In 1985 Sega released the sequel of Pitfall II: The Lost Caverns for the Arcade, which in itself was based upon Activision's two home console games Pitfall! (1982) and Pitfall II: Lost Caverns (1984) for the Atari 2600. It was a scrolling platformer that also appeared in 1987 for the NES as another line up in the Pitfall series. Well fast forward to today and thanks to Saberman letting us know, we've been told that 21bloques has released an adaptation of the Arcade game over to the Amstrad CPC.
If you have a SEGA Master System or an Emulator to hand, then you are in for an arcade treat during this weekend, as we've just been told by Adam@badcomputer0 through Twitter, that you can now download the latest version of the kick ass Shoot 'em up of Frontier Force for the Sega Master System; a new game which has plenty of stages, different weapons, enemies and bosses to keep you occupied throughout. In light of this news, provided below is a couple of gifs and further details.
Fancy a new game for your Sega Mega Drive, a platformer that has many varied albeit short levels, then come and check out Ratalaika Games and Two Black Cats latest release of 'Prisonela MD'. A game in which you play as an enslaved creature that has sought his chance for freedom, when the underground resistance strikes against the authoritarian regime. In light of this news, provided below is the latest footage and game details.
BitBeamCannon recently teamed up with Neofid and PixelHeart to bring their retro arcade style game, DaemonClaw to Megadrive, Neo Geo, and modern systems! NeoFid had great success with their two previous games, Demons of Asteborg and Astebros which were recent successful Kickstarter campaigns and here is first ever footage of DaemonClaw running on an actual Megadrive console.
Another retro gaming news story has hit our inbox, as if you're looking for a fun for all the family Arcade game for your Sega Master System, then you might like to play Mananuk's new game of ' Black Sea '; A game that was not only released on the Amstrad, ZX Spectrum and MSX, but while this is a port of the MSX version by STOKES, it is still an enjoyable game in which you play as Submarine Captain Robinson on a quest deep into the Black Sea to search for treasures and discover all the secrets that those waters hold.
In 1988 Capcom released one of the finest Arcade games ever to grace the gaming scene, and that game was the incredible Ghouls 'n Ghosts which appeared on lots of different systems. It is a game that if you haven't played it, you are seriously missing out! So as a shout out to that awesome game of which I have played a lot, we have just found out through @ray_castello, that aMaru is working on a graphical hack of the Sega Mega Drive version which makes the game look super duper awesome!
For those of you looking for some HOT Sega Mega Drive news have come to the right place, as thanks to ray_castello who gave us the heads up via Twitter, we have been told that Mauro Xavier together with Edmo Caldas and Master Linkuei, are working on bringing Final Fight over to the Sega Mega Drive as Final Fight Ultimate. Yes indeed this rather famous beat 'em up which appeared in the Arcades, the SNES, the Sega CD and even 8bit systems, is finally coming to the Sega Mega Drive as a fan made version that looks every bit as good as the one playable at the Arcades.
Do we have some great retro gaming news for you, as that legendary game character Sonic from the Sonic the Hedgehog game series, which appeared on multiple systems such as the the Sega Master System, Sega Megadrive and Sega Game Gear. Will be coming to the Nintendo Switch, PS5, PS4, Xbox One and PC as 'Sonic Origins'; a brand new collection that brings you 4 fully remastered titles: Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic CD, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and Sonic 3 & Knuckles arriving June 23rd, 2022 from SEGA. To coincide with this news there's a brand new official trailer that has launched viewable below.
We feature a lot of Shoot 'em ups on Indie Retro News, games such as Soul Force on the C64 and Alcon on the Amstrad CPC to name but a few. Thankfully we haven't forgotten about you Sega Master System owners, as thanks to a heads up by Preston, he has told us you can now download the fast paced Shoot 'em up of 'Ice Force'; A game which is so fast, even your brain wont be able to keep up!
We haven't featured any Sega Master System games for awhile so to change all that, here's a nice little game you can play right now, it's Pitman developed by under4mhz. Yes indeed thanks to a heads up via i_am_sverx on twitter, we now know that this game is a fun little puzzle game and features multiple levels of enjoyment as you must collect all the diamonds on the level to move on to the next.
