Author: Paulo Garcia

ZX Spectrum magazine Espectro #5 is available now

Espectro, the Portuguese-speaking magazine dedicated to the ZX Spectrum, is starting today (Nov 11th) the sale of its fifth edition. The publication can already be purchased for R$ 24,90 (USD 4.50) + shipping at the Brazilian Clube MSX virtual store. The magazine is also printed in Portugal, but it is not available there yet. International buyers must contact the magazine…

The digital edition of the ‘Shoot Em Up Destruction Set 3’ for the Commodore 64 now available

The Shoot Em Up Destruction Set 3 (SEUDS 3), previously released in cassette tape or disk by Psytronik, is now available in digital form for just USD 2.99 (or more if you are a good person ;) ). SEUDS 3 contains nothing less than six enhanced SEUCK games created by Alf Yngve. Enhanced because all the games got an overhaul…

Two professional-grade shoot’em up games in the 2020 ABBUC Atari XL/XE Software Competition

This year’s ABBUC Atari Software competition brought nothing less than 13 games (12 and one demo, to be precise) comprised of a wide variety of themes and genres. I’ve played them all, and I can tell that every one of them shows the developer passion for the Atari XL/XE family of computers. I am personally fond to shoot’em ups. Notice…

Retro Games Ltd announces a C64 and VIC-20 game development competition

Retro Games Ltd, the company that manufactures the TheC64 (I never know if I should add the article before that name!), has announced a game development competition that seeks the best game for the Commodore 64 and VIC-20. The first place will be awarded a brand new THEC64 with an additional boxed THEC64 Microswitch Joystick. The runner up will get…

The Seance – A spooky text adventure for the ZX Spectrum

As of this writing, Halloween is behind us, but since 2020 is still going, the fear and sometimes horror are still lurking around. If you are the type that enjoys scary stories, you might like Quantum Sheep’s new text adventure for the ZX Spectrum: The Seance. The Seance is a spooky text adventure for the ZX Spectrum where you play…

The third time is the charm – ‘Paratroopers!’ gets its third and definitive conversion for the Plus/4

The Commodore Plus/4 enthusiasts are always happy when a new conversion for a classic game comes out. This time around, though, they can multiply the excitement by three! K., Róbert (KiCHY) (Plus4World handler) has released his take on the 1983 Commodore 64 game Paratroopers. Interestingly, the game was ported for the Plus/4 twice in the past, one in 1989 and…

RetroShop announces the first ZX Spectrum Next Clone Board

RetroShop from Portugal has announced that next week will start taking pre-orders for their new ZX Spectrum Next clone boards. If you have missed the two Kickstarted for the complete ZX Spectrum Next or for some reason you are looking for another bare board, that is your chance! The new board contains the fix to the known HDMI problem that…

Halloween 2020 brings three new games for your Commodore 64

If you follow CSDb releases, you saw that yesterday three new games were released for the Commodore 64, with Halloween as the common theme. They are simple games, but they have a lot to offer in fun time playing them. Death Saw Challenge The first one is Death Saw Challenge from The New Dimension. Although set in a fixed screen,…

“WILD WOOD” – One of the most anticipated upcoming game for the Commodore 64 gets dedicated website

If you follow us on Twitter (or @CommodoreBlog. @RetroGamerNatn, @Al82_Retro), you might have seen some teaser images of the upcoming Commodore 64 game ‘Wild Wood’ and its astonishing graphics. If you, like us, want to follow its development closely and buy the game when it is released, now you have a single source of information via the website https://www.wildwoodgame.co.uk/. Wild…

Digger III: The Saint’s Ascension – The Lode Runner that the TRS-80 CoCo 3 never had (until now)

Almost by accident, yesterday I came across Digger III: The Saint’s Ascension, a new game released for the CoCo3 with 512K RAM. Heavily inspired (clone?) on Lode Runner, Digger III is a platform game where you have to run across each level collecting gold and avoiding the enemies. After you collect all gold, a door will open, and you need…