The History of Ultima Part 1: Humble Beginnings and Zip-Top Bags

by Jarrod Kailef | Sep 29, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, Apple 2, Retro Computing

The humble plastic zip-top bag is great for storing a sandwich, but what does it have to do with old school gaming? Quite a bit, in fact! Back in 1979, a young man programmed a video game that was distributed in a zip-top bag, which would come to spawn a trilogy of...

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...

Lemmings – Deater has released a proof of concept of Lemmings for the Apple II!

by Indie Retro News | Sep 3, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, Apple 2, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Lemmings was a game published by Psygnosis way back in the early 90’s for the Amiga, Atari ST and PC and regarded by many as one of the greatest games ever, especially as it featured many blue, green haired Lemmings that could be blown up, ripped apart and...

Tutankham – A C64 port of Tutankham, an arcade game developed by Konami in 1982.

by Indie Retro News | Aug 30, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, C64 Vic20, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Even more retro games to get through now, as thanks to a late hour heads up from Saberman, we’ve just been told LC-Games has released the new C64 game of ‘Tutankham’; A C64 port of Tutankham which was originally an Arcade game developed by Konami in...

Knights & Slimes – An in dev Arcade platformer for the C64 by Monte Boyd gets another tease

by Indie Retro News | Aug 6, 2022 | 1980s, C64 Vic20, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Another C64 news story for you all, and one I think many will still be interested in playing when it gets an eventual release, is the upcoming game of Knights & Slimes for the C64 by Monte Boyd. Yes indeed thanks to another shout out on Twitter, not only is Monte...

Riviera Story – A new arcade platformer is previewed for the C64 by Bladawietz

by Indie Retro News | Jul 12, 2022 | 1970s, 2020s, C64 Vic20, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Even more C64 games to get through today, as trawling through the CSdb database we’ve come across a new C64 game as a preview called ‘Riviera Story’ by Bladawietz(?). This game available to try, looks to be an Arcade platformer in which you play as...