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Star Wars fans unite! BSzili releases an unofficial Amiga port of Dark Forces (High end Amiga required?)
It feels like it was only just yesterday that we announced through Indie Retro News that BSzili had unofficially released not just the full version of the classic ID Software game of 'Wolfenstein 3D' and 'Spear of Destiny', but also other games such as Exhumed, and...
You Still Have Time To Catch The John Hancock Plushie
2 WEEKS LEFT TO ORDER YOUR OWN JOHN HANCOCK! The John Hancock plushie will be available to pre-order until August 11th @ 11:59 PM ET. This campaign needs a minimum of 200 orders to proceed with production. Hurry and get your plushie now! Use code HANCOCK10 at...
Indie Retro News celebrates over 30 million views, THANK YOU EVERYONE!
It is a time to celebrate on Indie Retro News, as not only have we hit a huge milestone in views reaching a staggering 30+ million website hits which doesn't include Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr, but we are also celebrating around 11 years of the creation of the...
Masaya Matsuura, Rodney Alan Greenblat and Perry Rodgers: PaRappa The Rapper: Don’t Stop Believin’
When the average gamer thinks of rhythm or music-based games, their mind immediately goes to titles the likes of Rock Band, Guitar Hero and Dance Dance Revolution, all which feature licensed-tracks from a plethora of well-known artists. But a year before DDR got...
My Antstream Arcade: Defender
Platform: Arcade Year: 1981 I’ve got a love-hate relationship with this legendary arcade shoot-‘em-up. Crikey, I imagine that practically everybody has a love-hate relationship with Defender, bar those elite gamers with godlike joystick skills. Alas, for me, back in...
Wonderboy III – Monster Lair (AGA) is still in the works for the Commodore Amiga!
We've featured Wonderboy many times now on Indie Retro News, from the Amiga version of Wonderboy in Monster Land SE, to the previously released Wonderboy 1200; An Arcade game from 1986 as an unofficial Amiga port by Acidbottle. Well here we are with another Wonderboy...
Galaxian500 – An Arcade conversion by JOTD and team for the Commodore Amiga gets another beta!
As we said before... Galaxian has appeared on Indie Retro News many times over the years, especially as it is one particular Arcade classic that homebrew developers love making clones of. Well here's another Galaxian story for those of you that remember this Arcade...
Atari’s SwordQuest: What Went Wrong? [Part 2: Thy Game Sucks…]
[Read part One here! 🙂 ] The Waldorf Astoria; a place whose very name for most people evokes images of elegant opulence. One day in 1982, a number of journalists gathered in the Waldorf’s ballroom. Figures from the 12 symbols of the zodiac decorated the floor. As the...
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