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Retro gaming fans, dust off your joysticks and get ready to relive a classic game that many of us remember from our youth. After nearly four decades of anticipation, the spiritual successor to the legendary 1987 hit Head Over Heels is finally arriving. Titled as 'Return to Blacktooth', this upcoming release for the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST aims to recapture the magic of the golden age of

Fans of classic city-building simulations have a new reason to be excited, especially if you loved games such as Sim City or even the look of Transport Tycoon. As Yesbox Studios prepares for its highly anticipated Early Access launch of Metropolis 1998. Blending the nostalgic aesthetic of the 90s and early 2000s with sophisticated modern tech, this title is carving out a unique space in the

Sometime back I gave you the heads up about a new alpha demo of 'Rastan' that was made available by basementApe for the Commodore Amiga. Well fast forward to today and if you're hoping for some new updates in regards to this Arcade development using Earok's excellent scorpion engine, then make sure to check out the latest gameplay video. A new video in which the creator says "I made a lot of

Here's another heads up for all of you fine Amiga gamers, as I've just found out through Twitter that Modern Vintage Gamer has finally released the eagerly awaited 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

The 8-bit rhythm scene is about to get a lot louder with the release of GoatBeat, a brand-new title from developer Roman Werner. Moving beyond the traditional limitations of retro gaming with no platformers or shoot 'em ups in sight, GoatBeat is a high-energy "love letter" to the legendary SID chip era, designed to push both your timing and your hardware to the limit. While inspired by Dance

The Commodore Amiga homebrew scene has received a fresh jolt of adrenaline with the release of Railblaze, a new title developed by Dion Guy for the Commodore Amiga. Drawing heavy inspiration from the classic Transversion, Railblaze plunges players into a high-stakes rescue mission. After your spacecraft is seized by the hostile Damidi Empire, you find yourself trapped within the complex layers of

The Commodore 64 scene gets another Arkanoid clone as developer Hanyic.Robert releases Rob-Ball, the highly anticipated follow-up to the hit Rob-Man. Far from a standard clone, this latest offering is a masterclass in 6502 assembly programming, pushing the aging 8-bit hardware into overdrive to deliver a premium arcade experience! According to the creator this is the ultimate

This week just gets better and better as another game has hit our news feeds and it's none other than Double Dragon for the Amiga, but as an AGA edition. First released way back in the 80's by Taito Corporation, Double Dragon in the Arcades was a fantastic beat 'em up game that featured high grade fighting two player fun on many different systems such as the Amstrad, Amiga and C64. But now thanks

The Commodore Amiga scene has received another hot news story with the first alpha tease of a high-performance recreation of the arcade classic, Moon Cresta. Developed by Johnny Acevedo under the Amiten Games banner, this "from-scratch" build serves as a free tribute to the 1980s Nichibutsu original and a salute to François Lionet, the creator of AMOS. Furthermore unlike many modern retro efforts

Here's another great classic that wasn't just a movie, it had a game too! And that game, just like the movie was called The Goonies. Originally the game came out for the C64, Atari 8bit, Apple II, MSX, and was later ported to the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC by US Gold. This game follows very closely to the movie in the fact that many of the screens were largely inspired by actual sets and puzzles

Retro racing fans have a rare opportunity to experience a piece of "lost" Amiga history with the latest demo 5 download of SpeedManiaX, a Super Cars like racer, that Luigi Recanatese says "is intended to represent the evolution of the game 30 years after its conception". While Aminet currently hosts the most recent version, Demo 5, which was uploaded in late April 2026, provided below is a bit of

With the amount of news stories throughout the last week and the weekend just gone, you'd think we'd take a break, but not so! As waking up this morning, and waiting for the Caffeine to kick in, I was surprised to learn that RetroGL is still aiming on bringing Super Street Fighter II Turbo over to the Commodore 64 using his RetroFighter engine. An engine that was also used in the more

PixelPlop has officially announced that the Commodore Amiga game called 'Loony Ledges' is in development, a vibrant new 8-bit style platformer specifically designed for the Amiga 500. Early impressions from the community have been overwhelmingly positive, with fans particularly praising the "great game" feel and "loving the music." To coincide with this news, provided below is some more details,

Humanity has fallen. The world as we knew it is over, cities have crumbled into total anarchy, and the once-mighty human race has been reduced to mindless Zombies. In this new Commodore Amiga game called GermZ Survivor by Last Minute Creations, you find yourself as the sole remaining spark of resistance. Cornered in the middle of a desolate wasteland, you must make a desperate last stand. &

Another Tetris style game has appeared that's worthy of a mention on Indie Retro News, as we were recently informed by glowpoint JMD/Harwdired on our website that Retro Nanny has made available a work in progress version of the upcoming game called 'GlowPoint'. A game that is described as an interpretation of the arcade game Flash point for your Amiga. To coincide with this news, provided

The Commodore 64 has a terrifying new reason to stay powered on throughout! As Windigo Productions has officially released Evil Spirit, a dark first-person adventure that is already winning over the retro gaming community. Players are praising the release, with one fan noting from the itch io page, "I love how you always tackle different genres with your games, but they all have that same sense

The golden age of Commodore 64 gaming is getting a modern, social makeover. Twitch streamer Andrew Hayes, the mind behind C64-Cade, has officially pulled back the curtain on C64-Live, a groundbreaking platform that transforms the legendary Commodore 64 into a real-time, multiplayer experience directly in your web browser. The platform allows a host to launch a C64 session on a remote server and

What does a wizard do once he’s already conquered the vaults of the Seraphim? For the protagonist of the new Commodore 64 title Brek’n’Bubble, the answer isn’t "relax." Despite living in a magnificent, newly-purchased castle surrounded by buffed golden goblets and polished diamonds, our hero has found that extreme wealth comes with even more extreme boredom. Seeing an opportunity to both

The legendary Commodore 64 has just got another great Shoot 'em up for you to try, as retroteamgames has released another update for their breakthrough prototype called Chrome Horizon. Far from a standard hobbyist project, this title aims to prove that the "breadbin" still has untapped potential when paired with modern development workflows. In fact not only was this game written entirely in C

The Atari Jaguar wasn't the only system to see a decent game release this week, as retro gaming developer FlunkyRetro has just unleashed a haunting new challenge for the ZX Spectrum titled THE TOWER OF OCHATE. Built on the versatile MPAGD engine, this title invites players to step into the shoes of a paranormal investigator trapped within the most infamous enclave of northern Spain. To coincide