Author: Louie Dimovski
The hottest retro gaming related product for the 2019 Christmas period, THEC64 has finally arrived with the hope that it can satisfy the C64 enthusiasts insatiable need to provide a modern day retro computing solution without sacrificing too much of what made the Commodore 64 great. The successor to the 2018 released THEC64 Mini, THEC64 is a C64/VIC20 emulator presented…
Last year’s largest popular C64 game vote competition is back as the 2nd annual C64 Gamers’ Choice poll is now open. The C64 Gamers’ Choice Award 2019 is held by Retro Gamer Nation (RGN) and sponsored by Rhayader Computers (your one stop shop for retro game themed mouse mats, mugs and other retro related material all made to a high…
Having just started shipping the full size THEC64 to backers this week, those with the mini variant have been asking as to whether the smaller emulator will be receiving some of the firmware enhancements found on the big brother. Well, Mini owners can rejoice as Retro Games Limited have pushed out a new firmware update for both the full size…
How good is it to be an Amiga gaming enthusiast right now. We are right at the stage where a steady influx of quality new titles are being released and if we look long into the distant horizon we know that a great swell of commercial grade titles will be coming across our way. But before we get too excited…
The Yandex Museum, located in Moscow Russia, launched a retro games contest in July, seeking new game submission for the ZX Spectrum by 5 December 2019. The contest has proven to be quite popular with 19 games submitted and now you have until 11 December to try out all the entries and submit your vote. Browsing through the submissions there…
Retro Games Limited has announced via TheC64 Facebook page that TheC64 will start to be dispatched on Monday 9th December 2019 to original backers. Those that backed the project back in 2016 via Indiegogo or pre-ordered through TheC64 web site will finally receive their long awaited units within the next week or so, albeit in a different format and functionality…
For a number of years now, Commodore Amiga gaming enthusiasts have long been looking over at the Commodore 64 scene, envious of the volumes of new titles being released for the machine on an almost weekly basis But 2019 has been a watershed year for the Amiga. Not only has it seen a marked increase in the number of new…
New entrant to the retro game publishing scene, Bitmap Soft have been busy signing up game titles to release to the market in physical cassette format. In addition to their launch titles – All Hallows (ZX Spectrum) and Chronicles of Nanako (Amstrad), Bitmap Soft have announced that they will be making available the following titles: Cousin Horace (ZX Spectrum) Gluf…
The Future Was 8 Bit (TFW8B) is pleased to announce the physical cartridge release of Crazy Blaster, the latest Commodore 64 title developed by Mika ‘Misfit’ Keranen. Added to the TFW8B 9.99 range of cartridges, Crazy Blaster requires you to guide your spaceship across many planet levels to destroy all outer-space enemies and rescue stranded cosmonauts. The game play on…
The talented trio of Antonia Savona, Steven Day and Saul Cross that provided C64 gaming enthusiasts with recent adaptations of Chopper Command and Keystone Kapers have just released their third Atari / Activision conversion, Frostbite. According to the Frostbite game manual, the object of the game is to help Frostbite Bailey build igloos by jumping on floating blocks of ice….
