by Indie Retro News | Apr 24, 2022 | 1970s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Indie Game
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 | Jan 7, 2022 | 1970s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired
We have recently been contacted through Facebook, to tell you that the same creator of PLANET X3, who we know as David Murray/The 8bit guy, has not only made available the Action Adventure game of ‘Attack of The Petscii Robots’ for the Commodore PET,...
by Shaun Jex | Aug 18, 2019 | 1980s, Reviews, The Story Of...
In 1978, Brian Eno released the album Ambient 1: Music for Airports. It remains a landmark in the world of ambient music, a genre which said was, “as ignorable as it was interesting” and which was intended to “induce calm and a space to think.” The music was quiet,...
by Shaun Jex | Aug 11, 2019 | 1980s, Reviews
The 1980s were a glorious era for pop culture: the films of John Hughes, Aqua Net, Flock of Seagulls, the list is virtually endless. Of course, no list of 1980s icons would be complete without ALF. That’s right: the Alien Life Form from the planet Melmac. He is an...
by Brendan Meharry | Jun 30, 2019 | 1980s, 2010s
The aptly named company, Retro Games, released an interesting, but ultimately disappointing mini-reboot console last year called TheC64 Mini. Criticised for its weak joystick, unsatisfactory emulation and fake keyboard (which added even more difficulty for downloaded...
