Hero Quest improved for the Amstrad CPC!

by Indie Retro News | May 23, 2025 | 1970s, 1980s, 2010s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Way back in the early 90’s a fantastic top down game based on an original board game was released by Gremlin, that became hugely popular to the point of receiving great reviews and ending up as one of the top most recommended games to have in any retro...

A review of Hermano for the Chromatic

by William Schwartz | May 20, 2025 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Reviews

    Despite what’s implied by the title, Hermano isn’t actually the name of the character you play in the side scroller of the same title for the Game Boy, best optimized for the Chromatic from ModRetro. Rather, you play as Nano, who rises from...

Frogger RX – This Arcade-like version of Frogger for the ZX Spectrum is looking good! (+Demo)

by Indie Retro News | May 19, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Indy Tools By Platform

When I was growing up I really loved playing the 1981 Arcade game of Frogger by Konami. It had loads of charm, great gameplay for kids and it really made you feel for the safety of those little green frogs as they hopped their way across a busy road, then across a...

S.C.I.O.N – SausageWareGames is set to release another great ZX Spectrum game via BitmapSoft

by Indie Retro News | May 16, 2025 | 1980s, 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Indy Tools By Platform

It felt like it was only just yesterday, that I spoke about SausageWareGames awesome reimagining of Knightmare for the ZX Spectrum.  A much deserved and more enjoyable Knightmare game, which in itself is based around a kids TV show from the 1980’s. Well this...

Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Andreas Koch Talks Dustwind: Resistance

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | May 14, 2025 | 2020s, Gaming, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Interviews

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Z Software’s Andreas Koch, who discusses the upcoming release of Dustwind: Resistance. Check out the game on Steam Here or on the PlayStation Store Here and the new DLC of the original, here! About Dustwind: Resistance: Dustwind:...

Street Fighter II 128K – The REAL CPC Edition shown off in this gameplay footage [2021 UPDATE]

by Indie Retro News | May 13, 2025 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Indy Tools By Platform

This year has just been fantastic for the Amstrad CPC with a ton of Amstrad homebrew games to spoil us, but even though we had the incredible Amiga to Amstrad port of Pinball Dreams, we haven’t finished with the Amstrad yet. Now you may remember our big...