Trenchangle - Tower defense with a tech-tree for your Commodore 64!

Retro gamers have a another reason to fire up their Commodore 64s this week as developer drmortalwombat, known for recent homebrew hits like Overload and Portal Buster, has officially released Trenchangle, a sophisticated tower defense title designed specifically for PAL systems. In Trenchangle, players find their fortress besieged by waves of "evil geometry." The core gameplay loop blends classic strategic placement with modern progression mechanics. To coincide with this news, provided below is the latest footage from Saberman.

Castle Defender - A fabulous tower defense Atari 8bit game shown at the Abbuc software contest.

Train 2 wasn't the only game shown off at the Abbuc software contest this month, as searching through the relevant forums, we've come across a rather eye opening defender game called ' Castle Defender ' developed by MatoSimi. Now this game was originally a BBC Micro title, but MatoSimi in light of the competition, has converted the game over so others at some point can be play this castle defense style game on their Atari XL/XE.

Castle Defender - BBC Micro's only tower defence game gets a release

We rarely feature BBC Micro games, but today's announcement is an exception, as thanks to a heads up by @ahope1 there's a new BBC Micro game in town and it's called ' Castle Defender ' developed by ChrisB. Available as a disk based BBC Micro B/B+ and Master system file, this game puts you in control as the defender of a castle, you must use defensive towers to protect your castle from attack and keep your health up at all times!

Defence - A brand new Amstrad CPC game by Shining features a classy soundtrack!

We get so many homebrew games it's really nice that developers change the genre slightly and they aren't all platformers and shooters. This is especially true of Shining's new Amstrad CPC disk based game ' Defence ', which is free to download and play and also available as a rather nice physical personalized disk edition with lovely cover, manual and soundtrack on Vinyl-CDR including digital edition. If you enjoy Tower defense games then read on as this is exactly that!

Mars Commando - Retro style tower defence-like is hard as nails!

Ok, so I totally made up "tower defence-like" but the truth is that this little flash game isn't totally like other TD games. Sure, you have advancing enemies that need to be repelled and you have a base that needs to be defended (shaped like a tower no less!) but there are a couple of quirks that make Mars Commando stand out.

Build&Battle - Turn based tower defense in final days of crowdfund

German solo developer Jens Bolanz AKA funtraum is putting together a turn-based, tower defense game but with RTS elements thrown in for good measure. The indiegogo campaign is in its last few days though, so he'll need some 11th hour help to get to his goal of just $6000

Fort Meow - A Catastrophic physics-based tower defence game

Developed by RhysD, Fort Meow is a physics based tower defence game mixed up with a little bit of adventure. In this cartoony style game that's currently going through a Steam Greenlight campaign you play as Nia, a little girl that will have her holiday at her Grandparent's house turned up side down by cats!

The Loot Castle - PC based tower defence with an interesting take on the genre

Developed by Steven Colling, The Loot Castle is offering an interesting twist on tower defence games. Instead of the tried and tested formula of having a bunch of units to place to hinder the advancing enemy, you indirectly control a set of skeletons occupying various rooms in your castle that are tasked with fending off the advancing knight attack. The big difference from traditional tower defence mechanisms though is control via setting up skill trees.

Fire with Fire - Tower defence game gets a Kickstarter campaign!

It looks as if another tower defence game is about to take center stage and that is the awesome looking Fire with Fire, by Skull Skill Studios. Currently going through a Kickstarter Campaign, Fire with Fire turns the genre on it's head by adding in an offensive twist that features not just a great art style but also looks incredibly intense.

Build & Battle - A new take on the Tower Defence Genre

I for one don't usually enjoy tower defence games, so for that style of game to appeal to me it's got to be something special. But today my interest was given a prod when I saw Build & Battle, a turn based tower defence game with strategy elements that is currently going through a Steam Greenlight campaign.

Defense Grid 2 - Steam Beta access and pre-order available

Hidden Path Entertainment have just let us know that the Steam pre-order of their new 3D tower defense game Defense Grid 2 has gone live on steam for release in September. They are doing a Kickstarter stretch goal style tiered reward where the more people who pre-order, the more fun things everyone gets bundled with the delivery.

20 Waves - A new take on the Tower Defence genre and it's FREE

Although I'm not a fan of Tower Defence games (it's not my style), 20 Waves by Colin Lane does change the genre slightly and offers a lot of fun in a freely playable browser based game. But what makes this game so different from the others? Well factor in that it's not top down and it's 2D based, but turrets, force fields, and walls need to be placed against the oncoming waves from the sides to defend your mining operation. It's that simple!

