Amiga & Retro News

Growing up I used to collect a lot of Amiga PD games, especially as dad took me to boot fairs and markets and was happy to scan through the latest catalogue of PD games. Well one such PD game that has made an appearance for the Amiga, albeit enhanced, is Wheelchair Gladiators Championship Edition. The long awaited AGA follow up to the Amiga original from 1994. It's faster, has more weapons, >>

In the 1980s Ocean Software ( Imagine Label) released a fine beat 'em up for many different 8bit systems. It was a game that involved you as a street fighter, fighting gangs, in order to rescue his girlfriend, who is being held captive by a mafia boss. Sadly, however, when it comes to the Amiga version, it was pretty terrible! With one person on the Lemon Amiga site saying it's "pure crap." Well, >>

Shock!! This isn't a JOTD Arcade to Amiga port! As I've found out from Walter Mamo that Modern Vintage Gamer is working on an Arcade to Amiga port of the top down racing game called 'Zippy Race', also known as MotoRace USA in the states. A game in which the player controls a racer who must travel on a motorcycle from Los Angeles to New York City. To coincide with this news, MVG has >>

I haven't featured a SEUCK Competition entry for some time, so to change all that here's a new game released for the Commodore 64, it's Puppix - The Cabbage Forest by Pinov Vox, Fabs, and Richard Bayliss, A Halloween themed action game created using the Sideways Scrolling SEUCK Left 2008 version. To coincide with this news, the full story and gameplay video have been provided >>

The 1987 hit adventure game of Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards by Sierra, has been used as a showcast for a new WiC64 feature for the Commodore 64 called WiC64mex. Which enables games to trigger music, speech and sound effects over the internet via the WiC64 hardware. Do be aware however, even though this is pretty impressive, it's still only a showcast by RetroBytes. Larry: >>

In 1987 Hewson released ' Exolon ' for the ZX Spectrum, C64 and Amstrad CPC, with a later conversion to the Enterprise 128, Amiga and Atari ST. In the game, you played as a sci-fi soldier across multiple screens blasting away enemies and defending yourself against gun defences as well as homing missiles. Well if you remember this fine game then make sure to check out Space-Time Games latest >>

If you're feeling festive and want to play some Christmas games then come and check out the newest of releases from Langford Productions called 'The Snowman'. ​A PC remake of the 1980's game by Quicksilva based on the book by Raymond Briggs and probably the cartoon on which Aled Jones sung. To coincide with this news, we've got some gameplay footage from Rowland Reviews and the full details >>

I've just had some fantastic news in my inbox, as that all time classic Amstrad game called ' Oh Mummy ' from 1984, has been remade by Blazon for the Commodore 64. A game originally developed by Gem Software and published by Amsoft. Oh Mummy was one of the best games from my childhood, it had fun gameplay revealing lost Egyptian treasures, deadly mummies that needed to be avoided, and a >>

I've recently found out from Saberman, that the Arcade to Amiga conversion of Irem's classic 1982 scrolling shooter of 'Moon Patrol' by both JOTD and no9(music), has now been updated with a new AGA enhanced, ECS and OCS build for you to try! Basically for those of you who were complaining about games created with just AGA in mind, you can now try lower end builds of the game all created as a >>

The last news story from me unless something major comes out, as the previously announced Amiga shooter of 'Hyper Wings' by Geldo79, has hit the big 2.50 with a number of improvements!  An Asteroids and Star Control mash up which was developed in ASM. To coincide with this news, while we did feature the game before, you can at least check out the full up to date details, as well as a >>

If you remember playing the 1987 game called Mr Weems and the She Vampires by RamJam Corporation, a game that was loosely based upon the 1985 Atari Games arcade title Gauntlet. Then come and check out typhonsoft's new work in progress game called Reginald and the She Vampires. An Amstrad CPC Remake/reboot of, and sequel to that 1987 game. To coincide with this news, we've got >>

A challenging yet high quality game has made appearance for the ZX Spectrum 128k called 'FloppyVerse' by JuanGM. A game in which you need to not only transfer recovered floppy disks spread throughout many different levels to your spaceship, but you have a limited amount of moves to do this, while also avoiding enemies within the allotted time. To coincide with this news, provided below is the >>

