by Indie Retro News | Apr 27, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Arcade, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired
In 1981 Williams Electronics released Defender, an all time classic multi-directional arcade shooter featuring 2D graphics as you defeat waves of aliens while protecting astronauts on the surface. But what if I told you there’s a new game by Tank King that is...
by Indie Retro News | Apr 24, 2022 | 1970s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired
Great news if you have an Commodore 64 as we’ve recently been given the heads up by Saberman through Facebook, that Arlasoft who was behind the great Arcade conversions such as Donkey Kong Jr, Fastfood, Galaga and Galaxian DX has released an unofficial port of...
by Indie Retro News | Apr 21, 2022 | 1990s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired
It was only just the other day that we announced through Indie Retro News that BSzili was aiming to bring the full version of the classic 1992 ID Software game of ‘Wolfenstein 3D’ over the A1200 with some Fast RAM, no CPU accelerator required. Well fast...
by Jason Russell | Apr 20, 2022 | Console/Handheld, Gaming, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Magazine Preview, Reviews
The Amiga Story As hard as it is to imagine now, when the Amiga line of computers came on the scene in 1985, the Commodore 64 was only three years old. And, contrary to common misconception, the two Commodore personal computer platforms coexisted all the way until...
by Indie Retro News | Apr 13, 2022 | 1980s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired
If you loved the 1984 game of Tetris or the 1989 game of Columns then you might like this latest news story featured here on IRN. As trawling through Facebook today, we have found out that the previously released NES game of ‘ From Below ‘; a game which...
by Indie Retro News | Apr 9, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, C64 Vic20, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired
We’ve just received some rather interesting news from a good friend of ours, especially if you’ve got a C64 or emulator at hand, as if you loved playing the classic game of Gradius/Nemesis; a side scrolling shoot-em-up that was originally released as a...