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Ghouls 'n Goblins - Ghosts 'n Goblins overhaul in development for the GX4000 + Demo

Way back in 1985 Capcom released the start of one of the greatest side scrolling platform game series we have ever known. It featured a knight, creepy enemies, lots of graves and was extremely difficult to the point of frustration. The game I am talking about is of course ' Ghost 'N Goblins ', the first game in the Ghosts 'n Goblins franchise which appeared on many different systems such as the Amstrad, C64 and ZX Spectrum. And it is that game from the Amstrad CPC version which is getting an overhaul called ' Ghouls 'n Goblins ' and is being developed for the GX4000!

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the game was made available as an exclusive PC, MAC and Linux version based on the original with some minor enhancements, such as parallax scrolling and optional pimped spritework. But after all that you'd think the game wouldn't appear on any other systems seeing as it had gone from the retro to the modern. But during the early hours of today, RGCD has announced the Amiga conversion and in their words " Powerglove is already shaping up to be his most ambitious Amiga game to date ".

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( This could be the C64 game of the year! )

Hot off the press and just released, the C64 retro community is finally able to play the action adventure game ' Hessian ' for the C64! Oh yes, a game that has been in development for years with a first preview appearing way back in 2012 is now ready for your gaming enjoyment.

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Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars - The reboot of a hit 4X strategy, voice actors reveal trailer!

This time developed by WarGaming.net, will feature more modern graphics, a new orchestral score by MOO's original composer, as well as alien races with more personality with the voice talents of Mark Hamill (Star Wars Saga) in addition to Alan Tudyk (Firefly), Michael Dorn (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Kat Cressida (Haunted Mansion), Dwight Schultz (Babylon 5), and Robert Englund (A Nightmare on Elm Street)!

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Good morning retro gamers, have we got a special Monday announcement for you! A Lemon64 member by the name of DrKhumalo has teased a work in progress Civilization style game for the C64, as ' 8-bit Civilizations '. Now I'm sure many of  you have heard of the highly addictive management game called 'Civilization' by Microprose, well this developer who is a huge fan of such games including Master of Magic has always been disappointed that there was nothing like it for the C64, at least until now.

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I think after this I'm going to take the weekend off, as it has been non stop this week with some fantastic game news from across the globe, but after today my brain feels like mush . But anyway, hot off the press is the new C16/C64 game ' Hugohunt ' by Angelsoft, which is inspired by an Atari XE German title from the 1980's, and unlike their previous early version announcement is officially finished.

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To tell you the truth, although I did play on the SNES briefly, it was not my most preferred of gaming systems. It wasn't until much later in my years that I finally had the chance to play all the fantastic games it had to offer, both English and even in Japanese. Once such shoot 'em up game ' Super Aleste (BS) ' published by Toho and part of the Aleste series by Compile, was recently given the translation treatment by tettsui77 and is now fully English translated as version 1.0.

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In 1986 The Edge released an isometric 3D game by the name of 'Bobby Bearing' for the C64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC that had a very similar vibe to Marble Madness.Well that same game, in which your goal was to find your missing brothers across the vast 3D environment, and then bounce them along to the exit has now been fully ported over to the Atari 8bit by mariuszw and José Pereira.

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Created in just 1.5 days by Wrathchild and noted as a conversion based on a top Atari 8-bit game, comes a new Atari 5200 port of ' Rainbow Walker ', which also appeared on the C64. First released way back in 1983, designed by Steve Coleman and published by Synapse Software. You play as a strange little creature called Cedrick, who hops on a dark and colourless rainbow as a goal to colour it and advance to the next level.

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When we first did C64 reviews, the very first device that we showed off was Shareware Plus's 'uCassette'. It enabled users of the C64, to play tapes via your mobile or audio equipment directly into the C64 as MP3 or Wav files. Well that same company has sent us a new cartridge called the ' 1541 Diagnostic Cartridge ', which if you've got a 1541 disk drive, would be a highly regarded item to add to your ever growing list of accessories

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In 1989 Players Premier released the rather enjoyable shooter ' SHARK ' for the C64 and ZX Spectrum. It had a great menu tune by Digital Light and Magic, with coding, graphics and sound by Phillip Ruston. Some would class it as a Cybernoid clone as the game play is very similar with screen switching, missiles being fired from above and below, static objects shooting at you and difficulty being at an all time high. Thankfully you can now play this game again as Fairlight have re-released the game with a trainer, as a test for preserving digital media. ( The original was cracked in 1998 by Remember ).

