Author: Paulo Garcia

Nixy and the Seeds of Doom for the ZX Spectrum has been released featuring ULAplus support

Yesterday, Andy Johns (BubbleSoft Games) announced the release of his new game Nixy and the Seeds of Doom, the second game in the Nixy series, and a direct sequel to Nixy The Glade Sprite, as we reported last year. Following the previous game of the series, the game is an arcade-platform action where you will explore mysterious caverns and crumbling castle ruins…

Star Vagrant – A new space trading game for the Atari XL/XE

The Atariage user “MADRAFI” has announced a new game called Star Vagrant, a space trading game for the Atari XL/XE. This is actually a game I am very interested in trying. In the game, you will be in charge of a small cargo ship and be able to travel through 25 different locations and trade 24 unique commodities. As you…

CPCRetroDev 2019 – Amstrad CPC 464 Game Competition gets 35 contestants

With the end of the submission phase on October 30th, the CPCRetroDev 2019 organizers and judges will start to work hard to find, among the 35 games submitted, the winners for each of the categories. The announcement of the winners is planned for Friday, November 8th, 2019. For the General category, the jury members will analyze the following criteria: Fun,…

AmiWest 2019 publishes event videos with rich content for developers!

Our friends at amiga-news.de have published a post containing the links for the presentation videos filmed at AmiWest 2019. The current list shows very interesting content that will certainly interest the Amiga developers out there: Developer Conference, Kick-off: Steven Solie speaking about ExecSG for the Amiga OS 4.1, filmed by Bernardo Developer Conference, Follow-up of Steven Solie’s speech on ExecSG, filmed by Robert Bernardo…

Moon Patrol Redux – a Revamped version of the classic game for the Atari XL/XE

The Atariage user “Tix” has announced yesterday the release of a revamped version of the classic Moon Patrol. Tix explains that this time around, it is not a simple sprite hack replacement, but the game visuals were enhanced in almost all aspects, from the title screen to even the small rocks. Here is the list: new mountains backdrop a new…

Che-man! A new game for the Spectrum, Amstrad and NES by The Mojon Twins

The Mojon Twins have announced the immediate availability of Che-man!, a new game for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad, and also for the NES! The game is available as a free download and is compatible with any good emulator in case you don’t have the real deal at hand. The game also had a limited run of 30 physical copies (in…

After 35 years the TRS-80 Color Computer will get a faithful port of the classic game ‘The Oregon Trail’

As they say: “It is never too late to start learning”. If you believe that and is a happy owner of a TRS-80 CoCo, you are lucky! The Oregon Trail is being ported to the CoCo! Early today, Paul Shoemaker posted a video on the TRS-80 Color Computer Facebook group showing his progress porting probably the most famous educational game…

Long lost unreleased game Kick-man for the Atari 2600 found and available now!

Kick-man was developed for the Atari 2600 back in 1983. Set to be published by CBS Electronics, the game was cancelled and never saw the light of the day. For all these years, it was in every Atari 2600 enthusiast wishlist. Following the old saying “better late than never”, and thanks to the efforts of Dutchman2000 and Thomas Jentzsch, the…

Retro gaming ensures its presence at Brazil Game Show 2019, and ViTNO was there to witness!

This year, my annual trip to Brazil coincided with the time when the biggest game show in Latin America takes place: Brazil Game Show. This year’s edition had more than 300,000 people walking the aisles, checking the 400 booths featuring giant players like YouTube, Facebook Games, Epic Games, Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, and many others. Although I like and play games…

Psytronik and Remute are running an all-C64 game bundle sale (You could get them for free if you read this article!)

Psytronik and Remute are collaborating in a Commodore 64 game bundle, featuring 8 games by Psytronik and a Remute music EP which can be played on a C64! Similar to Humble Bundle sales, the Groupees bundle lets the buyer name the price, starting at US$3.99. The majority of the sales go to Psytronik, therefore buying this bundle the user supports…