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Throughout these last few months, I've been keeping you in the loop about the latest developments of Turrican for the MSX by TheGeps, Bitcaffe, and Toni Galvez. Well, if you're hoping for some more news on this game, then as of today some new footage has surfaced, showing just good this work in progress Turrican looks on the MSX. For those of you that haven't heard of this all time classic before

JOTD is full steam ahead with another Amiga development, as I've just found out via the Amiga community, that after finishing his Arcade to Amiga conversion of a 1981 game called 'Lock n Chase' by Data East, he's now working on bringing Technōs Japan volley ball game called ''U.S. Championship V'Ball' over to the Amiga. A 1988 beach volleyball sports game that was released for the arcades by

Trawling through Facebook looking for some fresh Wednesday news, and I've just found out through the Scorpion Engine Facebook page, that RetroRic (Wardner) is working on a Mortal Kombat II AGA project. A new development that is being created using Earok's Scorpion engine. Although this sounds like awesome news, it's still going to be difficult to top the original, however! As one person puts

Here on Indie Retro News we do like to amaze our readers with everything going on in the scene, especially when we announced games like Leisure Suit Larry: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards, and Toki Remastered coming to the C64. Well it looks as if another game is set to grace our Commodore 64 screens, as we've recently come across a new update from Marcos Healey, that he is still working

Looking for a family friendly game, while still having a challenge? Then come and check out ArugulaZ's latest ColecoVision and MSX game called 'Operation Hibernation'. A game in which you play as the character Byron J. Lennox, and must stock up on fruit for the approaching hibernation season. Just watch out for all those falling barrels! To coincide with this news, Saberman has provided a video

Zooperdan is no stranger to us on IndieRetroNews, as although he runs a brilliant website called dungeoncrawlers.org, he has released a number of puzzles games for the Amiga, such as Luma, Yawoffa and Pjusk. While I'm not a fan of puzzlers and miss a good crawler however, I thought it would be worth mentioning his latest release called 'AmiKlotski'. A game in which he describes as, a very

Well, this is great news if you have a ColecoVision, as I've been informed through Facebook that the classic World War 2 game called 'Beach Head' by Access Software from 1983 is coming to the ColecoVision by Shaoth. According to the developer, not only is all the gameplay there for testing, but while a thread has been created for player feedback, there may be improvements to come, such as sounds

Fancy another boxed edition to add to your ever growing collection! Then come and check out this highly enjoyable game of 'Abbey(s) of the Dead' for the Commodore Amiga by UltraNarwhal. A game that was not only released as a digital download back in 2023, but it was also created using Earok's Scorpion Engine. A game that was based on Locomalito's (Original Version), but featuring

This month alone we've seen some real bangers of hot news stories, from The Settlers II coming to the Amiga, the latest release of Project-X Light Years through Steam, and the mind-blowing CubiX on the ZX Spectrum. Well, here's another one that is sure to be a big hit! As I've been informed that 'Apidya Special' by ININ Games, is coming to consoles and PC by 2026. A game that is described as

Although Psytonik Software doesn't inform us of their new games that are either in development or just released. I did find out through Twitter however, that as of today you can download their new game called 'Musketeer'. An action-packed swashbuckling arcade adventure set in 17th century France. A game that was developed by Ola Zandelin & Dennis Gustafsson for the Commodore 64. To coincide

We've recently been informed by both Saberman and Xenomorph, that the highly enjoyable game of Tony - Montezuma's Gold by Monochrome Productions. Which was previously released for the Amiga, AtariXL, Commodore 64 and as a preview for the ZX Spectrum. Has appeared as a demo on the Amstrad CPC. A game that I feel it would be right at home on a classic Macintosh with monochrome graphics! As ever,

I've just been contacted by a good friend of ours, who said that if you have a C64 nearby, it might be worth checking out this new Commodore 64 arcade platformer called 'Beer Rescue'. A game that the developers DeDevlab/TSA are noted as saying, "we are very proud to present to you our first Commodore 64 game Beer Rescue. Released at Evoke 2025 as part of the Interactive Competition." To coincide

A great piece of news has just hit our inbox, as if you're looking for a newish adventure game to play on your Amiga, and a good looking one at that! Then thanks to a heads up via Saberman, we've just learnt that you can now download the Commodore Amiga Cyberpunk like Adventure game of NEONnoir by SteamKnight: a hybrid point-and-click adventure/visual novel game for the Amiga 1200 that was

Looking through the EAB forums to see if any games were worth talking about, that's either in development or newly released, and I've come across an upcoming Amiga game called 'The Gate' by Allanon. A game that the developer says, "is an action-adventure, that is highly inspired by Impossible Mission and Project Firestart". The game when finished, will have 64 Color graphics (EHB), a dynamic

Another homebrew this week and while it's not your usual platformer or Shoot 'em up that's graced our 8bit systems, it is in fact a new Amstrad CPC adventure game called 'Hexapucchu' by Titan. A game that not only harks back to the days of commands such as North, South, Look and Pick Up, but it's one of the nicest games I've seen for some time, as an adventure game for the Amstrad CPC. To

One of the coolest Shoot em ups I can remember, wasn't the all time classic R-Type, but Team 17's Project-X, which was not only released on the Amiga in 1992, but later ported to MS-DOS. It was a game that had great graphics, sound and awesome wave blasting enemies that not only featured wicked weaponry, but cool powerups such as the voiced "speed up". So if you remember this game that in my

If you remember playing the C16 classic game Zodiac, which was published by Anirog in 1985, then come and check out the latest release of 'Zodiac Deluxe' for the Plus/4 by Legion Of Doom (LOD), with coding by Csabo, and graphics by KiCHY. An updated version of the original, that includes many changes and extras. As in the words of the website "If you're curious what would a 1985 game with a

Well this is incredible news, as one of my all time favourite games 'The Settlers II' is coming to the Commodore Amiga AGA as of October 18th 2025. According to the press release : After almost 30 years, The Settlers II will finally be available on the Amiga starting October 18, 2025! Officially licensed by Ubisoft Entertainment, the Gold Edition of this legendary city-building strategy game has

While the YRGB 2025 competition is still ongoing and voting is yet to be finalized, there's another game that caught my attention in this competition for our readers to download and play, is Miguetelo's puzzler , 'Escape from the Twilight Castle.' A game in which, playing as a brave knight, you must escape the castle while traversing halls filled with menacing creatures. Well, if this sounds like

Amstrad owners if you are feeling a little left out worry not! As looking through my inbox for new games to talk about, and Xenomorph was kind enough to let us know, that Titan has released the new Amstrad CPC game of 'Speed Racer' by RetroPoke. A multiplayer Tron like game, that features different rounds of fun for up to 8 players pitted against each other (4 humans and 4 computer-controlled