Umphrey's McGee sends out a Thank You email to fans. It includes recent music downloads and video. Observe the actual email.

Umphrey's McGee sends out a Thank You email to fans. It includes recent music downloads and video. Observe the actual email. 

Wouldn't it be great if every time we looked at our phones it was all music and rainbows? We here at Team UM wanted to pop in and wish you well this weekend, and offer our gratitude for continuing to inspire us to do what we do. As a token of our thanks for being the best fans in the biz, enjoy this complementary download of "Der Bluten Kat > Final Word > Der Bluten Kat" from our New Haven, Connecticut show on Thursday. Being a man down is a rare occurrence for us but we appreciate Joshua Redman stepping in to slay it. In addition, how about an unreleased video of "All In Time" from our 2016 Halloween run in St. Louis? You're awesome. Keep that shit up.

Pietro Bros - A stunning ZX Spectrum homebrew based on Mario Bros from the NES

Well it is finally Christmas day, oh the joys! This is the time when all the homebrew developers come together to show off their very special treats for both the young and old in all their retro gaming splendour. Welcome to possibly the best looking ZX Spectrum game we've seen so far this winter and one that has been in development for some time, Noentiendo - Pietro Bros by Cristian M.

Frogger Arcade for the C64 - Hokuto Force ports a classic for Christmas

It is almost Christmas day and as a special release by Hokuto Force they have finally released the port remake of the Konami classic from 1981, ' Frogger '.  Now known as ' Frogger Arcade ' and remade for the C64 by Inyaksa, with music by Snabel, Graphics by Alias Medron, Inyaksa and linking by The Overkiller is now more in line with the Arcade version unlike the original game. It features

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

Heart Of The Alien Redux Amiga v1.0 - Amazing news as Another World sequel gets an Amiga port!

In 1991 Delphine Software released the cult classic platformer Another World for the Amiga and Atari ST, it was and still is a game that has lived on in the hearts of many, as it had incredible cinematic effects for its time in both the graphics, sound and cut scenes. Basically one of the best retro games on the Amiga. Yet sadly the sequel ' Heart of the Alien ', developed by Interplay

Super Thundercats - The Lost Eye of Thundera - PC remake of the 1987 classic

Rejoice retro gamers as the 1987 classic' Thundercats ' by Elite Systems has been completely overhauled using the OpenBor engine by MersoX Games for the PC. Yes you read that right the highly challenging and sometimes frustrating platformer based on the Cartoon from the 1980's, which appeared on the Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST, C64 and ZX Spectrum. Is free to download and play with updated

Jack the Ninja Preview - Challenging puzzler previewed on the C64

Next up on the list of games available for playing, is a new game previewed on the C64 by Raffaele Formato and released by none other than our good friends Hokuto Force. Titled as ' Jack the Ninja Preview ' and supplied by The Overkiller, this is a challenging puzzle platformer game in which you need to pick up all the yellow dots, avoid the crossed spikes and reach the green exit.




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The Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh - 1996 ZX Spectrum Dizzy style game is now in full English

It's not very often you get an English translation of a ZX Spectrum game, but today that is exactly what has happened with the Russian 1996 game ' the Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh ' by Softland Software'96. Regarded by many as a great Dizzy adventure style game, Winnie The Poo is inspired by the novels "Winnie-the-Pooh and All, All, All" and "The House at Pooh Corner" and has been completely

Crazy Kong City Episode one: Saving Helen Blond - Donkey Kong spin off for the ZX Spectrum

It was only just moments ago we mentioned Gabriele Amore's arcade port ' Donkey Kong Jr ' for the ZX Spectrum. But now another game called ' Crazy Kong City Episode one : Saving Helen Blond ', has appeared which looks to be a spin off from the original 1981 Donkey Kong. Developed again using AGD by Gabriele Amore, this time features Mario and he has to reach each exit on every screen, by

Dragon Spirit SE - The first of many enhanced-tweaked Amiga games

It's the end of the week and nearly into the weekend so what better way to spend it, than playing another Earok tweaked or enhanced Amiga game known as ' Dragon Spirit SE '. This game was first released way back in 1987 by Namco as a top scrolling Dragon shoot em up and was ported over to many different systems such as the Amstrad CPC, Commodore Amiga, Commodore 64, DOS, Atari ST, X68000, PC

Chiperia Issue #6 - The Chiperia Project's latest musical Amiga album is ready for download

Amiga owners across the globe, it's that time again when we look towards The Chiperia Project for even more brilliant tunes. And sure enough here we are with the Chiperia Issue #6. the very latest October album filled with brilliant remixes such as Cytron - Aldrig snigende (Life on mars cover), 2pac - Synthexample #2, Optic - Brainscience and many more to make this a worthy download for both

Cancelled Warcraft adventure Lord of the Clans released after 18 Years!

