A C64 4 player strategy game is in the works! (Unknown title)

Keeping an eye on our twitter page we came across a new game by C-H Skårstedt‏ @Sakrac that looks to be a top down grid based strategy game in a similar style to that of Civilization. Developed as a personal project for the C64, this game will have up to 4 player support, graphical landscapes such as woodland areas and lakes,  features of granting land, trading, production, AND the possibility of multiple worlds with different game tuning.

SimCity - Prototype on the NES has been found and shown!

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This news has just blown us away, as after just coming back to search through our usual gaming hideouts we have found out that a prototype of Simcity on the NES has been found and shown off as footage by Benjamin Ramirez! This famous city building game that has appeared on the PC and other platforms such as the SNES, was sadly never released even though it was announced as coming to the NES in the Nintendo Power Magazine of 1990. Unlike many other prototypes we've seen on other systems such as an earlier version of Rayman, SimCity on the NES certainly looks as if it was way ahead in development, even though it was canned.

The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Skull Leader Complete Pack - Translated

We haven't featured an English translation for a while so to change all that here's the very first translation patch from Nebulous Translations ' The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Skull Leader Complete Pack ' for the PC-98. According to Romhacking, this game is a high grade title and one of the best examples of a Virtual Novel mixed with a strategy game and based on the Japanese Anime mecha called Macross. As such you'll be following a grand story, while also involving yourself in mighty battles both on the ground and in space.

Kingdoms and Castles - A charming city builder is now available via GOG/Steam!

When I was a youngster one of my most favourite pass times was to build mighty castles, look after my peasants with food and housing, and defend them from attacking foes. This is probably why I was so hooked on games such as Castles and even The Settlers. So to find a game that is very similar but with dragons and vikings, in a world of charming detail I just had to give it a mention. This is Kingdoms and Castles, a brand new city builder developed by Lion Shield, that is now available to buy on both GOG and Steam!

Break/Space - Procedurally-generated space strategy game for the 48K ZX Spectrum!

Putting aside the Atari games it's time to mention Blerk's ZX Spectrum game ' Break/Space '; a procedurally-generated space strategy game for the 48K ZX Spectrum that has recently been compiled under Boriel's ZX Basic. This game was originally written for the 2017 Spectrum BASIC Jam, but the recent version been compiled into 100% machine code for a slicker gameplay experience, that is also much nicer to play.

CRW: Metal Jacket - PC-98 tactics game featuring mechs gets a full English translation

As a retro based site with the odd bit of Indie we do love to feature Rom hacks and English translations, but CRW: Metal Jacket, which got its own English translation today, stood out by a mile. This game which was released way back in 1994 for the PC-98, is a rather interesting looking tactics game featuring mecha pilots battling against criminals and insurgents in a futuristic Japan after World War III. As the main site says "It plays a bit like X-COM or Front Mission, and came out in late 1994, between the original release of those two series."

K240 - Amiga sequel to the amazing Utopia playable on a PC/MAC

Released in 1994 came a game that almost took the throne from Utopia, a space strategy game with such brilliance in gameplay, that many could not put it down. Although Utopia had you on different planets building, researching and moving units into enemy areas. In K240 you are based in a sector of space with the focus of the game to build colonies on a clusters of asteroids, mine them for ore and defend yourself against other races. And so this fantastic game that everyone should play at least once has been packaged together by GamesNostalgia with the emulator FS-UAE to make it easier to launch.

Motkonqe - A new MSX homebrew inspired by strategy classics such as Populous

Indie Retro News is back from our holidays and already we have some new gaming news for you, with this weeks announcement of Motkonqe on the MSX 1. Classed as a top down real time strategy game, this latest release although it doesn't look like it, has some very strong inspirations to that of the classic game ' Populous '. Basically the idea behind this nifty little title, is to create a small civilisation and to use your people to crush the opposition.

Skool Daze - A retro childhood classic remade could be coming to Mobile and Tablets this week! [UPDATE]

A fantastic news story has just reached our inbox as Alternative Software's upcoming Skool Daze remake may be released this week on mobile and tablets. It's incredible to think that Skool Daze was first released way back in 1984 for the ZX Spectrum and C64 created by David Reidy. It was the only game of its time, that gave you the experience of being at school, while also being an unruly child trying to steal a report card from the headmaster's safe before your parents end up seeing it.

Rampart - The Japanese adaption of a Strategy classic gets a full English translation

We've just had another great heads up from our good friend VizionGamer that the Japanese adaption of Atari's classic Arcade game ' Rampart ' has been fully translated into English. Whereas Rampart was released way back in 1991 by Atari Games and available on multiple systems including the Sega Genesis, this Japanese version by Konami was only ever released in Japan, and instead of being set in a medieval age, featured an exotic storyline based on the life of Nobunaga Oda, a very famous samurai in the late 16th century.

OpenTTD 1.7.1-RC1 - The latest Open Source Transport Tycoon Deluxe release

OpenTTD is one of the most popular open source releases on our site, and that comes as no surprise to us as it's a constantly updated open source version of Microprose's hit game Transport Tycoon Deluxe. A game that's so addictive you'll be spending hours developing your very own transport tycoon company in an all time classic hit real time strategy and management game that has since been updated to the latest version of OpenTTD 1.7.1-RC1 with even more fixes and improvements!

