Author: Paulo Garcia
I just finished watching Bandersnatch on Netflix and enjoyed it a lot! If you are a fan of visual novel games you will also enjoy the Black Mirror latest episode, which gives the watcher the power to decide how the movie will proceed and ends. In a nutshell (no spoilers) the main character is a young game programmer and the…
If you have bought Quadron for the ZX Spectrum you might want to know that there are two small updates available. The first includes the loading screen before entering the game menu. The screen was recreated from the original screen art from 1988. The second update is the availability of the game in TAP format, for those who prefer this…
Together with Groupees.com, Dennis from Remute.org just started a sale campaign of Amiga Forever 7 Plus Edition and two Amiga games: Heroes Of Gorluth and Tales Of Gorluth II. It follows the idea of Humble Bundle, where you can name your price, starting at USD 4.99. To make it even more interesting, Denis kindly sent us two codes and we…
Author of the well-received The Secret History of Mac Gaming, Richard Moss is now working on a new book called Shareware Heroes: Independent Games at the Dawn of the Internet (working title) where he is writing about shareware games released from the late-1980s through the 90s. To fund the production costs, the author is running a crowdfunding campaign at https://unbound.com/books/shareware-heroes/. Looks to me an…
We have seen from other retro-gaming sites like Planeta Sinclair the announcement of a new (old!) game for the ZX Spectrum, Quadron, an action game where you control a robot in charge of clearing the Quadron from the invaders. The Origins Andy “Cosmium” Beale had started developer Quadron in 1986-87 and after two years he completed it and was about to publish it…
Although the history tells us the Amiga was a successful home computer and a multimedia powerhouse with no suitable competitor, its beginning wasn’t an easy win as the machine capabilities would make us believe. With that point of view, Flatline YouTube channel has published an excellent 30-minute documentary about the beginning of the Amiga, how it struggled to almost a…
Paleotronic Magazine is an Australian magazine published by Melody and April Ayres-Griffiths and is dedicated to examining the evolution and culture of electronics and computers through a retro-inspired yet modern-styled format. After a successful Kickstarter campaign, the magazine took off and has published 3 issues in 2018. One of the perks for backers was a special series of 12 articles looking at products…
It’s been a long time.. We no longer post News about WinUAE beta releases as they happen so often now, but I still think it is worth, from time to time, to post about this great Amiga emulator since the retro-community is always getting newcomers that might not even know this emulation option exists. So here there is: WinUAE version…
Allan Turvey has announced on the AGDx Facebook Group the Christmas Code Jam 2018, where a Christmas-theme game will be created using as many hands as possible. AGDx group is a spin-off from the official Arcade Game Design group with the objective to discuss technical challenges, modding, patches and the current progress with AGDX Studio, which by itself is an expanded…
For the past many years, I had loose plans to attend the World of Commodore that happens in Toronto, but for one reason or another, it never happened. This year, however, only two days before the event, I manage to confirm my presence and book the hotel. For those who aren’t as fortunate as me, here are my report with…
