Rygar - A classic game gets a graphical overhaul on the ZX Spectrum

Even more awesome gaming news as we've just learnt that Rygar the Legendary Warrior; a video game created and released by Tecmo in 1986 for the Arcades and later ported to the Sharp X68000, C64, ZX Spectrum, NES, Master System and Lynx, has been given a graphical overhaul on the ZX Spectrum! Yes you read that right, this side scrolling platformer which pits you against strange beasts, that was also given an amazing port on the Amiga(link), has now been much improved on the speccy!

All Terrain Racing - A very festive Christmas Edition Mod (Amiga)

One of the most enjoyable racing games on the Amiga other than games such as Super Cars or Nitro was in fact the 1990's Team 17 game of ' All Terrain Racing '; A game many would say has not just good graphics and sound, but features lots of addictive gameplay with 3 cars to choose from and 42 well designed tracks. Well if you remember this enjoyable game, you'll be happy to know acd2001 has released the Christmas Edition Mod for the game featuring Christmas graphics from demo's alpine track.

Seal Crazy Col. Madd Remix - An Amiga Module has been found and partially recovered!

Some time ago we used to feature many of Aaron White's Amiga related music updates, up until the point of Youtube digging their claws in and issuing a copyright claim on anything remotely related to pop music even if it was very well done on the Amiga but not a 100% copy. Still even with that going on we just had to mention this piece of news, as thanks to Arron himself, he's come across a digitized Protracker version of Crazy by Seal, which has never been seen on the internet before!

Extreme Wolfenstien v4 - An enhancement mod for modern FPS gamers

Considering how many people loved our article in relation Ion Maiden; the work in progress first person shooter that uses the famous Build engine from 3D Realms, and Wolfenstein 3DGE, a faithful reinterpretation of the classic Wolfenstein 3D. We've found another Wolfenstein mod you might like, and this one is called Extreme Wolfenstien v4; a rather cool gameplay enhancement mod for modern gamers.

Hacked Vectrex shows colour and Arcade Jason shows it looking good!

I have a bit of a soft spot for the Vectrex ever since I played one some years ago at the GEEK event in Margate. It was a system that was developed by Western Technologies/Smith Engineering in 1982, and unlike most systems, this little beauty had an integrated vector monitor which displays vector graphics with  optional plastic screen overlays, to simulate colour and designs!

Aliens The Ultimate Doom - Alien Trilogy (UD) Reborn teased!

Get ready to hide behind the couch once more, as Kontra Kommando has announced the Alien Trilogy (UD) mod update, which combines the GZDoom mod 'Aliens: The Ultimate Doom' with Alien Trilogy graphics. As such, Aliens Trilogy UD will be graphically overhauled, have AI he has developed for Aliens : The Ultimate Doom, as well as gore for exploding deaths and a complete texture replacement. In light of this scary news, the modder has released a new teaser footage!

Marvel VS DC-Universe MUGEN V 2.0 - Over 250 characters ready to kick ass!

I'm sure you'll agree with me there are some very good OpenBOR games out there, taking the best well known characters from fighting anime's and movies and putting them against deadly foes in the latest fan based games. But today we are going that much further, as we are going to show a rather special Mugan game which has over 250 original characters battling against each other using lots of powerful attacks! Welcome to Mr_Nygren's Marvel VS DC-Universe MUGEN V 2.0, a feature packed fighting game that's over 3GB in size.

Rick Dangerous makes an appearance in Spelunky!

In 2013 Mossmouth, the developers of the original and great Spelunky,  released the HD remake of Spelunky on Steam and GOG on the PC. It was a game in very similar style to the platforming classic rick dangerous, but with cave exploration and treasure-hunting with all new graphics, music, new areas and much more that made Spelunky HD a fantastic game to play. So it was no wonder that this week, a Rick Dangerous mod was released for Spelunky, in which you can play as the legendary character Rick Dangerous, who appeared on the Amiga, Amstrad and many other famous retro systems.

Brutal Doom 64 - SGtMarkIV's enhanced Doom 64 is ready to kick ass!

For a good while now we've been featuring many of SGtMarkIV's release updates for Brutal Doom, which as we said before many times was pretty much the bloodiest Doom mod we've come across. But today after much drooling SGtMarkIV has finally released ' Brutal Doom 64 ', the next bloody enhanced Doom but this time from the N64 original. It has all new special effects, particles, lightning, gore, sounds, more weapon animations (shotgun reloads, smoother minigun barrels, etc.) and much more to make this a very worthy download indeed.

SplitWolf 1.0 - The only SplitScreen 2-player coop engine for Wolfenstein 3D!

In 1992 ID Software with publishing rights by Apogee Software released the incredible first person shooter ' Wolfenstein 3D ' for MS-DOS. It was the second major release after Commander Keen and featured a unique 3D game engine with multiple enemy types such as Nazi soldiers and dogs, and multiple weapon types to defend yourself with, such as guns and knifes. A critically claimed game for its time with many thousands of copies sold if not millions by now, is just about to get so much better as SplitWolf 1.0, the only SplitScreen 2-player coop engine for Wolf3D has been released!

Knights of Honor - Glorious Medieval mod goes full Widescreen HD!

