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Halloween X - The first Halloween game appears, and it's for the Commodore Amiga

Friday October 25th, 2024 06:14:10 PM
You can certainly tell that Halloween is approaching as more and more creepy games with pumpkins, ghouls and ghosts start to appear for your gaming enjoyment. One such game by the developer 8080 certainly has that ghostly appeal! As they have announced that not only is 'Halloween X' a finished game ready to be played to competition, but there's also a new demo for you to try. A game in which you

Xeno Brigade Extinction - A rather cool looking turn based strategy game for the Spectrum Next (Physical Release Preorder)

Friday October 25th, 2024 03:24:26 PM
Something slightly different for today's retro heads up, as we were kindly informed on our Facebook page, that if you love high quality turn based strategy games, AND have either a ZX Spectrum Next, N-go, or XBerry-Pi (50Hz) then it might be worth checking out Greenman Soft's upcoming game of 'Xeno Brigade Extinction'. A game in which you play as the Xeno Brigade on a hunt for the last Queen

Soltys - A 1995 DOS point and click adventure game is sill coming to the Amiga (AGA)

Friday October 25th, 2024 01:55:44 PM
A Friday heads up for all of our Amiga readers , as we've recently found out through the EAB forums, that Tukinem together with Retronics, is still working on bringing the Polish point and click adventure game of 'Sołtys' over to the Commodore Amiga 1200 with an English release date of May 23, 2025. A game which was originally released by LK Avalon for MS-DOS on May 23, 1995. To coincide with

Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo is coming to the Commodore 64/128 by RetroGL!

Monday October 21st, 2024 12:02:37 PM
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 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 recent

Squarez - A new abstract arcade game released for the Commodore Amiga

Sunday October 20th, 2024 04:24:03 PM
Fancy something different other than the usual genres we've been posting about these last few weeks, then come and check out la1n.ch's endless top down arcade(?) game of Squarez. A new Commodore Amiga game which was created in connection with the CHLudens research project. A project in which the website describes as a research game that explores the question “Why weren't there more abstract

Alien Fish Finger - Check out this brilliant Amiga action platformer from 1995 which had a number of enhancements!

Sunday October 20th, 2024 08:55:06 AM
To be honest I've heard about most games that were released on the Amiga, especially ones that were either platformers or my personal favorite dungeon crawlers. However this game which caught our attention and worthy of a write up, was not only released in 1995 and a further enhanced update in 2011 but it's a game I've never seen before! It's 'Alien Fish Finger' by Skull Army. A game in

Mijadore 2 The Key - EdD has released another high quality ZX Spectrum platformer! [Update]

Thursday October 24th, 2024 03:56:40 PM
It's been a while since we featured any decent ZX Spectrum games, but looking through our messages this morning, we've been told that EdD has released the high quality ZX Spectrum game of 'Mijadore 2 The Key'. A game in which you play as Milko Jone,s and must find a way of removing an ancient jewel from the Mijdadore Vase that has been protected by a powerful shield. To coincide with this news,

Elevator Action - JOTD's latest Arcade to Amiga conversion gets a final ECS build!

Thursday October 17th, 2024 09:08:05 AM
It's Commodore Amiga news time! Welcome to Elevator Action for the Amiga! A new conversion update by JOTD and team which has now been released as a final ECS build ( Previously released as AGA). A game that was originally released in 1983 in the arcades. Basically you are a spy who has must infiltrate a building with a ton of doors and elevators, hence the name. The important documents for the

Mushrooms That Grow in the Woods - Love Pac-Man? Then you might like this new C64 game by NemanjaV

Wednesday October 16th, 2024 08:17:46 PM
One game that many people remember throughout the world by both the young and the old, is the Arcade game of Pac-Man from the 1980's. It put you in control of Pac-Man through a maze, eating all the pac-dots, avoiding ghosts and moving on to the next stage. It is still loved to this day with many different remakes available each with their own idea of what Pac-Man should be like, some are good and

Pyjamarama - A classic 1984 game by Mikro-Gen arrives as a port on the MSX!

Wednesday October 16th, 2024 03:12:50 PM
We always try to keep you up to date with the best in retro gaming news, but boy do we have a special treat for you. As we've recently found out through Facebook, that the classic game of 'Pyjamarama', has been ported over to the MSX by Fregarni via the MSXDev24 competition. A Mikro-Gen action-adventure game from 1984 that was only available for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC

DUEL - A WIP remake of the classic cowboy/shootout games from Z80 machines for the Amiga (+DEMO)

Tuesday October 15th, 2024 12:54:14 PM
Another day and another news announcement for the Commodore Amiga scene! As the previous game we mentioned was 'Tiny Pixel Adventure' by HooGames2017, today's work in progress game however is 'Duel' by Electric Black Sheep. The same creator behind games such as Tale Of Evil, The Tower of Evil, Project - Quest and many others. A new game in which the developer states is "A remake of the

The Darkness Below - In development dungeon crawler for the PC gets a BIG update and it looks GOOD!

