Foggy's Quest to Narg and Back Again - John Blythe‎'s ZX Spectrum game is nearly here!

Usually it takes developers a number of weeks or months to get a ZX Spectrum game out in the wild, but it looks as if John Blythe's ' Foggy's Quest to Narg and Back Again ' is actually coming soon. Developed using the very popular software Adventure Game Designer, this game puts you in control of Foggy, who is on a quest to find the lost crystals stolen by the evil NARG's from his very own

A new Monty Mole game by Andy Johns is in development!

Only just recently many of us had the pleasure of playing Andy Johns brand new Monty Mole game 'Montys Honey Run'. It was one of Andy's very first games developed using AGD and put you in control of that classic character Monty but on a personal quest to recover some honey pots stolen by Bee's. It is a fantastic ZX Spectrum game to play and impressed us even more so that it was his very first

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

LIMBO C64 - Modern Indie game as a proof of concept on the C64

If you were a fan of the game Limbo with its dark backgrounds and horror overtone, then as a retro gamer you might be surprised to learn of a Limbo C64 proof of concept that has been shown today thanks to a creator by the name of Søren Trautner Madsen. Apparently Playdead have given him the blessing as they have allowed him to port LIMBO to the C64. To coincide with this eye opening news, a

Cat Quest - In development Atari 2600 homebrew looks to impress

With all the games that come and go through Indie Retro News, there's always one that amazes us. This is especially true of ' Cat Quest ' developed for the Atari 2600 by Alp, which started as an idea to port a cancelled NES game of his to the Atari 2600, just for fun. Currently at an early work in progress state, Cat Quest uses a ' Venetian Blinds ' Interlacing Technique that according to him,

Blazing Guns - Retro Komp Gamedev Compo 2016 Amiga game is now available for download (Demo)

Moving on to the Amiga now, and a 9th place entry in the recent Retro Komp Gamedev Compo 2016, is Aszus and team action platformer 'Blazing Guns'. A game that was fully coded in assembler, with no AMOS or Backbone, looks to star a gun slinging gangster that has the ability to run, jump and shoot at enemies such as bats. It features 50fps, pure assembly code, runs from floppy drives and or hard

Sally's Garden Preview - Early in dev game on the C64 gets a first release

Genesis Project are on form this month as after previously releasing Lawless Legends an RPG proof of concept dungeon crawler for the C64, they then went ahead and released the first preview of ' Sally's Garden Preview +2 ' . Developed by Matthew Clarke, linked and trained by their new member Rhythm, this is your typical platformer whereby collection of vegetables and enemy avoidance is the

Scourge of the Underkind - Creating the 'Shopkeeper' and shop graphics for in dev Amiga game

As many of you are aware, Wayne Ashworth and Magnus has been developing a new game called ' Scourge of the Underkind ' for 1 Meg OCS Amiga's. It looks to be a top down shooter, with coin and key collection that is very similar to the epic game Chaos Engine. Well today the same creator has released a new video showing the design process for not just the shopkeeper but also the shop graphics

Alarcity - PixelGlass' upcoming first commercial Amiga game is teased

You may remember our exclusive heads up for the unofficial Amiga platformer overhaul of ' The Great Giana Sisters ', which was known as ' Giana Sisters Special Edition '. It was a remastered/overhauled release by a new label called Reimagine Games as a teaser of what was to come focusing on non commercial ports, hacks and remakes. But under a new company name which is focusing on the

Shadow Warrior - MS-DOS FPS making its way on to the Amiga

Another great heads up by Solo Kazuki is the MS-DOS first person shooter ' Shadow Warrior ', which is being ported over to the Amiga by Modern Vintage Gamer. Originally developed by 3D Realms and published by GT Interactive back in 1997, Shadow Warrior had an improved engine from the one used in Duke Nukem 3D and featured 3D voxels instead of 2D sprites, usable inventory items, and violent

Saturn Icarus - Work in progress retro inspired first person shooter

Don't get me wrong the latest Doom release is a damn fine game, but in all honesty I prefer playing the much older types, the original Wolfenstein 3D or in fact the original Doom released back in the early 90's. So it stands to reason why I just had to play Mischa's first person retro inspired game ' Saturn Icarus ', that's available to download on the PC. Please be aware however that it is a

Robbo - The Atari 5200's latest Atari XL/XE port that's in development

It is the Atari's time to shine this week, especially after the recent Donkey Kong hack overhaul, as the Atari XL/XE action puzzle game ' Robbo ' published by LK Avalon in 1989, is coming to the Atari 5200! Currently in development by tdididit, you control the robot Robbo, who, after being insidiously trapped, must travel through 56 different planets to escape!




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PR 0.1 - New WIP shooter from the developers of Tanks Furry

If top down tank blasting action is not to your liking, then how about this very early teased footage of a new River Raid style fly by shooter, developed by PROJECT R3D called ' PR 0.1 ' (Name subject to change ). From the creators of Tanks Furry, and using the same design graphics, you look to be flying a jet through tight landscapes avoiding obstacles at very fast speeds. So far we don't

Giana Sisters: Special Edition - Enhanced edition for the Amiga teased

What a fantastic news story to end the week as we have just been told through our Commodore Amiga Facebook group, that the very well known platformer of 'Great Giana Sisters', from 1987, is getting a slight overhaul for the Amiga and will be called ' Giana Sisters: Special Edition '.Many of you already know of this game by now especially Amiga and C64 owners but this game has huge similarities