Throughout this year IndieRetroNews Youtubber Saberman has been keeping you up to date with the latest developments of the impressive looking homebrew remake of Street Fighter II for the Atari XL/XE. Well this game which originally appeared on the Arcades, and was then ported to pretty much every system you could think of, has finally been converted over to the Atari XL/XE thanks to Krzysztof "Vega" Góra, Sim, Gaspar, Miker and GienekP.
With Christmas just a few weeks away, Mixelslab, who is behind the eagerly awaited Scorpion Engine developed Commodore Amiga game called 'Creeping Me Out : Hex Night. Has released a small festive tease of the game, as a special demo called Christmas Me Out. An arcade platformer now featuring 2 short levels, Anna (not Francis) as the protagonist, one devious boss fight, Ice blocks, ridiculous particle effects and so many penguins.
Growing up I used to collect a lot of Amiga PD games, especially as dad took me to boot fairs and markets and was happy to scan through the latest catalogue of PD games. Well one such PD game that has made an appearance for the Amiga, albeit enhanced, is Wheelchair Gladiators Championship Edition. The long awaited AGA follow up to the Amiga original from 1994. It's faster, has more weapons, special moves, hats and more inclusive. To coincide with this news, provided below is the latest details and trailer from the developer known as Hambo3.
If you haven't broken your joystick just yet, with this latest release that is very possible! As after releasing the joystick and button bashing game called Track'N'Field, JOTD has now made available another downloadable version of Konami's arcade Olympic themed sports game called 'Hyper Sports'. A transcode and amiga port with graphics & sound conversion by JOTD and music by no9. To coincide with this news, we've got a few screenshots and gameplay footage provided below.
In the 1980s Ocean Software ( Imagine Label) released a fine beat 'em up for many different 8bit systems. It was a game that involved you as a street fighter, fighting gangs, in order to rescue his girlfriend, who is being held captive by a mafia boss. Sadly, however, when it comes to the Amiga version, it was pretty terrible! With one person on the Lemon Amiga site saying it's "pure crap." Well, fast forward to today, and thanks to Douglas letting us know, he has released the Renegade Amiga AGA edition. An overhauled version that should be as faithful as possible to the Arcade.
Shock!! This isn't a JOTD Arcade to Amiga port! As I've found out from Walter Mamo that Modern Vintage Gamer is working on an Arcade to Amiga port of the top down racing game called 'Zippy Race', also known as MotoRace USA in the states. A game in which the player controls a racer who must travel on a motorcycle from Los Angeles to New York City. To coincide with this news, MVG has provided a long video showing how the game came to be and the current progress.
I haven't featured a SEUCK Competition entry for some time, so to change all that here's a new game released for the Commodore 64, it's Puppix - The Cabbage Forest by Pinov Vox, Fabs, and Richard Bayliss, A Halloween themed action game created using the Sideways Scrolling SEUCK Left 2008 version. To coincide with this news, the full story and gameplay video have been provided below.
The 1987 hit adventure game of Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards by Sierra, has been used as a showcast for a new WiC64 feature for the Commodore 64 called WiC64mex. Which enables games to trigger music, speech and sound effects over the internet via the WiC64 hardware. Do be aware however, even though this is pretty impressive, it's still only a showcast by RetroBytes. Larry: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards which is in development for the C64 by the same creator is still a long way to go before completition.
In 1987 Hewson released ' Exolon ' for the ZX Spectrum, C64 and Amstrad CPC, with a later conversion to the Enterprise 128, Amiga and Atari ST. In the game, you played as a sci-fi soldier across multiple screens blasting away enemies and defending yourself against gun defences as well as homing missiles. Well if you remember this fine game then make sure to check out Space-Time Games latest release called 'Exolon - The Continuing Adventures'; a retro gaming classic by Hewson that has received an unofficial sequel!
If you're feeling festive and want to play some Christmas games then come and check out the newest of releases from Langford Productions called 'The Snowman'. A PC remake of the 1980's game by Quicksilva based on the book by Raymond Briggs and probably the cartoon on which Aled Jones sung. To coincide with this news, we've got some gameplay footage from Rowland Reviews and the full details of this release provided below.
Well this is brilliant news and one I didn't think would happen so soon after the recent release of MUSKETEER. As the team behind that game who we know as Griffonsoft, has now made available another game for your Commodore 64 called 'Sherwood (C64 Collector’s Edition)'. A game whereby you play as the legendary Robin Hood, and must fight with bow and arrow after being exposed at an archery contest. To coincide with this news, the full details of the incredible looking game have been provided below.
I've just had some fantastic news in my inbox, as that all time classic Amstrad game called ' Oh Mummy ' from 1984, has been remade by Blazon for the Commodore 64. A game originally developed by Gem Software and published by Amsoft. Oh Mummy was one of the best games from my childhood, it had fun gameplay revealing lost Egyptian treasures, deadly mummies that needed to be avoided, and a soundtrack that has lasted the ages!
Here on Indie Retro News, we love a good retro conversion or remake, and Mutant Monty, developed by Stephen Ancell is as retro as you can get! This is a faithful Amiga conversion of the Amstrad CPC, C64 and ZX Spectrum 1980's classic Mutant Monty by Artic in all its pretty psychedelic coloured goodness. The aim of this game is to collect all the gems and reach the exit on each of the games levels. Also make sure to rescue the damsel if you make it to level 40.
I've recently found out from Saberman, that the Arcade to Amiga conversion of Irem's classic 1982 scrolling shooter of 'Moon Patrol' by both JOTD and no9(music), has now been updated with a new AGA enhanced, ECS and OCS build for you to try! Basically for those of you who were complaining about games created with just AGA in mind, you can now try lower end builds of the game all created as a transcode of Moon Patrol arcade using assembler.
The last news story from me unless something major comes out, as the previously announced Amiga shooter of 'Hyper Wings' by Geldo79, has hit the big 2.50 with a number of improvements! An Asteroids and Star Control mash up which was developed in ASM. To coincide with this news, while we did feature the game before, you can at least check out the full up to date details, as well as a gameplay video posted below.