Genesia - If you loved Populous or Settlers then check this Amiga-PC classic out

In 1993 Microids and Software Toolworks released a brilliant strategy game called Ultimate Domain (Genesia) for the Amiga. It was very similar to other classic strategy games of that time, as you started in the 17th century and had to colonize the new world, but also having to search for 'The Seven Jewels of Genesia'. It was one of my most favourite strategy games of all time and I was rather pleased to hear from our good friends The Company.PL, that they have made available the Amiga to PC playable release that everyone can pick up and play without setting up emulators.

The Rise and Fall of Command & Conquer - A franchise retrospective by GVMERS

It's incredible to think that Command and Conquer now dates back to 1995, as the first game in the series and one of the earliest of the RTS genre's by none other than Westwood Studios, who were also famous for games such as Dune 2, Lands of Lore and even Legend of Kyrandia. It was a game series that featured full motion video cutscenes with a top quality cast to progress the story between each deep and involving strategy mission, that really set it apart in high quality from games that are even released today, which was a devastating blow when the company closed in 2003! So as a look back at all the highs and lows, GVMERS has done a fantastic video as The Rise and Fall of Command & Conquer - A franchise retrospective.

Foundation - Amiga CD Settlers style game gets a DamienD special Amiga release [UPDATE]

Ever since 1993 I've always had a soft spot for that classic game ' The Settlers ', there's something about the game that makes it highly addictive, whether it's the managing your own village, mining for minerals or conquering the lands around you that pulls you in. So to say I was disappointed that Settlers 2 never came to the Amiga was an understatement, at least until ' Foundation ' came around that is. You see Foundation was supposed to be like Settlers 2 and was to give it a run for its money, the problem was Foundation was and still is an Amiga CD only game, at least until today anyway. Because as of today as per our request, DamienD has converted the Amiga CD version as a fully runnable file on a real Amiga without the need for a CD-Rom drive!

UFO : Enemy Unknown - A real retro gaming gem as an Amiga/PC playable trained version

With the announced come back of The Company.PL there has been much excitement as to what Amiga games were going to be made playable on the PC that didn't require any fiddling about with emulation and sometimes dubious rom findings. The unofficial release site has been for sometime one of our go to sites as they on many occasions also include trainers in a one click exe file. Thus today a rather famous game has made a appearance and this one is Microprose's amazing turn based strategy UFO: Enemy Unknown.

The Caribbean Sail - Nautical style sailing game inspired by an Oregon classic!

Way back in the mists of 8-Bit computing was a little game on the Apple II that was meant to be a somewhat educational game teaching you about the perils of frontier American life. Oregon Trail aimed to teach kids about the real life experiences of heading out on the real Oregon Trail which according to just about anyone who remembers playing it, meant dying of dysentery in new and exciting ways. So imagine doing the same kind of thing in another game, but this time sailing across the ocean from London to Nassau in the 1700's with only your logbook, your sailors and a crate of food to keep company... Welcome to The Caribbean Sail!

KeeperRL - Ambitious dungeon builder game gets an alpha update

Miki151 has released the latest Alpha update for KeeperRL, which is inspired by other great dungeon creation games such as Dungeon Keeper and Dwarf Fortress but through his own roguelike graphical style. In this game you are an evil Wizard who is seeking the ultimate knowledge of destruction, you can explore worlds, murder innocent villagers, burn their homes or build mighty dungeons with menacing traps against would-be heroes!

Dragon's Breath - The best Dragon game ever? Amiga playable on PC and MAC!

When I was but a we'lad I played in my opinion one of the best ever games ever to grace a computer; a game whereby you could not only control Dragons, but you could breed them AND use Alchemy to either improve or if failure, make them sick before the battle ahead. It just had to be the ultimate Dragon game, Dragon's Breath AKA Dragon Lord by Palace Software, LTD and Spotlight Software in 1990. Which has also been unofficially made available via GamesNostalgia as a freely launchable exe file for PC and Mac.

Clash of Wills - World War II game comes out of the trenches for the C64

Genesis Project are feeling rather historic today, as they have released a long lost forgotten strategy game called ' Clash of Wills ' for the C64. Now this game was first developed way back in 1985 by Digital Kamp Group, but now thanks to Hedning and a good tidy up by Zyron, the game has been released with a massive documentation, put together on a single file, bug fixed and enhanced. Oh and of course thanks to Dymo, who gave it the final test for public consumption.

Utopia : The Creation of a Nation - A great Amiga sci-fi strategy game launch-able on PC

In the early 90's I was to play one of the best Amiga strategy games of all time with buildings to place, resources to mine and Alien races to defeat. That game was none other than the brilliant Amiga sci-fi planetary classic ' Utopia : The Creation of a Nation ', which was published by Gremlin Interactive. In fact it was such a fine title, I just had to mention that the same game is now available on GamesNostalgia as an easily launch-able set up for the PC