Monday October 14th, 2024 11:08:35 AM
First Person Dungeon Crawlers have a huge fan base on Indie Retro News, so many of us love games such as Dungeon Master, Eye of the Beholder and my personal favorite Ishar. Well here we are with another special announcement especially if you love dungeon crawlers, as Sabbas Eleftheriadis has not only shown off some brand new screenshots for the work in progress PC game of The Darkness Below, but

Mine Escape - A new Amstrad CPC game released by CapaSoft

Sunday October 13th, 2024 07:04:17 PM
Capasoft has been in the news a few times over the last few years, as not only did they release the Amstrad CPC game of JAX THE DOG, but also the more recent Roland in Retroalacant: A single screen homebrew celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Amstrad CPC 464. Well here's another Capasoft update, as just recently they released the CPC game of 'Mine Escape': A game in which you

Tiny Pixel Adventure - A classic pixel retro game that will captivate you for the Commodore Amiga is teased!

Saturday October 12th, 2024 04:54:44 PM
The first news story for a weekender, as we've recently found out through through Facebook, that the developer HooGames2017, who created the awesome scorpion engine based game of Dr.Dangerous, is now working on the Commodore Amiga game of 'Tiny Pixel Adventure'. A game in which the dev says "Welcome to the colorful and dangerous world of Tiny Pixel Adventure, a classic pixel retro game that

Tale Of Evil - An unofficial sequel of "Tower Of Evil" for the Commodore Amiga.

Thursday October 10th, 2024 06:21:16 PM
It was only just last week that the Amiga developer Electric Black Sheep, released the unofficial and minimalistic remake of The Tower of Evil. A top down action game which wasn't just released from 1984 to 1985 by Creative Sparks, but there was a later unofficial port by artlace/rebels for the Commodore 16, Plus/4, ZX Spectrum and VIC 20. Well here we are with another Amiga news story from this

Robot Jet Action 2 - C64portal's upcoming Commodore Amiga game is being created using the Scorpion Engine!

Sunday October 20th, 2024 09:38:35 AM
We've been told that Carrion(c64portal) has shown new footage of the upcoming Commodore Amiga OCS game of 'Robot Jet Action 2'. A game that was not only released for the Commodore 64 back in 2022, but it featured lots of challenging levels, different themed worlds and so much more which made it rather entertaining! While we still don't know when the game will be released, the creator has

Sega Master System 'Vigilante' is coming to the Commodore Amiga via Neeso Games, and here's a demo!

Sunday October 13th, 2024 05:41:28 PM
While many of you are still waiting for Neeso Games Arcade platformer of 'Super Delivery Boy': A game which is due for release at some point in the near future. There's another game you should be keep an eye on as developments progress, and that's Vigilante: A game that was released sometime back as a naff port to the Commodore Amiga. Which is now getting a new port by Neeso Games from the Sega

Time Cristal 1 - Another recovery and again it's for the Commodore Plus/4

Wednesday October 9th, 2024 03:31:09 PM
The multiscreen platform game of 'Aster' wasn't the only game that was recovered, as we've also found out looking through the plus/4 world website, that they've recovered a game called 'Time Cristal 1': a four level prototype, which later became a full 90's homebrew game from Hungary which was called 'Time Cristal' and released by Reddi. To coincide with this news, we've got 

Aster - Multiscreen platformer thought lost is recovered for the Commodore Plus/4

Thursday October 10th, 2024 11:29:23 AM
We do love writing about old retro games that have been lost through the years and for one reason or another have been uncovered much to the delight of the retro community. Today's release for example is pretty special for the Commodore Plus/4 community, as we've found out that BSZ together with Cody have recovered and released the Plus/4 game of 'Aster'. A multiscreen platform game in one

2Tinycowboys - A WIP 2-player single-screen arcade-platformer for the Amiga 500 gets a demo

Monday October 7th, 2024 07:27:36 PM
If you're sick of all the Amiga news, then look away now. If however you want even more Amiga goodness, then come and check out this upcoming Scorpion Engine developed game by Lord_Santa called '2Tinycowboys'. A WIP 2-player single-screen arcade-platformer that has been teased with an early look demo. To coincide with this news, Saberman contacted us earlier today with a through video



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