Slightly Magic - The ZX Spectrum classic now available! (Desktops & Tablets)

Just recently we featured Slightly Magic, a nice little gem of a retro classic that was getting a make over due for release 7th July. Well that day is today and Slightly Magic is now available for download! This retro classic was highly regarded in the local Sinclair Magazines and as such Colin Jones has re-released it, featuring the original art work and game play and resolving some of the original platform limitations. If you're a big Dizzy fan, and like solving puzzles with spells then this retro gem is just the game for you! Slightly Magic is now available for Android, iOS, PC, Mac & Linux, so what are you waiting for, let's relive the golden age of 8-bit gaming!

Wings of Saint Nazaire - Space combat with a Wing Commander and X-Wing vibe gets a demo

When it comes to Wings of Saint Nazaire, It's not often I say this, but WOW! This could be a real contender to the classic Wing Commander games that we remember so well. Developed by a team of people such as Howard Day, Jan Simon, Duncan McPherson and Daniel Hoffman, Wings of Saint Nazaire is an action-orientated space simulation game reminiscent of titles such as Wing Commander™ and the X-Wing™ series. Featuring great graphics, modern lighting effects and cool weaponry, Wings is an easy to play and an enjoyable experience that you really should be keeping a close eye on while it's in development. You'll also be pleased to know that the developers have released a Demo

Claire - 2D Horror Adventure releases today on Steam!

Developed by Hailstorm Games you play as Claire, who is lost, alone and hunted in a world that has become shrouded in darkness with unseen threats. Aided by only her dog and armed with a flash light you'll be engrossed in a 2d Horror Adventure that has you saving others while conquering her own fear to find her comatose mother. Claire looks to be a grand horror game that will scare you witless as you explore multiple levels, while trying to contend with your own panicking state and the evil that is contained within the blackness. 

South Park VR - See South Park through your own eyes via Oculus Rift

Developed by a small group of superfans at Tool, comes a South Park experience unlike any other, a software release that some would class as the most immersive South Park visual experience yet. Taking inspirations from other renditions of the city of South Park, such as the recent game "Stick of Truth" and the season 17 show intro you'll be able to walk around the area of South Park viewed through your eyes using an Oculus Rift.

Candlelight - Platform Adventure, gets a new gameplay trailer!

Pixel Maverick Games has once again given us the candlelit heads up about Candlelight, their new platform-adventure that stars you as a candle, in an adventure to bring the light back to the land.  You'll be travelling across the landscape battling through rain, wind, lava, TNT and everything else that might put your light out in a game that has both charm and cool lightning effects. Although the developers have stated it's nearly in Alpha state, the graphics have come a long way since it's early days and it's looking to be a platform-adventure that I can't wait to be a part of.

Retaliate - Free Shoot em up with a difference for Android

I do love a good Shooter, especially when it changes the style of game play and has waves and waves of deadly enemies that have to be destroyed. So here comes Retaliate by the developers Romans I XVI, that comes with a unique idea. Unlike other Shooter based games, you start with no ammo and must absorb your enemies' ammo and use it back against them in retaliation while avoiding getting blown up.

Memoirs of a Spectrum Addict - Feature film growing up with the ZX Spectrum

I'm not usually one for featuring books or films, but when it comes to anything gaming retro, especially of the 8-bit era I'll most likely give it the thumbs up. Well just recently I was contacted by Andy Remic who is a Novelist and ZX Spetrum fanatic with 16 published books, about his new feature film (110+mins) that's currently running an Indiegogo campaign which is based on Andy Remic’s memoirs growing up with the ZX.

Rampage Knights : A Medieval Coop Beatemup gets an Indiegogo and Steam Greenlight campaign

Rampage Knights game by RakeInGrass games is about a group of knights who are robbed of their loot by an evil wizard. The game is a multiplayer beat-em-up which involves you attempting to get to the castle of the evil wizard from basecamp. You will want to grab a gamepad and some friends for the best experience. It's always great to see another game with a focus on local coop.

