While the latest news will be slower this week due to an extreme heatwave, I'm still pleased to write up that the playable demo called "Ramizes" by programmer Pawel Tukatsch, widely known in the community as tukinem, has made an appearance and can be downloaded below. While I haven't yet played the game and will do so soon, this nostalgic production conquered the ROMA.EXE 2026 game competition, securing its spot among the most notable retro titles of the year.
The legend that is JOTD, who has done many conversions such as Double Dragon, Ghosts'n Goblins, and Xevious, is bringing Capcom’s classic vertical shooter Commando to the Amiga as an enhanced AGA edition. The upcoming conversion leverages the Advanced Graphics Architecture of the Amiga 1200 and 4000, hopefully bringing an arcade-faithful experience that aims to surpass previous home ports. While Elite Systems originally released a well-received ECS/OCS port for the platform back in 1989. JOTD has acknowledged that the classic Elite version remains a quality conversion, noting that the architecture of the game wasn't overly complex to adapt, making an upgraded, arcade-accurate AGA version an enticing challenge he couldn't pass up.
Ask anyone about Lemmings, and their first memories, would probably be about a bunch of blue and green haired Lemmings that could be blown up, ripped apart and dropped from the highest of points before they even hope to reach that exit. So why is that great game getting another mention on Indie Retro News? Well late next month it looks as if Jörg Karwath and team will be releasing an enhanced version of Lemmings for the C64. A new version that can be seen in the very latest footage provided below.
Well this is glorious news for an early morning heads up, as the classic ZX Spectrum 3D forest chase game Deathchase has been successfully ported to the Commodore VIC-20 (8K RAM expansion) by Kweepa, the talented creator behind the VIC-20 Jet Set Willy port. To overcome the VIC-20's lack of per-cell background colours, Kweepa implemented a clever raster split technique to dynamically change the background from sky to ground colour mid-frame. Furthermore, the game optimizes performance by ditching the original Spectrum version's slow two- or three-pass rendering system. Instead, it utilizes a custom lookup table that scans ahead in the map to pull trees forward and outward. This mathematical approach speeds up gameplay significantly while ensuring highly accurate 3D perspective scaling.
The Scorpion Engine is one of the best development tools for the Amiga, as not only can you create some pretty decent looking games, but unlike other software creation tools such as BackBone they don't run at a snails pace on anything but a power house of an Amiga. Thankfully one such creator shows what could be possible, is msmalik681's upcoming Street Fighter. A game which originally appeared on the Arcades, and was then ported to pretty much every system you could think of, including such systems as the Amiga (poorly), Atari St and even the ZX Spectrum.
It's time we look towards The Sega Master System for a decent update, as there has been a surprise release of Lemmings Mega Edition version 2.0 final. Developed by the prominent romhacker behind Alex Kidd In Miracle World Extended Edition, this massive fan-made project expands the original 8-bit game into a rather epic console release. The creator returned to the SMSPower community after a two-year hiatus to unveil the culmination of an intense eight-week development cycle injecting a whopping 120 brand-new stages into the game, doubling the original count to a staggering 240 levels.
Mega Cat Studios who is behind games such as Roniu’s Tale, Super Painter, Rocket Pander and Romeow & Julicat, has made available a demo through itch io called ZPF, an adrenaline-fueled horizontal shoot-’em-up designed for the iconic 16-bit Sega Mega Drive / Genesis console. ZPF transports players into a high-octane arcade experience that uniquely welds science fiction, dark fantasy, and body horror. Drawing heavy inspiration from legendary Sega Genesis shooters of the 1990s, the title captures the raw speed and relentless energy that defined the golden age of coin-op arcades and console classics.
If you loved playing Wings by Cinemaware or Red Baron by Dynamix, then make sure to keep an eye out for the upcoming game called 'Wings of Fear 3D - Pistons at Dawn'. An ambitious flight combat title that aims to push classic hardware to its limits by blending two distinct gameplay styles into a cohesive World War I aviation campaign. To coincide with this news, we've got some more details about this game that is being developed by Microlyte TankZone creator Steve Birch, and Roar Tjørhom, the creator of the incredible Amiga Shoot 'em up Wings of Fear.
It's roasting hot here in the UK but that doesn't stop the news flowing! As Windigo Productions—the prolific studio behind acclaimed Commodore 64 hits like Pharaoh's Legacy and Devolution—is back with an immersive turn-based tactical war game that transports players to the battlegrounds of feudal Japan. Their latest release, Daimyo, is officially available for the Commodore 64 via itch io. To coincide with this news, provided below is the latest footage by Saberman.