversed to the PC and it looks pretty damn cool!

I've always had a soft spot for mobile phone games, certainly Redshift's 'The Quest' was appealing with its Dungeon Crawling aesthetics fighting disgusting creatures and finding lost treasures. Well here we are with another special announcement, as if any of you remember the 2005 mobile phone game of 'Doom RPG'; a game developed by Fountainhead Entertainment and published by JAMDAT Mobile combining the Doom first-person shooter franchise with role-playing video game elements. Then as of today you can try the reverse engineered version of the game which is fully playable on your PC!

The Beast Of Torrack Moor - 30th Anniversary Edition - Coming this November!

Throughout the last few years we've featured a number of text based adventures, games such as the upcoming unnamed Pirate themed C64 adventure, The Pawn Remastered, The Marlo Files Remastered Edition, and Goblin Towers to name but a few. But there's another game that's due to be released in November, and that is The Beast Of Torrack Moor - 30th Anniversary Edition; a remastered version of a game released in 1988, by Linda Doughty for the ZX Spectrum

Centiplode - Classic Arcade inspired game has crawled its way onto your mobile!

Surprisingly I don't play many games on my mobile, mainly for the fact many of them are rather rubbish, but today Gazzapper Games contacted us to let us know their Centipede inspired game has come to your Android and it's well worth playing. You see Centipede was released as a vertical fixed shooter by Atari in 1980 and also featured in the more recent Pixel movie, the game had you defending your garden against not just spiders and scorpions but also a rather nasty splitting Centipede!

GODS Remastered - The Bitmap Brothers classic Platformer overhauled needs your Greenlight votes

A special heads up for Friday as The Bitmap Brothers classic 'Gods'; a Platformer from 1991 that appeared on multiple platforms including my favourite computer, the Amiga. Is getting an all new HD remaster to be released third quarter 2017, that currently needs your Steam Greenlight votes. In this famous game featuring the lyrics " Into the wonderful ", you control the legendary Hercules in his quest to achieve immortality, your task is to rid your city of demons by defeating them while also solving puzzles, picking up items, pulling levers and completing each set level.

Skool Daze - A retro childhood classic is coming back on Mobile and Tablets!

A fantastic news story has just reached our inbox today and also thanks to a hearty mention by Chris Wilkins (Fusion Retro Books), is Alternative Software's upcoming Skool Daze remake which is coming to mobile and tablets very soon. It's incredible to think that Skool Daze was first released way back in 1984 for the ZX Spectrum and C64 created by David Reidy. It was the only game of its time, that gave you the experience of being at school, while also being an unruly child trying to steal a report card from the headmaster's safe before your parents end up seeing it. So you can see why I'm just that little bit excited to play this remake as the game is a very nostalgic experience for me, even if I was a good boy at school.

Combat Monsters - Prepares for the 'OMG It's MASSIVE!' V4 update

Rubicon Development - Creators of the brilliant mobile Great Little War Game series have been hard at work on the latest update for their already cracking Combat Monsters - a free Collectible Card Game and Hex battler. Currently in final Beta stages, Rubicon will be pushing this to go live by the end of the month for PC players. but this is not just a minor update, this one is so big it's been dubbed the OMG It's Massive! update with features galore.

Dungeons alpha opens to the public

Just the other day we previewed Dungeons, and recently Anthony Ball of Sinistersoft informed me that they are opening the alpha program to the public, so if you want to get in on the dungeon crawler action and have an android device, go have a look and sign up here: Google Play Dungeons testing program The slots are limited to 1000 though so don't hang about if you want to get in. Also, as mentioned yesterday, there still isn't much of an actual game yet, but as it gets updated, more real game features will appear and more maps once the the map editor is finished (very soon)

Dungeons - Upcoming multiplayer mobile dungeon adventure

Anthony Ball of Sinistersoft has been keeping me up to date with his current project 'Dungeons', a very familiar style of multiplayer (up to 8) 2D scrolling dungeon adventure with different classes of player (Warrior, Valkyrie, Wizard and Elf SORRY Pirate, Dwarf, Queen, Archer, Magician, Knight, Barbarian, Fairy) which often at times may need food... badly... And we've been getting a sneak peek at the alpha builds of it.

