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Another preview has graced our C64 scenes, as Saberman has sent us the heads up that Excess has made available a version 2 preview of the unreleased game 'Behemoth'; a game that was also shown as a preview by Onslaught way back in 2015. This game of which we have featured before, is classed as an Armalyte clone that was originally meant for the budget label, however the game was never finished

There are a lot of readers on our site that remember and have enjoyed the 1980's Isometric games from Ultimate Play the Game, such as Gunfright, Pentagram and even Knight Lore on systems such as the Amstrad, C64 or ZX Spectrum. So you can see why I just had to mention this cool little game that has just been lost and found, and that's Demon's Dream; an isometric ZX Spectrum game created by Define

With Halloween fast approaching there will most likely be lots of different Horror based games to play on a multitude of systems such as the C64 or even the ZX. Thankfully one such game fits the horror experience, as JavierFopiani has released his ZX Spectrum game of 'Nosy'; a game in which you must traverse many different rooms fighting vile creatures and avoiding the deadly demo which will fast

While many of you are still drooling over the upcoming Another World C64 conversion/port which was announced this week, there's another game that might be worth keeping an eye on, and that's Carleton Handley's upcoming Action Platformer of RunNGun. Yes indeed this game mentioned to us by Per Ola and Saberman, is a run n gun platformer that looks to feature great background detail, smooth

Another World also known as Out Of This World was released across more than a dozen platforms since its 1991 debut, attaining a cult status among critics and sophisticated gamers alike for its cinematic effects in graphics, sound and cut scenes. Well after the shocking announcement of the game coming to the C64 with an early teaser, just days after that announcement, Eric Majikeyric has shown off

The last game to be mentioned and a rather interesting looking game at that, especially for all you Amstrad players, as trawling through the latest Amstrad updates, we've come across a newish game with a pirate theme called 'Buccaneers'. Now before you get too excited thinking this is going to be like Sid's Pirates, it isn't, but instead this game looks to be an enjoyable platformer with plenty

Eye of the Beholder SEGA CD (RPG) Supported too!If you have a great collection of DOS or Windows based classic point and click adventure games, then the latest update of ScummVM 2.2.0 will do you nicely. I for one have it installed and use it for all my classic adventure games. But what is ScummVM, I hear you ask? ScummVM is a very special program which allows you to run certain classic graphical

Reidrac ( Juan J Martinez ) who is one of our favorite homebrew developers on an 8bit system has appeared in our news feeds again, but this time instead of another 8bit homebrew, he has announced that his lovely game of 'Magica' which was available for the Amstrad, has now been released for the Amiga by Andy Noble. This game from the Amstrad description, is a multi level single screen arcade game

The Amiga always has a pride of place on Indie Retro News, sporting so many new games, it almost feels at times like the Amiga is back in stores. Well we've got another great news announcement for you today, as if you remember our previous article regarding the work in progress project by KK/Altair to bring Dread to the Amiga 500, which is a clone of DOOM. Then as of these last few months John

Another World the platformer classic also known as Out Of This World was released across more than a dozen platforms since its 1991 debut, attaining a cult status among critics and sophisticated gamers alike for its cinematic effects in graphics, sound and cut scenes.  It was also one of the best retro games on the Amiga 500 and a game that many class it as a prized item in their collection. Well

Dizzy will always get a full feature on Indie Retro News, from new fan games, to those that have been found lost in the back of The Oliver Twins loft. Thankfully Dizzy still lives on in the hearts of many, as if you've got a ZX Spectrum NEXT and 128K and are a Dizzy fan like myself, you'll be overjoyed to learn that Dizzy's newest adventure of Wonderful Dizzy will be coming to the ZX Spectrum

The last post of the day and one I think is pretty awesome, especially for those of you with an Amstrad or Amstrad emulator at hand during this cold and dank day. As we've just found out through Twitter, that Juan J. Martínez, creator of those great games such as Night Knight, The Dawn of Kernel, Rescuing Orc, Magica and Golden Tail, has released his latest game of ' Brick Rick ' for the Amstrad

Last year we announced the release of a seriously cool looking ZX Spectrum inspired game called 'Jetpack Jaxx'; A game that was not only released for PC and Android owners, but was described as having a ZX Flavour which was completely free to play, and sporting some rather cool action gameplay. Well if you played it and wanted more, you'll be pleased learn that as from this month the developer

September has certainly been jam packed with Amiga news, games mentioned such as Green Thang, Dodgy Rocks, The Shadows of Sergoth(Demo), and even our personal favorite Monkey Lad. Well now another game is going to get a feature, and that's Yoz Montana's Amiga platformer of 'The Legend of Flaming Sword'; a game developed using the RedPill Game Engine that is being coded for both Amiga ECS and

During the early part of 2016, it was the 25th Anniversary of DMA Design's ' Lemmings '. A game published by Psygnosis way back in the early 90's for the Amiga, Atari ST and PC and regarded by many as one of the greatest games ever and featured many blue, green haired Lemmings that could be blown up, ripped apart and dropped from the highest of points before they even hope to reach that exit. So

Another HOT NEWS story for the C64 community as we've just been told by Sarah Jane Avory, that she has finally released the wicked looking C64 Shoot em up ' Zeta Wing ', which can be downloaded for $3.99. This game of which we have featured many times before prior to today's release, is an eagerly awaited top scrolling shooter developed by the ex-SEGA game developer and author: Sarah Jane Avory

For those that loved playing the Ultimate Play the Game classics, will certainly feel right at home on Indie Retro News. Especially as homebrew developers and graphical artists had taken it upon themselves to convert/port many of those great games over to systems that didn't have the luxury of the original in the first place. Games such as Atic Atac being ported over to the C64 by Steven Day,

Remember when we gave you the heads up that the Ultimate Play the Game's famous classic Atic Atac, was not only being remade for the PC but it was also being remade for the ZX Spectrum Next? Well there's great news for today, as after checking their tweeter feed we've come across a new update regarding their in dev remake of Melkhior's Mansion, which as of now has also been announced as coming to

Now here's a blast from the past, as we've just been informed that the classic Arcade game of 'Popeye', is coming to the Atari 7800 as an Arcade conversion by SeeSaw(Darryl Guenther). In a similar vein to Donkey Kong albeit not as good, you play as Popeye and must collect hearts, musical notes and the letters H-E-L-P that the lovable character Olive drops from the top of the screen. But be warned

Are you looking for the latest updates in new C64 games then you've come to the right place! As we've just found out by trawling the CSDb database, that Richard of TND and Saul Cross, have released a brand new 2020 version of the C64 game called ' Granny's Teeth '; a game that is available to download for free, which puts you in control of a rather speedy Granny as she must traverse dangerous