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The Amiga news still isn't done with us yet, as after already featuring games such as Turrican 2 Amiga/DOS demo v2, and the more recent Super Cars 2 AGA, here comes another Doom clone announcement update to keep you occupied through the rest of the evening. 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

If you fancy a bit of kick ass Shoot 'em up action on your C64 to get you through the weeks ahead, then you might like this story on Indie Retro News. As checking through the latest retro itch.io updates, we've come across Drmortalwombat's rather cool looking C64 game of Plekthora; A classic horizontal space themed shooter for the Commodore-64, which features not just three different and

Another heads up for you all on this rather hot Thursday, as if you've been following our recent news updates regarding the upcoming Atari XL/XE Dungeon Crawler of ' Vaults of Nhyrmeth ' then you'll be pleased to know that as of this week, Saberman has told us that you can download the latest demo which is downloadable below. This is a new Dungeon Crawler in development by clth that was

Another day and another Game and Watch mention, as the previous one was called 'Kong' which was ported over to multiple commodore systems as Donkey Kong Junior, and this latest release called Nu,Pogodi!(Well Just You Wait!)' has been developed for the Plus/4. Now unlike the other game port developed by alargames and starring Mario, Nu,Pogodi! was a game released in the 1980's as a Game and Watch

Another great Amiga update through Indie Retro News on this very hot Tuesday, as we've just found out through the Saberman, that Muzza has just released a new demo version 2 for the work in progress MS-DOS conversion of the classic action shooter game Turrican II. The second game in the Turrican series, which was originally developed by Factor 5 in the 90's and released on the Amiga, C64, CDTV,

Another game has appeared in our inbox, as Saberman has informed through Facebook, that if you're looking for something slightly different to play that isn't a platformer or a shoot em up, then make sure to check out Alessandro Grussu's (Zankle Soft) latest ZX Spectrum game of 'Italia 1944'; a two-part, fully icon-controlled mix of role-playing and text adventure that is available to download at

Ambermoon wasn't the only game to grace our retro computers last weekend just gone, as we were recently informed via Twitter, to let you all know that Roolandoo and team's MSX game of S.O.L.O was released via the MSXdev21; a game that takes place on a mining planet, whereby hundreds of robots are abandoned to their fate under the sole tutelage of an artificial intelligence called I.S.A.C and a

The Amiga scene just keeps on giving us the good stuff, as not only do we now know that Jump! is still coming to the Amiga, which is the Amiga AGA version of a game originally called Yoomp! But as of today a new gameplay teaser has been released below. Yoomp! 64 was released last year by RGCD and Psytronik Software on the C64, as port of the fantastic Atari XE/XL game. It featured gaming

As we said before in November of last year....Originally released in 1993 for the Amiga by Thalion Software, Ambermoon was the second part of an unfinished trilogy and sequel to Amberstar that was only released in Germany. In was an incredible RPG for its time, and featured 3D graphics that were considered revolutionary for the Amiga, but sadly for the company it couldn't save them from

Great news if you're looking for something completely different other than all the Platformers and Shoot em ups we've featured on Indie Retro News, as 17BitRetro has contacted us, to tell you that Bean Versus The Animator will be released for OCS / ECS or AGA Amiga's as of today 6-10am UK time. This game according to the creators Paul Heams and Dominic Sidoli, is a brand new old style arcade

Way back in 2014 JOTD released the PC version of "Super Cars III" ; a game which was his own remake of the hit action racing classic "Super Cars II". Originally developed by Magnetic Fields and published by Gremlin Graphics in the early 90's for Amiga & Atari ST. Well fast forward to today however and do we some very special news for you. As JOTD has just released the final version of Supercars 2

I thought to myself today it's been some time since we had any Zelda style games on Indie Retro News, but thankfully I've come across a game that doesn't just have a Zelda vibe, but it almost looks like a quality commercial release from the golden era of the NES. Welcome to Light From Within; an in development game by Atarath that they claim is a new Zelda-esque adventure that will bring you

Yet again Arlasoft is in the retro gaming news, as checking our emails we've just been given the heads up direct from the website, that Arlasoft has released the Atari 2600 to C64 conversion/port of Ruffcorn and Telesys 1982 game of Fast Food. Yes indeed another game is upon us for the C64, and unlike the previous ones mentioned, this one is an endless food eating game whereby you need to eat as

Some time back we mentioned Megastyle & Protovision's C64 homebrew game of ' Lumberjack ', a game which put you in the mighty boots of a Lumberjack chopping down trees as fast as he can, without being bashed by the big branches above. It was a highly addictive game on the C64 that was later announced as a work in progress Amiga port as an almost 1:1 conversion thanks to Cobe and Lemming880. But

If you loved the 1984 game of Tetris or the 1989 game of Columns , you'll be pleased to know a brand new puzzle game inspired by those games has been released for the ZX Spectrum. This game named as 'Pillars' is a puzzle game developed by Under4mhz and comes with all the features you would expect of a cool looking Column inspired game. It has all the coloured jewels you could ever want and even a

Another Amiga announcement for you all as Per Ola has just informed us, that a new teaser has been launched for the upcoming Amiga game of 'Agonman'. This game currently being developed using the RedPill game engine which started as a simple practice project. Puts you in the boots of Johnny, who after traversing space and time, must battle dangerous monsters and a winged demon to return to his

If you're looking for even more Atari 2600 to C64 conversion/ports then you've come to the right place, as thanks to yet another heads up from Saberman, we've been told you can also download Arlasoft's new game release of 'Taz'; a video game developed and released by Atari, Inc. in 1983 for the Atari 2600, which features the Looney Tunes character the Tasmanian Devil as a spinning Tornado in an

We've featured many Atari 2600 to C64 conversions and ports through the years, from Spider Fighter, to Keystone Kapers and even our personal favorite Frostbite. Well here's some good news to get us through this Monday which has been developed by Arlasoft, is the Atari 2600 to C64 conversion/port of Freeway; a video game written by David Crane for the Atari 2600 and published by Activision in 1981

We've certainly heard a lot about that famous platformer the 'Great Giana Sisters' from 1987, especially as it came back to the Amiga as a Giana Special Edition by Reimagine Games and then of course the Great Giana-Sisters C64 Construction-Set, whereby you can create your own levels. But this latest update is sure to excite many Atari XL/XE owners, as the New Generation is working on their own

Thanks to Saberman giving us the shout out, we've have just found out some very special news for any Atari XL/XE owner. As if you followed our recent article regarding the rather cool looking in development game of 'FloB', then as of today you can download it via the link below. For those of you who didn't follow our previous write up, FloB is an Arcade Adventure game developed over the last 9