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Usually when it comes to dungeon based games, you play as a knight or a group of people battling dangerous enemies, while avoiding traps and looking for glorious loot....But not in this game! Welcome to 'Tank in a Dungeon' by Rozsoft for the Amiga and Commodore 64. A game in which you not only play as a Tank , but you must battle through multiple dungeon levels against dangerous robots and other

We've featured many Dungeon Crawlers over the years, from ones such as Eye of the Beholder, with its first person grid based movement, to the top down turn based ones such as Descending Dungeons. This game however called 'Binary Battle' by Haplo and team, is not only a dungeon crawler, but according to the creator "is a novel take on the genre that is inspired by GEOS and the PC game Folder

Ask anyone about the 8bit game of Action Biker, and they'd probably tell you it was not only a great game with an awesome soundtrack, but there was nothing more fun than riding about on a motorbike, collecting various items, while avoiding all sorts of obstacles. Well this famous game hasn't just made a special appearance on our site, but thanks to Grue however, there's also been an enhanced

Welcome to Centipede for the C64 as an emulator by Norbert. A game that was not only released as a vertical fixed shooter by Atari in 1980, but it also featured as a rather cheesy but nostalgic Pixel movie. A nod to a game in which you had to protect your garden against not just spiders and scorpions, but also a rather nasty splitting Centipede. To coincide with this bit of history, Saberman has

Even though Mixel is still working on 'Creeping Me Out : Hex Night'; A Scorpion Engine created Action/Adventure/Platformer featuring complex levels, a story, enemies and dangerous traps to keep you company. There's another game that's worth keeping an eye and by the same developer, and that's WIZONK; A 4 player deathmatch wizard platformer with gameplay that's regarded as a slight mash up of

Anyone who has owned an Amstrad CPC growing up would probably have come across Amsoft published titles such as Roland on the Ropes, Oh Mummy, Harrier Attack, Roland in the Caves and my personal favourite, Tombstowne. Well if you fancy playing a game that looks like it was released by Amsoft, then come and check out Altanerus Dog's latest Amstrad CPC release of '21 Grams of Soul'. An Arcade game

When I was young I used to love playing the very latest in 16bit/32bit racers such as Outrun, Lotus or even XJ220 on the Amiga. It was a time that gave me the feeling of intense speed and near misses without driving a real car and ending up in the local clink. Thankfully if you too like games like that, or even ones with a more science fiction element to them, then make sure to keep an eye on

Fancy playing an enjoyable arcade platformer released for the MSX via the MSXDev competition, then come and check out 'Molotov' by Joesg! A game in which you not only have to take revenge on tobacco and gambling shops, but playing as Fernando, you must create a Molotov cocktail to use it on these establishments to put them out of business for good. To coincide with this news,

If you're looking for more scary goodness then you've come to right place! As after already featuring the ZX Spectrum game of 'Monster Mayhem' by Mananuk, along comes another game for the ZX Spectrum called ' Scary Things 2.0 ' by DF Design. A vertical scrolling Shoot 'em up previously released for Halloween in which you have to blast your way through a World of Horror hosted by an infamous

Although I'm personally not a fan of Star Wars (I blame my Ex :p). I've just found out through Earok however, that not only did the SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis get a new homebrew release called 'Super Star Wars Holiday Special'. Which is an unofficial game from the cult-classic SNES Super Star Wars series, and loosely based on the outrageous The Star Wars Holiday Special from 1978. But as of

An early morning heads up for you all, as we've recently been informed that Rob Rafac has released the Atari XL/XE to Commodore 64 port of Schreckenstein. As in the words of the creator. "I have been working on a port of the fabulous Atari 800/XL-exclusive game Schreckenstein by Peter Finzel (not to be confused with the several C64 games with similar names), so I want to turn it loose

It's time for the C64 to get in on the new year fun, as we've recently found out through our emails, that Megastyle has released an updated 4k Craptastic C64 game called 'Golf Dash Extended'; A puzzle game in which you need to move a ball in the correct direction from wall to wall, until it reaches the hole. The less moves you do it in, the more constructive your judge will be towards you at the

If you have an Amstrad or Amiga near by, chances are you would've come across the excellent homebrew Dungeon Crawler ' The Shadows of Sergoth '; a game which blew many of us away with fast coded graphics, deadly monsters and cool loot to find throughout. Although the big boxed edition is no longer for sale, the publisher Double Sided Games has disappeared into the nether, and my boxed edition

Thanks to Saberman contacting us late last night, we have been told that the developer HooGames2017, who created the awesome scorpion engine based game of Dr.Dangerous, has made available the brilliant Commodore Amiga game of 'Tiny Pixel Adventure'. A game in which the dev says "Welcome to the colorful and dangerous world of Tiny Pixel Adventure, a classic pixel retro game that will captivate you

I hardly ever feature flight simulators here on Indie Retro News. It's not as if I don't want to, but the chances of a developer releasing a new flight sim for a retro system is very rare. Today's news however is pretty special. As not only is it flight simulator related, but a creator by the name of Jarosław 'Roeoender' Wosik has released an update to his Atari XL/XE game of ' F-16 Falcon

While I'm trying to avoid prototypes as half the time they never get finished, there was a couple of games entered into the AmiGameJam 2024 that caught my attention. One of those games in development by UltraNarwhal, who was also behind the charming Amiga platformer of Duckstroma. Has made available a prototype of an Amiga platformer called Rintivoorh. What makes this one pretty

In the early 80's Nintendo released one of the most famous games of all time, and that game was ' Donkey Kong '. A game in which you played as Mario that had to avoid obstacles across a number of platforms, with sometimes a hammer in hand to save a damsel in distress from a giant barrel throwing ape called Donkey Kong. That same game which also appeared as a more recent Arcade to Amiga conversion

Looking to play a charming and family friendly game over the weekend, then this game by Captain-ts might just the game for you! It's Bunnito's Feast' for the Commodore Amiga (AGA). A game in which playing as a cute Bunny that has escaped his cage, you must traverse dangerous landscapes while finding food along the way, to hopefully find your way home. To coincide with this news, we've got a brief

Another Amstrad CPC news story, as thanks to a recent contact in our emails, we've been told that RetroWorks has released the Amstrad CPC version of their platform puzzler called 'Dungeons of GOMILANDIA': A high quality game that was previously released for the ZX Spectrum, that was also by the same team behind one of the best 8bit homebrews 'The Sword of Ianna'. To coincide with this news, we've

Tetris isn't the only game that keeps appearing on IndieRetroNews, as according to both Saberman and Xenomorph, Crazy Piri has released the Pac-Man game with a twist for the Amstrad CPC, called 'Pepper Buster'. A game that doesn't just have all the dot chomping goodness you could want in a Pac-Man Arcade style game, but there's also explosive bonuses and penalties added in too! Don't believe me,