Genesis – A rather cool Arcade Shoot ’em up for the ZX Spectrum by Retroworks

by Indie Retro News | Jun 12, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Retroworks are a group of very talented European programmers who make some excellent games for some of our favourite retro computers including the Spectrum, Msx and Amstrad cpc. The Arcade Shoot ’em up ‘Genesis’ for the ZX Spectrum 128k is certainly...

Final Fight Enhanced – An enhanced Amiga AGA/ECS version of a classic Beat ’em up from 1991 (New build available)

by Indie Retro News | Jun 7, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Thanks to another heads up from a good friend of ours, we’ve been told that Prototron and team, have released an updated build of the previously released enhanced version of the 1991 US GOLD published Beat ’em up of ‘Final Fight’ for the Amiga;...

Popeye VBXE – An arcade port, but this time for the Atari XL/XE with VBXE! (RC1)

by Indie Retro News | Jun 5, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Now here’s a blast from the past, as we’ve just been informed by Liqmatrix, that the classic Arcade game of ‘Popeye’, has been released as an RC1 build for the Atari XL/XE with a VBXE as an Arcade conversion by woj. In a similar vein to Donkey...

Spediteur – A turn based business simulator released for the Commodore 64

by Indie Retro News | Jun 3, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Most of the games we feature are either platformers or shoot em ups, but today’s news is something completely different, as Saberman has informed us that WindigoProductions has released the board game styled turn based business simulator of Spediteur for the...

Good Kniight – A nod to Hunchback in this new C64 game from Psytronik Software in association with ICON64

by Indie Retro News | May 29, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Trawling through the latest itch io updates for new retro games to play, and we’ve just found out, that Psytronik Software in association with ICON64, have released the new Commodore 64 game of ‘Good Kniight’.A high quality and enjoyable game in...

King and Balloon – A 1:1 arcade port teased for the Commodore Amiga 500 (beta v.092 now available)

by Indie Retro News | May 27, 2024 | 1980s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

I thought it would be best to give another shout out for this addictive yet simplistic little game called ‘King and Balloon’ by RMJ & JoeJoe. A 1:1 arcade port of Namco’s 1980 game for the Commodore Amiga, which was written in 68k assembler and...