Author: Louie Dimovski

Retro gaming journalist promoting NEW C64 and Amiga releases. Contributes to RetroGamerNation YouTube channel, Vintage is the New Old blog site, Reset 64 Magazine, K&A Plus Magazine and various other publications. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/retrogamernation Website: http://retrogamernation.com Email: retrogamernation@gmail.com

Amazon opens pre-orders for the NeoGeo Mini International

SNK’s miniaturised NeoGeo cabinet console is available on pre-order from Amazon with a release date of October 15, 2018. The NeoGeo Mini International will be selling for $109 USD while the optional NeoGeO Gamepad controller is also available for pre-order at a price of $25.90 USD. Compared to the Japanese variant, the International variant of the NeoGeo Mini features an…

Jam It, Commodore 64, Retrospective Basketball Game Review

Originally released by Throwback Games back in 2015, Jam It is an arcade style two on two basketball game played on a half court format. Jam It is somewhat unique in that it allows up to 4 players to take part in some fun fast paced hoop action. Before you start playing, you get to choose the number of players…

Final changes to POLYMEGA system revealed

Playmaji, the company behind the POLYMEGA project, has reached out to Nintendo Life to help them communicate important and significant changes to their all-in-one retro system as their website continues to not be accessible to most people. The update article published by Nintendo Life discloses the following changes to specifications, previously announced: CPU upgraded to a higher speed Dual Core…

The POLYMEGA website comes to a halt as the modular retro system goes into pre-order [Update #3]

POLYMEGA finally opened up pre-orders for its eagerly anticipated modular retro gaming system that supports multiple cartridge based and optical disc based platforms in full HD. However, the big day event didn’t go as planned as the POLYMEGA website quickly came to a crashing halt due to greater than anticipated demand and a claimed Denial-of-service attack. Eager buyers have had…

Darkness, Commodore 64, Retrospective Review

Fans of the current Commodore 64 gaming scene are blessed to have passionate game designers such as Trevor Storey to provide great re-interpretations of classic 8-bit games that provide great gaming enjoyment in the modern day environment. Today we take a look back at one of Storey’s more successful collaboration projects with coder Achim Volkers, Darkness, originally distributed by RGCD…

RGCD Re-Releases Rocket Smash Ex, Fun Blasting Arcade Game for C64

RGCD, one of the leading publishers of current generation Commodore 64 games, has announced that they have re-released the fun blasting arcade style game, Rocket Smash Ex for the C64. Developed by John Christian Lønningdal & Saul Cross, Rocket Smash Ex is a single screen arcade game that requires you to reassemble and refuel your crashed rocket ship before running…

C64 SEUCK Compo 2018 Winner Announced

The C64 SEUCK (Shoot’Em Up Construction Kit) Compo 2018, organised by Richard Bayliss from The New Dimension has come to an end with all votes tallied and the winner announced. Bayliss was pleased to announced that the winner of this year’s competition is….Valkyrie 3 by Eleanor Burns. Eleanor Burn’s vertical scrolling shooter sees you fly your plane through 6 different zones, battling…

Yoomp! 64, New Commodore 64 Release, Game Review

RGCD and Psytronik Software are pleased to announce the release of Yoomp! 64 for the Commodore 64. Developed by Zbigniew Ross and featuring sound by Michal Brzeski, Yoomp! 64 is a Commodore 64 port of the Atari XE/XL indie arcade game Yoomp! where you bounce a ball through 23 three-dimensional textured tubes and collect as many points as you can…

Hunter’s Moon Remastered, Commodore 64, Day 1 Game Play Impressions

Thalamus Digital Publishing are pleased to announce the digital launch of Hunter’s Moon Remastered for the Commodore 64. Hunter’s Moon is a strategic shoot’em up game originally released in 1987 for the Commodore 64, developed by Martin Walker with music composition provided by Matt Grey. The game received critical acclaim when reviewed by Zzap!64 and became one of the C64’s…

ZX Spectrum Vega+ makes its way to some backers

The latest chapter of the intriguing ZX Spectrum Vega + saga has been written with an actual unit confirmed to have made its way to a backer. Retro Computers  announced last Friday, on their Facebook page, that there were going to immediately start shipping the first 400 units to ‘backers who had asked to received their unit without the 1,000 game…