Better Late Than Never - Andy Green Pixel Art Book gets a BIG Florinthedwarf review!

Better late than never? Sounds like my train company's slogan.

It's finally here! Yes, Andy Green (or Sir Andy Green I like to call him - shoe size unknown) has at last put a collection of his amazing pixel art together in book form for us all to enjoy. No more having to log on to Facebook to see it, now it can sit handsomely on your bookshelf waiting for you to take out and browse at your leisure. My first impression - don't drop it on your foot. Ha, I joke of course. It's a bit of a whopper indeed, but it's what's needed to fully appreciate to grand-ness of the project. To really appreciate the detail that's gone into each image, you really do need to have a substantial size which really helps to blow you away with its majesty. Coming in at almost 140 pages, this will keep you enthralled until the last page.

Tower 57 - Anticipated retro inspired shooter is finally here on GOG and Steam!

We've been banging on about ' Tower 57 ' for many months now, ever since it was first announced as a retro inspired shooter to that of Alien Breed and even Chaos Engine from the glory days of the Amiga. Well as of today, the team behind the game benitosub and cyangmou, have announced the Kickstarter and Steam Greenlight success of 'Tower 57' is finally available on Steam and GOG for both PC and MAC!

Tower 57 - Eagerly awaited retro inspired shooter gets a 16th November release date!

This is just brilliant news and more so as it's a game that has featured highly on our website, as Cyangmou has told us that not only is the Kickstarter and Steam Greenlight success of 'Tower 57' coming to a home computer near you 16th November 2017. But the team behind the game Pixwerk and 11 bit studios have released a 11 FACTS about Tower 57 - premiere date trailer, which features more than your average retro inspirations!

Furwind - Play as a strong little fox in Boomfire Games pixelated platformer!

Something for everyone today both young and old as now we look towards Boomfire Games in-development pixelated platformer ' Furwind ', which was not only a Steam Greenlight success some time ago, but the developers have released an updated demo for you to enjoy! This game with a colourful art style and charming little fox gameplay, takes place in a magical world inhabited by intelligent animals and puts you in control of the hero Furwind, chosen to restore balance to the world!

Thy Sword - Retro styled action platformer gets a new teaser trailer!

Once again I'm writing about the cool looking pixelated retro inspired action RPG platformer called ' Thy Sword ' which not only had a successful Steam Greenlight campaign we've since learnt the developers GamePhase have released a brand new teaser trailer! As noted by our previous write ups, Thy Sword draws its inspiration from Norse mythology with a touch of Conan the Barbarian, mixed up with great games such as Golden Axe and Moonstone.

GOTHALION Official Intro - A worthy pixel art gaming video you've got to see!

Indie Retro News is a real sucker for great pixel art, especially as on many occasions we find it hard to pick our jaws up off the floor when a game is announced that has some of the best pixel art going for it. But when it comes to videos we usually hold back unless it's something crazy that makes us think OMG I've got to tell everyone about it. So here we are with the GOTHALION Official Intro, an incredible mind blowing retro based pixel art video that was done by PixelSword94 with music by Tiasu. Seriously watch the video and take it all in, it's brilliant!

Feral Umbra - A demonic pixelated platformer in dev by DesixStudios

Jeff Cotten has contacted us via our Facebook page of a brand new game that is in development called ' Feral Umbra ' by DesixStudios. This game with what looks to be high grade pixel art with dark demonic backdrops, is an upcoming adventure in which you are to explore a vast and alive world filled with demons, ancient technology, and challenges. On a journey to extirpate the malevolent power which conceived you.​

Blasphemous - Adventure creators The Game Kitchen announce a brutal platformer!

The first time I heard of The Game Kitchen was when I played their brilliant pixelated horror adventure game ' The Last Door '. It was a game that turned into a series, which had me hooked right from the very beginning, and that wasn't just because of the story but also the characters, the tiny pixels and the dark menacing overtones. Well that same team behind that game, has just announced ' Blasphemous ', a gorgeous looking platformer that once again follows the dark and menacing theme.

Gorgeous ZX Spectrum Art Work - Part 3

Dragon's Lair by MAC

For awhile now Indie Retro News has been showing off many of the most impressive pieces of art to come out of the ZX Spectrum scene. We have done a part 1, a part 2, a what if of Pirates! on the ZX Spectrum and now we are at Part 3, with a number of alternate loading scenes from some popular classic games such as Dragon's Lair. Other such graphical eye poppers have also been included that really bring out those 8bit graphics and each one given a direct mention.

Sid Meier's Pirates! On the ZX Spectrum? Well sort of

It is incredible to think that the original Sid Meier's retro gaming hit of 'Pirates!', from way back in the late 80's can still be played today and enjoyed by people of all ages. It had you sailing your very own ship such as a fast sloop, capturing other ships, looking for treasure, sword fighting on deck, and marrying a rather pretty lady! The problem was however, that even though it was highly addictive and appeared on the Amiga, Amiga CD32, Apple II/IIGS, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and many others, it did not appear on the ZX Spectrum. So an artist by the name of 4thRock has done a what if of Pirates!, with images converted over to the ZX Spectrum!

