Knightmare – HOT NEWS as an Amiga port of a classic MSX game by Konami gets a release!

by Indie Retro News | Mar 5, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

If you remember the 1986 MSX game of Knightmare, then you might like this hot news story that has just reached our inbox, as we’ve recently been informed by a good friend of ours on Facebook, that Hoffman finally has finally released the Amiga port of that...

Wonder Boy Anniversary Collection (Switch/PS4) Pre-order

by Old School Gamer | Mar 3, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Press Release

Wonder Boy Anniversary Collection in Limited Boxed Editions! Six games – 21 versions – In one collection Stuttgart, March 3rd 2022 – Publisher Strictly Limited Games is looking forward to the pre-order start for the Wonder Boy Anniversary Collection...

PETSCII Portal – An inspiration to Valve’s Portable arrives on the C64 and Commodore PET

by Indie Retro News | Mar 2, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, C64 Vic20, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

For those of you who have played Valve’s hit game of Portal might like this early hour news story, as we’ve recently been informed via CSDb, that if you head on over to the itch page below, you can  download either the Commodore PET or C64 version of...

Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Ikari Warriors?

by Derek Slaton | Mar 1, 2022 | 1980s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns

Release Date: 1989 Publisher: Atari Controller: Joystick Players: 1 – 2 Genre: Arcade Alternate Title: N/A Model #: CX26177 Rarity: 5 Programmer: N/A This port of the arcade title is an admirable attempt at bringing it to the 2600. You are an Ikari Warrior, a...

Green Beret(Rush’n Attack) – Highly challenging retro classic finally arrives on the Amiga as an Arcade(ish) conversion!

by Indie Retro News | Feb 28, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Columns, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Green Beret 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 mainly a knife to dispatch enemies, although you were able to collect many different weapons including the flame thrower....

Old Towers – A great game by RetroSouls arrives on the Atari ST as a port by Andy Noble

by Indie Retro News | Feb 24, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, AtariST, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

If you’ve been following RetroSouls through the last couple of years, you would’ve known that they have released great games such as GLUF, Old Tower, Twinlight, Alter Ego, and even Tourmaline for the ZX Spectrum. Well if you remember one of those games as...