PC Classic – A DOS Era Plug n Play

by Jason Russell | Nov 7, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Magazine Preview, Opinions, The Story Of...

Psst  – we’ll let you in on a little secret.  Everyone knows you can emulate ROMs on something like a Raspberry Pie or even using your PC but this knowledge hasn’t slowed the demand for retro mini systems down any.  The reason?  Well there are a few that come to...

Defrog – Classic 1980’s Frogger remade for your Browser!

by Indie Retro News | Nov 6, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Back in the day 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 river of...

Defence – A Galaga / Space Invaders mash up appears as the 4th entry into the MSXdev22 competition.

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

We’ve featured Galaga on Indie Retro News a number of times already, there was the Atari 2600 port, the excellent demake on the Amiga by Pink and Fade One and then the more recent C64 release by Arlasoft. Well fast forward to today however and there’s...

Aminvaders – Another WIP Space Invaders clone appears and this one is by Amiten for the Amiga

by Indie Retro News | Nov 4, 2022 | 1970s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

We’ve seen lots of Space Invader variants over the years, from Havie’s Blitz Basic version of the game on the Amiga, to our personal favourite from Pink/Abyss called ‘Tiny Invaders’. Well yet again we’ve been sent another Amiga homebrew...

50th Anniversary of Atari Pong – Pong50(Amiga), Space Pong(Amiga) and PongClone(C64)

by Indie Retro News | Nov 3, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, Atari, C64 Vic20, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

In the 1970’s Bushnell and another guy called Alcorn released a Pong prototype at a local bar named Andy Capp’s Tavern, yet it wasn’t until 1975 and through a long history that Pong actually appeared in our homes, and on my very own Atari 2600....

Karate Champ VS Amiga – A 1980’s Arcade fighting game coming to the Amiga gets new footage

by Indie Retro News | Nov 2, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

If you remember the 1980’s game of ‘Karate Champ; An Arcade fighting game that was released in the Arcades and later the Apple II, C64, NES, Virtual Console, iOS via Data East, then you might like this latest Amiga news story we’ve come across on...