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Defecto Digital are back with another game, as after releasing their previous game ELF which was an adventure based on the arcade version released by Ocean Software in 1992, has now teased the next game in their Amstrad line up. This time an arcade platformer and called ' Heroes Rescue! ' is being developed using AGD and will star none other than the character FRY from Futurama. In this early development tease testing Scroll and Sprites, it shows Fry avoiding enemies, jumping across platforms and finally, rescuing heroes, that originally appeared in both TV series and Movies.

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Remember when we gave you the heads up for Defecto Digital Studios in development Amstrad CPC Adventure, which at the time was only in Spanish? Well we've just been given a tweet from the developer that this game is now in English! What great news indeed as that means all of our English readers can now play this new Amstrad Adventure which is based on the arcade version released by Ocean Software in 1992!

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Before I even read the description of the game, just looking at the above image gave me nostalgic memories back to the 1990's game ' Railroad Tycoon ' by Microprose Software Inc. It was a game in which you managed your own Railroad company from placing train lines, creating stations and making as much profit as possible via goods or passengers. And that's basically where this new game ' Railways ' is headed as it too is a Railroad management game, but this is in development for the Amstrad CPC and developed by Trewdbal.

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When Indie Retro News began its life some years ago, most of our hardware reviews have either been for the C64 or specific Everdrives for retro based consoles such as the Sega Mega Drive and NES. However we have never done a review of anything for the Amstrad CPC 464 or 6128 because at the time there were no new external SD attachments specific for that hardware, at least until now. This is the 'DDI3 USB Floppy Emulator for the Amstrad CPC 464' by a rather talented designer by the name of Zaxon also known as Piotr Bugaj, who has created some impressive pieces of kit for systems such as this Amstrad and even the ZX Spectrum!

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It was actually published by Brøderbund in 1983 and appeared on so many systems, it would be easy enough even now to find a copy. In fact the C64 had many different versions differing in level design, speed and even containing an editor. As such, it is the Professional Lode Runner modified by DARTS in 1987, and released today by Reengine & Mod for the C64 as a clean up version, that deserves a mention.

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This is the NES version of the original Lode Runner first released in the early 1980's, but has now been given a overhaul hack and also been made far more difficult; named as ' Lode Runner Blue '. In fact, 41 of the 50 levels were completely changed, 9 levels have been made much harder, SIX enemies on screen, and palette changes throughout the game.

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Another hit game which I'm sure you remember was the world favourite of 'Skool Daze'; a ZX Spectrum release from 1984 that featured lots of school antics as you play as a naughty schoolboy named Eric with a task to steal the report card from the headmaster's safe! When I originally played it I had so much fun back in the day, there was nothing better than smacking other kids with your trusty catapult or causing havoc for the teachers and getting 1000's of lines. So how would you like to play the Amstrad conversion which in the last month or so was finally released by the developer Joseman? You do, good! Because it is available to download as a disk and works via an Amstrad emulator or real Amstrad CPC hardware!

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From 1987 onwards Konami published the mighty game of Contra, which was also known as Gryzor on many home computer systems such as the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64. It is regarded as one of the best run and gun action games ever created and is also highly regarded on the CPC. So for any of you that remember the game, we've just been given a poke from our friends Retrotaku, of the release of ' The Revenge of the Red Falcon ' which is a Contra hack on the NES by TRAX.

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Another classic game which has been given a retro kick up the rear but this time for the Atari STE is the very well known Great Giana Sisters from 1987. Many of you already know of this game by now especially Amiga and C64 owners but this game has huge similarities to Super Mario and as such way back in the 80's also had an alleged lawsuit case against them from Nintendo (wiki). So don't be too surprised to come across an original selling for £100's on Ebay. But the news at this early hour, is this game has been enhanced for the Atari STE even further with smooth scrolling with added audio track play back.

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