Are you bored and looking for something to play through today and perhaps the week ahead. Then make sure to check out SEEP's latest game of Swords & Bones 2; a game which is not only a charmingly cute and wholesome platformer that's available for Windows through Steam, but it's inspired by and is a love letter to classic 80's and 90's platformers filled with monsters, traps, collectable power-ups, and lots of beautiful looking levels!
The Secret of Monkey Island was developed by Lucasfilm Games (later LucasArts) and released in 1990. Created by now industry legends Ron Gilbert, Tim Schafer, and Dave Grossman. A game that has lived on the hearts of many with its fantastic pirate charm, brilliant characters, challenging yet enjoyable puzzles, and a story set in a fictional version of the Caribbean during the age of piracy... Just saying the name "Guybrush Threepwood" would set most Adventure fans into a frenzy. Well for those of you who remember that amazing game and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, will be pleased to know as of today 'Return to Monkey Island' has just been announced for 2022!
Skool Daze was released in 1984 for the ZX Spectrum and C64, and created by David Reidy. It was the only game of it's time, that gave you the experience of being at school, yet it was not an education game, it had a very creative side. You play as a schoolboy named Eric and his task was to steal the report card from the headmaster's safe, because if you didn't, your parents would not be happy. This in part was achieved by obtaining every piece of the pass-code from the teachers, by hitting each of the shields with your catapult.
Another late heads up for this evening as we've not only found out about Robocop being remade as an awesome AGA edition for the Amiga, but thanks to another heads up in our Indie Retro News inbox, we've been told the classic game of 'Aztec Challenge' has been reproduced in a browser by Paolo Nicoletti; The very difficult yet highly addictive first level, which was originally released in 1983 for the C64 by Paul Norman!
Love playing Adventure games? Check! Love those old Sierra Kings Quest style graphics with text based commands? Check! Then 'Tachyon Dreams II', developed by a fan of Sierra games as Cosmic Void for your home PC is just the game for you! This is the second chapter in what the developer says will be a series of humorous, text-parser games with EGA graphics that will look and feel very much like the mid/late 80's adventure games by Sierra. Think early Space Quest games. Think AGI.
Other than adventure games and platformers, I've also had a great fondness for shoot 'em ups, from retro games such as R-Type and Project-X to modern inspirations such as the fabulous Super Hydorah. There isn't a Shoot 'em up that I'd turn away from just to pick up a power up and blast a few waves of enemies! So to see a high quality shoot 'em up that's in development by TeamBlackHatRobot called 'Space Dragons' which has inspirations to classics seen at the Arcades or on the Mega Drive, I just had to give it a shout out!
We've featured a number of decent remakes on Indie Retro News, from the incredible game of Lionheart on the PC, to Imperium Galactica, Ambermoon and yes even the more recent Defender. Well here's another game that might be worth your time checking out with a downloadable demo, and it's RunStopReady's game of 'Kind of Blue'; a humble remake of the C64 classic Blue Max which was originally released back in 1983 via Synapse Software for the Atari 8bit, and later the C64 and ZX Spectrum!
Sometime back we mentioned the classic game of H.E.R.O, which was first released way back in the 1980's for the Atari 800/2600, ColecoVision, C64, C128, and Sinclair ZX Spectrum, was not only being overhauled for the C64 but was also coming to modern systems as an inspired game called 'Bobby Bombastic'. Well if you've given up waiting for those games but still want some H.E.R.O platforming fun, you might want to play NeonBytes latest offering of Stranded Miners in Space; a Windows Game with a hint of MetroidVania style, inspired by the Atari 2600 game H.E.R.O.
Are you bored and looking for something to play through today and perhaps the weekend ahead. Then look no further than Ohsat Games latest addition to itch.io and Steam called ' Go! Go! PogoGirl '; a game which is not only a dynamic, cute and wholesome platformer that's available for Windows, but it's inspired by and is a love letter to classic 90's platformers like Sonic the Hedgehog, Castle of Illusion, Rocket and Knight Adventures.
