Pooyan +6DGMH - 1980's Arcade C64 game now features a +6 trainer and PAL optimization

Fancy reliving a bit of Arcade fun on the C64, then look no further than the lastest release by Hokuto Force, it's 'Pooyan' +6DGMH! This was an Arcade game released in 1982 by Konami for the Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, C64, Sord M5, MSX, Apple II, Famicom, Tandy TRS-80 as well as the Tomy Tutor . This game puts you in control of Mamma Pig who must defend her home and rescue her baby piglets(Pooyan) from menacing wolves that in the first stage are floating down to get you using balloons.

ALCO-COPTER - Puzzle based heli shooter for any Amiga +1MB Chip gets a release!

A lot of games to get through this week for a bit of retro gaming fun, as we've been informed by Matthew Nolan, regarding his previous release of 'Alco-Copter' for the Amiga developed by our good friends Flashtro, that today saw the final release of the game as version 1.0. This game is a multi-genre game with puzzle and shooting based elements, you control a helicopter that works purely on Alcohol that must complete each of the 30 great levels without crashing into the sides or allowing your blood Alcohol level to drop too far.

Peter Pack Rat - Hokuto Force re-releases a C64 ratty classic with a number of fixes!

If you've heard of Pack Rat before then you were probably around in the 80's playing it in the Arcades or at home playing the Arcade conversion either on an Amstrad, C64 or ZX Spectrum. This game which was released back in 1985 by Atari Games, was ported over to home computers in 1989 by Software Creations and featured a very chirpy soundtrack by Tim Follin. The only problem with the C64 version however according to Hokuto Force was it had a few issues which of course they have set out to fix.

Ziriax 100% (Ultimate Edition) - The only full Amiga working version that exists!

In 1990 Software Business with development by The Whiz Kidz, released the side-scrolling shoot em up Ziriax for the Amiga, which was very similar to games such as R-Type or even Gradius. This game featured an action packed experience with five stages of shoot em up gameplay with each level containing an end of level boss. It's just a shame that during its many years of release not only was there not a fully working ADF of the game but according to some it has a few in game issues of its own...

Rubicon +4DGHF - Tough C64 cookie to crack is trainered by Hokuto Force

Here's a game many of you C64 owners have heard of especially as some would say it looks nice on the outside but highly repetitive on the inside, is Twisted Minds/21st Century Entertainment's C64 shooter ' Rubicon ', which has since been given the +4DGHF treatment by Hokuto Force (one of the most hated game by the crackers for its protections). Now in this game you play as a gun blasting hero who has to make his way through many levels inhabited by mutated creatures to not only survive, but to diffuse a nuclear reactor after a horrific incident in Russia.

Feud +6DGF - A personal favourite is NTSC fixed and trainered via C64

One game that really stood out for me in the 80's and a game that is buried deep into my brain for all time, is Binary Design's and published by Bulldog Software's fighting sorcerers game ' Feud ', which has since been updated by Hokuto Force on the C64. This game that star'd two powerful twin sorcerers who hated each other named as Learic and Leanoric. Required the player to collect ingredients to mix into a cauldron to create defensive and offensive spells to defeat Leanoric, who had cast an aging curse on Learic and is also still out to get you.

Vault Man 2 - A puzzling C64 game by Charles Grey is here!

I thought it would be a good idea to let everyone know that a new C64 game has been released by Iceout titled as ' Vault Man 2 ', which was developed by Charles Grey! First announced as a preview some time ago, the aim of this game is to collect as many of the golden bars in the level as possible and bring them to the vault door. Be warned though, as it's a vault containing deadly monsters and there's a lack of oxygen, if you don't return to the door in time you'll pass out and die!

Rogue +6DGM - A nice C64 roguelike fixed and fully playable by Hokuto Force

Moving on from all the tasty game jams we now look towards the C64, as Hokuto Force have released an enhanced, fixed, trainered and fully playable version of 'Rogue', which was originally released in the 1980's for the Amstrad CPC, C64 and ZX Spectrum under the Mastertronic Label, with other versions for the Amiga, DOS, Macintosh, TOPS-20, TRS-80 CoCo and Unix. Regarded as a turn-based dungeon crawling roguelike, you are an adventurer that must explore the Dungeons of Doom, to retrieve the precious Amulet of Yendor!

Katakis +6DHFI - Wicked C64 Shoot em up bug fixed and trainered by Hokuto Force

Moving away from the rather special heads up regarding Limbo on the C64, we now look towards Hokuto Force with their brilliant bug fix and trainer release for the 1988 Shoot em up ' Katakis ', which was first released by Rainbow Arts. Playing in a similar style to that of the hit game R-Type, this is a shoot em up in which you need to blast your way through many waves of enemies, picking up power ups along the way and finally destroying each of the end bosses to finally reach the core of the evil machines and retake the planet Katakis.

Arctic Moves - Gun blasting platformer as an Amiga port gets the Flashtro treatment

Only last month we gave you the heads up over a very special Amiga release with the Atari ST to Amiga port announcement of ' Arctic Moves ' by Meynaf. Well you'll be pleased to know if you found the addictive yet incredibly difficult action platformer sequel to Navy Moves too much for you, Flashtro (SIRIaX) has released the latest trainer to make life that little bit easier!

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade : The Action Game - A working Amiga crack and trainer by Flashtro!