I can't believe I'm mentioning Knights of Honor, one of my most favourite strategy games of all time by Sunflowers GmbH. But here I am talking about it, as a creator by the name of Gazatus has released the Ultimate Mod for Knights of Honor. A compilation of older mods plus a complete lorefriendly rework. Which means, new content, new music, new quests, economy tweaks, harder AI and a full HD Widescreen Mode!

Brutal Doom 64 - New bloody video featuring 24 minutes of BD64 gameplay

During the early part of this year SGtMarkIV released the latest Brutal Doom version of v20b. Pretty much the bloodiest Doom mod we've played with more gibs and guts than you could ever need in the classic Doom. But now SGtMarkIV has once again impressed us with his talents with a brand new video, featuring 24 minutes of Brutal Doom 64 gameplay. The next overhaul in his line up from the Nintendo 64!

Alex Kidd in Miracle World 2 mod for the Sega Master System!

In 1987 Sega released the great side-scrolling platform game ' Alex Kidd ' for the Sega Master System console. Although it was first released in Japan in 1986 but internationally in 1987, it was one of the most well known games as it was also built into most Master System II's. For anyone that has played the rather enjoyable original, will be pleased to know that during the Hack competition 2016, a creator by the name of Ian has released the ' Alex Kidd in Miracle World 2 Mod ', which is a direct fan sequel to the original Alex Kidd in Miracle World and features more than just a new title screen!

Skyrim Anime Overhaul - Large overhaul mod of Skyrim into an Anime style

I wont tell a lie, I really do like watching Anime at the end a weekend. Usually I'll either be watching Dragon Ball Super, or something with a little more action and more gore. Cute and cuddly, just isn't my type of Anime. So what if you could turn the AAA game of Skyrim, into an Anime like style, well Vendayn has done just that with his mod release of the ' Skyrim Anime Overhaul '.

DOOM Retro v2.0.4 - The latest Doom source release packed with updates!

We've just been informed through our twitter feed that ' Doom Retro ' , which is a minimalistic designed DOOM source port by Brad Harding, has now reached version 2.0.4. Unlike that very gory Brutal Doom, with it's destroyable bodies and disgusting physics, Doom Retro tries to stay as close as possible to the original game but improving it with a number of features and updates. See change log for details.

The Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim - The ultimate graphics and mod tutorial!

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Something different for a new weekend and one I thought I'd never be mentioning on Indie Retro News, is a Skyrim mod install guide. Now yes I know Skyrim is an AAA title, so that's against what this site is about, but mods themselves are pretty unique and are created from individual people flowing with their own ideas and creativity, something we support a lot. I mean hey I play Skyrim nearly every month, but the problem is finding the right mods to install, how to install them and dealing with any issues that will at some point crop up. When it all works, Skyrim looks beautiful and can give the wow factor, but finding the right guide to get to that point can be as bad as finding a needle in a haystack, at least until now. A person by the name of PredCaliber as done a near two hour Skyrim install guide, from graphical changes and overhauls such as an ENB right up to the ultimate Character mods. It is in fact, the definite guide and one we highly support! 

Brutal Doom reaches version V20b and it's bloody glorious!

What an amazing start to 2016 as SGtMarkIV has finally released the latest Brutal Doom version of v20b. Pretty much the bloodiest Doom mod we've come across, with more gibs and guts than you could ever need in a first person shooter, has now got much much better. It was already louder, bigger, faster and harder than the original Doom but now features destroyable bodies and disgusting physics, as well as huge performance improvements.

Golden Axe Mod - Original Hack 'n slash Beat 'em up modified for the ZX Spectrum

In 1989 Sega released the incredible side scrolling, beat 'em up, hack and slash fighter for the Arcades and for the Mega Drive/Genesis. It involved lots of weapon swiping against enemies and big bosses, riding mythical beasts, different levels, picking up potions, calling forth great power and giving the player the choice of a multitude of different characters. It just had to be the amazing ' Golden Axe ' which was also ported to other home systems such as  DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad, C64 and ZX Spectrum, In fact it's the ZX Spectrum version we are talking about today, as a creator by the name of Ralf has decided the Amstrad conversion was not good enough and changed much of the colours and detail to what he felt should've been released!

Bloodwych (The Rise of Zendik) - 42 Level LOG mod based on Bloodwych!

In my search for other well known dungeon crawlers, I was surprised to find that gamers are still developing dungeons for that rather impressive 2012 game known as Legend of Grimrock. One such MOD stood out and was only recently released last week, but as of yet doesn't have any feedback, was ' Bloodwych (The Rise of Zendik) '.  A Complete MOD and add-on to the original 16bit PC/Amiga/Atari ST game Bloodwych of the 1990's, in the spirit of the original version but reworked for a more updated feel.

Did IT come from the desert? - BIG FPS Amiga update!

Many months back we featured a rather impressive first person shooter mod based on Gloom, that had more than it's fair share of beasties to kill. And that game was " Did IT come from the desert?" by Nittamituaki. Well for those of you who loved playing through the 18 action packed levels will be pleased to know, the game has now had a rather impressive update which features, 21 new levels for 2P combat mode, new sprites of the player character, a new status bar and fonts in the game screen and much more!