Boxx Trilogy CD32/SX32 - Lemming880's Boxx bonanza on the Amiga CD32!

As an Amiga owner and a fan of homebrew releases I was pleasantly surprised by how enjoyable Lemming880's platformer ' Boxx 2 ' and ' Boxx 3 ' was on the Amiga system, especially with added bright and bold colourful detail. Both of these games were developed using backbone and required you the player to collect as many coins as possible, avoid deadly traps, kill bad bosses and finally reach

Graftgold : The Complete Amiga Works - A top notch unofficial Amiga CD32 release!

Well that's enough of the C64 for the time being, as we now look towards the Amiga CD32 for our news with a rather special release from Amiga Jay ' Graftgold : The Complete Amiga Works '. Announced earlier today, this is a fully packed CD of many of Graftgold's most popular games, an independent game developer that began in the 1980s, producing and publishing a number of computer games on a

FS-UAE 2.8.3 - An Amiga Emulator with a great GUI gets a new update for 2017

Karsten Majok from the Commodore Amiga Facebook group has just informed us of the release of 'FS-UAE 2.8.3', which is an update to one of the best Amiga Emulators with a full GUI that you can use for Amiga based gaming. As we said before FS-UAE at its core it uses WinUAE, but with a fantastic GUI and the brilliant Open Amiga Game Database and FS-UAE Arcade! What that means is, if you have the

Boxx 3 - A brand new colourful platformer for the Amiga

It's time to put the Intellision and Vectrex aside and look towards another retro system, as earlier today Lemming880 released his latest Backbone platformer ' Boxx 3 ' for the Commodore Amiga. In this colourful game you play as a green guy who has to collect all the coins, avoid deadly traps, kill nasties and jump from platform to platform to reach the end exit. Once he's done all that, it's

Remute's Retrofuturism Flashback Bundle Part 2 features C64 and Amiga fun

Remute has just contacted us about a rather nice retro bundle that has recently appeared via Groupee's. This bundle of goodness doesn't just appreciate the C64, but there is also a rather gory game via Steam that had its roots on the Commodore Amiga. This is the Remute's Retrofuturism Flashback Bundle Part 2, a fully packed retro and indie bundle priced at just $2.50.




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EgoWings - An Amiga shoot em up featured again in updated footage

In November of last year we gave you the heads up of a new shoot em up in development by Javier Alcaniz with music by Carlos Del Alamo, that featured multiple waves of ships to destroy, land based objects to blow up with big explosions, and dark lifeless landscapes. Well that same game which has been in development for the last few years has been teased again but this time with better

Bridge Strike - Modern 'River Raid' on the Amiga gets new screenshots

Only days ago from the creators of Tanks Furry , Project R3D released a teaser for their in development Amiga game ' Bridge Strike ', which had a backers winter demo along side the announced AmiGameJam. But today the developers have given us a further update, as not only is the game now classed as a modern version of Activision's River Raid , but they have also released a number of screenshots

Bridge Strike - Winter Demo teased for the Amiga of an in dev shooter

Project R3D 2016/17 are back in the news again as they have launched a brand new teaser trailer for their upcoming Winter Demo from a top down scrolling shooter known as ' Bridge Strike '. Developed by the same team behind the excellent game Tanks Furry, the latest update of Bridge Strike has been announced along side AmiGameJam and will be made available at some point soon. It will feature

PCMCIA angle connector and SD to CF adaptor Amiga update

Something different for today's update although it still revolves around the Amiga, is two important updates regarding specific hardware and drivers that makes life just that little bit easier for the Amiga community. The first one is Grzegorz Kraszewski's PCMCIA angle connector, or KA37 for short. Which is a 90 degree angle connector that makes it easier for mounting or connecting PCMCIA

CD32X-men Mind Games - Unreleased 32X title makes an appearance on the Amiga

We are only one day into 2017 and already the news is making a highlight on the Amiga and Amiga CD32, as we are welcoming ' CD32X-men: Mind Games ' into the new year. This is a rather unusual first person shooter that was actually going to be released on the Sega 32x by Scavenger, who are well known for making great games on the Sega Mega Drive. Sadly this game never made it to the 32x as it

