Genesis – A rather cool Arcade Shoot ’em up for the ZX Spectrum by Retroworks

by Indie Retro News | Jun 12, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Retroworks are a group of very talented European programmers who make some excellent games for some of our favourite retro computers including the Spectrum, Msx and Amstrad cpc. The Arcade Shoot ’em up ‘Genesis’ for the ZX Spectrum 128k is certainly...

Popeye VBXE – An arcade port, but this time for the Atari XL/XE with VBXE! (RC1)

by Indie Retro News | Jun 5, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Now here’s a blast from the past, as we’ve just been informed by Liqmatrix, that the classic Arcade game of ‘Popeye’, has been released as an RC1 build for the Atari XL/XE with a VBXE as an Arcade conversion by woj. In a similar vein to Donkey...

Spediteur – A turn based business simulator released for the Commodore 64

by Indie Retro News | Jun 3, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Most of the games we feature are either platformers or shoot em ups, but today’s news is something completely different, as Saberman has informed us that WindigoProductions has released the board game styled turn based business simulator of Spediteur for the...

Video Game of the Day – June 2nd – The Sims

by Video Game of the Day | Jun 2, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade

Video Game of the Day is a daily show available on Amazon Alexa devices and here on this website. Each day, we briefly discuss the history of a single game, randomly chosen. If you would like to listen on your daily flash briefing, you can enable Video Game of the Day...

Good Kniight – A nod to Hunchback in this new C64 game from Psytronik Software in association with ICON64

by Indie Retro News | May 29, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Trawling through the latest itch io updates for new retro games to play, and we’ve just found out, that Psytronik Software in association with ICON64, have released the new Commodore 64 game of ‘Good Kniight’.A high quality and enjoyable game in...

THE400 Mini Atari Press Kit is PACKED with SURPRISES!

by GenX Grownup | May 26, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, GenX Grownup, Press Release

Atari brings the computer age home. Again! Welcome back to the Atari 8-bit world of computing! The powerful Atari 400 set a new standard of capability with its release in 1979, and along with its subsequent models, has been loved by gamers and computer enthusiasts for...