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Another Amiga game? Oh Yes! Welcome to Bóbr Hopper, a native AmigaOS port crafted by developer angree. Taking clear inspiration from arcade-style crossing games, the title tasks players with guiding either a beaver or a chicken safely across a treacherous series of roads, rivers, and train tracks. The game features bilingual support in English and Polish and offers two primary modes: a classic

Well this is incredible news ( As if we've not had enough already :p ), as indyjo is bringing the classic real-time strategy game Command & Conquer to the Atari ST home computer. This ambitious project is currently a work-in-progress port of Westwood Studios’ legendary 1995 title, adapting the complex strategic gameplay to a 16bit machine that first debuted in the 1980's. The true marvel of

Developer GuruVision has released a beta demo for ChromaBlast, a new vertical scrolling shoot-em-up for the Commodore Amiga developed through human-AI collaboration with Claude AI. Targeting OCS/ECS and AGA hardware, the game features a combo-driven evolution system where players control the Chromacraft to fight the Grayscale Armada across multiple levels. The project, created by Michele Ferrigno

In 1989 a critically acclaimed game for the both the Amiga and Atari ST become a commercial hit with high ratings of well over 90%. Now, Mike Singleton’s legendary vision has returned to PC screens with the Steam early access launch of Midwinter Fan Remaster. This ambitious project brings back a staggering 160,000 square miles of frozen territory to explore, tasking players with building a

Moving away from the 16bit we now look towards the Amstrad with the latest release of Bomber Basic Amstrad, a new creation from Altanerus Dog. Built entirely in 100% Locomotive BASIC, this latest game is inspired by Hudson Soft's iconic 1983 classic Bomberman! What's more it's an incredibly lean 6.3 Kb release that serves as a playful proof of concept by the creator. While relying on traditional

A new game for the Amiga albeit done with AI, is Fliegeralarm's latest Commodore AGA title called General of Panzers. Drawing heavy inspiration from the legendary Panzer General series, General of Panzers is a strategic, turn-based World War II simulation built from scratch. Operating on a detailed hex grid with separate ground and air layers, players command an array of authentic historical

The Atari Lynx has received a slice of retro horror with a new port of Zombi, Ubisoft’s very first action-adventure game from 1986. Originally inspired by George A. Romero's cult classic film Dawn of the Dead, the ground-breaking title has been remade as a demo for the Atari Lynx by developer kikems for the Silly Venture competition, just in time to celebrate the game's 40th anniversary.

The first game for today is GloomKeep II, a rather interesting, turn-based dungeon crawler that flips traditional roguelike mechanics on its head. Serving as a direct sequel, the game picks up right after your daring escape with the stolen Idol of Orcus. Instead of providing safety, this divine relic acts as a glowing beacon of danger. Your goal is to ascend ten treacherous, monster-filled floors

Moving away from the Amiga and Atari ST we look towards a new game called MAGIC 2: The Tech World, a very challenging new platformer developed by Mansoft for the ZX Spectrum 48k. The game brings back the accident-prone wizard Mordebruk, who has once again managed to land himself in deep trouble. After a spell goes completely awry, Mordebruk finds himself stranded in a bizarre, technologically

AtariBaby42 has recently rolled out a new mod for the classic space trading game Elite, aiming to bring the Amiga and Atari ST versions much closer to their 8-bit roots with some enhancements to boot. Driven by a long-standing frustration with the original 16-bit releases—specifically how the projectile weapons felt out of place—the creator teamed up with ChatGPT to rewrite the combat mechanics.

Almost There Games is back with another nod to a nostalgic classic! Welcome to Nelumbo, a modern reimplementation that pays tribute to an iconic Amiga racing franchise. For decades, the Lotus trilogy stood as the absolute pinnacle of high-speed arcade racers on the system, spanning from the ground breaking Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge, to the fan-favourite Lotus Turbo Challenge 2, and finally

Well this is fantastic news and a real hit to the nostalgia, as Rescue on Fractalus!, the ground-breaking 1985 title originally developed by Lucasfilm Games for the Atari 8-bit, Atari 5200, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Commodore 64, Color Computer 3 and ZX Spectrum has been ported to the Amiga by Vesuri, offering those that remember playing this all time classic a fresh way to experience it. Just

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

Ruote Fumanti (Smoking Wheels), a brand new Commodore 64 title developed by charger0277, delivers an impressively smooth racing experience packed into a compact 24 KB program that runs flawlessly at 50 frames per second on a stock PAL machine. Built entirely without the need for memory expansions, this high-performance release is compatible with original C64 hardware, flashcarts, and modern

LC-Games—the talent behind unofficial ports such as H.E.R.O. Is Back, Lock'n'Chase, and Dig Dug—has launched their latest title for the Commodore 64 as a charming yet tense puzzle-platformer titled EyedBall. The game thrusts players into a rescue mission after the wicked villain Horloth raids a once-peaceful land, kidnapping its carefree inhabitants. Imprisoned deep within a dark fortress, these

Moving away from the Amiga news, we look towards the VIC-20 with the latest release called Snapman 20 for the Commodore VIC-20. Coded entirely in machine assembly by homebrew developer Beamrider, this new title serves as a remarkably faithful conversion of Namco’s iconic arcade classic, Pac-Man. While the hardware usually requires compromises, this ambitious port manages to preserve the original

Whenever someone mentions Harrier Attack I always think of the times spent on the Amstrad CPC, playing that awesome game by Amsoft released way back in 1984; a game in which you play as a British Harrier Jet, and could fly across the landscape on bombing runs destroying both enemy buildings and aircraft. Thankfully other retro gamers love this classic which appeared on the CPC, C64, Oric and ZX

Although I can't stand Puzzle games personally, I thought it worth mentioning the latest puzzler called Amiga Rescue which challenges players to step into the shoes of a classic computer technician across 50 increasingly complex levels. Instead of standard puzzle blocks, you will be interacting directly with virtual circuit boards to restore broken traces and bring faulty Amiga machines back to

RetroSouls has just released its latest ZX Spectrum title, PiglyFlag, a charmingly decent monochrome puzzle adventure that tackles a question some may has pondered: what happens to our favourite pixels when the screen goes dark? According to creator Denis Grachev, these digital companions end up trapped all alone in the pitch black, missing us terribly. In this stylish monochrome game, players

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