If you're looking for a new indie demo that's got plenty of action, kick ass moves and retro-aesthetics throughout, then have we got just the game for you! Welcome to 'Bat Boy' by X Plus Games; an in development retro style adventure platformer that not only features nostalgic 8-bit backdrops throughout, but also a vast world of unique and exciting environments ultimately leading to a showdown with one of Bat Boy’s brainwashed allies and the evil invading forces of Lord Vicious!
Dizzy fans it's a time to rejoice once more! As if you loved playing any of the Dizzy games by the Oliver Twins back in the 80's and 90's, or the brilliant and highly enjoyable Wonderful Dizzy on the ZX Spectrum back in 2020, you'll be overjoyed to learn that as of today, you can now download the completely free version of a high quality and rather special Dizzy experience for the PC called Dizzy The Adventurer!
I've always been an Adventure gamer on both my Amiga and PC, and have such fond memories of games such as The Secret of Monkey Island, Simon the Sorcerer, Fable, Kings Quest and even the Quest for Glory series. In fact one such game I remember and always recommend as one of the top 10 Adventure games to play is the early 90's game Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness! So why am I mentioning this fabulous game on IRN? Well here's some great news for you all, as AshLancer has released the long-awaited Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness Enhanced Edition!
Growing up there was nothing more satisfying than playing top down scrolling shoot 'em ups such as the fantastic classic Tyrian and more especially Tyrian 2000 before it went open source in 2007. Well if you also loved those games and want to play a new game inspired by those classics, then make sure to check out GangoGames LLC's awesome looking high quality Shoot 'em up called 'Hyper Echelon'; A game which takes inspiration from arcade classics while bringing its own authentic flavor of frantic, tactical shooting action - a bold experience with enough teeth for hardcore players, and plentiful rewards to welcome newcomers.
We've certainly played our fare share of Castlevania inspired games over the years, especially the most impressive Castlevania Spectral Interlude, which we had the pleasure of playing way back in 2015 on the ZX Spectrum which was created by Sanchez. But today thanks to a heads up from a good friend of ours on the itch website, we've been told you can now download Zenteku's latest game of 'Demon Slayer'; an action packed retro pixel art platformer which looks to be inspired by Castlevania.
Apogee Software certainly released some great games in the 90's, games such as Monster Bash, Bio Menace and even our personal favorite Duke Nukem. Well one game that's received the remastered treatment and a game that many of us still remember to this day, is the 90's game 'Monster Bash'. Yes indeed for those who loved playing this game back in the day, will pleased to know that Apogee Software has remastered the game with all new graphics such as new environments and parallax!
Coming completely out of the blue and one I think I'll be hooked on this week as an Adventure fan, is Clifftop Games retro-ish point and click adventure of ' Kathy Rain : Director's Cut'; an enhanced version of the award winning game which is available for PC, Mac and Linux. As for the story, which every cool adventure game needs, you play as Kathy Rain, as she tries to come to terms with her own troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather!
We've featured the 1984 Boulder Dash game many times now, from the release of Boulder Dash Junior II The Final Dig, to Boulder Dash Senior and even the more recent version on the VIC20. But now as something slightly different, we've just found out by trawling the itch.io website, that Blackbird Studios has released the "Boulder Dash C64" Unity remake called Bouldeurdache; a tribute to the old Commodore 64 game released in 1984.
We've featured Ambermoon many times now on Indie Retro News from the updated Amiga version, to the open source remake which can be downloaded to your home PC. Both versions give you hours worth of enjoyment of an incredible 90's RPG that not only featured 3D graphics that were considered revolutionary for the Amiga, but it also had high-quality graphics, a large number of enemies and cities and more. Well today's news is yet again pretty special for those of you who loved this classic game, as Pyrdacor has teased some new images for the upcoming Ambermoon Advanced mod that is in development for the Amiga and PC.