Party Hard - Revenge against those noisy neighbours is most sweet!

I'm sure many of you have had at some point in your lives had problems with neighbours, from loud music, to shouting and door slamming. So how about a game where sweet revenge is the main aim? 'Party Hard' is where it's at! In Party Hard, you play as someone who is sick and tired of the neighbours having loud parties. Instead of calling the police, you decide it’s a better idea to kill everyone – using your faithful knife and the environment!

Cinemaware Wings Classic - Emulated original version as Kickstarter backer bonus (Preview)

As you may have noticed, Cinemaware actively gets a lot of coverage here as there are a lot of fans on Indie Retro News from the heyday when Defender of the Crown, It Came From the Desert!, Rocket Ranger and Wings were all massive titles that were hugely different from other games around at the time. Also, the fact that Cinemaware is still active in the community and willing to do remakes  of their classics without losing the feel of the originals gives them even more brownie points. So when they announced their kickstarter for a remastered Wings, we were all over it like a rash.

Zombies: Dead in 20! Mobile zombie slayer game out today from Rubicon

BAFTA Nominated Rubicon Studios (creators of the awesome Great Little War Game franchise) are just lining up their latest mobile casual time waster: Zombies: Dead in 20. The name comes from the fact that each game will last around 20 seconds... if you're lucky! In the time you're playing, the goal is to hold out and blast as many of the oncoming hoard (and it really is a hoard!) of ravaging undead as possible before the inevitable happens.

Crazy Taxi or Crazy Taxi City Ru$h - Which is the better game?

Ah the great Crazy Taxi, a game of fun on both the Arcade and the Dreamcast and now we have Crazy Taxi City Rush for handheld devices! But in comparison which is the better version, will it be Crazy Taxi or the latest Crazy Taxi City Rush?

Tormentum - A highly detailed dark adventure game is Steam greenlit!

Bit of a small update as we've already featured this game before, but still good news in the grand scheme of things! As we've just been informed that Tormentum, which is a highly detailed dark adventure game has been Steam greenlit! The developers OhNooStudio will be pretty excited over that news as it seems I'm not the only one wanting a dark adventure with incredible artwork. The game also features a dreamlike atmosphere inspired by the works of a Polish painter, Zdzislaw Beksinski, and a recently deceased Swiss painter, H.R.Giger! 

Console Saga - A good reason to find a long bus ride

Console Saga the new game by one of the most prolific developers on Playstation Mobile (PSM), Thomas Hopper. By my count Console Saga is his 10th release on PSM and also one of his most mature and polished releases to date. For those unfamiliar with PSM it's an app store for mainly Sony devices such as their phones and tablets but most importantly the Sony Vita. If you are a commuter/gamer like me and are constantly looking for the type of game that fits a good bus ride then this fits the bill perfectly.

Sand Slides now free on Android (Play/Amazon)

Paul Carter of Logikstate has just let me know that his iOS classic falling sand puzzler is now free on Android, both on amazon app store and google play.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 - The classic theme park game returns for a sequel (iOS)

A brand new sequel to the award winning classic RollerCoaster Tycoon has now appeared on Mobile devices. RollerCoaster Tycoon 4 is now available for iOS, where you can create and share your very own theme park, complete with custom build rides. The general feedback so far is pretty negative and isn't doing to well in reviews, especially with it's micro transactions, however this is just the lower quality Mobile version as the best is yet to come, the PC version! As soon as we hear more about that version, we will give you the heads up.
Android Release : Summer

Xbox Live Recommendation Of The Week: Beat Hazard

This week I am recommending the Xbox Live Indie Marketplace release Beat hazard, a game that combines both indie, and retro. This multi-platform (PC, Mac, Linux, mobile and console) game is a modern interpretation of the classic Asteroids style gameplay, with a really interesting twist... The game's soundtrack actually effects the gameplay!

Dungeons and Butter Goblins - An iPhone RPG dungeon crawler

Another kickstarter and it's our first iPhone game on Indie Retro News called Dungeons and Butter Goblins an RPG Dungeon Crawler by Nathan Trippe. I can't believe it's not butter because it isn't, Sorry I just had to get that one in ;).