Pong Clone 2017 Preview 2 - Pong into the year 2017 on the C64 with an update

In the 1970's Bushnell and another guy called Alcorn released a Pong prototype at a local bar named Andy Capp's Tavern, yet it wasn't until 1975 and through a long history that Pong actually appeared in our homes, and on my very own Atari 2600. Yet fast forward to today in 2017 and here's another release by Genesis Project and development by Nielsf on the C64 'Pong' Aka 'Pong Clone 2017

Fight Run Preview - Onslaught teases a tiny 2D fighter on the C64

Checking through the latest CSDb updates, I happen to come across a new preview on the C64 released by Onslaught that looked like it could be a game to keep an eye out for when it's actually released in full. This is ' Fight Run Preview ' ; a lovely little 2D fighting game that stars up to two players kicking and punching each other until the time runs out.




In Fight Run Preview the first

Locators Synd Preview - Colonize the lands in this new C64 game preview

If you love 8bit gaming Indie Retro News is certainly the place to be today, as we have yet another retro game to show you and this time it's ' Locators Synd Preview ' on the C64. Released by Genesis Project, this is a high quality and in their words promising new strategy game, translated from German to English by WertStahl and linked by L.A.Style. Think of it as an early Colonization ,

Thrust 30 - Hayes Maker Games celebrates the 30th anniversary of Jeremy Smith's "Thrust"

I'm sure many retro gamers will remember Thrust, which was first published by Firebird Software Ltd and released in 1986. It also originally came on a multitude of systems including the Atari 2600, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, Electron, Vectrex, and ZX Spectrum. In fact it was such a popular game, over the years we've had many remakes and

Wizerior II Preview - A visual tease to a C64 Gauntlet clone

I believe we all enjoyed playing that classic arcade 1980's game Gauntlet both in the Arcades and on original home computers and consoles. But did you know away from the maze like ghost and demonic arcade filled original there was a clone called Wizerior? Yes indeed, in 1989 Markt & Technik released their Gauntlet clone, which although wasn't as good as Gauntlet still had its charm. It's also

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,

Super Stardust Preview - An Amiga shoot em up on the C64? Well sort of

In 1994 Team 17 published the sequel ' Super Stardust ' for the Amiga AGA and Amiga CD32. it was regarded by many as a very good Asteroids game, with slick graphics and sound you just couldn't help but tell your friends about. Well now all these years ahead, and this week a coder by the name of Jupp3 has shown what the tunnel part of the game might've looked like if it was released on the

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.




If you

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

Okinawa Rush - A seriously cool Beat Em Up/Platformer you've got to play!

Move over Way of the Exploding Fist as a new game is fighting to take your belt. Titled as Okinawa Rush and developed by David Miller, Steve Miller and Gary Angelone, this is a seriously cool ninja beat em up based platformer, that is in development for PC with a possible Kickstarter to come. In this game you play as the experienced martial artist Hiro Yashima, who has honed his skills to a

Red Baron 3000 Preview - Onslaught teases a C64 game that could've been awesome

Throughout this week a few previews had appeared that didn't really take to my fancy, but one such C64 game called Red Baron 3000 Preview, took me completely by surprise. Released by Onslaught earlier on today, Red Baron 3000 is a top scrolling shooter with very impressive graphical effects and simultaneous music and sfx. According to GTW, this game was by Hein Holt who was inspired by the

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

Heroes Rescue - Indie Retro News gives this new Amstrad CPC game an exclusive preview!

Over these past few months we've been featuring Defecto Digital's upcoming homebrew platformer ' Heroes Rescue ' for the Amstrad CPC. It was by the same developer who also released ELF, an adventure game based on the arcade version released by Ocean Software in 1992. Developed using AGD, in Heroes Rescue you play as the lovable character FRY from Futurama and must rescue all the famous heroes

R.I.O.T. Preview + - A C64 early access by Laxity

Commodore 64 game releases are coming in thick and fast at the moment... And here's another. This is R.I.O.T. A new game currently in development, and cracked by Laxity.  You get to try 4 levels of a game before it's finished. You can also try the preview with infinite energy thanks to the trainer.





This is a side scrolling action game where you explore levels by running left and right,

Barnsley Badger - Could this be one of the best C64 games of 2016? Exclusive Preview!

During Chris Wilkins Kickstarter campaign for 'The story of the Commodore 64 in pixels', which was a huge success. One of the pledges £65 or more ,was a signed copy of a new C64 game called 'Barnsley Badger', developed by Trevor Story, George Rottensteiner and team. It star'd a gambling badger called Barnsley, who, after overhearing a conversation about a discovered gold coin in a graveyard,