Author: Paulo Garcia

Petris – A new puzzle game of shapely pets for the Game Boy Color

Petris is a new homebrew 2D puzzle game for the Game Boy Color (CGB) developed by bbbbbr. It will run on original hardware (CGB and GBA) and in most emulators. As the name suggests, the game mechanics are based on the classic Tetris, but this time the pieces are pets’ body parts (nothing gory!), and you have to build your…

Rabbit Runner – A new game for the Commodore 64

DoubleG has released his very first game for the C64. Rabbit Runner is an infinite runner game where you play an insatiable rabbit eating Farmer Wilson’s crop. The rabbit runs along three lanes and must eat the vegetables to keep his energy level high. Since Farmer Wilson’s is not very good at his job, the crop is full of bad…

VICE 3.5 has been released with a massive list of changes!

Xmas eve 2020. The turkey on the table and wine in the glass. All the gifts are wrapped and neatly placed under the tree. What else would we wish for after a tough year? A new VICE version, of course! VICE 3.5 has been released with a long list of changes that will please its users. As the main change,…

Xmas-inspired retro games 2020

We are very close to Xmas and I’ve thought it would be fun if we have a post showing the Xmas-inspired games that are released or will be released during the 2020 Holiday season. As more games are released, I will be updating this post which is pinned at the top of the site! A Very Sheepy Xmas by Quantum…

Wonderful Dizzy is Truly Wonderful! We review the new game by The Oliver Twins

Since I wasn’t a British kid in the 80s and never owned a ZX Spectrum until recently, iconic characters like Monty Mole, Miner Willy, or Dizzy don’t bring me any nostalgia as they do to many of you. I think this is a good thing because I can enjoy many of these games with fresh eyes and an open mind,…

Steve Wozniak’s Hand-Drawn Apple 2 Schematics sells for USD 500,000!

Just before heading to bed last night, I checked my Twitter feed when I see a Call A.P.P.L.E tweet mentioning that Steve Wozniak’s hand-drawn and handwritten schematics and programming instructions for a prototype of the Apple II home computer was sold for $500,000. Following the link I see that the last bid was indeed $504,218. However, the auction information stated…

Going into Action! with Atari XL/XE – Part 5 – Modularization and Distributing your program

Table of contents Part 1 – Hello World! Part 2 – Graphics Part 3 – More Variables, Memory and Pointers (ugh!) Part 4 – Using VSCode and Action! with syntax highlighting Part 5 – Modularization and Distributing your program Except for early dialects of BASIC found in the 8-bit computers, the programmer can split an application source code into multiple…

Wonderful Dizzy – First New Dizzy Game in 26 Years to be released this week

The first completely new Dizzy in adventure from the Oliver Twins in 26 years is to be released Friday 18th December 2020 for ZX Spectrum! Dizzy was a massively successful UK Video game character developed initially for 8 bit home computers, but then as the series expanded in popularity there were many releases on 16 bit computers, PC’s and consoles….

The Double-Do Results – Find out the winners of the TRS-80 Software and Hardware Competition

The Double-Do competition winners were announced in the December issue of the TRS8Bit Newsletter. The competition had so many entries that the organizers decided to expand the categories and awards from two to six! The winners were spread in three different categories. The Monochrome category for software developed for the Model I/III/4, the Coloured category, for programs created for the…

Nox Archaist – The long-waited Apple II RPG has been launched!

After years of active development, 6502 Workshop has finally launched one of the most anticipated games in the retro gaming community. Starting today, December 12th, 2020, you can buy Nox Archaist for your Apple II. The game also includes a custom emulator so that you can run it on your PC or Mac with no hassle! Nox Archaist is a…