Author: Paulo Garcia
I think you would agree with me that it is not a surprise that retro gaming has become serious business. With the flourishing homebrew scene selling more and more copies, and the many hardware products dedicated exclusively to play old games flooding the market, it is possible to make money based on nostalgia. Another proof of this trend is a…
Pro(c) Atar, a printed magazine dedicated to the Atari 8-bit line of computers has just announced its 15th issue, bringing 104-pages of Atari goods! Content: TIME FOR A QUICKIE (Strip Poker – Lindsay, Time Pilot, Jet Set Willy) BANDITS ENGLISH SOFTWARE’s SMASH HITS II + III (Stranded, Robin Hood, Citadel Warrior, Diamonds, Air Strike II, Batty Builders, Breath Of The…
Lawless Legends development started 9 years ago, even before I got involved with retro computing, but thanks to the developers’ love for the game and most of all, for the Apple II, the wait is almost over. The plan is to release the game this Summer, on July 4th. To make sure the game is 100% at launch, the developers…
When I first got my Amiga 500, around 5 years ago, it came with an external 3 1/2″ floppy that, added to the internal one, provided a very flexible way to try out the more than 2000 disks that I’ve got in the same package (all legal copies of course! wink, wink). That got me busy for a while but…
For those outside the Atari XL/XE World to understand, #FujiNet is a modern peripheral for Atari 8 Bit computers. Conceived as a network adapter, the device quickly expanded its capabilities to become an SIO peripheral emulator. With it, you can access BBSes, retrieve Atari disk images from remote servers, create and/or play network-enabled games, store disk, cassette or cartridge images…
Matthew Clarke has been developing Top-Hole Golf, a very sophisticated Golf game for the Commodore 64 and he is keeping the source code already open, hosted on Gitlab. At this point, the game is already playable and looks complete, with graphics and sound effects. There is no background music, but maybe that is a design choice, since golf matches are…
Retro Games Ltd, producer of THEC64 and TheVIC20 held a game competition that has invited developers to create games for the VIC-20 and C64. The compo got eight VIC20 games and four C64. The themes were all over the place, bringing a nice collection of new games for the two platforms. I confess I would expect the opposite, with more…
Derek Morris has published his 2nd RetroGameDev book, a guide that will teach you how to develop games for the Commodore 64. This second volume will include more advanced techniques including: VS Code & Kick Assembler Debugging & Profiling Raster Interrupts Sprite Multiplexing SpritePad & CharPad SID Chip Music Playing Assembly Game Coding Multi-Screen Handling The first book presented a…
The British developer H0ffman, well-known in the Amiga Demoscene, has announced that he is porting the classic Metal Gear for the Commodore Amiga. Konami’s stealth game that spawned many sequels was first released for the MSX in 1987 will work on an Amiga 500 with 512Kb or RAM. The developer is modifying it to run at the full frame rate…
Planeta Sinclar, the Portuguese website dedicated to the ZX Spectrum, and in my opinion, the best one around for the Speccy, has announced the winners of GOTY 2020, the Game of the Year 2020 event that was held online this last Saturday. Other than ranking the best overall games of 2020, the event exalted the best games for different genres…
