Candy Puzzle - CUBO CD32 Puzzle game makes an appearance on the Amiga CD32

Fresh off the press AmigaJay has announced the release of a rather rare Puzzle game, that is now playable on both original Amiga CD32's and via emulation. This game is called Candy Puzzle and is better known as a CUBO CD32 original, and was released by CD express in Milan way back in 1994. For those of you who don't know anything about the CUBO CD32, it was an arcade machine with CD32 internals hence this game not appearing on the home system, at least until now.

LIZARD WILLY - ZX Spectrum inspired platformer appears on the MSX

A new homebrew for you to play, as this week Sfranck72 released his very first MSX game called Lizard Willy. Developed in assembly and inspired by the ZX Spectrum game Endless Forms Most Beautiful, you play as what looks like a blue ghost who has to traverse through 7 difficult multi-themed levels, avoid lots of different enemies and finally collect all the cracked eggs for a level completion!

Jail Break - Genre defining Konami shooter fixed for C64s

"Run and gun" games would come a long way in the year or two following the Arcade release of Jail Break by Konami. They would eventually perfect the format 1 year later with the release of Contra in the arcades, and 2 years later saw William's electronics release the excellent Narc, which caught controversy over it's "realistic" digitised sprites and ultra violent theme. However back in 1986, the arcades had not seen anything like this. Even Double Dragon would take another year to reach us. This is Jail break, a pseudo isometric side scrolling shoot em up, where the prisoners have escaped and taken over Manhattan. This release sees the game fixed for NTSC machines and an assortment of handy training modes for The C64 version.

Mini DOOM - First person shooter hit classic transformed into a 2D platformer!

The original hit Doom was developed by id Software way back in 1993 as a first person shooter playing as a space marine fighting hordes of demons and the undead in order to survive. But now a team by the name of Calavera Studio has released a short tribute to that famous game, but this time as a 2D action platformer called ' Mini DOOM'. Developed using Game Maker Studio, you must collect keys and battle your way through 5 stages using classic Doom weapons and power ups against enemies just as you remember them from the original Doom.

Crazy Music - A new C64 game by Hokuto Force will give you hair loss!

Some more C64 games have appeared this week and the first one for mention is Digital Monastery's new C64 game, as a release by Hokuto Force; ' Crazy Music '. In this game you have been pulled into a crazed musical world that really doesn't like you for some reason. There are gnashing teeth, and flying pianos coming at you from all sides that really want to do you harm. Thankfully there are good things in this world as musical notes are there to help, collect enough of them and you'll finally be able to kill at least one of those menacing mouths and make the game that bit easier!

Bosconian - 1980's multi-directional scrolling shooter gets an Atari 8bit port

It's the Atari's time to shine as another game has been given the port treatment and it's the Arcade game ' Bosconian ' developed by Namco all the way back in 1981. Currently available as a work in progress for the Atari 8bit by shanti77. Bosconian is a multi-directional scrolling shooter arcade game with similarities to Star Control, it requires you as the space ship pilot to score as many points as possible by destroying enemy missiles and bases while also avoiding asteroids, mines and other such ship destroying objects.

Pang - Enjoyable Arcade classic ported over to the Atari XL/XE

In 1989 the Mitchell Corporation released the brilliant Arcade game ' Pang ', which was later ported over to a multitude of systems by Ocean including the C64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum Amiga, MS-DOS and Atari ST. However it wasn't until this years Silly Venture 2016 event, that an Arcade port was announced and shown off for the Atari XL/XE. So yes finally Atari XL/XE owners who haven't seen the game yet will be able to play a rather special port, which was created by tebe, ooz, Vidol and stRing and coming first place at the event!

Super Mario Bros appears on the Amiga as a project called Other Super Mario

This year could almost be classed as the year of the Mario as it seems there has been no let up in that famous plumber either appearing on different systems as ports, fan games on the PC with Super Mario Bros. X 2.0, or hack jobs such as Communist Mario on the NES. And yet the year hasn't finished, as here we are again with another Super Mario Bros and this time Shigeru Miyamoto's game has been shown off on the Amiga as a project by Retro1234

8-BIT XMAS 2016 - Retrousb's latest Xmas NES cart is a pinball game!

Ho ho ho it's Christmas, well not yet anyway, but that hasn't stopped Retrousb from selling their latest NES cart ' 8-Bit Xmas 2016 ', which is a new Pinball game in celebration of that very festive season. In this game you'll be bashing balls, hitting targets and aiming for the ultimate high score and the big SANTA for extra points. If you get a truly awesome score, you can upload it via the AVS and compare it with everyone else. So if you love NES Pinball and feel all Christmasy inside, then order soon and you'll get a lovely pristine cart made entirely from new parts in a clear dust sleeve with a printed Christmas card.

Heart Of The Alien Redux Amiga CD32 - Another World sequel as an Amiga port is updated to beta 5!

It wasn't long ago the Sega CD exclusive ' Heart of the Alien ' appeared on the Amiga as an incredible port known as ' Heart Of The Alien Redux Amiga V1.0. The sequel to the amazing 1991 Delphine Software ' Another World ', but instead was developed by Interplay Entertainment. Was fully ported over with everything intact. And it was also no wonder it ended up also getting an optimised Amiga CD32 version by DJM and released as a beta. Yet fast forward to today however and Earok has made available an even better version as beta 5.