Hot News Adventure fans and Warcraft gamers as today after 18 years of waiting, the rather rare and cancelled game ' Warcraft Adventures - Lord of the Clans ' has finally appeared and made readily available for download. Originally due for release in 1998 with hints of the games incoming appearing at a number of different classic sources, ended up being cancelled all those years ago. According

The Summer of 64 - RGDS Podcast and Indie Retro News latest Amiga album!

It's that late hour news article again, and this time it's all about Aaron White of RGDS Podcast latest musical wonder, ' The Summer of 64 ' for the Amiga! As an exclusive Indie Retro News release, with a number of tracks chosen by yours truly, this big special album with all tracks converted by Aaron, has a menu graphics loading screen by none other than Paul Kitchen, who is a good friend of

SplitWolf 1.0 - The only SplitScreen 2-player coop engine for Wolfenstein 3D!

In 1992 ID Software with publishing rights by Apogee Software released the incredible first person shooter ' Wolfenstein 3D ' for MS-DOS. It was the second major release after Commander Keen and featured a unique 3D game engine with multiple enemy types such as Nazi soldiers and dogs, and multiple weapon types to defend yourself with, such as guns and knifes. A critically claimed game for its

ROBOULDIX 1993-2016 +5 - Flashtro trainer for this recent Amiga re-release

Just recently Terminus Team made their 1993 game ' Robouldix ' completely free to download for the Amiga. It was an arcade puzzle game in a similar style to that of Boulder Dash, albeit with dynamite, mines and featuring up to two player explosive antics. In our opinion from our full article available here, it was an enjoyable game to play with tons of levels, nice music and it really makes

Action Fighter - An early SMS prototype of a commercial racing shooter

In 1986 Sega released the top down racing shooter ' Action Fighter ' for the Arcades and later over to the Sega Master System. The aim of the game was to speed ahead in a multitude of vehicles such as a sports car, jet , jetski, helicopter or F1 while blasting or bumping everything in your way. It was a very enjoyable game that has reappeared this month but this time as a very early prototype

Sky Fighter - A SMS Shoot em up dump is the first version available on the internet

Even more retro goodness from our friends SMS Power is the recently internet released 'Sky Fighter' for the Sega Master System. This game by Clover Soft 1990 is a top scrolling shoot em up that according to SMS Power, was first discussed in HG101 article on Clover Soft, showing a single screen from an advertisement. It was apparently released on both MSX and SMS, but up to this day the MSX

Cave Dude - Unreleased Prototype for the Game Gear playable on SMS

SMS Power! have been busy this past week as they have come across a number of prototypes which have been dumped and made playable through a real Sega Master System or emulator such as Fusion. The first game is a platformer called ' Cave Dude ', an unreleased prototype Innovation Tech tried to get released on the Game Gear in the US. Also known as Toto World 3 in Korea and part of the

Robouldix - Boulder Dash styled Amiga game features over 100 levels

A fresh start to the week and a newly featured Amiga game to play is Robouldix. An arcade puzzle game by Terminus Team that was originally released for the Amiga in 1993 is now freely available for everyone on the internet. A game that was made available as a demo version with just five levels, was later fully featured as a two player game, with improved graphics and over 100 levels. As they

Project AM2R - Metroid 2 fan Platformer remake is finally here and wow does it look good!

To say we were gutted to miss out on this game release yesterday was an understatement, as after all these years of waiting, ' Project AM2R ', which is a high grade Metroid 2 fan based remake for PC and Linux(soon) has finally been released! Metroid is the the most dangerous of species in the galaxy. One of the most important moments of the Metroid storyline happened in SR388, after a titanic