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If you read our previous article, you would've known that Antonio Savona and team were working on a brand new PETSCII C64 game called Monstro Giganto; a homebrew that's very similar in artistic design to another game we have featured called Digiloi. Well fast forward to this weekend, and not only has a new gif been posted via Facebook, but they've also mentioned the AI is complete and that it

The year 2020 was a bit of a rubbish time for most people of the world... but there was some bright lights that were shone. Coders for the Amstrad CPC got hard at work and produced some of the finest games seen in many years. The amount of quality in particular was a step ahead of previous years, so making this Top 11 was trickier than ever before to wheedle down to the best 11. Video LinkBut I

As many of you know by now especially after @hayesmaker64's inside scoop from 2018, the ex-SEGA game developer and author: Sarah Jane Avory is working on a fabulous RPG for the C64 called ' Briley Witch Chronicles ', which by all accounts isn't just a good looking game, but will have lots of interesting features that is sure to whet your appetite. Well after playing the fantastic games of Zeta

Great news has just appeared in our inbox from Saberman, as if you remember the classic game of 'Tapper'; a game by Marvin Glass and Associates released by Bally Midway, all those years ago in the Arcades in 1983, with a later port to systems such as the Amstrad,C64 and ZX Spectrum. Then as of today you can download the very latest work in progress update of the Arcade to Amiga port of Tapper!Yes

Although I'm not usually a fan of puzzle games, even though I do feature them on occasion. We've just found out from Saberman, that Serdjuk has released his high quality ZX Spectrum puzzler called 'Yanga'; A game in which you play as Yanga and must rescue your true love Siggy from the evil clutches Darlock, who's willing to sacrifice her to become a powerful god.In this lovely speccy game from

We don't feature many sports based games on Indie Retro News, so to change all that here's an early preview you might like to load up on your Commodore 64, and it's rikib80's Basketball C64 game of ' One on One '; An early version of a game that looks very much like EA's 1984 game of One-on-One which was also released on the Amiga, Apple II, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, Macintosh, PC

While I'm not a fan of endless games, games whereby there's generally no new levels and it's just a case of traversing as far as you can without touching anything, there's certainly a fan base out there for this type of genre. As thanks to Per Ola giving us the heads up, he has told us Marten W. aka goldmomo has released the Amiga game of Space Pilot of Death; An endless Asteroid avoiding game as

If you're looking for even more great C64 news then you've come to the right place, as trawling through our twitter feeds, we've come across another video update for Carleton Handley's upcoming Action Platformer of Runn 'N Gunn; a game previously mentioned by Per Ola and Saberman and featured on Indie Retro News, that looks to have great background detail, smooth scrolling and rather nice sprite

We turn our attention to the ZX Spectrum now for some retro gaming goodness, as if you love playing Arcade games whereby rescuing hostages is the aim of the game, then you might like playing ' Agent Blue' developed by José Silva, Jaime Grilo and IK (Artur); a typical arcade game for the Spectrum 48K (no music) / 128K (with AY music) made using AGDX (a modified version of Arcade Game Designer 4.7)

Realms of Genthar (WIP Dungeon Crawler Screenshot)Something slightly different for the start of this weeks retro heads up, as if you are a huge fan of Dungeon Crawlers, especially games such as Eye of the Beholder or Lands of Lore or want to create a new Dungeon Crawler, then as March 31st 2021 at 11:00 PM to April 7th 2021 at 11:00 PM a new competition is taking place called the "Dungeon Crawler

I thought to myself today it's been some time since we had any Zelda style games on Indie Retro News, but thankfully I came across one that doesn't only look like a Zelda game, but it could be the next best thing for any Amstrad Plus owner. Titled as 'La Culotte de Zelda' and created by Zisquier, with graphics by BDCIron, this is going to be an adaptation of "The Legends of Zelda" which came out

If you remember games such as Arkanoid; an arcade game first developed by Taito in 1986, with the bat like device scrolling from side to side at the bottom of the screen, bouncing an orb back and forth and smashing blocks for a high score. Then you might like this rather unique Amstrad demo. As in 'BriXen' a CPC GAMEDEV CONTEST 2020 WINNER by Crazy Piri, you must bounce a coloured orb around the

Sometime back we mentioned the classic game of H.E.R.O, which was first released way back in the 1980's for the Atari 800/2600, ColecoVision, C64, C128, and Sinclair ZX Spectrum, was not only being overhauled for the C64 but was also coming to modern systems as an inspired game called 'Bobby Bombastic'. Well if you've given up waiting for those games but still want some H.E.R.O platforming fun,

For those of you who love playing the 1991 hit strategy game of Civilization will be interested in this piece of news, as Daniel Blake has let us know through Facebook, that you can download the latest version of Free Mars by arikande; a turn based strategy game about colonizing Mars, which is also heavily inspired by that classic game Civilization intermixed with the Mars scenario which can be

In May of 2018 Scotty of Indie Retro News did a big review of the ZX Spectrum game Nixy The Glade Sprite, in which he said " It was a very fun and addictive game that casual and advanced players should try especially with its beautifully crafted visuals". So why is this game getting a mention yet again on IRN? Well it seems as if the C64 is about to get in on the entertainment, as Bubble Soft

Looking at the screenshot above you'd probably think this was going to be an adventure game with a similar vibe to that of Simon the Sorcerer. Well this isn't going to be an adventure, as we've recently found out through Facebook, that Creeping Me Out : Hex Night, developed by Mixel, is a brand new platformer for the Commodore Amiga, which will be developed using Earok's Scorpion Engine.Although

Gabriele Amore is certainly no stranger to Indie Retro News, creating very enjoyable games such as Saving Kong, Castle Capers, Donkey Kong Jr and even Bubble Frenzy. Well now another game is gracing our speccy screens, as during the last couple of days he has released his Arcade game of 'Frantic Pengo'; a silly new arcade game inspired to Pengo (and to those wonderful Japanese early 80s coin ops)

A bit of a late C64 news update for you all, especially as it's near 1am here in the UK. But we've recently been informed through Saberman, that if you follow Adrian Kurek's development blog, you'll see that he is working on a new C64 game called 'Gravity Duck 64'; a game which is based around Woblyware's Indie game of the same name which is also called Gravity Duck.Obviously it is early days for

There's been a lot of great news stories already this year, from the announcement of Tinyus coming to the Amiga, which is an Arcade conversion of Gradius/Nemesis, and even a demo of Wilcza Buda and a overhauled work in progress update of a great game called Tapper. Well have we got another great Amiga heads up to share with you! As we've just been told through Twitter that Eero Tunkelo's

If you love playing games that require a very fast reaction time almost as if it's an endless runner, then you might be interested in this news announcement. As thanks to Thomas Farley giving us the heads up via Facebook earlier today, we've been told kaviolalainen is working on a new C64 racing game which does require a fast reaction time, called ' My Day on the Highway '.Although it is still