Santa’s Workout – The first of many C64 games for Christmas, with Vector5games latest release!

by Indie Retro News | Dec 24, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, C64 Vic20, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Christmas is here and you’d expect to see lots of Christmas themed games appearing on Indie Retro News in the lead up to the 25th. Well that’s certainly happening this week, as the first game to be mentioned on our site is a Christmas game by Vector5games...

My First Game: Chris Shrigley and Bounder

by Antstream Blog | Nov 11, 2022 | 1980s, Antstream, C64 Vic20

Everyone has to start somewhere. Even the most dedicated and renowned game developers began with one simple idea, polishing and honing it until their first game duly appeared. Sometimes these would be released virtually unnoticed; on other occasions, they’d hit the...

50th Anniversary of Atari Pong – Pong50(Amiga), Space Pong(Amiga) and PongClone(C64)

by Indie Retro News | Nov 3, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, Atari, C64 Vic20, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

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....

Bring back more bones 4k – A rather small yet unique Dungeon Crawler for the C64 by Commocore

by Indie Retro News | Oct 31, 2022 | 1990s, 2020s, C64 Vic20, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Another heads up for you all fine folk, as if you’re a fan of the Dungeon Crawler genre, with games such as Eye of the Beholder or Dungeon Master, then it might be worth your time checking out Commocore’s latest release of Bring back more bones 4k; a...

Castle Climber – Another crazy climbing C64 game is here and this one is from Nello Galiano

by Indie Retro News | Oct 21, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, C64 Vic20, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Another retro gaming article to keep you company and yes there’s certainly been a lot today already, is a brand new game for the C64 called ‘Castle Climber’. This game developed by Nello Galiano for the Retro Programmers Inside competition, is a...

Puzzle Bobble – ACIED, NM1564 and Hend’s C64 release of the Arcade classic gets a new v1.21 update

by Indie Retro News | Sep 21, 2022 | 1970s, 2020s, C64 Vic20, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Remember when we featured the exclusive news story of the brand new Arcade conversion of Puzzle Bobble, which was released for the Commodore 64 thanks to ACIED, NM1564 and Hend as a 100% replica of the Puzzle Bobble arcade version? Well here’s some great news...