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Here on Indie Retro News we've been flooded with new Amiga game updates, as we've had Maria Renard's Revenge, Boxx, Agonman, and even Creeping Me Out Hex Night, Well here we are with yet ANOTHER Amiga news story to tell you about, as Saberman was kind enough to let us know earlier today, that he has done a new video of the rather lovely looking Tech Demo of 'RemGame' by remz; A tech demo which

In April of last year we gave you the heads up of a brand new game coming to the Amiga, which had Castlevania vibes and was the creators very first attempt at using the Scorpion Engine. Well fast forward to today and thanks to Earok giving us the heads up, we have been told that not only is the Scorpion developed Castlevania fan game of 'Maria Renard's Revenge' still looking like a game that many

We've had some pretty decent games lately, from the more recent Veggies vs Undead on the Commodore 64, to Super Bomberman 2 Remix on the ZX Spectrum and Yie Ar Kung Fu Turbo on the GX 4000. Well if you're looking for even more cool news to keep you company throughout this week, then make sure to check out Drmortalwombat's latest game of 'Balls like a Frog'; A ball busting game whereby you need to

Thanks to another heads up from a good friend of ours , we've been told that if you're looking for a new and fun game to play on your Commodore 64, then make sure to check out Drmortalwombat's latest C64 game of 'Veggies vs Undead'; A new game which going by the video and the screenshots below, look to be a homage to the 2009 tower defence game Plants vs Zombies. To coincide with this news,

Back in the day I used to love playing the Arcade bomb dropping multiplayer game of Bomberman; a game which was actually first released way back in 1983 by Hudson Soft and then published by Konami. Well if you too played this awesome game back in the day with a bunch of friends or against the AI, you may be interested to know that if you head on over to the link below, you can play an early demo

Another speccy game has appeared in our inbox, as we've recently been informed through Facebook and Twitter, that if you're looking for an enjoyable looking game to pass the time on your speccy this week, then make sure to check out Nextric's latest ZX Spectrum game of 'Ganimedes'; a game in which you play as the last model of the experimental robot T-500 with the hope that it manages to restore

Green Beret(Rush n Attack) was an action arcade game released by Konami in 1985. It is remembered for its Cold War setting and its reliance on the player using a knife or even a flame thrower to dispatch enemies. Well if you liked this game at the Arcades or any of the 8bit versions we've featured previously, then it might be worth checking out this game that's just been sent to us called 'S.A.K'

Original GraphicsThose of you looking for some fresh weekly news for the Amstrad CPC Plus and GX 4000 have come to the right place, as XeNoMoRPH has just informed us of a brand new remaster that is coming to the GX4000 and CPC Plus later today called 'Yie Ar Kung Fu Turbo'. Now if you remember the 1980's game of Yie Ar Kung-Fu, which was released in the Arcades and later the MSX, Famicom/NES, ZX

Something slightly different from our usual write ups, as thanks to Remute who contacted us just recently, he has told us of a new album you should check out for your Sega Megadrive/Genesis called DECODER. As in the words of Remute "After releasing music albums as game cartridges for the Nintendo 64, Super Nintendo and Gameboy consoles, Remute is kicking off 2023 with an ambitious, longtime dream

Castlevania has been featured many times on Indie Retro News, from Castlevania Spectral Interlude and Vampire Slayer Demo on the ZX Spectrum, to Castlevania VBXE on the Atari XL/XE(VBXE). But here's another update you might like to know about if you love this classic game. As we have been told that Xfixium, who is also behind the Golden Axe Tyris Edition, is working on bringing Castlevania over

Once again there's another Commodore 64 game that's well worth a mention, as thanks to Tom and Saberman letting us know through our Indie Retro News Facebook group earlier today, we've been told that Haplo has released the Commodore 64 game of 'Caim'; a top-down action-adventure title that's available to download below. In light of this news, Saberman has also done a video showing the game in

As an Amiga owner and a fan of homebrew releases I was pleasantly surprised by how enjoyable Lemming880's platformer ' Boxx 2 ' and ' Boxx 3 ' was on the Amiga system, especially with added bright and bold colourful detail by Koyot1222. Both of these games were developed using backbone and required you the player to collect as many coins as possible, while avoiding deadly traps, killing bad

When I was growing up there was a game I used to love playing with friends, whereby your task was to drop bombs and either blow up other enemies or your very best friend(s) in a maze like game screen. That game was Bomberman (Dynablaster), a game which was actually first released way back in 1983 by Hudson Soft and then published by Konami. It was and still is a fantastic game that can still be

As we said before : In 1982-1987, Irem with licensing by Williams released the fantastically enjoyable game of' ' Moon Patrol ' for the Arcade gaming community. A side-scrolling shooter that is widely credited for the introduction of parallax scrolling in side-scrolling video games, as you drove a buggy across a landscape, jumping over ditches and rocks while also shooting at enemies both above

Another Amiga announcement for you all, as Saberman has just informed us through Facebook, that a new game play video has been shown for the previously announced Amiga game of 'Agonman' by PixorraGames. A game which puts you in the boots of Johnny, that has to battle dangerous monsters and a winged demon to return to his own time and the defence of the Earth. In light of this news, you can either

I know many of you have probably heard of MineSweeper; a puzzle game in which players had to clear the board of numbers without coming across deadly exploding bombs, using help from clues about the number of neighbouring mines in each field. But you probably haven't heard of AmiMineSweeper, which is the latest Amiga game to be developed by Tukinem! Well if you haven't, you'll be pleased to know

Gamers and retro gamers alike you are in for a serious treat today! As Shadowgate, which is an incredible adventure classic originally from 1987 by ICOM Simulations and released for the Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, DOS, Macintosh and NES, is now available to play on the Commodore 64 by Donnie Russell. As in the words of the creator "an official version was never released (or developed?) for the

Another Amstrad game has appeared in our inbox, as XeNoMoRPH was kind enough to let us know through our emails, that if you're looking for a fun for all the family Arcade game for your Amstrad CPC, then it's worth checking out Mananuk's new game of ' Shadow Hunter '; A charming Action Platformer in which you need to capture all the ghosts with your beam gun and them force them into the Ghost Trap

Prepare yourselves to be challenged to the point of frustration, as one of the "most difficult games of Spanish Software History" has just been converted into a micro version for the ZX Spectrum by IvanBasic, it's 'Micro Profanation' aka Abu Simbel Profanation. The third in the Johnny Jones Saga which was originally released in 1985 for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and MSX. The game was developed

Back in 1989 Cinemaware released one of the greatest action-adventure games ever made. It had a strong Hollywood B movie vibe as you tried to prove that giant ants were real and convince the mayor to call upon the national guard to fight. Featuring a mix of adventuring, arcade and shooter game play and developed for a multitude of systems such as the Amiga, many gamers are still playing right now