A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year from Indie Retro News
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Here we are again with another Christmas and what a year it has been, full of incredible indie games, new homebrews, and lots of retro specials that have amazed even our own writers! From C64 games such as Aviator Arcade II, Portal, L’Abbaye des Morts 64, Caren Thank You Edition 2018, Organism, Limbo, Sizzler, and even Rocky Memphis
- Published in ATARI
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AMSTRAD, atari, c64, CHRISTMAS, Happy Christmas, INDIE RETRO NEWS, Labels: Amiga, Merry Christmas, PC, Zx Spectrum
Iceblox Plus – Charming little puzzle game ported to the Atari ST
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
It’s not often we get mobile games ported over to old retro computers but at the end of last month Karl Hornell released his cute homebrew puzzle game Iceblox Plus for the Atari ST, after previously being released for the C64, designed originally for mobiles such as the Sony Ericsson, Nokia and Sharp GX10. Now
- Published in ATARI
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atari, ATARI ST, c64, GAMES, GAMING, Iceblox Plus, Labels: Arcade, Puzzle, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming
SimCity – DarkwyndPT takes a look at multiple versions of Sim City in this BIG review!
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
And again we’re going to take a look at not just a true classic game, but also a highly influential title that helped define an entire genre, spawned several clones and influenced several other titles. I’m talking about the one and only SimCity. SimCity is a simulation/managerial game developed by Maxis and published by Infogrames.
- Published in ATARI
Tagged under:
AMSTRAD CPC, atari, ATARI ST, BBC MICRO, c64, CDTV, DarkwyndPT, Labels: Amiga, Macintosh, MS-DOS, PC, PC Gaming, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, REVIEW, SIMCITY, SNES, Zx Spectrum
Antstream – A retro game streaming subscription service launches a Kickstarter!
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
As someone who is a huge retro gamer going right back to the late 70’s with an Atari 2600, an Amstrad, C64, ZX Spectrum, Amiga and pretty much every other system you could think of at my disposal at one point or another through the years. I was pleasantly surprised to come across a retro
- Published in ATARI
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AMSTRAD, Antstream, atari, c64, GAMES, GAMING, Kickstarter, Labels: Amiga, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, Sega Mega Drive, SNES, Zx Spectrum
Antstream – A retro game streaming subscription service is a Kickstarter success
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Great news if you were supporting the Antstream Kickstarter; a crowd funding campaign for a retro gaming based streaming service. As we’ve recently been informed through our twitter feed, that not only is it a Kickstarter success but the pledges are still increasing and it’s now beyond £50,000! For those of you didn’t follow our
- Published in ATARI
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AMSTRAD, Antstream, atari, c64, DOS, Kickstarter, Labels: Amiga, nes, PC, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, Sega Mega Drive, SNES, Zx Spectrum
Pirates! – DarkwyndPT’s BIGGEST retro gaming review yet!
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Ahoy there mateys! Welcome back to Retro Freak Reviews. And before ye all send me down to Davy Jones’ locker for not posting a review during the entire summer, let me redeem my sinner soul by offering ye this fine review in this finest of International Talk Like a Pirate Day. I’m talking about Pirates!
- Published in ATARI
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AMSTRAD CPC, Apple II, atari, ATARI ST, c64, DarkwyndPT, DOS, GAMES, Labels: Amiga, MICROPROSE, nes, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, REVIEW
Crackpots – The last Atari to C64 conversion from Chopper Command team gets a release!
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Another great day for the C64 community, as we’ve just been told by Antonio Savona, that the same team behind the Atari to C64 conversion of Chopper Command, Keystone Kapers and the excellent Wintry game of Frostbite. Has announced the release of the next game in the conversion line up, as the classic game ‘Crackpots’;
- Published in ATARI
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atari, c64, Commodore 64, Crackpots, GAMES, GAMING, Labels: Arcade, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming
Ziggurat Interactive plans to remaster classic games such as Forbidden Forest (1983)
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
If you’re looking to play some remastered classics in the near future, then you might be interested in this piece of news. As thanks to a heads up from Blues News, we’ve found that publisher Ziggurat Interactive having acquired several other publishers’ back catalogues to gather a portfolio of over 140 titles, dating back as
- Published in ATARI
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c64, Forbidden Forest, GAMES, GAMING, Labels: ATARI, PC, PC Gaming, Remaster, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, Ziggurat Interactive
ALIEN STORM – A remake of the Arcade classic Space Invaders for multiple retro systems
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
I’m sure many of you remember Space Invaders, a game that was first released way back in 1978 in the Arcades in Japan with a further release made available in the United States and a much later version in the 1980’s on the Atari 2600. Well if you do remember it, or more especially its
- Published in ATARI
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atari, C128, c64, GAMES, GAMING, Labels: ALIEN STORM, Plus/4, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, Space Invaders, Vic20
Tristam Island – A command text based adventure with over 30 classic system support!
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Command Text Based Adventure games are back in fashion it seems, especially with the latest games mentioned such as Survival Messenger Adventure, and those included in the Halloween and Treasure Hunt Jam . But now we turn our attention to another text based adventure game that’s worth a look in, as according to the creator
- Published in ATARI
Tagged under:
Amiga, AMSTRAD, atari, ATARI ST, Atari XE, Atari XL, BBC MICRO, c64, Labels: Adventure, MSX, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, Tristam Island, Zx Spectrum