Amiga & Retro News

Here we are yet again with another game release for the Commodore Amiga! As I've recently been informed, that Amiga Factory has released the action platformer of 'HUNDRA' for AGA systems. An 8 bit port of a game, that was originally published back in 1988 by Dinamic Software and Mastertronic for the Amstrad, ZX-Spectrum and MSX. To coincide with this news, Saberman has provided the latest footage >>

This is incredible news especially if you have a C64, as the classic racing game of 'Nigel Mansell World Championship', which was released on many different systems such as the Amiga,  Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, DOS, Genesis and ZX Spectrum, has not only been recovered, but as of today you can download the game and try it out on your Commodore 64 right now. A holy grail game, which,  >>

While the latest news has been a bit slow this week, with google AI being an annoyance, and it's just too hot to write. I thought I'd give a quick shout out to this family friendly game that was released by VisualImpact called 'Mad Moggy' for the Commodore 64. A game in which you play as a crazy cat, and must collect all the required items through each of the many levels without falling down or >>

Throughout this year, we've been banging on the drums about TIGERSKUNK's upcoming OCS action slasher of Krogharr. A game created by the same developer who released the amazing Shoot 'em up of Inviyya; a game with amazing scrolling graphics, super action, great sound effects, and a real hark back to days of R-Type or Project-X! Well today's news is super special! As I've been informed, >>

This is just a quick article for all of our readers of IndieRetroNews. If you noticed the article I did on Saturday for Krogharr and then it vanished, it was not my decision! For some stupid reason Googles automated system picked it up as spam and decided to suspend it until I made some changes. But just in the case of Facebook and their ridiculous AI, it doesn't tell you what part was spam >>

If you're looking for another HOT NEWS story you've come to the right place! As looking through the EAB forums, to see if JOTD has finished any of his previously announced Arcade to Amiga ports of Gyruss, or even Bad Dudes vs DragonNinja. And I've just find out that JOTD is now working on the Arcade to Amiga port of the button mashing game of 'Track & Field' by Centuri/Konami. A game in >>

Throughout this year, we've been banging on the drums about TIGERSKUNK's upcoming OCS action slasher of Krogharr. A game created by the same developer who released the amazing Shoot 'em up of Inviyya; a game with amazing scrolling graphics, super action, great sound effects, and a real hark back to days of R-Type or Project-X! Well today's news is super special! As I've been informed, >>

Genesis Project was quick to give us the heads up via Facebook today, that not only have they released a game for the Commodore 64, but this game known as 'Dominion' by Micro Media, was found and recovered by Hedning of GP! As in the words of Genesis Project "A shooter that James Doyle & Mark Hughes made in 1988, between "Master Blaster" and "Black Tiger", which was shelved and forgotten >>

We've seen lots of Space Invader variants over the years, from Havie's Blitz Basic version of the game on the Amiga, to our personal favourite from Pink/Abyss called 'Tiny Invaders'. Well yet again we've been sent another version of Space Invaders for you to enjoy, and it's Jimbo's Commodore PET game of 'PET Space Invaders 2' ; An updated and improved version of the original PET game from 1980.& >>

Although Psytonik Software doesn't inform us very often of their new games that are soon to be released. I did find out through Twitter however, that at some point in the near future, they are going to release a new game called 'Musketeer'. An action-packed swashbuckling arcade adventure set in 17th century France. A game that is being developed by Ola Zandelin & Dennis Gustafsson >>

The Amiga news was a bit quiet last weekend, but thankfully with a new week to start us off, Amiten Games has announced the release of 'AmiSeaFox' for the Commodore Amiga. A tribute to the classic SeaFox, which was previously announced by us as a demo, in celebration of Internal Amiga Day. A day that is celebrated annually on May 31st to honor Jay Miner, who is considered the father of the >>

This week has certainly been one to impress, especially with Doom being shown on the Atari ST, and the more recent Turrican 128k remaster for the Amstrad CPC. Now it's time for the ZX81 to get in on the action, as trawling through the latest Twitter posts, we've just come across a game called 'Cosmic Payback' for the ZX81, ported over from the 2020 ZX Spectrum release. A game which originally had >>

Possibly the best retro gaming news for today, is the latest 128k remaster of 'Turrican' for the Amstrad CPC; a hit classic originally released in 1990 by Rainbow Arts and programmed by Manfred Trenz. For what I would class as the ultimate run jump and shoot action game, Turrican and its sequels such as Turrican II is a game series that is set in the heart of millions of Retro fans across the >>