PicoFox - Fly your Arwing in this Pico-8 demake of an iconic SNES game

Day in day out we get the latest updates from around the world of games being released, or are in development. But when it comes to this gem of a Pico-8 game which is also playable in your browser, it is a rather special breed indeed. This is a demake of the classic 1990's SNES game ' Star Fox/Star Wing ', developed by electricgryphon for the Pico-8 and renamed as ' PicoFox '! It  has 3 levels, two enemy types and filled with 3D polygon graphics reminiscent of the SuperFX graphics acceleration coprocessor powered GSU-1.

WinUAE 3.4.0 Beta 16 - Amiga Emulator beta update features new HDF options

Over this weekend Toni Wilen released the next Amiga emulator beta update as ' WinUAE 3.4.0 beta 16' which featured speed improvements gaining an extra 25% or more over previous beta's. Well this time Toni has taken the emulator that bit further and added a 'HDF create size option now accepts decimal numbers' as an option for those of you who like fiddling with HDF files. Basically as one person puts it "HDF Sizes work a treat making small custom HDF Games". But that's not that was added or improved, so make sure to read the changelog posted below.

Thanatos - The ultimate 80's Dragon flight simulator? (Review)

Today's review will take us back into the mists of time, to an age of myth and magic, of sword and sorcery, of dragons and knights fighting over a fair maiden. Back, specifically, to 1986, where Mike 'The Knight' Richardson was defending the Kingdom of Durell against the forces of the underworld, assisted by his tame dragon, Thanatos the Destroyer.

Willy's New Mansion Special Edition - Daniel Gromann's twelfth anniversary ZX Spectrum release

Way back in the early 80's Matthew Smith released Jet Set Willy, the sequel to Manic Miner for the ZX Spectrum and ported to most other home computers by the publisher Software Projects. Playing as Jet Set Willy in a flip-screen platform game you needed to move from room to room in his mansion collecting objects from a previous party otherwise Maria the house keeper wouldn't let you back in to his bedroom. But today in 2016 in celebration of the twelfth anniversary ZX Spectrum release of the fan game Willy's New Mansion by Daniel Gromann, he has made available the Special Edition which takes his game and improves upon it in a very big way.

SRAM 2 - CINOMEH'S REVENGE - 8-bit Adventure remake features 30 graphic modes, coming soon

Arjon van Dam, the same developer behind the work in progress adventure game ' Futurama ' and 'Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards (AGI)', has recently announced SRAM 2 - CINOMEH'S REVENGE, a PC remake of the late 80's text based adventure game which was first released for the Amstrad CPC and PC ( MS-DOS ). Now you probably haven't heard of this game before, that's because it is rather obscure and was entirely in French. With Arjon Van Dam's talent the game will be released for the PC and Linux and completely in English.

Risky Rick - Rick Dangerous port in development for the CBS Colecovision

Here on Indie Retro News we've always had a soft spot for the Core Design and published by Firebird in 1989 game 'Rick Dangerous'. It is a very challenging action platformer that made you feel like an Indiana Jones character traversing dangerous locations such as caves and temples, avoiding the bad guys and making sure you didn't get hurt by deadly spikes and rolling boulders. It was such a well known game it appeared on the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and DOS but there was a system it didn't appear on, and that was the CBS Colecovision, at least until now.

OutRun CPC - An Amstrad CPC style remake of a hit racer gets a beta update

In 1986 Sega released one of the coolest racers of our time, it was none other than Out Run. An Arcade racer designed by Yu Suzuki, that was not only a commercial success but became one of the best selling games of its time with great graphics, fantastic music and fast paced track racing. It was just a shame however, the Amstrad CPC port was terrible with poor frame rates, colours and sound effects. So it was no wonder, a creator by the name of barbarian.1987 set out to fix all these problems while making the game incredibly smooth since 2012 as a PC port called ' OutRun CPC '.

Red Alert 2 remade in Unreal Engine 4 and featuring VR!

One of our good friends Ethan Knight has just come across a really eye opening bit of news, as the RTS classic ' Red Alert 2 ' developed by Westwood Studios and published by EA in 2000, has been shown off as a proof of concept in Unreal Engine 4 by Ádám Horváth. Not just that, but this seriously good RTS which is still very playable today, is being played using VR (HTC Vive in room scale mode). I think you'll agree this is mighty impressive and shows off the follow-up to Command & Conquer: Red Alert in a completely new light.

Salamander - Konami's Shoot Em Up improved on the MSX2

The weather is naff outside as it's cold and it's wet but thankfully to warm us up and push our adrenaline through the roof, is the recent improved MSX release of the great shoot em up game ' Salamander ', which was released in the late 80s from the Arcades as a spin off from Gradius by that famous company ' Konami'. Although Salamander was released on many other systems such as the Amstrad, C64 and ZX Spectrum, the MSX version did not feature smooth scrolling and now thanks to Victor an enhanced version with smooth scrolling and bug fixes was released but for the MSX2.

Sir Ababol 2 - The Mojon Twins time to shine with a new Amstrad CPC game

Seriously I can't keep up with all these classy Amstrad games, not that I'm complaining too much but I'll have to eat some time. Anyway thanks to a heads up by Retrotaku here is the next Amstrad game and it's from those well known retro guru's The Mojon Twins, with 'Sir Ababol 2 - The Ice Palace'. Now you may have heard of the game name before, that's because Sir Ababol did actually appear on the C64, with a sequel released on the ZX Spectrum in 2014. So now it is 2016 and anyone who has an Amstrad or an emulator can join in the fun to climb the six towers of Freezia to face and fight the princes and princesses turned into bats so you can finally destroy the evil Alastor.