Blackthorne – DarkwyndPT takes a look at a very good classic action game!
Monday, 14 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Well, like I promised last time, today’s review is from a GOOD action PC game and it’s also one of the first games produced by a famous game developer. I’m talking about Blackthorne. Blackthorne (AKA Blackhawk in Europe) is an action/platform game developed by Blizzard and published by Interplay. It was originally released in 1994
- Published in SNES Indie Game Releases
Tagged under:
DarkwyndPT, DOS, Game Boy Advanced, GAMES, GAMING, GOG, Labels: BLACKTHORNE, PC, PC Gaming, PC-98, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, Sega 32x, SNES
Wing Commander – An incredible space sim gets a BIG Cola Powered Gamer review
Monday, 14 August 2023
by HAS Admin
When talking about space sims, sooner or later someone will mention Wing Commander. Developed by Origin Systems, Wing Commander can be considered one of the best and influential space sim ever created. Wing Commander had a different take on the then established space sim formula, bringing the game and space combat to the levels of
- Published in SNES Indie Game Releases
Tagged under:
Amiga, Cola Powered Gamer, DOS, FM Towns, GAMES, GOG, Labels: 3do, Origin Systems, PC, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, REVIEW, SNES, SPACE SIM, WING COMMANDER
Syndicate – Action/strategy classic by Bullfrog gets a DarkwyndPT review
Monday, 14 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Well, this retrospective sure is going slow, isn’t it? Sorry for taking so long, but because of recent work issues, I no longer have a lot of free time. And it happened all of a sudden, without notice, so I couldn’t cancel anything or plan around it. Anyway, today’s review is probably of my favourite
- Published in SNES Indie Game Releases
Tagged under:
BULLFROG, DarkwyndPT, DOS, GAMES, GAMING, Labels: Amiga, MAC, megadrive, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, REVIEW, SNES, syndicate
Rit and Tam – Arcade classic Rodland is getting an Amstrad CPC remake
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
An early morning news story for all you fine Amstrad owners, as we’ve recently been trawling the Cpcwiki forums and can now confirm the Arcade classic of Rodland, is getting an Amstrad remake overhaul called ‘Rit and Tam’. Although this game was already released for old systems such as the Amstrad, Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore
- Published in AMSTRAD
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AMSTRAD CPC, GAMES, GAMING, Labels: AMSTRAD, REMAKE, Remaster, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, Rit and Tam, RodLand
Toki – In dev Amstrad version of an Arcade classic gets another tease
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
The Amstrad has really set the bar high for 8bit developed games over the years, with incredible releases such as Pinball Dreams, Ghosts ‘n Goblins (Preview), Alcon 2020, Red Sunset, SGT.Helmet Training Day 2020 and even The Abduction of Oscar Z. Thankfully new games are still on the horizon to keep the goodness going, as not only do we
- Published in AMSTRAD
Oil Panic – A Game & Watch classic from 1982 appears on the Amstrad CPC
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Another day and another Game & Watch mention, as the previous one was called ‘Mario’s Cement Factory’ which was created by Hayesmaker64 as his first assembly game, this latest release however called ‘Oil Panic’ has been developed for the Amstrad CPC by Crazy Piri as a tribute game. Now unlike the other game mentioned above
- Published in AMSTRAD
Ghosts ‘n Goblins – Overhaul in development for the Amstrad Plus looks amazing!
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
The Amstrad has really set the bar high for 8bit developed games over the years, with incredible releases such as Pinball Dreams, Alcon 2020, Red Sunset, SGT.Helmet Training Day 2020 and even The Abduction of Oscar Z. But here’s one game that I think that will really impress the Amstrad community as a complete overhaul,
- Published in AMSTRAD
Tagged under:
AMSTRAD CPC, Amstrad Plus, GAMES, GAMING, Ghosts 'n Goblins, Labels: AMSTRAD, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming
Moritz the Striker – A Football-Soccer Platformer now available for the Amstrad CPC
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Moritz has certainly had a lot of ZX Spectrum games throughout our speccy write ups on Indie Retro News, he’s been in Moritz Strikes Back, Moritz 48k, Moritz to the Moon, and yes even the the most recent of games, Moritz on the Autobahn. So what else can Moritz star in? A Football/Soccer game of
- Published in AMSTRAD
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AMSTRAD CPC, football, GAMES, GAMING, Labels: AMSTRAD, Moritz, Moritz the Striker, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming
GEM JAM – Bejeweled/CandyCrush work in progress for the Amstrad CPC
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
We’ve featured a number of great match 3 games on Indie Retro News, games such as The Return of Traxtor and Vegetables Deluxe to name but a few. But now after searching the very depths of the Amstrad world, we’ve come across a brand new WIP game for the Amstrad called ‘GEM JAM’; a freely
- Published in AMSTRAD
Tagged under:
AMSTRAD CPC, GAMES, GAMING, GEM JAM, Labels: AMSTRAD, Match 3, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming
Silk Dust: Emilia Vittorini’s 3rd – Multi system Adventure game released by Davide Bucci (Amiga,MS-DOS,C64,ZX Spectrum…)
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Something slightly different for today’s retro heads up, as we’ve just been contacted through Twitter, that as from today, you can download the latest multi-system release of Silk Dust: Emilia Vittorini’s 3rd; a brand new text adventure game that has come out of a long tested beta, on eighteen different machines, such as the C64, VIC20+32K, C128,
- Published in AMSTRAD
Tagged under:
Amiga, AMSTRAD, ATARI ST, c64, GAMES, GAMING, Labels: Adventure, MAC, MS-DOS, MSX, Plus/4, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, Silk Dust, Zx Spectrum