Gorgeous ZX Spectrum Art Work - Part 2

At the beginning of this year, we featured in our opinion some of the best ZX Spectrum artwork, that was re-created by many different talented artists. Many of the designs were either from original games given a touch up, or completely redesigned to look far more impressive and gorgeous to the eye. But to my shock, the article ended up so popular that our Facebook and Twitter feed was shared multiple times. So it is with great pleasure to announce our second listing of favourite ZX Spectrum images, with one of them being Privet by r0bat, which is shown above (link).

WE ARE DEMO C64 - One of the finest C64 scene demo's and it's available now!

Last night I was watching the latest Amiga intro's from creators around the world being shown at the Revision 2016 demo party. This is a place that features lots of competitions, events, music acts, seminar's and much more that makes it the place to be to see some of the most jaw dropping creations, such as this one from Fairlight, Noice and Offence. The name of this brilliant piece of work, is none other than ' WE ARE DEMO ' for the C64. A double disk of cool effects, smooth scrolling, brilliant artwork and one of the best C64 soundtracks I've heard for many years!

TRAF - Trajes Fatais - 2D costume fighter needs your Greenlight votes

Now I'm sure many of you have heard the term ' Cosplay ' in which people dress up in costumes looking as close as possible to the characters they portray. But imagine putting these costumes on and gaining actual powers, a sort of X-Men effect without the mutation. Well if you take a look at the 2D Fighting experience of  ' TRAF - Trajes Fatais ' by Onanim Studio that is currently going through a Steam Greenlight campaign, you'll not only have powers as a guest in a costume party, but you'll also be able to kick ass with many different moves.

Puzzle Depot - High grade puzzler gets a PC demo

To tell you the truth, when it comes to puzzle games I'm not usually that interested, I just find them frustrating more than fun. However when I came across Laughing Manatee Games old-school puzzle/adventure game combining Sokoban-style gameplay with RPG elements of ' Puzzle Depot ' it most certainly grabbed my attention. Not only does it feature optional goals and multiple room types, but it has lovely 16bit pixel art and a great ambient soundtrack.

Dead Knight - An early WIP dark free Roguelike with lovely pixel art

I think we have found possibly the nicest looking game this week that's currently available to play as an early test version via itch.io. Welcome to ' Dead Knight ' by Backterria; a roguelike platformer that's both dark and very creepy with lovely pixel art. In this game your wife has just killed you and the only way to get revenge on that evil woman, is by climbing up to the surface and showing her what she did was a seriously bad idea.

Nil-Ninjahtic: Ronin - 8-bit style platformer released and looking for greenlight votes

Blaze Epic have released their third instalment in the ninjahtic series of tricky 8-bit stlye platformers, each of which is a well crafted pixel adventure platformer with the hallmark of challenging gameplay and pixel perfect jumping puzzles. The game is available on itch.io now but Blaze Epic is also looking for steam greenlight votes as well to bing in line with the rest of the series

Eastward - Early development for an artistic action adventure

This week has just got even better as we have a very graphically appealing game to show you today as an early work in progress title for the PC and maybe consoles. This is ' Eastward ' developed by Pixpil Games using their in-house framework based on the great MOAI engine; an action adventure that the developers hope will be like Zelda with some JRPG style storyline, that will appear at some point on Steam when it's complete.

The best logos from the Commodore Amiga scene featured on Digitalista

When you're an admin of some of the biggest retro gaming Facebook groups, it gives you that extra added bonus of finding news stories that might go amiss by other methods. This is especially true of today's story, as Paul Chadwick has come across a great look back at most of the best logos to come out of the Commodore Amiga scene.

Pico-8 : An 8 bit fantasy console from the makers of Voxatron (IRN Cracktro special!)

For the last couple of weeks I've been playing around with a "fantasy console" from makers of voxatron, lexaloffle. This review was supposed to be a quick report of a cool looking toy I found for making retro style games and prototypes or game jam entries. It started with an innocent posting that made it to the front page of Hacker News, and a quick glance indicated it would be suitable fodder for Indie Retro News. A quick round up of what was going on with some screenshots. Yeah, I'd have this wrapped up in a day. What I didn't expect was what I discovered...

Tower 57 - Retro inspired shooter Amiga Kickstarter update!

Even though we have already done a big feature on Benitosub and artist Cyangmou's retro inspired shooter of 'Tower 57', which is currently going through a Kickstarter campaign. We are here to inform you of some very special news for Amiga owners, that came as a huge surprise by the retro gaming community just days ago. Not only is Tower 57 a PC, MAC and Linux Steam Greenlight success, but the developers have announced an Amiga port to be created by Daniel 'Daytona675x' Müßener, (who is known for coding the NG-Amiga Battle Squadron remake-ports, the Cherry-Darling games and who's currently also working on Warp3D).