Author: Louie Dimovski
Sky diving hey…who doesn’t love the adrenaline rush of jumping out of a plane and hurtling down towards the earth at a brain busting speed…well chickens like me for a start, that’s who. Fortunately, David Asenjo (aka Darro) has allowed me to experience the virtual thrills of this death defying sport with the release of the game Sky Diving for…
The game Tetris was (and continues to be) a world wide gaming sensation for over 30 years ago. The perfect balance between simplicity and never ending addictive game play means that there would be many readers of ViTNO that have at least played one variant of Tetris over the years. My first exposure to Tetris was on the Commodore 64…
West Bank for the Commodore 64 was one of my all-time favourite games back in the 1980s. Despite its simple premise, West Bank’s requirement for concentration and fast reaction all wrap up in a Western Cowboy setting had me returning to it time after time. So imagine my excitement when I found out that Shoot’Em Up Construction Kit (SEUCK) game…
Fans of Tetris style games are in for a treat with the Commodore 64 release of BINTRIS, developed by nurpax. BINTRIS is a twist on the classic Tetris game by asking the player to convert decimal numbers into binary code/patterns. A decimal number is displayed on the right side of the screen and your job is to manoeuvre the black…
Talented SEUCK game designer has provided an update on one of his current Commodore 64 development projects, PRECINCT 20: Dead Strange, releasing a number of updated screenshots showing off improved graphics. Collaborating with Richard Bayliss, Yngve first hinted of PRECINCT 20’s existence late last year, where he disclosed that PRECINCT 20: Dead Strange is based on a series of short…
Rucksack Games are pleased to announce the release of Rubicon: Run the Maze for the ZX Spectrum 48k/128k, now available for download from their website. The backstory to Rubicon sees you playing as NYM who’s in his last day of childhood and , as tradition dictates, must take part in a right of passage to cross the Rubicon maze so…
Trevor Storey has provided a number of updates to the various projects that he is collaborating on with the Georg Rottensteiner, Achim Volkers and Stuart Collier. Organism is fast approaching a release date with the last round of bug fixing taking place before the title is ready to be unleashed on the eager C64 gaming community. Storey has indicated that…
Antonio Savona, the programmer behind the POSnake and the critically acclaimed hit from 2017 PlanetGolf, has just announced that is resuming development on a platform shooter game for the Commodore 64 titled Guy in a Vest. Savona teased the C64 community with glimpses of some impressive looking early graphics for the game produced by Saul Cross back in November 2017…
poly.play Software has announced that they have opened up pre-orders for their upcoming release of The Dawn of Kernel for the Amstrad CPC. The Dawn of Kernel, developed by usebox.net (primary coding duties performed by Juan J. Martinez), takes its inspiration from classic shooters such Cybernoid and is set to feature blasting action mixed with strong tactical and puzzle elements set in…
Toot! Toot! Calling all budding train drivers, Black Castle Software has released a new puzzle game for the Commodore 64 set in a railway environment called Trolley Follies. The premise behind Trolley Follies is that you are a new conductor for the Trolley division of Convoluted Rail Road (CRR) Incorporated and your job is to operate one of their trolleys…
