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Rick Dangerous DX – A platforming classic as a remastered edition for the Sega Megadrive!
It’s the turn of the Sega Megadrive/Genesis for a new game announcement, as the classic Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and DOS game ‘Rick Dangerous’ has been released as a remastered edition for the Sega Megadrive and Genesis called ‘Rick Dangerous DX’ by Z-Team. A game that will make you feel…
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Cubix – The first 3D platformer of its kind for the ZX Spectrum!
Trawling through X looking for some new games to be announced on Indie Retro News, and I think I’ve found a game that really stands out. This game doesn’t just look fun to play, but according to @RetroSouls, is a masterpiece from @ssmirnov_dev. Welcome to the new homebrew of ‘Cubix’ by Gogin. A game which…
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Voyage of the Retronaut – by Jeremy Parish
The early days of home video games were, to put it lightly, a mess. Dozens of companies scrambled to cash in on the Home Pong craze by releasing largely identical standalone consoles powered by fully identical chipsets all sourced from the same manufacturers. Pong was fun, sure, and the fact that it turned televisions into…
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The Hobbit (Vah-ka’s Cut) – A Lord of the Rings fan game for the Amstrad CPC
Take a pinch of Lord of the Rings, add a bit of humor, mash it all up with some retro pixels, and you’ll most likely end up with The Hobbit (Vah-ka’s Cut), developed by The Mojon Twins for the Amstrad CPC; a new game in which you must help Bilbo to find the treasure of…
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A review of the Chromatic
In the realm of FPGA Game Boys, the Chromatic has some obvious disadvantages compared to its main competitor, the Analogue Pocket. Where the Analogue Pocket has Game Boy Advance cartridge support, adapters for other cartridges, as well as SD card support that allows for playing, well, pretty much anything, the Chromatic is a much…
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Homebrew Pinball Spotlight – by Michael Thomasson
Homebrew games are typically developed by hobbyists and enthusiasts outside of official channels. By and large, they are often “one-offs” and not intended for commercial distribution. Homebrew video games first came to light in 1993, when Harry Dodgson created his own development kit for the Atari 7800 and later modified it for use with the…
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Retro Review: Wii Party U: A Lost Chance
Nintendo caught lightning in a bottle with “Wii Sports” in 2006 and you know what they say about catching it twice. Although the mega publisher had success with “Wii Sports: Resort,” other similar mini-game collections have felt like shallow compilations of tech demos. Nintendo’s newest addition to the genre, “Wii Party U,” isn’t exactly as…
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The Bard’s Tale – One of the earliest RPG’s makes an appearance on the Commodore Plus/4
The Plus/4 World website has surprised us with yet another new recovery! As they have informed the Plus/4 Facebook page, that the 1985 Interplay Productions RPG has been recovered for the Commodore Plus/4 by Csory and Siz. As in the words of the website. "Today, we put a period at the end of a very…
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Timberman – Lumberjack arrives on the Atari XL/XE
LumberJack has appeared on Indie Retro News a number of times over the years, what with Megastyle & Protovision’s C64 release in 2016 and Cobe and Lemming880’s Amiga conversion in 2017. But now it looks as if another version has come into the light, and that is Tomasz "Pecuś" Pecko and Paweł "Pirx" Kalinowski’s Lumberjack game of…
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Lock’N’Chase – 1980’s Arcade game is coming to the Amiga thanks to JOTD
What do Moon Patrol, Donkey Kong, Super Bagman, Galaxian500, Super Xevious, Track’N’Field, Gyruss and Burger Time all of have in common? Well apart from all being Arcade games, all of these games were given the Amiga treatment by none other than JOTD. A developer that seems to be on a mission, to port just about…
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