Basic 1​.​1 - Ready. A Chiptune Compilation by McKlain features 30 wicked tracks!

It's cold outside, the sun has gone down and there's not much on TV. So what better way to spend this evening than turning those speakers up for the latest Amstrad and ZX Spectrum Chiptune album by McKlain, the ' Basic 1.1 - Ready. A Chiptune Compilation. Created by the same musical genius who was behind a number of tunes such as those heard in other Amstrad CPC productions including Breaking

Chibi Akuma(s) - A mad bullet hell shooter gets an Amstrad CPC 6128 release

2017 isn't here yet and still 2016 is delivering the goods as once again another homebrew takes to the stage and this time it's the bullet hell shooter ' Chibi Akuma(s) ' developed by Keith56 for the Amstrad CPC. Now we've already mentioned this game before, but if you didn't read our write up, this game is a crazy in your face shooter with bullets appearing at you from all sides through 5

Retro Games Forever and other great Facebook groups worthy of a visit!

Over the years many Facebook groups have come and gone and some are still going even today much to the delight of the retro gaming community. But it takes more than just a whiff of nostalgia to keep the members coming and staying; it takes lots of gaming updates and posts, people getting along and an Administration worthy of your respect. And so through all this time of being an actual member

Fairlight - A brilliant 8-bit Isometric Adventure gets an Atari XL/XE port!

We have just had a really good bit of info in our email box thanks to Bartekh84, as the 8-bit Adventure classic ' Fairlight ' which appeared on the Amstrad CPC, C64 and ZX Spectrum has been converted over to the Atari XL/XE by Mariusz „mariuszw” Wojcieszek, José Pereira, and Bartłomiej „Wieczór” Wieczorkowski. First released in 1985 on the ZX Spectrum and selling over 50,000 copies with awards

Chibi Akuma(s) - A mad bullet hell shooter heading to the Amstrad CPC

You've got waves of enemies appearing at you from all sides, and there's so many damn bullets you don't know which way to turn. It just has to be a bullet hell shooter, which is coming to the Amstrad CPC developed by keith56 and called Chibi Akuma(s). Announced just recently, this game is going to be heavily inspired by Death Smiles with a horror overtone, it will feature 4 unique levels,

Oh Mummy! - One of my childhood Amstrad games, comes to the Intellivision!

One of my favourite Amstrad games ' Oh Mummy! ' has appeared again but not as a HD remake but this time the game has been ported over to the Intellivision. Oh Mummy! in my opinion was and still is one of the best games on the Amstrad from 1984 and published by none other than Amsoft, a well known publisher for the Amstrad computer. So you can see why I'm just that little bit excited to try out

Super Mario Bros CPC - A Nintendo classic on the Amstrad CPC gets an in dev port update

As one of the greatest platforming game series ever released I'm sure many of you remember ' Super Mario Bros ' released by that famous company Nintendo in the late 80's for the NES. Well if you've been keeping an eye on Indie Retro News, you would've learnt of GinBlog82's in development port of that famous game but this time on the Amstrad CPC. If you didn't know about it, now's the time to

Street Fighter II 128K - The latest CPC edition with new AI implementation teased

Indie Retro News has been keeping you up to date with the latest developments with the impressive looking homebrew remake of Street Fighter II titled ' Street Fighter II - CPC Edition ', which as we said before in a number of articles is being developed by DaDMaN, McKlain and AugustoRuiz for the Amstrad CPC 6128 (128Kb RAM). Well you'll pleased to know after numerous updates another video has

Street Fighter II 128K - The REAL CPC Edition shown off in new gameplay footage!

This year has just been fantastic for the Amstrad CPC with a ton of Amstrad homebrew games to spoil us, but even though we had the incredible Amiga to Amstrad port of Pinball Dreams preview, we haven't finished with the Amstrad yet. Now you may remember our big article on the very impressive looking homebrew remake of Street Fighter II titled 'Street Fighter II - CPC Edition' which is being

C4CPC Unboxing, Playtest & 3D Printed Case Assembly

It's been a big 18 months for the Amstrad community. Not only have we been treated to a plethora of great games, emulator updates and hardware mods; the much fabled GX4000 got it's own bit of retro-loving in the form of a flashcart, the C4CPC. Many 8 bit fans already to know of this, so here I take a look at this really neat bit of kit, show you the ropes (Roland style of course) and even take

Pinball Dreams CPC Preview - Is the Amstrad port preview of an Amiga classic any good?