The sun is shining and the weather is hot, too hot in fact! So to cool off while being inside, and the fan on full blast, I thought it was worth mentioning this enjoyable Spelunker like platformer, called The Catacombs of Cherubim by natthrafn for the Commodore 64. A game which has got decent feedback such as, "Thanks, its really good fun!" and "Thank you so much for the game. Very addictive. I >>

Is that Amiga Bill? I think it is ;)It's not often we feature books or magazines, especially as there's just so many out there it's hard to keep up. But with a quick check of Facebook, looking for the latest gaming news to share, and I was kindly given the heads up, that our readers should check out the ongoing Amiga Germany Fan’zine. A magazine in which we've been told is a passionate >>

AcidBottle(Abgames) is certainly no stranger to creating quality releases for the Amiga, the Arcade to Commodore Amiga game of Breakthru and Wonder Boy are just two of the ones that stand out on IndieRetroNews. Well here are with another fantastic news story in relation to AcidBottle. As thanks to our good friends BitmapSoft letting us know through Twitter, we've been told that Fast Food Dizzy 2: >>

Doom wasn't released on the Atari ST/STE , nor was it released on any other system of that time. Doom was just way beyond in computer development. But now thanks to FrenkelS, who was behind this release, you can now the play the Atari ST Edition! A port for Atari ST computers which is based on Doom8088, a port of Doom for 16-bit DOS computers. To coincide with this news, Saberman was kind >>

There's nothing more satisfying than writing about the latest games, but when it comes to my chunky handheld the Gameboy or the GameBoy Advanced, it's feeling a little left out. Sure we've had games that are designed in a Gameboy style, but actual fresh cartridges is something of a rarity. So here's one game that looks to be worth downloading or pre-ordering if you want a physical edition, is >>

If you fancy some unreleased goodness to try out on your Amiga, then make sure to check out the latest game of Gilbert Goodmate aka Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phungoria, by Crystal Interactive. An unreleased Amiga Monkey Island inspired graphic adventure game that did later made an appearance on the PC. To coincide with this news story, we've got some details about the game which >>

We've been just been informed via Earok, who is behind the excellent Scorpion Engine. That Carrion(c64portal) has released a demo for the upcoming Commodore Amiga game of 'Robot Jet Action 2'. A game that was not only released for the Commodore 64 back in 2022, but it featured lots of challenging levels, different themed worlds and so much more which made it rather entertaining! While we still >>

Ready your paddles retro gamers, as a new game is now available to download and play on your PC by Space Time Games via itch io. This latest release called Batty, is a brand new remake of a classic that was released by Elite Software in 1987. A remake which features many levels from both the C64 and ZX Spectrum. To coincide with this news, we've got the full details of the game, as well as some >>

There's another awesome news story that's worth a mention here on Indie Retro News, as thanks to both Ethan Knight and Saberman letting us know through Facebook, we've been told that Jon Eggelton and Gianluca Alberico has released a pretty impressive update to their 2023 Commodore 64 and Commodore 128 unofficial hit of 'SNK vs CAPCOM'; a C64 game which was developed using their in >>

The Sunday retro gaming news just keeps on coming, as after already featuring games such as Baby-Man VS Terminatots PT1 for the ZX Spectrum, and Sabre Wulf Remastered for the C64. Here we have a new game for the ZX Spectrum by AmikoES called 'The Pyramid'. A challenging platformer in which the developer describes it as a bit like Abu Simbel Profanation. So yeh expect some decent gameplay, >>

We've just been given the heads up through our Facebook group and via Saberman, that PuttyCAD has released another ZX Spectrum game for you to play. Titled as Baby-Man VS Terminatots PT1, you play as The Prof, and your task is to create an army of Terminatots to send back through time to take on Baby-Man whist stops him from defeating Man-Baby the evil toddler ( huh? ). Anyway, provided >>

Earlier today we found out that ' Sabre Wulf ' is still coming to the C64 as a full remaster by Genesis Project. Yes indeed this famous game released in 1984 by Ultimate Play the Game, and originally released on the ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, C64 and Amstrad CPC, will soon be making its home yet again on the C64 but this time with incredible remastered graphics such as in game and a fancy loader. To >>