Author: Alec

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Amiga & Atari ST programmer Steve Bak dies at 66

The sad news has reached us that games industry veteran Steve Bak has passed away at the age of 66 following complications from diabetes. The news was broken by Steve’s son Philip in a tweet that revealed that his father’s condition had worsened in recent years, before finally passing away on February 6th, 2019. A programmer and game designer who…

Retro Revisited: Retrograde

Grab your plasma gun and earn some space-bucks in this 1989 C64 exclusive by Apex Computer Productions!

Retro Revisited: Gods

We look back at the mythology-themed platform game by The Bitmap Brothers!

Review: Wolfling, C64 Edition

We take a look at Lazycow’s official Wolfling conversion for the C64

Community Showcase: Iain Clark & Cave of Pixels ‘retro’ bead artwork

We look at the work of Iain Clark (Cave of Pixels), who’s bead art brings video game memories to life!

Site News: December 2018 Update

It’s been a while since we posted our last site update, but with the festive season fast approaching we thought we’d take a moment to reflect on 2018, as well as our plans for the year ahead. It’s been a busy few months for the ViTNO writing team, and we really hope you’ve all been enjoying our content as much…

RGCD C64 16K Cartridge Game Dev Competition 2019 announced

Commodore 64 game devs looking to dust off their 6502 skills have an opportunity to prove their coding chops in the Retro Gamer CD 2019 16KB Cartridge Competition.

Psygnosis dev box Amiga A3000 up for auction!

Former Psygnosis dev Mike Clarke puts a piece of computing and gaming history on sale!

Feature: 10 Fun, Festive Retro Games

Have yourself a merry retro gaming Christmas with 10 games to try this holiday season!