Author: Paulo Garcia
Using the author’s own description, “Pets vs Aliens is a rather experimental story-driven “lullaby” board game for the ZX Spectrum that was recently released on World of Spectrum forum. The storyline is narrated in rhymes following the style of a classic children’s book although combined with a more exciting sci-fi theme. That’s a somewhat weird combination for a computer game,…
[youtube cyDB-eg0vtA nolink] You know how YouTube keeps playing new videos after the one you were watching has finished, right? Because of that, I accidentally/luckly learned about this new video series called MSX Mansion, where the user Banjo Guy Ollie reviews MSX games. The reviews are really well done, and his narrative is entertaining as well. So far, there are…
[vimeo 66599774 nolink] Sometimes we just want to watch something pretty, without a reason or lesson to be learned. That is the case here, with this video create by Brian Sørensen as his graduation project. The video is a full CG shortfilm set in a pseudo 1980s environment, where a nostalgic theme is emphasized through the display of old computer…
[vimeo 66599774 nolink] Sometimes we just want to watch something pretty, without a reason or lesson to be learned. That is the case here, with this video create by Brian Sørensen as his graduation project. The video is a full CG shortfilm set in a pseudo 1980s environment, where a nostalgic theme is emphasized through the display of old computer…
Back from a long hiatus, Drop III Inches podcast has Mike and Paul discussing+ the newly-available cornucopia of games for the Apple ///, and then introducing the next bit of audio from the 1987 Phase III conference. The conference presentation was a panel discussion of the future of Apple III hardware and SOS, with Bob Consorti of On Three and…
On the website Unofficial CD32 Ports, the game ‘Inherit the Earth’ for the Amiga CD32 is now available. This charming adventure game was already released for the Amiga in German but the unreleased English version has never been on the Internet, which makes this release a great find! According to Erik Hogan, this is the complete game, all of the…
[youtube oi3WrkgRGsQ nolink] Zombie Incident is a Platform/Zombie Smasher game which is being launched this week on Nintendo’s European eShop. The interesting bit is that it was originally developed by a team including NeneFranz in 2011 for a contest, in which multiple games were developed on retro hardware. It won MSXdev’11 which, as the name suggests, challenged teams to create…
The UK’s favourite Arcade, Indie & Retro video gaming expo returns to the Norbreck Castle Exhibition Centre! From the event Facebook page, “Expect to see all your favourites – Space Harrier, Pacman, Star Wars, Galaxian or perhaps Outrun and give smashing your personal best one more go. If beating a PB isn’t your thing, come and watch Jon Stoodley try…
Since last December, you can watch Chris Huelsbeck broadcasts live on Twitch TV every Fridays and Saturdays at 21:00 CET (3:00PM EST). Veteran video game composer, Chris has been creating music & sound on almost every gaming system since 1985. If you’ve played Turrican series, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron series, War of the Worlds, Doctor Who: Legacy or the Giana…
[youtube Cu_wD_0xzvA nolink] From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years! is the new film due for release 2016. It follows the same idea of the first movie ‘From Bedrooms to Billions’, but now covering the golden days of the Amiga. For more information or to buy the current ‘From Bedrooms to Billions’ the story of the UK Games Industry follow…
