PETSCII Portal – An inspiration to Valve’s Portable arrives on the C64 and Commodore PET

by Indie Retro News | Mar 2, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, C64 Vic20, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

For those of you who have played Valve’s hit game of Portal might like this early hour news story, as we’ve recently been informed via CSDb, that if you head on over to the itch page below, you can  download either the Commodore PET or C64 version of...

Old Towers – A great game by RetroSouls arrives on the Atari ST as a port by Andy Noble

by Indie Retro News | Feb 24, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, AtariST, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

If you’ve been following RetroSouls through the last couple of years, you would’ve known that they have released great games such as GLUF, Old Tower, Twinlight, Alter Ego, and even Tourmaline for the ZX Spectrum. Well if you remember one of those games as...

Seaquest – A 1983 Atari 2600 game arrives on the C64 by H4plo, Marukpa and Richard Bayliss!

by Indie Retro News | Feb 17, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, C64 Vic20, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

We’ve featured many Atari 2600 to C64 conversions and ports throughout the years, from Spider Fighter, to Keystone Kapers and even our personal favorite Frostbite. Well here’s some good news to get us through this Friday which has been developed by...

Frostbite – A classic Atari 2600 game from 1983 has appeared as a port for the Atari 8bit!

by Indie Retro News | Feb 15, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Great news for this rather grim Monday morning, as we’ve just been told by Saberman, that as of today you can download the Atari 2600 to Atari 8bit conversion of Frostbite developed by glurk; A game that was not only originally released by Steve Cartwright for...

Fishing – A charming little C64 mini game from the upcoming RPG Crimson Twilight

by Indie Retro News | Feb 14, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Yet another game has appeared in our inbox of retro goodness, as we’ve recently been informed through Saberman, that if you’re looking for a cool little mini game to play on your C64, then make sure to check out Arkanix Labs preview of Fishing ; A FREEZE64...

Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Football?

by Derek Slaton | Feb 13, 2022 | 1970s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns, Magazine Preview

Release Date: 1978 Publisher: Atari Controller: Joystick Players: 2 Genre: Sports Alternate Title: N/A Model #: CX2625 Rarity: 1 Programmer: Bob Whitehead   Not only is this the first football game on the 2600, it’s one of the earliest games on the entire system....