Captain Drexx - Brand New 128K tape game from CRONOSOFT

Cronosoft a Uk based game publisher has just released a fantastic new 128k only ZX Spectrum game on tape format. Captain drexx is a tower defence game that really shows what the little black box of delights can still do!

AI-Conflict - A Tower Defense game with a unique idea

Although I'm not a fan of Tower Defense games, I'm more of an RPG kinda guy it's nice to see developers taking a different approach to the Tower Defense genre. And that's exactly what BabyRaptor ( Minh ) from Vietnam has done with AI-Conflict! Sure it's pretty similar in terms of gun placement but this game has a unique feature in it's AI methods. Each Tower can be set up with different AI features, up to 6 in fact and this affects how the turret works. According to the developer : the slots can be combined with each other like "AND", "OR", the player can utilize each tower strong point, while limit their weak point. Thus AI-Conflict has a certain appeal to it and will add a more strategic and tactical set up when dealing with the many waves of enemies you will encounter. Considering this game is free and developed  by one guy, I'm actually impressed, so check it out!

Deadstone - Action packed shooter gets a Steam Greenlight campaign

TimeSlip Softworks have just informed us that their action packed 2D combat and tower defence game, Deadstone is ready for your votes via a Steam Greenlight campaign. If you're into top down based shooters then you are in for a treat with Deadstone, as it features 50 blasting levels of fire fights against hordes of infected monsters. Not just that but you will also need strategic planning through the use of defensive hardware placement, resource management and character skill development. Assume the role of Blake as he stops the infected from killing every last colonist, do you have what it takes or will you and everyone else succumb to the infected? Available for PC & Mac June 2014

Nation Red - Zombie game giveaway and an extra game!

Game Type : Shooter
Game Info Quote : Nation Red is an ultra fast infinite play arena-based shooter providing an exceptional close-quarter battlefield experience. Fight thousands of zombie mutants and their bosses in frantic bloody game play while earning close to 100 perks. Fight in Barricade, Survival or Free Play mode. Play On-Line in coop, in single player or in local coop!
Giveaway Info : Tis the season to be jolly and all that, so what better way to celebrate Christmas than a free game give away. Thanks to a kind donation from HUW one of our special readers, we have three copies of Nation Red to give away.
Systems : PC

Monster Castle - Free Flash based Tower Defence game

Game Type : Tower Defence, Strategy
Developer : fliptic
Game Info Quote : Defend your queen from the enemies who want to invade your kingdom.Defence tower game, where you can create and evolve monsters to protect your castle from the 10 different enemies.
Release : Now (Free)
Systems : Any, Browser based

Adrift - Play with friends in this cool defense/shoot 'em up (Kickstarter/Steam Greenlight)

Game Type : Strategy, RPG, Shooter, Arcade
Developer/Project By : Adam Pastorello (Risen Games)
Kickstarter Goal : $40,000
Developer Quote : Adrift is a tower defense/shoot 'em up where players cooperate to repel threats and guide their colony through hazardous space.
Game Info Quote : Adrift is a cooperative game in which you and up to 5 friends work together to defend your colony as it drifts recklessly through hazardous regions of space that are home to marauding pirates and rogue asteroids. In Adrift they have combined the gameplay of a tower defense game, with the action of a top down shooter. The player isn’t just a tower builder, they have unique skills and weapons to help them defend the colony. Players will level up and aquire new skills as the game goes on, allowing them to become strong enough to defeat any enemy.
Release : April 2014
Systems : PC, Mac, Linux

2 Game Giveaway - Sanctum & Joint Task Force

Indie Retro News is giving away 2 keys today, one for Sanctum(Steam) and the other for Joint Task Force(Steam). All you have to do is pick one or the other, and send me a nice choice message through Twitter and I'll send you the key. There is only 2 keys, so only 2 winners, first come first won and all that ;).

UPDATE - Sanctum key has GONE!
UPDATE - Joint Task Force(Steam) has GONE!

Throbax TD - Tower Defence

I know we have a number of people that read our site that really enjoy Tower Defence games, going by the stats at least. This game that's in development, could be of interest to you. It's Throbax TD, a game in which you have to survive wave after wave of fiendish enemies in a struggle for nothing less than your whole planet.