Knights & Slimes – An in dev Arcade platformer for the C64 by Monte Boyd gets another tease

by Indie Retro News | Aug 6, 2022 | 1980s, C64 Vic20, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Another C64 news story for you all, and one I think many will still be interested in playing when it gets an eventual release, is the upcoming game of Knights & Slimes for the C64 by Monte Boyd. Yes indeed thanks to another shout out on Twitter, not only is Monte...

Riviera Story – A new arcade platformer is previewed for the C64 by Bladawietz

by Indie Retro News | Jul 12, 2022 | 1970s, 2020s, C64 Vic20, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Even more C64 games to get through today, as trawling through the CSdb database we’ve come across a new C64 game as a preview called ‘Riviera Story’ by Bladawietz(?). This game available to try, looks to be an Arcade platformer in which you play as...

Metal Slug gets a beta port for the Sega Mega Drive and Atari STE

by Indie Retro News | Jul 9, 2022 | 1990s, AtariST, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

I can say for sure there’s probably not many of you that haven’t heard of ‘Metal Slug’, a game in a series of games that are well known in the community, going back to the days of the Neo Geo system. This game has plenty of humor, while...

Don Bluth’s Dragon’s Lair and Dragon’s Lair II available for the Apple IIgs!

by Indie Retro News | Jun 30, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Apple 2, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Now I remember Dragon’s Lair very well, from the Amstrad version with the jumping of platforms or trying to stay on the spinning disk without being blown off, or the interactive animated version which appeared as a laserdisc in which you needed to press a...

SNK vs CAPCOM for the C64 looks super cool in this new footage! ( Demo Available! )

by Indie Retro News | Jun 27, 2022 | 1990s, 2020s, C64 Vic20, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Once again there’s another fighting game that’s well worth a mention, as thanks to Jon Eggelton letting us know through our Indie Retro News Facebook group, we’ve been told that he and Gianluca Alberico is working on a new game for the C64 called...

The Apple II Meets Sir Tech – by Kevin Butler

by Kevin Butler | Jun 17, 2022 | 1980s, Apple 2, Console/Handheld, Interviews, Magazine Preview

Back in the early days of computers, if you wanted a program or specific function, you programmed it yourself. A couple of companies formed in the 1950s would become the first independent software companies. These companies included Computer Usage Company, Applied...