Month: May 2021

Other platforms have usually a lot of visibility regarding ASCII art (or its variants like the Commodore PETSCII) but the Amstrad CPC doesn’t seem to receive the attention they deserve. To try to fill that gap, and bring the Amstrad CPC artists to the spotlight, Martin Roscher has created the First Amstrad ASCII Compo, an online event where anyone in…

The Internet Archive has announced an online fundraiser event “Game not over!” that will happen on June 23rd. The event features a fireside chat with John Carmack, independent AI researcher and Consulting CTO to Oculus/Facebook; and a panel discussion with Garry Kitchen, Industry Consultant and President/CEO of Audacity Games; Kelsey Lewin, Co-Director, The Video Game History Foundation; Kate Willært, Geek…

Hello World! We are happy to have one of the most prolific Chiptune musicians in our podcast – Tronimal. He released music for the Gameboy, ZX Spectrum and even the TI-82 calculator! Besides some tech talk, the virtuoso gives us some interesting insights and talks about his upcoming projects. Interview starts at 18:12. http://scene.world/tronimal

Roy Shildt is back with some more insights about Twin Galaxies – especially regarding Missile Command scores and the people behind them… Hear some stories, conclusions, theories .. this second part of the interview shows some guts! Interview starts at 10:53. https://scene.world/mrawesome2

Graeme Cowie, the talented coder behind recent Amiga conversions of Rygar AGA and Bomb Jack Beer Edition, is about to release Turbo Sprint – an enhanced conversion of Super Sprint for AGA Amiga machines. Super Sprint is one of those iconic arcade racing games from the 1980s that stood out not only because of its multi-player cabinet with steering wheels…