Tuesday, 19 January 2021 / Published in AMSTRAD

La Culotte de Zelda – An adaptation of the Zelda classic for the Amstrad CPC Plus

I thought to myself today it’s been some time since we had any Zelda style games on Indie Retro News, but thankfully I came across one that doesn’t only look like a Zelda game, but it could be the next best thing for any Amstrad Plus owner. Titled as ‘La Culotte de Zelda’ and created
Monday, 18 January 2021 / Published in AMSTRAD

BriXen – CPC GAMEDEV CONTEST 2020 WINNER Demo – Full version via Double Sided Games coming soon!

If you remember games such as Arkanoid; an arcade game first developed by Taito in 1986, with the bat like device scrolling from side to side at the bottom of the screen, bouncing an orb back and forth and smashing blocks for a high score. Then you might like this rather unique Amstrad demo. As
Wednesday, 06 January 2021 / Published in AMSTRAD, NES

Crownland – High grade homebrew platformer is getting an Amstrad CPC conversion

Way back in 2007 a platformer by the name of Crownland was released for the Atari 8bit by LaResistance, which came second place in the ABBUC Software Contest and blew us away with high quality graphics and superb platforming game play. Well fast forward to this month however and this highly enjoyable game is back
Wednesday, 06 January 2021 / Published in AMSTRAD, NES

Vespertino – A Racing Simulator that will crown the Amstrad CPC as the best 8-bit platform?

If you thought Super Mario Brothers on the C64 was going to be the only highlight this year, then prepare for a shock. As we’ve just been tweeted via @BATMAN_GROUP that they are working on a racing game called ‘Vespertino’; a game they claim will crown the Amstrad CPC as the best 8-bit platform! Yes indeed
Wednesday, 06 January 2021 / Published in AMSTRAD, NES

Nigel Mansell’s Grand Prix – 1980’s racing game gets a great Enterprise 128k conversion

The 128k version of R-Type wasn’t the only game to grace the Enterprise system, as just moments ago thanks to a heads up by Teemu Korvenpää, we’ve also learnt that Nigel Mansell’s Grand Prix; a game from 1988 and developed by DJL Software Ltd. Has also been converted over to the Enterprise from the Amstrad CPC. Now
Wednesday, 06 January 2021 / Published in 30 Years of Golden Axe, AMSTRAD, NES

30 Years of Golden Axe!

It’s been 30 years since Sega unleashed the fantasy slash em up Golden Axe in the arcades, and it hasn’t lost any of its charm. It’s a series which received several sequels and a 2008 reboot which all never matched up to the original story of vengeance and rescue with the evil antagonist Death Adder.