RetroKomp/LoadError Party 2017 - An event you don't want to miss

Every year we mention all the games that come out from the retrocomputing event and demoscene party which is held in Europe by the RK/LE Team. For example these last few years a number of games were made available that didn't just appear on the Amiga but also the Sega Megadrive. Games such as Blazing Guns, VilQ, Alarcity, Krunel (zx), Tanks Furry, Bridge Strike, Trionoids and many others. So

Scourge of the Underkind - Wayne and Magnus aims to impress with their latest Amiga game!

During 2016 Wayne Ashworth and Magnus have been developing a new game called ' Scourge of the Underkind ' for 1 Meg OCS Amiga's. It is a rather spiffy looking top down arcade action game with coin and key collection that is very similar to that classic game Chaos Engine. Well during these last few months the team behind the game have been hard at work and after showing off the shop keeper

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

Cybernoid CD32 Compilation - A pre 2017 treat on the Amiga CD32 by Hungry Horace

When I was contacted by Earok earlier today, I just knew a new Amiga CD32 release was coming, and sure enough here we have the ' Cybernoid CD32 Compilation ' by Hungry Horace. These are two fantastic games on the Amiga and more especially the first one Cybernoid, as it was first released way back in 1987 by Hewson Consultants for the Amstrad CPC, C64, ZX Spectrum and later the Amiga. In fact

The new AMIGA 1200 case exclusive review - Is it as good as the original? [UPDATE]

A1200.net has done exceedingly well via crowd funding and more especially for the Amiga community these last few years as not only did they smash a Kickstarter success for their new Amiga 1200 case Kickstarter, but more recently they have also pushed towards a keycap Kickstarter success as well. Thankfully after many concerns about the Amiga cases not appearing, due a number of delays and the

A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year from Indie Retro News [UPDATE]

Here we are again with another Christmas and what a year it has been, full of incredible indie games, new homebrews, and lots of lost and found retro specials that have amazed even our own writers thanks to Genesis Project, Hokuto Force or Laxity. From C64 games such as Charlie Chaplin, Red Baron 3000, Donkey Kong + (X2016 Version), Locators Synd, Hessian, Alien 8 and Pentagram, to the

The Eric Schwartz Collection - The finest works from a legendary Amiga Animator now on the Amiga CD32

Here's something completely different and will be loved by Furries across the world and those of you who grew up during the era of the Amiga. Here we have the legendary artist who has brought you such Animated classics as Amy the Squirrel, Flip the Frog and the beloved comic book series Sabrina and the Red Shetland. This latest release by Earok and Steve for the Amiga CD32, has well over 80

X-bEnCh 1.00 - One of the best Amiga launchers gets a pre-Christmas release

If you have an Amiga with an internal CF drive or any other way of playing whdload games such as through Emulation like WinUAE, then this may be the software that your Amiga thanks you for. Although there are other OS utilities to play Amiga games such as AG-launch and Igame, they don't have the sparkle and flare that X-Bench does, which is not just an Amiga game launcher but it has many other

A1200.Net compatible Keycaps for Amiga computers is a Kickstarter success!

It's with great pleasure and excitement to announce A1200.net's Kickstarter campaign for the Amiga keycaps is now a Kickstarter success! What that means is after the very successful crowd funding campaign for the latest Amiga cases also by A1200.net, which gave you a choice of wicked case colours such the special perks by Scoopex and Skidrow, you'll now be able to make the case complete with a

Easter Egg - Enjoyable high grade platformer updated for the Amiga

The games just keep on coming and more so Amiga ones, as Per-Ola Eriksson has contacted us about a rather lovely looking game called Easter Egg that has been updated for 2016. Developed in backbone with soundtrack by Andrzej Drozd and graphics by Czeslaw Mnich, Easter Egg is an enjoyable yet challenging 2D arcade game where you play as the role of a chick through 31 levels, collecting eggs and