3x3 Eyes : Juuma Houkan - Side-scrolling action adventure gets a full English translation

The gaming news just keeps on coming, as just moments ago @VizionGamer gave us the heads up of the English translation for the side scrolling action adventure game on the SNES ' 3x3 Eyes : Juuma Houkan '. Released only in Japan in the mid 90's and developed by Banpresto, this game is based on the 3×3 Eyes manga and OVA and puts you in control of Yakumo. You must travel around various parts of

Cayne - Free, isometric horror game from the creators of STASIS now on Steam!

We have just been contacted by The Brotherhood, the creators of Stasis, that they have announced the release of their FREE horror Adventure game ' Cayne ' on Steam, for PC, MAC, SteamOS and Linux. ' Cayne ' is an entire standalone game set in the Stasis universe, based around the expectant protagonist, Hadley, who has woken up in a deadly facility and must deal with many stomach-churning

Alwa's Awakening - Charming looking retro style platformer coming this Jan to Steam

Next up in our list of goodness and one I think most of you will be looking forward to playing, is Elden Pixels retro inspired PC platformer ' Alwa's Awakening ', which is going to be released this month Jan 2017. In this game you play as Zoe, a heroine sent from another world to bring peace to the land of Alwa. You must use your magical staff against all manor of strange beasties and big

Metroid - Rogue Dawn - Unofficial NES prequel to the original Metroid game released!

Another great release today and this is for all you NES gamers across the globe, as Grimlock, Optomon, snarfblam and team have released ' Metroid : Rogue Dawn ' version 1.10; the unofficial prequel to the first Metroid game released way back in 1986. This rather eye opening prequel shows the events that unfolded before Samus's famous Zero Mission on planet Zebes, it puts you in control of Dawn

The Darkness of Raven Wood - A very spooky Adventure for BBC Micro and Electron [UPDATE]

It's still Winter but that doesn't stop us from mentioning games that would be more suited to Halloween, especially with Rucksackgames latest 8-bit Adventure ' The Darkness of Raven Wood ' that was only just recently released for the BBC Micro and Electron. In this creepy game set in the year 1862, you are on a quest to find out what has happened to your old childhood friend Raynard, but

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

Caren and the Tangled Tentacles 2 - An incredible C64 adventure gets a sequel tease

For many months now we have been discussing the brilliant Caren and the Tangled Tentacles on the C64 by Oliver Lindau , Martin Wendt and Kamil Wolnikowski. It was released as a downloadable 1.1 version, and then later as an exclusive limited Caren and the Tangled Tentacles V1.3. Which meant that many of us didn't get the chance to play the gorgeous final build. But now we have even better news

Pentagorat 2016 - An isometric adventure launched for the Commodore VIC-20

We are turning back the clock even further now away from the Amiga and looking towards the Commodore VIC-20 for our gaming fix, as Misfit has made available his homebrew isometric adventure game ' Pentagorat 2016 ' for the VIC-20. Released as a short game with a similar design style to that of Head over Heels. You play as a strange looking black creature who wakes up and can't remember exactly

Argus - Dungeon Crawling style C64 Adventure teased in new preview footage

Even more C64 news now, as once again Trevor Story has teased another game in development for the C64 and this time it's an Adventure game called ' Argus '. Now there's not much to go on, but the game looks to be a Dungeon Crawler of some kind as you traverse through woodland areas, picking up items, especially weapons and using them against menacing foes. I'm unsure as to when it's going to

Soulless 2 - Action adventure sequel in dev for the C64 gets new footage

For those of you who have had enough of the ZX Spectrum this week, might like to know the C64 has also had a bit of an eye opener today, as Trevor Storey has shown off an early sneak peak footage for the action adventure game 'Soulless 2'. This is the sequel to Soulless (link) but this time as he puts it is more ' Antiriad ' and less Draconus and Impossible Mission that was seen in the first

SRAM 2 - CINOMEH'S REVENGE - 8-bit Adventure remake features 30 graphic modes, coming soon

Arjon van Dam, the same developer behind the work in progress adventure game ' Futurama ' and 'Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards (AGI)', has recently announced SRAM 2 - CINOMEH'S REVENGE, a PC remake of the late 80's text based adventure game which was first released for the Amstrad CPC and PC ( MS-DOS ). Now you probably haven't heard of this game before, that's because it

Goblin Towers - Classic 1980s C64 Text Adventure Release

Text Adventures were many of our first forays into video gaming. Similar to the Adventure stories we would get as books each adventure was usually a unique, and fulfilling story combined with puzzles, traps, loot, and enemies. The latest Genesis Project release on csdb is one such classic adventure game: "Goblin Towers" by Supersoft It features the game's cover art, some hints, a map and

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

Super Skelemania - A super Indie game needs your Steam Greenlight votes

This week so far has been non stop retro games on pretty much every system I can think of, from the BBC Micro, to the C64 and the ZX Spectrum. So now we are going to look towards the latest Indie games to get our more modern fix with Benal's in development Adventure Platformer ' Super Skelemania '. This game is currently going through a Steam Greenlight campaign with a playable demo for PC,

Zombi Terror - The Walking Dead style adventure enhanced for the Amstrad CPC

On the 31st of October during Halloween, Hokuto Force re-released the Walking Dead style adventure game ' Zombi Terror ' for the C64. It was first released by Kabuto Factory on the same system in just 2015, with other systems before that such as the ZX Spectrum, MSX, Sega Megadrive and PC. Fast forward to today however and Zombie Terror Reloaded, which was and still is an enhanced version of

Waiting for the light - Interactive Adventure game for the ZX Spectrum

All those years ago when I was but a teenager at school, I loved bringing in those Ian Livingstone books with the dark fantasy covers, usually showing off some evil menacing beast. What made the books so unique to me, wasn't because it was a scripted story but everything about it was interactive. The choices you made, sometimes by the roll of a dice, followed the story on another page usually

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

Zombi Terror +DGMW - The Walking Dead style adventure comes to the C64...Again

More Halloween goodness tonight, and this one comes from Hokuto Force with a re-release of the Walking Dead style Adventure game ' Zombi Terror ', which first appeared in 2015 by Kabuto Factory for the C64. Now known as ' Zombi Terror +DGMW ' with a +1 trainer, onefiled, Dox, walkthrough and original Speccy pic, you explore an island and a city while avoiding Zombies and finding new areas for

The Darkness of Raven Wood - A very spooky looking Adventure in dev for BBC Micro and Electron

Tonight is Halloween so all the ghouls and ghosts come out to play, so what better way to spend an evening than checking out the latest creepy games that have been released or are in development, such as John Blythe's 'The Darkness of Raven Wood' which is coming to the BBC Micro and Electron. Mentioned via our Retro for Show Facebook group by the developer, The Darkness of Raven Wood is a text

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