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Here on Indie Retro News, we love a good retro conversion or remake, and Mutant Monty, developed by Stephen Ancell is as retro as you can get! This is a faithful Amiga conversion of the Amstrad CPC and C64 1984 classic Mutant Monty by Artic in all its pretty psychedelic coloured goodness. The aim of this game is to collect all the gems and reach the exit on each of the games levels. Also make

If like me, you were addicted to games such as Arkanoid or Breakout, then come and check out this rather unique Arkanoid clone with a difference called 'CALLBACK' by PinkParrotStudio for the Commodore Amiga. A high quality Scorpion Engine developed game with relentless enemies, bigshot bosses, lasers and all the block smashing fun you could want in a game like this. To coincide with this

What do you get if you mix up the isometric style of The Last Ninja and blend it altogether with a bit of cat complexities? Probably this game! A new Commodore 64 project by Polytricity called 'CityCat Prowl'. This game, created by Robert Ramsay, will have you not only playing as a friendly feline, but you'll also be prowling through dynamic environments both above and below ground, while also

Fancy playing an MSX game that the MSXdev25 competition page says " As with any Roolandoo game, you know two things are going to happen. It is going to look good, and it is going to play hard ", then come and check out the latest release called 'Exo-Tical' by Roolandoo. An awesome game, whereby you'll be piloting a spaceship across an unexplored planet, and dealing with some pretty dangerous

If you haven't broken your joystick just yet, with this latest release that is very possible! As after releasing the joystick and button bashing game called Track'N'Field, JOTD has now made available the first downloadable version of Konami's arcade Olympic themed sports game called 'Hyper Sports'. A transcode and amiga port with graphics & sound conversion by JOTD and soon with music by

Sorry guys and girls it's back to high end Amiga's for this new retro update, as looking through the project.Amiga Game Factory section of EAB, I've come across a new game that's in development called Axion by VirtualAssests for the Commodore Amiga. A new strategy game, that the creator says is an experimental 3D tactical strategy requiring a Motorola 68060 100 MHz or faster! So no

For those of you interested in the latest news for the Commodore Amiga, will be interested to know that Docster has released the full version of a new game called 'Fight'. For those of you who don't remember this game when it was featured some time ago on Indie Retro News. It was previously released for the Commodore 64 during the Craptastic 2020 competition. This version is one of many games

If you're feeling a little left out with all the AGA and high end Amiga games being released throughout this year, then worry not! As trawling the EAB forums looking for any new games to talk about, and kremiso has mentioned the release of the new Commodore Amiga 500 platformer called 'Chaotic Crazy Castle' by Fourseasons. A game whereby you play as a little mage on a quest to brew a

There's been four decent ZX Spectrum games released this week, 'The Fate of the Pirate', 'The Rebirth of Cthulhu', 'S1NCLA1R C1TY', and the more recent 'SPECCY SAGA CODENAME : RKW'. Well here's another game you might enjoy that's worth loading up on your ZX Spectrum, and it's Mansoft's latest game called 'MAGIC Adventures'. A game in which you play as a powerful wizard, that has been transported

New homebrews for the Amiga and C64, so what's next? Well it's the ZX Spectrum's turn for a new game to enjoy! As MicroChops has announced the release of their latest game called 'SPECCY SAGA CODENAME : RKW'. A game that not only features a great soundtrack by Pedro Pimenta (128K) and Rich tufty Hollins (48k), but there's plenty of rooms and deadly enemies to deal with, that will keep you

Another SEUCK competition entry has appeared, and it's 'Star Skimmer' by Alf Yngve and Martin Piper. This homebrew Commodore 64 title, is a arcade Shoot 'em up, that features vertical scrolling gameplay, different enemy waves, and plenty of laser blasting action. In regards to the story however, you play as Cole Skimmer who is on a very deadly mission to stop the evil Nitwup empire from hatching

Glorious news for fans of the Arcade days and retro gaming ports as Richard Langford of Langford Productions has informed us of the release of his modern Hunchback retro remake for the PC called, ' The Hunch Refurbished'.  Originally developed by Century Electronics in 1983 and ported to other systems such as the Amstrad by Ocean, you once again play as Quasimodo and must rescue Esmerelda,

If you remember playing GWI's adventure series of both Geo's Quest Gateway to Nowhere, and Geo's Quest 2 In Search of Queen Lorraine. Then you'll be pleased to know that the developer has released the latest and final chapter in the series called Geo's Quest III Chapter 6 "There Be Cows". A game in which the developer describes as, " a crazy adventure that loosely follows

With the amount of games appearing across a range of systems, sometimes it gets a little bit crazy. But just as I was about to call it a night, one game that caught my attention and was worth writing about, is Daniel Isoba's latest ZX Spectrum game called 'Puppies Rescue'. A game whereby you are tasked with rescuing puppies, while destroying every mutant fly or octopus that crosses your path. To

With Halloween fast approaching, you'd expect to see more creepy games with pumpkins, ghouls and ghosts to deal with. One such game by the developer CarlosITV certainly has that spooky appeal. As he has released the latest arcade platformer called The Rebirth of Cthulhu. A game in which you have to gather the ten fragments of the Necronomicon to awaken the mighty Cthulhu. To coincide

If you were a huge fan of Taito's Bubble Bobble in the Arcades or at home, then you'll be pleased to know that as of right now, you can download Dave Retro Forge's graphically superior version of 'Bubble Bobble Remastered' for the Commodore 64. A new version which is getting great viewer feedback such as "The C64 version is the one I played the most, and this looks fantastic" and "Wow, great job!

Looking through itch io for some awesome ZX Spectrum games to play, and I've come across a high-tier game called 'S1NCLA1R C1TY' by Javier Fopiani and Furillo Productions for the ZX Spectrum. What makes this game high-tier, is not only does it look very good graphically, but the game is pretty unique as you'll be talking to characters, exploring a cyberpunk city, and blasting away mafia

Fancy playing a game that won the Atari Homebrew best homebrew award and has also received great feedback, such as "Unbelievable quality. Scrolling and graphics verging on a 16 bit" and amazing programming and I absolutely love this. Sound, graphics, and gameplay utilizing awesome original ideas" then come and check out this rather impressive looking game called 'Cosmic Hero 2: Prologue' for the

Even more Amiga games to keep you occupied, as thanks to Saberman letting me know through Facebook, I've been told that the legendry Dungeon Crawler fan of Zooperdan, has created another Commodore Amiga game called 'YEET'. While I'm still hopeful of a decent crawler from this developer, this game however, is a small but challenging puzzle game, a game whereby you have to move and push runes off

Many readers of our website do love a good Adventure, especially when it's very much like Quest for Glory or Kings Quest, thanks to talent of Sierra On-Line. So now we have a new 2d Adventure to enjoy, and it's quantumcodemonk's Commodore Amiga game called 'Lefty's - Stired, not solved'. A game that the developer says "is based on Leisure Suit Larry 1 and Police Quest 1". To coincide with