Insomnia - Update - Playable demo released!

The boys at studio mono who produced the awesome looking Insomnia kickstarter that we featured the other week have released a playable demo! They seem to be having bandwidth issues with their provided links so make sure you check the campaign home page or the most recent updates page for the current download link.

Pinball Invaders Retro - A Retro inspired arcade mash up, free for Android!

Here on IRN we often get the odd mash up game where two games are mixed together to make something slightly different, and thus today Suni Games has just let us know about a new pinball game called Pinball Invaders Retro that blasts it's way into the world of Space Invaders. For all the fans of the retro game and especially those that like Pinball, this is a great title that delivers both the arcade fun of the original Space Invaders while adding the sporty ball bouncing fun of a Pinball game. The graphics are very clear and precise, with fluid controls and great music remixes from the C-64 era, it is certainly a worthy addition to your Android device, especially as it's free

Fat Beets - Rhythm puzzler gets a Kickstarter campaign

GIANT EVIL ROBOT have just given us the musical heads up about a Kickstarter campaign for a game that features not only Vegetables but also some damn fine tunes!. It's "Fat Beets", a rhythm puzzle game which features the best bits of games like Guitar Hero and mashes it up with the tile matching mechanics of puzzle games like Bejeweled.

Fist of Awesome - Bear based beat em up now available on Steam!

Here's a game we've been following for some time ever since the Geek 2012 event, and today, Nicoll Hunt of I Fight Bears (that nice fellow with a beard) has let us know that Fist of Awesome is now available on Steam. You play as a Lumberjack who is out to smack the local wildlife through time into submission with just his fighting ability and let me tell you it's awesome, fist of awesome! A game that has high attention to pixelated detail, lots of beat em up fun and now available on both PC and Mac through Steam. This is a game that's worthy of a fist up buy!

Steampunker - Point and click 2D adventure coming this summer

Steampunker by the developers "Telehorse", is a rather sparkling little 2d point and click adventure coming to your tablet this summer. Obviously it is set in a large and lively steampunk world, where puzzles and brain teasers await all those brave enough to enter this twisted landscape. If it is going to be as good as it looks , this may well be a big hit with fans of the genre. Fans of the classic Darkseed should rejoice now!

Reboot 5.0 Bundle - The latest bundle with plenty of gaming fun for only $1.99

Bundle Stars have once again released another bundle into the gaming wild, and today it's the Reboot 5.0 Bundle, which contains 6 awesome Steam games for only $1.99. Either you enjoy riding into battle, or fighting an alien invasion, Bundle Stars has you covered. Granted it's not as good as the previous bundle we featured, but when a bundle has Mount & Blade in the list among all of the other 6 games for only $1.99 for the next 48hrs, you can't go wrong.

Games in the list : Mount & Blade, Blades of Time, UFO, Thunder Wolves, Puzzle Kingdoms & Storm : Frontline Nation

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WinUAE 2.8.2 Beta 1 - The latest Amiga emulator beta release!

The last time I spoke to Toni Wilen the creator of WinUAE I suggested to him that he really should have a holiday, there's not a month goes by that Toni isn't updating the Amiga-PC Emulator WinUAE with lots of bug fixes and new improvements. Sure enough, today Toni has released another update, WinUAE 2.8.2 beta 1, which contains many many bug fixes from the previous final version of 2.8.1. Usually I recommend people updating to the latest, but this time I would recommend you hold back, especially if 2.8.1 is working fine. But enough about that, for those that do want to update, here is the change log.

Wings : Remastered Edition - The big beta update and Android, iOS news

It's been awhile since we've featured Cinemware's classic revamp of the WW1 arcade flight game, Wings and today we've just had a press release that not only shows off the latest in game screenshots but also news of the Amiga emulated, Android, iOS build version. In a recap, Wings was an all time classic WW1 flight Simulator intermixed with arcade bombing runs that was released in 1990 for the Amiga, later also ported for the Game Boy Advance in 2002, it was a true gem for it's time and is still highly regarded as one of the best WW1 games ever developed. Wings: Remastered is a revamped version of the original that will feature far higher graphical capability of the original, while still keeping to the original game play that made the original so great. Wings: Remastered was also a Kickstarter success and we at Indie Retro News have been following it's progress for some time, so read on for the new stuff!

