All Commodore Amiga Games - Over 7 hours of Amiga gaming!

It's a brand new day to a new week so what better way to spend it than sitting in front of the computer and watching over 7 hours of Amiga gaming uploaded by Joshhny Asaski. As a heads up in our inbox, this Youtube video apparently shows all Commodore Amiga games, with nearly every Amiga game shown with inclusive titles. So sit back and watch, as you'll be taken back to a time of greatness, a time of Shadow of the Beast, Defender of the Crown, Another World, Wings, Dizzy, Robin Hood and many more!

Wings Remastered - A remastered version takes off on GOG!

Heads up pilots as we've just been informed by GOG that Wing's Remastered is now available to buy. Developed by Cinemaware and after a retry Kickstarter success, Wings : Remastered is a World War 1 dogfighting game intermixed with top down bombing runs and strafing missions in an arcade theme.

Wings Remastered - A remastered version of a hit classic now available!

Put your flight goggles on, start your rotors and take off as Cinemaware has finally announced the release of Wings Remastered! Developed by that well known company of Cinemaware and after a retry Kickstarter success, Wings : Remastered is a World War 1 dogfighting game intermixed with top down bombing runs and strafing missions in an arcade theme.

Cinemaware Wings Classic - Emulated original version as Kickstarter backer bonus (Preview)

As you may have noticed, Cinemaware actively gets a lot of coverage here as there are a lot of fans on Indie Retro News from the heyday when Defender of the Crown, It Came From the Desert!, Rocket Ranger and Wings were all massive titles that were hugely different from other games around at the time. Also, the fact that Cinemaware is still active in the community and willing to do remakes  of their classics without losing the feel of the originals gives them even more brownie points. So when they announced their kickstarter for a remastered Wings, we were all over it like a rash.

Cinemaware partnership with Kalypso Media for Wings! Remastered Edition

A Kickstarter success and a remastered edition of a hit classic, Cinemaware have today announced that they have agreed a partnership with Kalypso Media to bring Wings! Remastered Edition to PCs. An all time classic WW1 flight Simulator intermixed with arcade bombing runs that became a top quality classic on the Amiga, will be released as an enhanced remastered edition for PC, with OS X and mobiles coming later this year.

Wings : Remastered Edition - A Cinemaware classic revamped - Gets a beta release and short preview

Only just recently we featured Cinemaware's classic revamp of the WW1 arcade flight game, Wings and today we've just had the first beta build that was made available to Kickstarter backers. Wings : Remastered is a revamped version of the Amiga version that will feature far higher graphical capability of the original, while still keeping to the original game play that made Wings on the Amiga so great. Wings: Remastered was also a Kickstarter success and thus today we are here to show you a small preview of that beta build.

Wings : Remastered Edition - The big beta update and Android, iOS news

It's been awhile since we've featured Cinemware's classic revamp of the WW1 arcade flight game, Wings and today we've just had a press release that not only shows off the latest in game screenshots but also news of the Amiga emulated, Android, iOS build version. In a recap, Wings was an all time classic WW1 flight Simulator intermixed with arcade bombing runs that was released in 1990 for the Amiga, later also ported for the Game Boy Advance in 2002, it was a true gem for it's time and is still highly regarded as one of the best WW1 games ever developed. Wings: Remastered is a revamped version of the original that will feature far higher graphical capability of the original, while still keeping to the original game play that made the original so great. Wings: Remastered was also a Kickstarter success and we at Indie Retro News have been following it's progress for some time, so read on for the new stuff!

The Retro Collection - My lifes story!

This may bore some of you, especially with the negative side, but for others you may get that extra bit of nostalgia, so here goes. Through all these years of having to deal with Autism, OCD and the more recently diagnosed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder due to a long childhood of bullying and other personal issues still taking it's toll on my mental state, there's one thing I've always kept strong to, which isn't just my family and normal gaming. My retro collection, the great Amiga 500 and of cause the Amiga 1200 oh and the even older Amstrad CPC. Through a very young age I was always fascinated by computers, I remember getting the green screen Amstrad CPC 464 and although not such a great programmer I loved buying all those cool games. Hearing that squealing tape, the wavy lines and finally after ever so many minutes, the game screen. Which was either Dizzy or Green Beret! Fast forward to this year and..

Kenneth Melville has passed away, writer and composer for Cinemaware

It is with sad news to report, that Kenneth Melville of Cinemware who was one of the composers and writers of the original Wings has passed away. He was also the writer on It Came from the Desert and even spent time helping development of the Wings Kickstarter. Kenneth, thank you for all your help in the creation of two of the best games of my childhood! Original press release here.

Successful Kickstarters of the week! (6th Dec 2013)

Good morning gamers from around the world, we are not far away from Christmas and of cause the new year, so it's my pleasure to list the latest Kickstarter success stories of the week. We have an interesting line up this time, as Cinemaware has finally succeeded with their second Kickstarter of Wings and STASIS a 2D Isometric SciFi going over 120% funded. So lets move on, and gander at the best of this week!

