Wonder Dog - Core Design's classic platformer for Amiga CD32

Another release for the Amiga CD32 treatment by Earok, is none other than "Wonder Dog"; one of the very first arcade platforming games developed for the Mega CD. Although it was released for the Amiga, this is an Amiga CD32 version and Cobe has ported the lengthy intro from that version of the game to the CDXL format. Play as Wonder Dog, who must reunite with his new found friend and save the planet K-9 from the Pit Bull invasion!

CD32 Amiga Community Compilation 2014 - Christmas Release!

Even though we are fast approaching 2015, we wont miss out on a fantastic Christmas release of Earok's CD32 Amiga Community Compilation 2014, filled to the brim of 50 CD32 compatible games and demos that had been updated in the past few years. Another neat addition to the compilation are some brand new homebrew titles such as "Flappy Bird", "Love Dungeon" and Galahad's CD32 version of "Where Time Stood Still".

Three new SEUCK arcade homebrew releases for C64!

What a fantastic Boxing Day this is turning out to be, with not only the release of the latest PC remake of "Supercars III" but also three brand new homebrew SEUCK games for your C64! First up we have the excellent looking "Super Tau Zeta 2 Redux"; an arcade shoot 'em up with scrolling landscapes, alien ships and big explosions!

Super Cars III - PC remake of a top down racing classic!

What a great Boxing Day gift, as JOTD has just released the very latest PC version of "Super Cars III" which is his own remake of the hit action racing classic "Super Cars II". Originally developed by Magnetic Fields and published by Gremlin Graphics in the early 90's for Amiga & Atari ST, as you race around tough tracks, earning money, then purchasing better weapons and power-ups to beat the competition in one of the best top down Amiga racing games. Supercars III by JOTD is a Java / GTGE-powered remake of classic Super Cars / Super Cars II game from the Atari ST / Amiga, with stuff borrowed from those games and also from Supercars International (MS-DOS).

Monty's Last Strike - A Christmas Job - Platforming inspired classic for ZX Spectrum

Not to be outdone with the Christmas fun, Dazman has just released his own ZX Spectrum impression of the Monty Mole's classic in a very wintry theme. Monty's Last Strike - A Christmas Job is a fun arcade platformer based on the original with new levels, baddies and nasty traps!

Xmas Crazy +5 - Homebrew Arcade fun cracked by Excess for C64

You can just tell it's Christmas with all these lovely festive games being released, and one which caught our eye was the latest crack by Excess of a 2005 Christmas game "Xmas Crazy". A difficult game indeed, but still fun, as you drop the coloured gifts into the same coloured boxes. Just watch out for the evil character on the other side shooting at you.

Target Renegade (101% +7DG +Pic) - Beat em up classic cracked for the C64

Here's a great Christmas gift for all you C64 owners, as Hokuto Force has cracked Target Renegade; a side scrolling beat em up classic from the 1980's. Originally released by Ocean Software on their "Imagine" label this was probably one of the best beat em ups of it's time and is also noted by it's brilliant sound track. Thanks to Hokuto you can watch the cool intro, play with very smooth precise controls and cheat to your hearts content with the trainer!

X-bEnCh - One of the best Amiga launchers 0.99 XMAS pre-release!

Yes I know we said we wouldn't be back till after Christmas, but when the announcement of the latest Xmas pre-release of X-bEnCh 0.99 hit our news box we just had to shout it out. For those of you who has an Amiga with an internal CF or can play WHDload games through WinUAE, this a launcher your Amiga will thank you for. Developed by JimNeray, X-bEnCh is one of the best Amiga launchers that has many other cool features as well. It can autoscan your hard drive to find all the whdload games available and organize them in an easily usable list. X-Bench can also manage manual listings, internal script systems and has an integrated CLI. The best thing is though, that this launcher uses very little resources and is compatible with many Amiga set ups. A highly recommended launcher for the Amiga and it's free! See change log for latest details

Merry Christmas from Indie Retro News!

What a great year it has been, full of cool retro products for us to review such as the SD2IEC, C64SD, Mega Everdrive and the C64p. We've also come across some fantastic Amiga titles, from the hard drive installable Ambermoon and Evil's Doom to the PC playable Amiga titles from The Company.PL and of course not forgetting the Amiga Earok CD32 releases. Also new to us this year was our huge interest in the Homebrew scene, the Amstrad, Amiga,C64 and even the ZX Spectrum. We've even put some free titles on our site for the retro fans like Eye of the Beholder and even Shannara!

Let us also not forget our new affiliates which joined us including, CIA,Dungeon Crawlers, GOG.COM to FireFlower Games & Photon Storm. It has also been a year of Kickstarter games and brilliant Indie titles, especially the latest Cinemaware overhauls with Wings and the latest Rocket Ranger Reloaded. I'm also hugely grateful to our staff who write up some lovely articles, from Alistair, David, Dan, Illisia and the rest of our fine team. But to end the article for our Christmas holidays, a huge thanks to every one of our readers that visit us from around the world, especially those of you who follow us on our Facebook pages (Dizzy, Dungeon Crawlers & Indie Retro News) and Twitter.

Above all I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a great New Year! See you after Christmas :)

Traps n' Gemstones - Colourful platformer gets a Steam Greenlight campaign

Retro inspirational games seem to be very popular this week as another retro styled PC title has just appeared on Steam Greenlight. Traps n' Gemstones developed by Donut Games, and voted best Iphone game of the year, is a modern take on the exploration-based platformer, that is loaded with hidden secrets, artefacts, swimming sections, ridable mine carts, cool weapons and items that can be combined and used. Above all though, the graphics look to be both colourful and the game enjoyable, as you play as a freelance archaeologist on a quest in Egypt to solve a pyramid mystery.

Heavy Recoil : Convoy Chaser - Wide Pixel Games Action Shooter

Welcome to Heavy Recoil : Convoy Chaser; an action packed shooter released by Wide Pixel Games, that's available for both PC and MAC. A retro inspired mix of classic platforming shooters of the past, you'll be defending yourself against enemy units and high powered vehicles such as tanks, while collecting power ups and helping hostages. Featuring : Score rush attack modes, 2 player action, 3 playable characters, multiple endings, no continues, abilities, upgrades and secondary weapons, it's our action packed game of the day. Be warned it's not an easy game as you can only fire horizontally and it's a one hit death situation.

Fighting Street Hack Boss - SEEP's latest free beat 'em up!

"SEEP" who are no stranger to creating their own versions of excellent beat em up's such as Golden Axe Genesis have now turned their attention to an alternative version of Fighting Street. Using the OpenBOR engine and a strong hint of Street Fighter, here you can play as all the bosses of Street Fighter 1 plus exclusive features such as 10 characters (Sagat,Adon,Geki,Retsu,Gren+), a new arcade mode, new stages, new bosses (Ryu,Ken,Gouken,Guile,Nash+), new survival mode, secret special moves per character and an extreme juggle system, Certainly a cool fan made game and a great pass time through Christmas.