With the amount of awesome games we've featured this month you'd think I'd take a break, but not so! As thanks to another heads up by a good friend of ours, we've been told that Fransouls has released on itch io the rather chaotic shooter game of 'Hell Tank' for the ZX Spectrum. A game in which playing as the Hell Tank, you must blast away enemy forces such as Helicopters, Sea based transport ..read more

JOTD has created some amazing conversions/ports over the years, games such as Moon Patrol, Donkey Kong, Tetris 1200 (AGA), Super Bagman, Karate Champ, Galaxian500 and our personal favorite Super Xevious. Well if you're looking for another top quality Arcade to Amiga release for the Commodore Amiga, then look no further than Phoenix 500: A 1980's Arcade fixed-screen shooter by Taito, with a ..read more

JOTD is certainly no stranger to Indie Retro News, especially with announced Arcade to Amiga conversions/ports such as Moon Patrol, Donkey Kong, Tetris 1200 (AGA), Super Bagman, Karate Champ, Galaxian500 and our personal favorite Super Xevious. Well it looks as if he's not going to take a break any time soon from game news. As he has recently announced the first playable version of the ..read more

Not content with all the awesome news we've had so far this week, then how about this news story that's just been sent to us by our good friend Liqmatrix. It's the work in progress game of 'Dreadnought Assault' by kiwilove and playsoft. A rather awesome looking WIP scrolling shoot 'em up for the Atari 7800, which can be downloaded and played right now. To coincide with this news story ..read more

Another interesting story for you all, as we have just been told by VIPER's Retrogame videos, that the all time classic platformer of 'Prince of Persia'; a game which was released for many different systems back in 1989 by Broderbund. As well as a more recent homebrew port for both the Atari XL/XE and Sega Mega Drive. Has been converted over to the Commodore Vic-20 by Pedro Bermejo! As ..read more

If you've been following of all our articles in relation to the work in progress Turrican for the MSX by TheGeps, Bitcaffe and TonimanGalvez, then you'll be pleased to know that as of today, the team behind the game have provided some new work in progress footage. For those of you that haven't heard of this all time classic before. Turrican was originally released in 1990 by Rainbow Arts and ..read more

Retroworks are a group of very talented European programmers who make some excellent games for some of our favourite retro computers including the Spectrum, Msx and Amstrad cpc. The Arcade Shoot 'em up 'Genesis' for the ZX Spectrum 128k is certainly no exception! A game which sees you traversing lots of challenging levels, while blasting away many waves of enemies, and even an end of level boss ..read more

Thanks to Saberman contacting us this afternoon through Facebook, we've been told that Luca Bordoni and team has released the arcade ZX Spectrum game of 'The 8-Bit Wars'. A game in which you play as the adventurer Bob Smith, on a personal mission to to put a stop to the evil computer bugs that have raided the Galactic Computer Museum. To coincide with this news, we've also got another screenshot ..read more

Another Commodore Amiga news story has appeared in our inbox, as we've recently found out through the EAB forums, that the previously announced game of Flying Shark. A new Arcade to Amiga remake by Magnus T together with JMD and John Tsakiris(GFX). Has recently been teased with a new one level demo that you can download and play right now. To coincide with this news, Saberman has not only ..read more

JOTD is certainly no stranger to Indie Retro News, especially with announced Arcade to Amiga conversions/ports such as Moon Patrol, Donkey Kong, Tetris 1200 (AGA), Super Bagman, Karate Champ, Galaxian500 and our personal favorite Super Xevious. Well it looks as if he's not going to take a break any time soon from game news. As he has recently announced the in-development ..read more