Over the past few years we've had a number of quality releases by JOTD for the Amiga. We've had games such as Ms Pacman, Hyper Sports, Elevator Action, US Championship V'ball, Tetris 1200, Lock'N'Chase, and even my personal favourite Xevious 1200. Well while we wait for the upcoming Jail Break conversion that is soon to be finished, JOTD has announced he is now working on >>

With all the games I've featured you'd think the news would slow down, but not so! As after already featuring a number of games for the ZX Spectrum since last week, along comes 'Ziona Quest 2 (Part 2)' by IAMAI Creation to keep you company. A frantic platformer where skill, strategy and quick reactions are essential if you are to complete your mission! To coincide with this news, thanks as always >>

No sooner had I featured the hot news story of Sonic the Hedgehog coming to the Amiga 500 and Amiga 1200 than I found out through Facebook that Csabo, KiCHY, and The Sarge has released Stab'N Dash for the Commodore Plus/4. An overhauled version of Green Beret developed with top-notch coding, graphics, and high quality music. To coincide with this news, provided below is the full >>

Do we have some great retro gaming news for you, as that legendary game character Sonic from the Sonic the Hedgehog game series, which appeared on multiple systems such as the Sega Master System, Sega Mega Drive, and Sega Game Gear. Will be coming to the Commodore Amiga 500 1mb, and Commodore Amiga 1200 with the hard work of Reassembler , the same creator who released the vastly superior version >>

Submarine Attack wasn't the only game released by Camden Town Games this week, as another game they made available for the Amiga 1200 and Sega Mega Drive was called 'Tank Attack'. A 2 Player death match Tank Game that has similarities to other classics from 8bit systems such as Battle City and Combat. In light of this news, provided below is further details about the game as well as >>

If you have an Amiga or Sega Mega Drive and looking for another entertaining game to play through this weekend, then you can do no wrong by checking out Camden Town Games new Commodore Amiga and Sega Mega Drive game called 'Submarine Attack. A game that the creator says is " An update of the arcade classic game Depth Charge". To coincide with this news, Saberman has done a short >>

It's nearly Christmas! So to give you that Christmas feeling we have a nice little game for you to play that has recently been released called 'Santastic' by Tukinem for the Commodore Amiga. A game whereby you play as Santa and must deliver presents to children throughout a snowy landscape. To coincide with this news, Saberman has provided some footage of the demo that can be downloaded >>

I have a soft spot for shoot 'em ups on the Amiga, especially games such as the fantastic Banshee, or my personal favorites Project-X and R-Type. Well thanks to another heads up from the developer known as Roartj(Roar Tjørhom), we've been told that the eagerly awaited WW1 Shoot 'em up called 'Wings of Fear' has come out of beta and has been released into the wild. A high quality game developed >>

While new game announcements have been in short supply these last couple of days from myself (blame ill health), I wanted to at least mention this new single screen arcade game for the C64 by Commodore Spain called 'Lunadia'. A game whereby you must avoid falling asteroids while trying to recover broken pieces of the lunar research before time runs out. If that sounds like your sort of game that >>

Another ZX Spectrum game worth checking out is the recent release of Jtpl's fast-paced first-person action game for the classic ZX Spectrum 48K called 'World of Spells'. A game that the creator says "you can watch in amazement as our silly rubber wonder pumps out a Wolfenstein 3D-like, full 360 freedom of movement action, with >50 frames per bleeding’ second. It simply has to be seen to be >>

Our good friend Tom has just given us the heads up for the updated version of the high quality Arcade Platformer called 'Max Stone : The Secret of the Great Pyramid' for the ZX Spectrum which is available to download via itch io. A nod to Indiana Jones in which you play as Maximiliano Piedra aka Max Stone, on his first adventure to reveal The Mystery of the Great Pyramid. To coincide >>

I was looking through the itch io website, and I came across a new adventure game called 'Mission2Mars' by 8080 for the Commodore Amiga. A text based adventure with some humor in deep space that was created using AmiBlitz3. Just be aware that if you want to try out this game on your Amiga however, you'll need AHI Installed, RTG 1280 x 720 Window/Fullscreen 24-bit, and a crazy minimum of CPU 300 >>

Could this November get any better? Oh yes it has! As we have just been informed via Saberman through Facebook that you can now download the latest Scorpion Engine developed experimental build of 'Streets of Rage ' for the Commodore Amiga. A downloadable build of the incredible fighting brawler that was originally released back in 1991 that spawned multiple sequels including Streets of Rage 2, >>