Wings: Remastered Edition - Cinemaware is pushing for a success, with an updated Demo (Kickstarter)

Game Type : Multi Genre, Shoot Em Up, Flight Action Simulator

Kickstarter Goal : $85,000 with $83,605 currently pledged (7days left)

Developer : Cinemaware
Game Info Quote : Wings is a World War I flying combat game, originally released by Cinemaware Corp. in 1990. It earned some of the highest reviews of all Amiga games and still has a loyal fan base around the world that have fond memories of this and other Cinemaware games, which had a unique atmosphere and style still unmatched to this day.

Update : I've been watching this Kickstarter from day one, and so far it's the only Kickstarter that puts me into mass excitement, why? Because Wings brings back very strong memories of some epic gaming on the Amiga. So far Cinemaware has given us update after update, from the new death screen to the updated strafing mission. But today Cinemaware has released the latest updated 5 level demo to improve the feedback for the Kickstarter. With only 7 days left and $83,605 currently pledged of a $85,000 goal, they are doing really well. But it's down to us, not just Retro gamers, but new gamers alike, to make this a success so Pilots, it's time to fly!

Release : June 2014

Systems : PC, Mac/iOS/Android/Ouya/PSN/PS4 (Stretch Goals)

Wings: Remastered Edition - Cinemaware gives us another Kickstarter update - strafing missions!

Game Type : Multi Genre, Shoot Em Up, Flight Action Simulator

Kickstarter Goal : $85,000 (11days to go)

Developer : Cinemaware
Game Info Quote : Wings is a World War I flying combat game, originally released by Cinemaware Corp. in 1990. It earned some of the highest reviews of all Amiga games and still has a loyal fan base around the world that have fond memories of this and other Cinemaware games, which had a unique atmosphere and style still unmatched to this day.

Update : Cinemaware is still pushing hard with it's Kickstarter, and has already raised $72,617 of it's Kickstarter goal. But with only 11 days to go, they need every bit of extra pledging to reach that success of $85,000. To give it that extra boost, today Cinemaware released the latest update to strafing missions we so loved from the original Wings on the Amiga. So come on all you Pilots, check out the update and PLEDGE!

Release : June 2014
Systems : PC, Mac/iOS/Android/Ouya/PSN/PS4 (Stretch Goals)

Wings: Remastered Edition - Cinemaware aims for the skies with another Kickstarter! (+DEMO)

Game Type : Multi Genre, Shoot Em Up, Flight Action Simulator

Kickstarter Goal : $85,000

Developer : Cinemaware
Game Info : Once again Cinemaware is trying for another Kickstarter and it's a game very close to my retro gaming heart. This is Wings, an all time classic WW1 flight simulator intermixed with arcade bombing runs. A game that's famous from the era of the Amiga. This Kickstarter aims to push Wings into an all new re-mastered high definition quality edition with all its original missions, dogfights, story and game play still intact. What are you waiting for? Come on pilots don't let this one fail!

Release : June 2014
Systems : PC, Mac/iOS/Android/Ouya/PSN/PS4 (Stretch Goals)

Wings - Remastered Edition : EARLY TEASER!

Game Type : Multi Genre, Shoot Em Up, Flight Action Simulator
Developer : Cinemaware
Info : Wings was an all time classic WW1 flight simulator intermixed with arcade bombing runs that was released in the early 90's by Cinemaware for the Amiga. It's one of the all time classic favs for Retro gamers across the world. Its such a sort after classic, that high quality originals sell for a nice bit of dosh on the bay. Even I tried to grab an original in town and was smacked back by it being £40! That was for the Amiga.... Yet fast forward to these last few years and we've had one Kickstarter which was a fail and today's news of a Kickstarter rebirth. That's not all, as Cinemaware are now teasing us with a trailer and the thoughts of a demo. So with a teaser out and a Kickstarter due by the end of the week, I CAN'T WAIT!

Wings - A brilliant WW1 multi genre Amiga title (PC Playable) + Kickstarter Update

Game Type : Multi Genre, Shoot Em Up, Flight Action Simulator
Launcher Developer : The Company.pl 
Original Developer : Cinemaware
Game Info : Wings was an all time classic WW1 flight simulator intermixed with arcade bombing runs that was released in the early 90's by Cinemaware for the Amiga. It's one of the all time classic favs for Retro gamers across the world. It was so popular that in August, the 10th, 2012 to be exact, Cinemaware created a Kickstarter for a Wings remastered. However, even though many of us had fond memories of the original, the HD game never made it's pledge goal and it flopped big time, which was a huge shame. But fast forward to 2013 and we are now getting some hints that another kickstarter may re-appear for Wings and I think it may very well achieve it's goal. But until that time, thanks to The Company.pl, Wings has been released/updated from the Amiga to the PC playable version of 2.6 so you can now play this on your PC with higher graphical filters.
Release : Available now FREE

Wings - Is Cinemaware still working on this hit classic?

At the start of the year, Cinemaware once again gave us hints on Indie Retro News that a Wings Kickstarter was going to be revamped, as the original Kickstarter failed, which was a massive shame to us fans! As of yet, no new Kickstarter has appeared of this all time classic Arcade flight sim, however this is the first proper in game cockpit image we've seen so far. So Wings may well still be in development and we may still see a Kickstarter at some point soon!