ZOSYA entertainment have made some incredible ZX Spectrum games throughout the years, games such as Drift!, Valley of Rains, Travel Through Time Volume 1, Angels and even the latest Adventure game of Don Quixot for the 16k and above. Well here we are with another announcement from this homebrew creator, as they have released a rather large improvement to their 2019 ZX Spectrum game DRIFT; a seriously cool looking game whereby the aim is to drift around a set amount of laps for a high score.
Storm Software released this game and very few others, apart from the acclaimed Street Dragon, or should that be Saint Dragon? But this was way too late in the Speccy's heyday for me to have caught it first time round, so it's all new to me now. And it received a colourful update in 2012 from that man again Rafal Miazga. He's not actually sponsoring my website honestly, though maybe he should at this rate.
The game was advertised with the line "So cute, it'll make you puke!" which is quite something, interesting PR approach. I guess they were trying to appeal to the Rainbow Islands/Bubble Bobble kind of audience, but felt slightly ashamed of themselves for doing so.
I think it's about time we put those homebrew games aside and look towards an Adventure game that may excite those who played Adventure games throughout the 90's. As we've recently been informed through our email and Twitter, that Tall Story Games Ltd humorous point and click adventure game of 'Lucy Dreaming' is coming to Steam as of 18 Oct, 2022. To coincide with this news, you can either watch the trailer below or check out the latest Demo of the game which can be launched through Steam.
In 2015 we gave a special mention to Retream's Arcade homebrew of ' QUOD INIT EXIT ', a C64 game that had a cute little pig, lots of fast moving fruit and was so colourful you would've been silly not to load it up on a C64. Thankfully it looks as if the team want to continue the piggy greatness, as we have just been told through twitter, that not only is the creator still working on the sequel of QUOD INIT EXIT IIo, but as of right now you can play the latest preview, a preview which looks bloody good too!
In 1981 Williams Electronics released Defender, an all time classic multi-directional arcade shooter featuring 2D graphics as you defeat waves of aliens while protecting astronauts on the surface. But what if I told you there's a new game by Ben James that is very much inspired by that classic but looks oh so good as a browser based game would you be interested? You would, good! Welcome to 'Planetoid', A challenging side-scrolling shooter based on the classic arcade game Defender!
During our many write ups we do love writing about old retro games that people have never heard of, or those that have been lost through the years and for one reason or another have been uncovered, much to the delight of the retro community. Today's release for example is a quadruple bonanza! As thanks to a heads up from Cosmium, who wrote the ZX Spectrum game Quadron, released a few years ago. We've been told that not one but FOUR games have been recovered from 1983. In light of this news, not only do we have a video of these games, but Cosmium has also shared with us the details of this recovery.
Another C64 game has appeared and rather than the usual platformers we've come across, this one requires only the skill of a Judge to punish those that have sinned . Titled as ' JITNOG ', this new V2 update by frodewin, Logiker, DeMOSic and neyvivi, is a game in which playing as the Judge In The Name Of God, you must follow a set of rules and punish those have committed crimes while doing all of this in a limited amount of time. Yes it sounds rather odd but watch the video below and you'll get an idea of how to play :)
We've featured Pac-Man many times now on Indie Retro News, from those mentioned for the Atari 2600 to the Intellivision and even the one that appeared on the Pico-8. Each one varying in style to the 1980's hit classic. Well we've got another game update for you C64 owners, as Saberman has yet again informed us, that you can now download the latest version of Pac-Man for the C64 called Petscii Pac Man; Another variation of a classic but designed in a PETSCII style also known as CBM ASCII.
We've featured many different conversions on Indie Retro News from Mastertronic's classic Amaurote over to the C64 as an isometric view point, to Allan Turvey's brilliant Arcade to ZX Spectrum conversion of Joust. Well here we are with another great conversion, as if you remember playing Lock 'n Chase back in the day, you may be interested to learn that not only was it converted over to the Atari 5200 in September, but as of just recently you can also play the Atari XL/XE conversion by Homesoft. In light of this news, Saberman has done a new video giving us a first look at the gameplay!
Another retro gaming news story for you all, and one I think it might be worth a load up on your home speccy through this weekend, is the latest ZX Spectrum game release of 'Transylvanian Castle 3' by FITOSOFT. The third part in a trilogy of games in which you play as Van Helsing on a quest to rescue a girl that has powerful abilities. To coincide with this news, Saberman has also done a new video of the game which as always can be viewed below.
Even though Indie Retro News has been flooded with new game updates throughout this week, we have another Amiga news story to share with you all! As if you love playing high quality Amiga games that anyone can pick up and play, it might be worth your time playing the latest release of Minky by Matze1887. An Amiga game that puts you in control of a Monkey(no not a mouse), who must collect coins and other items while avoiding deadly enemies.
FobTi interactive have informed us about the announced early access of their latest game 'They Came From the Sky 2'; an action packed arcade game that is a sure fire nod to the Amiga game of Walker'. In development for the PC through Steam, the developer tells us that this is a highly-addictive and fast paced game wherein you take the role of one of the giant Alien robot with one and only one Mission...Make a giant delicious juicy Human smoothy! To coincide with this news, you can view the latest early access footage below, and watch all the blasting gory bits that harks back to the Walker.