8 Bit Civilizations Preview - Jaw dropping 8-bit demo remake of the classic CIV but on the C64!

For 25 years we've all been building empires to stand the test of time. Beginning on Amiga and PC in 1991, it's hard to believe we'd ever see the likes of this epic turn based 4X civ building game on anything less than 16 bits and at least a few hundred kilobytes of RAM. Teased early last year, the game has had a significant amount of work done since the early screenshots. Developer

Bomb Jack DX C64 - C64 classic overhauled is looking seriously good

Seeing as my brain hasn't completely shut down I can still remember in the late 80's on my Amstrad CPC 464 playing the brilliant Arcade port ' Bomb Jack '. It is a game that required you the player to high jump and float about getting rid of all the bombs on the screen before they are used to blow up historic places of interest, which is made more difficult by the enemies on screen. It was

Wolfenstein 3D remake now on the Pico-8!

As the 8-bit fantasy console Pico-8 gets improvements to its engine, people are pushing its boundaries more and more. As a result, more and more raycasting demos and games are coming out of the woodwork. As well as a Duke Nukem 3D demake/demo, is a WIP of the granddaddy of them all, Wolfenstein 3D, which many will recognise as the starting point for the whole First Person Shooter genre.

Iridium - Unofficial fan based remake of Uridium teased as alpha footage

A long time ago Hewson Consultants made great games for old retro computers, such as the fantastic Uridium, Paradroid, Cybernoid, Exolon, Nebulus and many more were just some of the games they released. In fact during the early part of this year the team behind that famous company launched the Kickstarter campaign for ' Hyper Sentinal ' which was a high grade modern version of Uridium. It was

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

Street Fighter II 128K - The latest CPC edition with new AI implementation teased

Indie Retro News has been keeping you up to date with the latest developments with the impressive looking homebrew remake of Street Fighter II titled ' Street Fighter II - CPC Edition ', which as we said before in a number of articles is being developed by DaDMaN, McKlain and AugustoRuiz for the Amstrad CPC 6128 (128Kb RAM). Well you'll pleased to know after numerous updates another video has

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

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

Halloween Jam 2016 - 63 games to play, including Castlevania remade in unreal!

Throughout the years there have been many game jams that have come and gone for gamers around the world to create a game specific to the theme. So if it's a Gameboy Jam for example, then the games have to look like a Gameboy game. One such jam which is still ongoing, the ' Halloween Jam 2016 ' really stood out, and it wasn't because of the amount of games on offer just 63 so far, but a

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

Frontier Elite II - Space Sim classic gets an Elite Dangerous intro remake

Here at Indie Retro News, we've always had a soft spot for Elite ever since the original 1984 release and then the fantastic sequel 'Frontier Elite II' on the Amiga in 1993. Each one vastly different in graphical quality, but still giving a space-sim sci-fi experience like no other allowing the user to fight in space, trade, complete missions and even in Frontier Elite II land on planets. They

Wonder Boy Returns - Wonder Boy classic gets a cartoon makeover

You'd be forgiven in thinking there wasn't going to be anymore Wonder Boy games coming to the PC, however after the announcement of Monster Boy and The Cursed Kingdom and Wonderboy The Dragons Trap, you're now going to have to put up with Wonder Boy Returns, which is coming to Steam this fall! With a heads up by CFK, Wonder Boy Returns is a complete remake of the first Wonder Boy game, which

Walker - Amiga blaster classic demo'd on the ZX Spectrum

Walker on the Amiga was an incredible action packed shooter by DMA Design/Psygnosis. It was released way back in 1993 and puts you and possibly a friend in control of a giant walker like machine, through multiple time periods blasting both man and vehicle to pieces with a very powerful gun. It was such a great game to play and to look at, that I was surprised to learn this week of a ZX port by

Ghouls 'n Goblins - Ghosts 'n Goblins overhauled on the GX4000 looks oh so good

Top news from the CPCWiki forums as Nemo Kantio has given us a brand new update for his upcoming Ghosts 'n Goblins overhaul, on the GX4000. Originally released way back in the 80's and ported to a number of platforms, Ghosts 'n Goblins was one of the best action adventure games I have ever played featuring a knight, creepy enemies, lots of graves, a wicked soundtrack and a high level of

Return to Genesis - Atari ST/Amiga scroller teased for the Sega Megadrive

Classed as a rare game on the Amiga, Return to Genesis started its life in 1987 as an Atari ST demo, intending to illustrate the performance of an Atari with high speed, horizontal, parallax scrolling using all of 16 colours. It was later turned into a commercial scrolling shooter in 1988 and released on the Amiga as well as the Atari ST and published by Firebird with music by none other than

Skool Daze - A retro childhood classic is coming back on Mobile and Tablets!

A fantastic news story has just reached our inbox today and also thanks to a hearty mention by Chris Wilkins (Fusion Retro Books), is Alternative Software's upcoming Skool Daze remake which is coming to mobile and tablets very soon. It's incredible to think that Skool Daze was first released way back in 1984 for the ZX Spectrum and C64 created by David Reidy. It was the only game of its time,

Dizzy XII - Dizzy Underground gets a DizzyAGE Remake

In 2001 Gogin from Russia released the Dizzy fan game 'Dizzy XII: Underground' for the ZX Spectrum. Yet fast forward to this year and a PC DizzyAGE remake has appeared by VK007 and again stars that lovable egg who has got himself into a bit of bother. He's landed his rocket onto a strange new world and as always has to help out the Yolkfolk.




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Lucius Demake - Modern horror remade to almost look like a C64 game!

Well this isn't something you see every day, especially as a commercial release on Steam. As a developer by the name of Shiver Games Ltd has completely de-made both the trailer and the entire game of ' Lucius ', which was originally released as a third person horror in 2012. Now known as ' Lucius Demake ', this is a reimagining of the original Lucius game, made to look as if it is actually

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

Fantasy World Daisy - The original Dizzy game but with a female twist!

Oh no, Dizzy has had a sex change! Well not quite, as this is "Fantasy World Daisy" by Steve Rennie (Grandad) ; a character change over from Fantasy World Dizzy, in which you play as Daisy instead of Dizzy and must rescue Dizzy from the evil King Troll instead of Daisy! Originally Fantasy World Dizzy, was released way back in 1989 by The Oliver Twins and released on multiple systems such as