Author: Paulo Garcia
VIC-20 Denial user ‘litody’ has released a very nice version of the classic Minesweeper. He has develop it as the way to learn 6502 programming. The game is no different than any other minesweeper, which is really a good thing, as the idea is to remake a classic game. You can try it in your emulator or VIC-20. You can download…
There is a new podcast called ‘New Game Plus’, dedicated to maintain old games alive and to help us better appreciate the games we have now. The most recent episode is about an Apple II original called Prince of Persia. The hosts ask for some constructive feedback about the show and its content. Just follow the link below to check the…
Following the recent buzz about the new Wonderland Dizzy game, the Oliver Twins have also made available the (until now) unreleased Nintendo NES title Wonderland Dizzy and put it online for free. RetroCollect website reports that “This fantastic discovery is now sitting proudly on the newly launched Wonderland Dizzy website which includes an online Nintendo NES emulator to sample the game. Featuring…
3Plex for the Atari 8-bit computers has reached its final version and released to the public. You can think of the game as a mix between Tetris and Candy Crush, which turns out it is a very fun game to play. As you can see on the video below, you have to place on the left board the pieces that show up…
#CPCRETRODEV 2015, the game development competition for the Amstrad CPC, has broken a new record of entries. This year’s edition has 35 games competing to get the 900€ prize. Next week nominated games will be known and the organizers will post a link for the awards ceremony live video streaming. Don’t miss it! There will be news and surprises live! …
This Saturday it was published the results of the Atari Bit Byter User Club (ABBUC) game development contest 2015. With seven contestants, the first place went to ‘Jim Slider’, game featured here on ViTNO back in August, with 452 points from voters from all around the world. The second place, with 429 points went to Bomber, followed by Toy Swap…
PIXEL QUEST is a ZX-Spectrum version of Picross (also known as nonogram) that plays tribute to several classic ZX-Spectrum titles! Solve each puzzle to gradually reveal heroes and other famous pixel images from your favorite Speccy games! Complete gameplay freedom: solve puzzles in whatever order you want, using whatever control method you can imagine! Play to collect classic pixel art in a…
Scott Hanselman hosts the HanselMinutes Podcast, and on the show #498 released today, he talks to Matthew Cannon about the musical revolution that happened the eighties and early 90s in video game soundtracks. Matthew worked at Ocean Software and composed music for games like Navy Seals, Batman: The Movie, Elf, and many more. Matthew worked on C64, Amiga, SNES, Megadrive,…
UPDATE: Unfortunately Apple2Scans removed the downloads “The volumes of Micro on the Apple have been removed following a request from the copyright holder” Apple II Scans has made available the scans of the three volumes of Micro on the Apple, consisting more than 600 pages of Apple II programming articles that were first published in the pages of Micro Magazine. “…contributions by…
Few days ago we posted the news about another Commodore 65 that is on sale on German eBay. The auction has ended and the rare machine was sold for €22.827,00 (around USD25,000). The winner bid was only 50 bucks more than the second. That might leave a bitter taste for the guy that lost. Source: Nightfall Crew
