Hired Sword 2 - A racy C64 CRPG will be coming to the Atari ST towards the end of this year

Double Sided Games are certainly no strangers to Indie Retro News, releasing great games such as L'abbaye Des Morts, Vegetables Deluxe and even Realms of Quest V. Well now after a heads up by the same publishers, they have now told us the racy C64 game of 'Hired Sword 2', will be released on the Atari ST;  A game that tells of the story of a Mercanary who after squandering all his coin and libations, has fallen in love with a seductive elf with long flowing hair. The problem is she's gone missing, and your quest is to find her however dangerous it may be!

Lands of Lore - The Throne of Chaos - An incredible Dungeon Crawler gets a DarkwyndPT special review!

Wow, more than 6 months without a review. Again, I apologize for this long hiatus but a lot of personal and professional stuff happened (without counting the present crisis). Everything’s more or less fine now, but let’s just say that I had quite the struggle. Anyway, I decided to finally finish and review one of the games I had in my backlog for ages. I’m talking about the 1st Lands of Lore. Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos is a dungeon-crawler RPG developed by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin Interactive. It was originally released in 1993 for DOS and re-released the following year for the FM Towns and again for DOS but in CD-ROM format. In 1995, it was ported for the PC-98.

Mystic Searches - An upcoming NES game that may be worth waiting for!

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 only look like a Zelda development, but it almost looks like a high quality commercial release from the golden era of the NES. Welcome to Mystic Searches; a brand new upcoming game from The New 8-bit Heroes, in which they claim from their website : " The lore of this world is far beyond the scope of what can fit in the limited memory of an 8-bit NES cartridge."

Gates Of Integrity - A humble PC tribute to the original Bard's Tale 1

If Zooperdan's hand drawn Dungeon Crawler wasn't to your liking then how about this new game from Tarjan released for the PC(Windows), it's Gates Of Integrity! An impressive love letter and humble tribute to an all time favourite game of mine 'Bard's Tale 1'; a game that was originally released in 1985 for all the popular retro systems of the time such as the Amstrad, Amiga, C64, ZX Spectrum and yes even the NES!

The Ogre King - A PC Dungeon Crawler with a unique design style is in development

Zooperdan is no stranger to these parts, he can usually be seen trawling through some dank cave or dungeon looking for some treasure, or atleast running the best dungeon drawler resource on the internet called dungeoncrawlers.org! But now he has gone even further, as instead of writing about them, he has created a very unique dungeon crawler called ' The Ogre King '; a first person grid based dungeon crawler, inspired by old classics such as Dungeon Master and even Eye of the Beholder.

Trailmarch - A new RPG is coming to the Amiga from Pixelshift Interactive!

If you love Dungeon Crawlers or RPG's in general, then as noted by Solo, Pixelshift Interactive is working on a new game for the Amiga called 'Trailmarch'; an indie developed role-playing game for the Amiga computer system, harkening back to the days of Bard’s Tale and Might & Magic. In light of this news the developer behind the game has not only done a full story of Trailmarch on their website, but going back as far as last month you can also view the latest teasers below from Youtube.

Hired Sword 2 - A new C64 CRPG published through Double Sided Games gets a release

Get your wallets ready people as Double Sided Games have just announced another release for the Commodore 64 to help you through these tough times ahead! Yes indeed thanks to a twitter heads up from the publishers themselves, we've been told that they have not only made available the full boxed edition of the latest CRPG called 'Hired Sword 2', but you can also download it right now as a digital download by a team of great C64 retro heads such as Roy Riggs, Mike Richmond and Ten Chu.

Hired Sword 2 - A racy C64 CRPG will be released on April 3rd, 2020, pre-orders ready now!

Get your wallets ready people as Double Sided Games have yet again announced another game for pre-order! Yes indeed thanks to a twitter heads up, we've been told Double Sided Games have announced they are now taking pre-orders for their upcoming top down CRPG 'Hired Sword 2'; A racy C64 game developed with box art by Roy Riggs, Mike Richmond and Ten Chu that will be available April 3rd 2020.

Stoneshard - Open world turn based RPG via Early Access on Steam!

Are you looking for a new game to play that's not only an RPG but it has a big open world to play on? Then you might be interested in playing 'Stoneshard'; a game which is a new release from HypeTrain Digital that's available to play through Early Access right now! This game is a challenging turn-based RPG in which you will experience the unforgiving life of a medieval mercenary: travel across the war-torn kingdom, fulfill contracts, fight, mend your wounds and develop your character without any restrictions.

Katabatia - C64 rogue-like announced 8+ years ago gets a release!

If you like C64 games and fancy something different compared to our usual announcements for this well loved retro computer, then you'll be pleased to know malcontent has finally released his awesome looking rogue-like game of ' Katabatia '; a C64 game that was originally started for the very first 16k cart compo, and now be downloaded either via the main forums or via Genesis Project's +4D release with an inclusive trainer.

Eye of the Beholder C64 - 1 hour feature of the upcoming Eye of the Beholder C64 port!

