Author: Alec

PC gamer, C64 fan, Amiga advocate, creator of longplay retrogaming videos on YouTube, occasional wordsmith - follow me on Twitter https://twitter.com/Al82_Retro

A Personal History of Computing: Remembering the Commodore Amiga

In the third in a series articles, I hope you’ll join me on this trip down memory lane as I look back at the Commodore Amiga, a truly revolutionary computer in every sense of the word. Of all the computers and video game systems that I’ve owned over the years, it is undoubtedly the Amiga that I consider my favourite,…

The 13th Doll: A spiritual sequel to The 7th Guest brought to life in time for Halloween 2018!

The corpse of the interactive movie is set to be resurrected in suitably gruesome style this Halloween when Attic Door Productions aims to release it’s new crowd-funded game, The 13th Doll. Although not strictly a true sequel, the developer has licensed the rights to that of developer Trilobyte’s classic mid-90’s interactive CD-ROM title, The 7th Guest. For those unfamiliar, The 7th…

Reidrac’s Dawn of Kernel promises to be one slick shoot ’em up for Amstrad CPC fans!

Amstrad CPC fans will soon have cause to celebrate since we learned that  Juan J. Martinez (Reidrac) is hard at work on his latest project, The Dawn of Kernel, along with artistic contributions from Dylan Barry (loading and title screens). Set in the reaches of outer space on planet K3E-NL, disaster strikes when the outbreak of a computer virus manages…

Retro Revisited: Postman Pat (C64)

For those amongst our readership who enjoy a good slice of nostalgia with their cup of tea, you’re in for a treat today. That’s because today’s review isn’t just another C64 game from the days of yore, it’s game based on one of the best-loved children’s TV shows from the ’80s! If you were growing up in Britain during this…

Retro Revisited: Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Amiga)

When it comes to racing games, it would be difficult for even the most discerning of Commodore Amiga fans to disagree that that the Lotus trilogy weren’t among the very best that the system had to offer. Developed by Magnetic Fields and published by Gremlin Graphics between 1990 and 1992, this was a franchise that showcased the technical capabilities of the…

We Review Foggy’s Quest and find another AGD gem Spectrum fans are sure to love!

Here at ViTNO, not only do we bring you the very latest news on retro games, we love to play them too! Going back and revisiting classic games from our past is all well and good, but it’s always exciting to try new games being developed by the community as well! One particular title that was recommended to me by…

Light Fantastik, an enigmatic platform puzzler now available on Steam!

We’ve been keeping our ever-watchful eyes on the latest indie releases on Steam and we’ve turned up a title that might just appeal to all you puzzle fans out there! Light Fantastik is a platform puzzler that boasts several innovative features that sets it apart from other games in the genre. According to the Steam description, the objective of the…

Simon the Sorcerer: 25th Anniversary Editions Set to Launch April 2018!

If you’re a fan of classic point-and-click adventure games like we are, here’s something to brighten your day! MojoTouch have been hard at work in putting the finishing touches to remasters of classic AdventureSoft titles: Simon the Sorcerer: 25th Anniversary Edition Simon the Sorcerer 2: 25th Anniversary Edition These games were certainly two of my favourite adventure games growing up,…

CollectorVision Games announces release date for Dead Tomb, an all-new graphical adventure for the NES!

Fans of graphical adventures might be interested to learn that the team over at CollectorVision Games has finally announced a release date of Summer 2018 for Dead Tomb, a new title in development for the Nintendo Entertainment System. CollectorVision has been developing the title as an homage to Temporel Inc, an adventure game released in Quebec during the late 1980s for the…

CollectorVision Games releases Sydney Hunter and the Curse of Death for the SNES!

Fans of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System are in for a treat as we’ve learned that a brand new title has been released for the system by CollectorVision Games! Billed as an adventure/puzzle platformer, Sydney Hunter and the Caverns of Death is an all-new release for Nintendo’s 16-bit console where players must help the titular Sydney, treasure hunter and adventurer extraordinaire,…