With Christmas being just over a month away you'd expect to see lots of Christmas themed games appearing on Indie Retro News in the lead up to the 25th. Well that's certainly happening this week, as the second title to be mentioned on our site is a Christmas themed demo of ROCKY & CO Xmas: A new festive demo for ICON64's high quality platform puzzler which we had the pleasure of featuring last month. To coincide with this news Saberman has done a new video showing the demo being played.
While many of you are still deeply engrossed in the latest game of SNK vs CAPCOM by Jon Eggelton and Gianluca Alberico, there's another game that's well worth a download, and it's ICON64's latest Commodore 64 release of 'Rocky & Co': A high quality platform puzzler which has gameplay spread throughout 12 beautifully designed levels by Stuart Collier, Trevor Storey and Saul Cross! To coincide with this news, there's some new animated screenshots to look at and a video coming soon from Saberman.
Psytronik Software who are a software label and publisher are certainly no strangers to us or the retro gaming scene. They have been devoted to releasing games for many different classic systems such as the Amstrad, C64, C16 and VIC-20. Games such as Knight 'n' Grail, Darkness and Sub Hunter to name but some of the great games they have been involved in. Well here are with another fabulous release via Psytronik, as they have released a brand new title called 'CAPTAIN ISHTAR'; A game designed by ALF YNGVE with music by Richard Bayliss!
It's been some time since we had any Zelda style games on Indie Retro News, but thanks to a heads up from Puls4r Productions, we have just been told that the previously mentioned game of Lykia - The Lost Island. A high quality game for the C64, expanded C16 and Plus/4 which is full of Zelda-ish passion in FLIvision. Has just been released for free much to the surprise of many in the retro gaming community. To coincide with this news, you can check out the latest screenshot and trailer below.
It's been some time since we had any Zelda style games on Indie Retro News, but thankfully I've come across a game that doesn't just look like a Zelda like game with the publishers saying "disksides full of Zelda-ish passion in FLIvision", but it still looks it will be a high quality commercial release from PULS4R Production published by Psytronik Software and Protovision. Welcome to Lykia - The Lost Island, a game that is not only coming to the C64, expanded C16 and Plus/4, but it looks to be a big hitter spanning 4 disk sides full of Zelda-ish game play
I thought to myself today it's been some time since we had any Zelda style games on Indie Retro News, but thankfully I've come across a game that doesn't just look like a Zelda like game with the publishers saying "disksides full of Zelda-ish passion in FLIvision", but it looks it will be a high quality commercial release from PULS4R Production published by Psytronik Software. Welcome to Lykia - The Lost Island, a game that is not only coming to the C64, expanded C16 and Plus/4, but it looks to be a big hitter spanning 4 disk sides full of Zelda-ish game play
What a great December this is turning out to be and it looks like the C64 goodness hasn't finished with us yet. As trawling through Facebook, we have just found out that the previously announced in development game of 'Polar Bear in Space!' is now available for download via Psytronik Software and RGCD. For those who didn't follow our previous write up, this is an absolutely stunning game in which you take control of an extremely cute Polar Bear in a quest to run, jump and zap through various alien-infested levels whilst collecting krystals.
The Amiga scene just keeps on giving us the good stuff, as not only do we now know that Jump! is still coming to the Amiga, which is the Amiga AGA version of a game originally called Yoomp! But as of today you can pre-order the game with an official release of around spring 2022. Yoomp! 64 was originally released in 2020 by RGCD and Psytronik Software on the C64, as port of the fantastic Atari XE/XL game. It featured gaming mechanics in which you need to bounce a ball through many different three-dimensional textured tubes, to collect as many points as you can while trying not to fall off the edge.
The C64 news just keeps on coming, as if Stoker and Star Hawx wasn't enough to whet your appetite, then you might be interested to learn, that some new gameplay footage has been shown for the upcoming C64 game POLAR BEAR IN SPACE; an absolutely stunning game, in which you take control of an extremely cute Polar Bear in his quest to run, jump and zap through various alien-infested levels whilst collecting krystals.
The C64 news just keeps on coming, as if Muddy Racers wasn't enough to whet your appetite, then you might be interested to learn, that Psytronik Software in association with RGCD, will soon be releasing the C64 game of 'POLAR BEAR IN SPACE' developed by Unrolled Loop Studios LLC; an absolutely stunning debut release, in which you take control of an extremely cute Polar Bear in his quest to run, jump and zap through various alien-infested levels whilst collecting krystals.
The Amiga scene just keeps on giving us the good stuff, as not only do we now know that Jump! is still coming to the Amiga, which is the Amiga AGA version of a game originally called Yoomp! But as of today a new gameplay teaser has been released below. Yoomp! 64 was released last year by RGCD and Psytronik Software on the C64, as port of the fantastic Atari XE/XL game. It featured gaming mechanics in which you need to bounce a ball through many different three-dimensional textured tubes, to collect as many points as you can while trying not to fall off the edge.
Great news this morning if you're looking for new games to play on your Commodore 64, as trawling through itch.io website, we now know that Psytronik Software has released the digital download version of a new epic multi-level disk-only action game called 'Bad Moon Rising'; A game which features multiple play styles as you must fight your way through a secret hidden German base found by a European space expedition on the Moon!