I'm sure many of you have a huge stash of Amiga hardware and games, more especially taking up space on a big internal CF drive. So you might be pleased to learn that Lucasfilm Games 1989 action platformer, and not to be confused with the adventure game of the same name ' Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade', was recently crack fixed with an updated trainer by our good friends Flashtro (Musashi9).

Luna 3 - A chaotic blaster on the C64 by Sputnik World!

Another homebrew game has thrust its way into the year 2017, is the recently released ' Luna 3 ' by Sputnik World on the C64, which has also been trainered by our good friends Onslaught. In this game which I would regard as one of the most chaotic shooters I've played for along time, you must blast your way through as many enemies as possible for an ever high score, to make your way to the colony Luna 3 to destroy the enemy forces. Before you can do that, you must defend Luna 2 which has also just come under attack!

Lode Runner +6GD - A great game on the C64 gets the Hokuto Force treatment

When I was just a youngster one game I remember so fondly, was the 1980's classic Lode Runner. It was a game I used to play on a original monochrome Macintosh for many hours to the point of almost addiction. It was actually published by Brøderbund in 1983 and appeared on so many systems, although my preference would always be on the old MAC. In fact the C64 had many different versions differing in level design, speed and even containing an editor, but today's Lode Runner is the original, re-released today by Hokuto Force as both 1541 and 1581 disk based versions.

WARP - Thalion's Amiga Shooter cracked with a trainer by Flashtro

I'm sure many of you have a huge stash of Amiga hardware and games, more especially taking up space on a big internal CF drive (ahem 4GB+). So you might be pleased to learn that Thalion Software's 1989 multi-directional shooter called ' WARP', was recently cracked with a trainer by our good friends Flashtro. Although not the best of Thalion's games, it does feature lots of action filled landscapes and warp tunnels as you try to destroy energy stations.

RESHOOT - A1200,4000 & CD32 Shoot Em Up given the trainer treatment by Flashtro

In September of this year Richard Lowenstein finally released his commercial Shoot Em Up ' RESHOOT ' for the Amiga 1200, 4000 and CD32. It featured a fast and furious bullet hell experience, smooth gameplay, no in game loading times, 50 frames of action, parallaxed visuals, interleaved blitter objects and a soundtrack that drives most people insane. And it is that game with its endless shooting while trying to survive for as long as possible for an ever high score, has recently been trainered by Flashtro with two requested additions, an autofire function and a supershot option!

ROBOULDIX 1993-2016 +5 - Flashtro trainer for this recent Amiga re-release

Just recently Terminus Team made their 1993 game ' Robouldix ' completely free to download for the Amiga. It was an arcade puzzle game in a similar style to that of Boulder Dash, albeit with dynamite, mines and featuring up to two player explosive antics. In our opinion from our full article available here, it was an enjoyable game to play with tons of levels, nice music and it really makes you think before you blow up that next stick of dynamite. Sufficed to say a game you should try at least once, and thanks to Flashtro you can download the game again but this time with cheats.

Ghosts'n Goblins - Classic Arcade Amiga platformer crack fixed by Flashtro

In 1985 Capcom released the historic game Ghosts 'n Goblins for the Arcades, which was later released over the years on several other platforms such as the Amiga, Amstrad and C64. It was the first game in the Ghosts 'n Goblins franchise where the player controls a knight, named Sir Arthur, who must defeat zombies, ogres, demons, cyclops, dragons and other monsters in order to rescue Princess Prin Prin. Well that same game has once again re-appeared, but this time as an Amiga crack fixed and trainered Flashtro release!

Scout +5DGH - Hold onto your woggle, another C64 release from Hokuto Force!

Back in the day, I was in the Scouts, and remember plenty of arguments over the camp fire over whose 8-bit computers were better (C64 Obviously!). This game is nothing to do with those Scouts though, this is a sci fi blaster from 1988, developed by Reptilia Design and published by Mastertronic. Set in a hostile star system, you find yourself in bad shape following a disastrous hyperspace jump which has left you lost and ship wrecked. Your last hope is to salvage what you can from the damaged starship by piloting your scout ship across 8 hostile planets' surfaces to find the missing parts to your ship. Which would be hard enough even without the entire planets' inhabitants deciding to greet you by trying to destroy you.

Xenophobe +3DFR - Nostalgia's blasting Aliens in this trainered C64 release

Once again we are going back to the 80's and this time it's Bally Midway's Arcade game of ' Xenophobe ', which appeared on many different systems such as the Amiga and C64. It is the C64 version however which just this week got a brand new trainer +3DFR and NTSC fix from Nostalgia. The aim of the game? To wipe out the Alien infestation from Starbases, moons, ships, and space cities before the time runs out! Do you have what it takes to wipe out the Alien scum?

Tanks Furry - Tank based shooter for the Amiga gets an update and Amiga CD32 release!

During last week and into this weekend, Amiga gamers across the globe were shouting to the hill tops that they had finally received the most eagerly awaited of commercial Amiga games ' Tanks Furry ', developed by PROJECT R3D. It was a game that was originally teased at the retrokomp 2015 and came second place much to the delight of the developers. Well fast forward to now and this rather delightful game featuring hand made school pixel graphics, a dedicated chip tune and sfx, over 40 missions to play, several themed zones such as woodlands and deserts, five different tanks and even multiplayer. Doesn't just have a lovely commercial package, but you can play the updated free 1.2 version with a trainer thanks to Flashtro, and the Amiga CD32 version thanks to Earok and team.