80’s 8bit classic Rock Star Ate My Hamster as a Millennium edition for the Commodore 64 and Commodore Plus/4!

The last news story of the week and one I think many people will be loading up by the end of the day, as we’ve recently been trawling the plus4world website, and have found out that the classic management game of Rock Star Ate My Hamster, has been unofficially re-released as a Millennium edition with 50 brand new
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Bagman Comes Back – A C64 homage to Bagman, an arcade game released by Valadon Automation in 1982

We’ve certainly had our fair share of Arcade games mentioned on Indie Retro News this year so far, from Tapper, to Puzzle Bobble, and yes even Space Invaders. But another game has just caught our attention and worthy of a mention on IRN, and it’s LC-Games latest homage to the 1980’s ‘Bagman’ called ‘Bagman Comes
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Rogue64 – A new C64 roguelike from Badger Punch Games is available for pre-order via Bitmap Soft

If you love C64 games and fancy something different compared to our usual announcements for this well loved retro computer such as Platformers and Shoot ’em ups, then you’ll be pleased to know as thanks to a heads up on Twitter, that Badger Punch Games latest offering of ‘Rogue64’, is available for Pre-Orders and will
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Cosmic Combat DX – An enhanced version of a cool Shoot ’em up is coming to a C64 near you soon!

Yet another game has appeared in our box of retro goodness, as we’ve recently been informed via Per Ola through Facebook and The New Dimension on Twitter, that if you’re looking for a cool Shoot ’em up to play as from 3rd December onwards, then make sure to check out TND and Alf Yngve’s overhauled C64
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Ray Fish Deluxe – A brand new vertical scrolling underwater shoot ’em up announced for the C64

The C64 news just keeps on coming, as if Cosmic Combat DX wasn’t enough to whet your appetite, then you might be interested to learn as thanks to a heads up from our good friend Per Ola, that as from 3rd December, you’ll be able to play the latest C64 game of Ray Fish Deluxe; a
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Petaxian Preview – A new take on an Arcade classic based on PETSCII graphics

Galaga has appeared on Indie Retro News a few times over the years, especially as it is one particular Arcade classic that homebrew developers love making clones of with special effects and bonus power ups added. Well here we are with another Galaga feature, but unlike the excellent Arcade port released by Arlasoft just last
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