Amiga simulation classic Pinball Dreams has made the jump to Amstrad CPC in spectacular fashion. This is an early preview of what we hope will be a complete game, brought to us by the impressive Batman Group (responsible for the Batman Forever demo). For the meanwhile, we have the delights of the BeatBox table to have a bash at, so I take a look into this with very non-biased eyes... erm.. I

Sir Ababol 2 - The Mojon Twins time to shine with a new Amstrad CPC game

Seriously I can't keep up with all these classy Amstrad games, not that I'm complaining too much but I'll have to eat some time. Anyway thanks to a heads up by Retrotaku here is the next Amstrad game and it's from those well known retro guru's The Mojon Twins, with 'Sir Ababol 2 - The Ice Palace'. Now you may have heard of the game name before, that's because Sir Ababol did actually appear on

Hire Hare - CPCRetroDev 2016 second place PRO award winner is now available for the Amstrad CPC

If you are a fan of the Amstrad CPC or have been following our news stories, you've probably already heard of the in development isometric game Hire Hare for the Amstrad CPC. But if you haven't, Hire Hare was made by Cesar Nicolas Gonzalez ( CNGSOFT) with cover art by DracuOfTheFuture, also coming second place in the PRO awards at the CPCRetroDev 2016. It puts you in control of the sorceress

CPCRetroDev 2016 - Outlaws wins overall in the Amstrad CPC dev compo

With only a few months left before we begin 2017, the #CPCRetroDev 2016 has finished and gone out with a bang with possibly the best Amstrad games seen at a CPC dev competition. The 4th edition of the retro game creation contest held at the University of Alicante, saw a number of entries and part of the Jury was none other than The Oliver Twins, famous for games such as the Dizzy series. In

Super Mario Bros CPC - The Amstrad CPC gets an early port tease of a legendary Nintendo game

Unless you were living in a cave, many of you will remember the classic game that is ' Super Mario Bros ', that was produced by Shigeru Miyamoto and released by that famous company Nintendo in the late 80's for the NES. It is an incredible platformer that has had many sequels and spin offs on different systems, ranging from the NES all the way up to the very modern console, the Wii U. Yet

Magica - Juan J. Martinez fabulous platformer for the Amstrad CPC

The week that keeps on giving as today Juan J. Martinez released his latest piece of work for the Amstrad CPC ' Magica ', which is a fun filled Arcade platformer requiring only 64K of RAM. Featuring a massive 50 levels of enjoyment, with multiple level designs and different enemy types, you play as a powerful sorceress who has had her potions stolen from her laboratory. It's down to you to

Doomsday Lost Echoes - A grand space adventure is now available on the Amstrad CPC

An early morning surprise for Amstrad CPC 128k owners as Doomsday Productions have now released their high grade adventure game programmed using the Professional Adventure Writing System, of ' Doomsday Lost Echoes '. As we said before in our big write up (here), this is a top quality text based adventure game featuring three possible endings, multiple side-quests, tons of pixel art, detailed

Hire Hare - A lovely isometric Amstrad game is in development

The Amstrad scene has really kicked it up a notch, what with the recent preview release of the jaw dropping Amstrad port version of Pinball Dreams from the Amiga. But now another game is in development, and this one is an isometric adventure game by CngSoft and is called 'The World Of Hire Hare' or 'Hire Hare' for short. Although not much is known about the game as it will be previewed at 

Pinball Dreams (Preview) - Fantastic Amiga classic is now available as a preview on the Amstrad CPC!

After multiple articles and a big tease on the social media sites, the fantastic Amiga pinball game ' Pinball Dreams ' by Digital Illusions CE in 1992 has finally been made available as a preview download on the Amstrad CPC by none other than Batman Group, creators of the scene demo Batman Forever. Experience one of the best ever Amiga pinball games and now in glorious 8bit Amstrad graphics,

Doomsday Lost Echoes - A grand space adventure coming to the Amstrad CPC next Tuesday!

Doomsday Productions has recently released a seriously cool trailer for their upcoming Adventure game ' Doomsday Lost Echoes ', which is due next week on Tuesday for the Amstrad CPC. Classed as a text based adventure game, you play as Mike, a renegade, a bounty hunter, a scavenger, or even a mercenary who has just run out of money from his last mission, thankfully the luck could be on his