Bat n Ball – A Breakout / Arkanoid style game with something new to mix it all! (PC)

Sunday, 28 February 2021 / Published in arkanoid, PC
If you remember 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 be interested to know Langford Productions has released Bat ‘n’

Spider Fighter – A new C64 game as a remake of the 1982 Atari 2600 shooter

Saturday, 27 February 2021 / Published in ATARI 2600, C64
Waking up just moments ago, we’ve just been told via Facebook, that if you want to play the latest in Atari 2600 remakes on your C64, then you might want to play the C64 action shooter game called ‘Spider Fighter’; A remake of the Atari 2600 game which was originally designed by Larry Miller for

Parachute – Game and Watch title unofficially released for MS-DOS

Saturday, 20 February 2021 / Published in Game and Watch, PC
Another day and another Game and Watch mention, as the previous one was called ‘Donkey Kong Jr’ which was ported over to multiple commodore systems, and this latest release called ‘Parachute’ has been developed for MS-DOS. Now unlike the other game port developed by alargames and starring Mario, Parachute was a game released in 1981

Bagman Comes Back – A homage to Bagman, an arcade game released by Valadon Automation in 1982

Saturday, 20 February 2021 / Published in Bagman, PC
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 that’s LC-Games latest homage to the 1980’s ‘Bagman’ called ‘Bagman Comes Back’; a game that’s available to download

Albert – A high grade platformer released for the ATARI XL/XE

Wednesday, 17 February 2021 / Published in Albert, ATARI
Those of you looking for some fresh news for the Atari XL/XE have come to the right place, as Saberman has just informed us of a brand new game for the Atari 8bit called ‘Albert’. This game first mentioned via the atarionline website, tells us of a character called Albert that has to traverse many

Annalynn – A 2D platformer made in the style of arcade games from the early ’80s!

Tuesday, 02 February 2021 / Published in Annalynn, PC
We’ve certainly had our fair share of Arcade games mentioned on Indie Retro News from Donkey Kong, to Kung Fu Master, and even Rygar. But another game has just caught our attention with a nostalgic nod to the past, and that’s Cruise Elroy’s Arcade game of ‘ Annalynn ‘; a highly recommended 2D platformer for PC(Windows)