Z: The Game - A Bitmap Brothers RTS classic releases July 5th on Steam!

The publishers KISS Ltd, Kavcom, and the developer TickTock Games have announced today that Z, the hit RTS classic by the Bitmap Brothers will be available as an updated version on Steam for July 5th. This was a fantastic game from 1996 that had not only a unique RTS style to it but a very quirky humor. A great RTS indeed, with lots of weapons, vehicles and plenty of strategic planning, a highly regarded RTS in the classic world of gaming. The publishers state that the original game has been built from scratch for today's PC's but have kept all of The Bitmap Brothers' unique style, humour and attitude. A classic game that will be a worthy purchase in today's modern world

Aeon of Sands : The Trail - Dungeon Crawling RPG love letter to the 90's!

As most of you know I'm a huge Dungeon Crawling RPG fan, especially games that hark back to the days of Eye of Beholder or Lands of Lore, and it's with great pleasure to announce Aeon of Sands : The Trail. Developed by Two Bits Kid, based in Germany, Aeon of Sands is a "Dungeon Adventure" story-driven RPG love letter to the golden Amiga, PC classics of the 90's

The Charm / The Chard - Brilliant ZX Spectrum game available for free

One of the things that makes us unique over other sites is the fact that we do both Indie games and Retro titles, and The Charm from RetroWorks is very much a retro title. Originally developed in 1991 by Acme and Mikomedes for the Spectrum it has since been given a new overhaul by RetroWorks, which takes advantage of the 128k models with upgraded graphics.

Underworld Ascension - The incredible RPG Ultima Underworld is BACK!

Hot off the press, OtherSide Entertainment has just announced they will be rebooting an all time classic RPG, Ultima Underworld for more modern systems. Titled, Underworld Ascension, the developers will be bringing back the classic with some of the original team from the original franchise and headed by the original Underworld designer Paul Neurath. This is pretty incredible news as Ultima Underworld was an all time classic Dungeon Crawling RPG released in the early 90's that was cited as the first role-playing game to feature first-person action in a 3D environment.

Golden Axe - A retro look back at a classic beat 'em up

Now where's my Horn of Mead wench? After playing Golden Axe, I am definitely feeling my inner barbarian. This great game from Sega was almost a world apart from the game we have come to know and love. Originally inspired by the 1982 film Conan the Barbarian (staring our old friend Arni), mixed with the Traditional Korean Folk Tale "Golden Axe Silver Axe" also known as "The honest woodsman", Golden Axe was intended to be an RPG game with ornate graphics giving an inspiring journey. Sega however, weren't keen on this idea but loved the character concepts. Since, at the time, the main money making was in the Arcade, Sega knew, they needed a game that had a faster pace.

Karma Incarnation 1 - AuraLab announces a fantastic adventure with plenty of karma!

I'm not sure if you believe in Karma which is basically if you do something good or bad, the same will happen back to you, but Karma Incarnation 1, from the developers AuraLab gives you that Karma like experience in a world of creativity and surrealism. An adventure game where you play as Pip, who is incarnated in the form of a cute-yet-brutal worm, that changes his appearance based on the actions of your choices, good or evil. So do bad things and your little fellow turns into a predatory creature with big teeth and nasty spikes, ooerr!

ClusterPuck 99 - Up to 8 player competitive fun!

Usually I'm not one for sporty type games or those that are highly competitive, yet when I saw ClusterPuck 99 it stood out from the crowd. Developed by PHLCollective, ClusterPuck 99 features up to 8 player competitive matches in both against and local co-op, as you bash each other around the map to gain control of a puck to reach the opponents goal.