For as long as the game was first announced we've been keeping you up to date in regards to Andreas Larsson‎ and team's work in progress Eye of the Beholder port that is coming to the C64, which looks as if it was released all those years ago along side the Amiga. Well you'll be pleased to know we've got a bit of special treat for you today, as MaeL has done a 1 hour feature length video update of the upcoming port which is due in the early part of 2020!

Black Dawn Rebirth - Double Sided Games latest Amiga crawler is finally here

A surprising Sunday retro heads up, as just moments ago, Double Sided Games have announced that they have finally released the eagerly awaited dungeon crawler of ' Black Dawn Rebirth '; an Amiga game that had been teased for so long with screenshots, trailers and a demo, as the 7th episode of the Black Dawn Dungeon Crawler/RPG series by Shaun Watters, Andy Campbell, Ten Shu and Mike Richmond.

Eye of the Beholder C64 - This upcoming Dungeon Crawler conversion gets its first intro showing

It's incredible to think how far the upcoming Eye of the Beholder C64 conversion/port has come, since it was first announced way back in 2018 as Andreas Larsson‎ was rebooting his effort to bring this incredible game of Eye of The Beholder as a port to the C64. We've shown off new screenshots, gameplay footage, an interview, and even an exclusive gameplay and stream reveal from HayesMaker64 that gained us one of the highest ever views on this very site! Well fast forward to this week however and for the first time ever, we can finally see what the intro might look like to the upcoming EOB C64 release due early 2020!

The Fire of Ardor Quest for the Soul Stone - Sword slashing enemies in this beta dungeon crawler

If you like playing dungeon crawlers that have the game play style of Ultimate Underworld, without the grid based movement of a classic EOB, then you might like playing this early work in progress game called 'The Fire of Ardor Quest for the Soul Stone'; a game by cpfr that's classed as a single player dungeon crawler with RPG elements and realtime combat that's available to download as an early beta for Windows and Linux.

Vaporum Lockdown - Prequel announced to an award winning steampunk dungeon crawler

While many C64 owners are still drooling over the thought of playing Eye of the Beholder on their Commodore 64, other Dungeon Crawlers with a PC at hand however may be interested to know that the award-winning steampunk dungeon crawler Vaporum, will be getting a prequel as of next year by  Fatbot Games called Vaporum: Lockdown; a grid-based crawler in an original steampunk setting, and inspired by old-school games like Dungeon Master I and II, the Eye of the Beholder series, and the more recent Legend of Grimrock I and II.

Eye of the Beholder 64 Preview - We find out what this upcoming C64 Dungeon Crawler port is really like!

For the last few days we've had a very early working version of Andreas Larsson and team's C64 port of Eye of the Beholder.  With 100% of the game's levels completed, the game only has some bug fixing and a few remaining features to complete.

We've covered the game's development numerous times over the last few years - including a look at an engine prototype from Andreas's first attempt at porting the game to the C128 in 2006.   This was scrapped due to storage requirements for the game but modern C64 cartridge formats and some pestering from friends convinced Andreas to return to it for the C64.  You can find out more about the game's background from Andreas and the team in our exclusive interview and readers Q&A from last year.

Black Dawn Rebirth - HOT NEWS as Double Sided Games upcoming Amiga crawler gets a demo!

An instant heads up for you all, as just moments ago Double Sided Games, have announced that they have a released a small demo for their upcoming release of ' Black Dawn Rebirth '; an Amiga game which is an eagerly awaited dungeon crawler as the 7th episode of the Black Dawn Dungeon Crawler/RPG series by Shaun Watters, Andy Campbell, Ten Shu and Mike Richmond.

AQUABYSS - Previously announced Amiga game by AgedCode gets new screenshots

Last year we were the first site to officially announce a new Amiga called ' AQUABYSS ', a game which at the time we didn't have a lot of information about, but we were able to show a rather nice teaser trailer, and a story set in June 1821, in which you travel from Paris to the French coast and visit the very depths of the ocean to discover what lies underneath the surface. Well fast forward to today however and not only do we have more information, but new screenshots of the game which can be viewed below.

Black Dawn Rebirth - Double Sided Games latest Amiga crawler exclusive look today!

Double Sided Games have been busy these last few months, what with the release of Realms of Quest V and the Amiga/C64 release of Vegetables Deluxe. But those games are not the only ones worth mentioning on Indie Retro News. As we've just been told that not only is their upcoming Amiga Dungeon Crawler of ' Black Dawn Rebirth ' available for pre-order, but in less than 4 hours time around about 7/8pm UK there will be an exclusive look at the "close to release" version of Black Dawn Rebirth!

Unnamed Role-Playing Game - A very early preview of a yet unknown C64 game!

Although many of you are still waiting for Sarah Jane Avory's upcoming RPG of 'Briley Witch Chronicles', another game has surfaced which may make for an interesting RPG if it actually gets a future release. Titled so far as ' Unnamed Role-Play Game ' and not related in any way to Untitled Goose Game ;), this game teased as an early preview by Laxity looks to be developed by Raffo and features a man who likes planting flowers!