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

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,

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 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

OutRun CPC - An Amstrad CPC style remake of a hit racer gets a beta update

In 1986 Sega released one of the coolest racers of our time, it was none other than Out Run. An Arcade racer designed by Yu Suzuki, that was not only a commercial success but became one of the best selling games of its time with great graphics, fantastic music and fast paced track racing. It was just a shame however, the Amstrad CPC port was terrible with poor frame rates, colours and sound

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

Pinball Dreams - Fantastic Amiga game has been shown on the Amstrad CPC

Not along ago we shouted from the hill tops that the incredible 1992 Pinball game ' Pinball Dreams ' from the Amiga was coming to the Amstrad CPC and from the same team behind the top quality scene demo Batman Forever who are known as the Batman Group. Well finally the game has actually been shown at the Retrosevilla and those that have seen it say it's looking very smooth indeed!




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ADIÓS A LA CASTA - EPISODE 2 - The Amstrad gets a much improved homebrew sequel release

Some time ago now, 4mhz released the first chapter of ' Adios a La Casta ' for the Amstrad CPC 6128 and 6128 Plus. It was an enjoyable game that required a 128k based system, that mixed it up with classic platforming fun, while pushing out smooth frame rates and inclusive of a decent soundtrack. But today the developer has announced the final and sequel release of Adios a La Casta episode 2,

Wolfenstein/RPG engine previewed on the Amstrad CPC

This isn't something you see every day, a new engine previewed on the Amstrad CPC, and not just any engine either, the classic 1992 ID Software's 'Wolfenstein' or in the case of this engine, Wolfenstein/RPG created by Optimus. This preview gives us a first hand look of what the developer had planned in a game but never finished last year; a smooth dungeon crawler with free movement, which can

Magica - A rather lovely Amstrad game by Reidrac gets teased

Reidrac ( Juan J Martinez ) who is one of our favourite homebrew developers on an 8bit system has appeared in our news feeds again with his new game Magica, which is in development for the Amstrad CPC. This game from the teased description is going to be a multi level single screen arcade game, with similar stun and hit mechanics to that of other great games such as Bubble Bobble and Snow Bros