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I used to love playing racing games such as Outrun, Lotus or even XJ220 on the Amiga. It was a time that gave me the feeling of intense speed and near misses without driving a real car and ending up in the local clink. Thankfully if you too like games like that, or even ones with a more science fiction element to them, then make sure to check out Hyper Runner; A sci-fi racer for the Commodore

A personal favourite of mine with many hours spent playing it on the Amstrad CPC and then later the Commodore 64, has appeared as a port on the Commodore Amiga from the Sega Master System with the recent release of Bruce Lee. Developed for the classic Amiga OCS with just 512k of RAM, this conversion brings the beloved 8-bit hit over to Commodore’s 16-bit machine with full NTSC and PAL support.

The legendary 1980's beat-’em-up franchise has been reimagined in the form of Double Dragons, an ambitious new PC release designed as an alternate-history sequel to the series’ first two mainline entries. Billed as a love letter to original creator Yoshihisa Kishimoto, this championship-edition brawler imagines an alternate timeline where Japan's Technosoft stepped up to challenge Capcom’s Final

Welcome to NYBBLE & NIBBLE, a new Commodore Amiga port of the original Commodore 64 adventure. Developed by Gaboo Arts Entertainment, the game translates its signature 60-room journey into a visually stunning experience for the Amiga. Players guide a tiny, half-byte protagonist named Nybble across six distinct zones of compact, rhythmic platforming challenges, searching for their missing half

Acidbottle has officially announced another project to add to his ever growing list of Amiga releases, with the aim to bring Atari’s historic 1981 arcade blockbuster, Centipede, straight to Commodore Amiga. The forthcoming port is designed to run beautifully across the entire Amiga family, fully supporting OCS, ECS, and AGA configurations. For younger players or those needing a refresher, the

It's time for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis to get a game news story, as yosoynacho has released version 1.0 of Hang-On Jr. for the Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis. A game which first appeared as a streamlined, budget-friendly version of Sega's iconic 1985 arcade racer designed for the lesser-powered Sega System E hardware in 1986. Despite the source material's historical cutbacks in audio and visuals

It's time for some rather interesting ZX Spectrum Next news, as we have just been informed through Twitter that Jordi has released an overhauled version of his ZX Spectrum game 'Misifu Remeow'; a game that was previously released via the ZX-DEV MIA remake competition as a demake of the classic game 'Alley Cat'. For those of you who haven't heard of this game before, the original was released on

Here's some interesting news as the 1980's school mischief simulator, Skool Daze, has finally made its un-official debut on the Commodore Plus/4 thanks to Proky and Csabo. Originally released by Microsphere for the ZX Spectrum before hopping over to the Commodore 64, this game is widely celebrated today as one of the ground-breaking pioneers of the open-world sandbox genre. Decades after its

Another Amiga game to talk about and it's the latest release of Fishing Derby – Amiga Edition, a new title developed by AmigaLive. Written entirely in native 68000 assembly language with the help of AI, this project serves as an enhanced remake based on Activision's beloved 1980 Atari 2600 classic, specifically for the Commodore Amiga. The gameplay transports up to four players to opposite piers

It feels like only yesterday that we announced that the Amiga classics Ruff 'N' Tumble and Superfrog had received unofficial PC modernizations, complete with widescreen support, high-resolution details, all the while running at a smooth 50fps+.Well, fast forward to this week, and thanks to a heads-up via Facebook, we’ve learned that Almost There Games has overhauled a pair of classics. 

Thirty-four years after Interplay first brought 25th Anniversary to the Amiga, nexusle has achieved the impossible by making Star Trek: Judgment Rites playable on the Amiga. While the classic Star Trek: 25th Anniversary received an official Amiga AGA port in the 1990s, its highly anticipated sequel never happened with an exclusive release for MS-DOS and Macintosh systems. Now, thanks to a newly

Here's something we haven't featured for awhile, a dungeon crawler that's inspired by classics such as Dungeon Master and Eye of the Beholder! Welcome to Labyrinth of Ur, a first-person 3D dungeon crawler developed by Ursimon that was built entirely from scratch in C for unexpanded PAL machines using the help of AI. Players step into the boots of a lone warrior named Lance, who must descend

Glorious news! As Warlock has just been released for the Commodore 64, courtesy of the talented developer Haplo, who previously created great games like Shift and Tenebra. This latest project reimagines the intense, atmospheric energy of classic first-person fantasy shooters like Heretic, but flips the perspective into a top-down view. Shunning modern procedural trends which are common with games

Amiga developer Acidbottle has announced the release of the horizontal shoot-’em-up project Defender, a faithful recreation of the classic arcade hit. The game’s journey to the platform is a unique one, having initially started development in the Godot engine on PC. To make the jump to the Amiga however, the developer dusted off the unfinished framework and utilized modern AI tools to assist

Another Amiga game to talk about and it's the latest release of Heliobane, a new vertical shoot-'em-up developed by Coze for the Commodore Amiga 1200 AGA, a custom retro rebuild of World 1 from the upcoming PC Steam game. Players step into the cockpit of the HB-0 Heliobane, a specialized prototype ship flown by pilot Wren, tasked with exploring the blazing star Aurel. The mission is a desperate

Here's Doody Calls - Turd World War, a brand new top-down squad shooter developed by Software Amusements. Built entirely from scratch to take full advantage of the Amiga A1200 AGA, this quirky title reimagines the classic v1.33 browser game into a family-friendly, brown-hued tactical combat experience. Players are dropped into action via "Poo-nook" helicopter to command Squad Alpha, a highly

ESKAY has announced that he is working on a new project: a native conversion of the classic arcade brawler P.O.W. (Prisoners of War) by SNK. Driven by a childhood love for the game—having owned the original arcade JAMMA board as a teenager—and inspired by prominent scene figures like Hoffman, ESKAY has partially brought the game's first level to life on the Amiga 1200. Leveraging 25 years of

Time for some Amstrad fun, as developer Kirby2000 has released a new fan conversion of the classic 1990 Game Boy title, Bubble Ghost, for the Amstrad CPC 6128. Stepping into the shoes of a helpful spirit, players are tasked with navigating a delicate soap bubble through 35 treacherous chambers of a haunted fortress. Because the ghost cannot make direct contact with the bubble, success depends

Welcome to Ash, an ambitious new platformer currently in development for the Commodore Amiga by Thomas Mayer Foss. The game draws deep inspiration from Norwegian folklore, centering on the traditional tales of Askeladden. Players will guide the underestimated youngest brother on a grand quest to win a princess and half a kingdom. To overcome the game's various obstacles, players can dynamically

Modern Vintage Gamer who was behind the recent Amiga port of Zippy Race—a project that quickly became a fan favourite among our IndieRetroNews readers—has now released Capcom’s legendary 1985 Wild West arcade classic, Gun.Smoke for the Commodore Amiga AGA. Originally designed by Yoshiki Okamoto, the iconic vertical scroller put players in the boots of bounty hunter Billy Bob as he hunted down