Author: CommodoreBlog
Today we take a look back on some of the fantastic Retro Releases over 2018. Below I have compiled a list of Homebrew Retro Gaming titles which I think are definitely worth checking out. From the humble ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad to the much loved Commodore Amiga, Atari and more. There is something here for everyone, maybe even…
Bruce Lee is a video game designed by Ron J. Fortier, with graphics by Kelly Day and music by John A. Fitzpatrick. Originally developed for the Atari 8-bit, the game was published in 1984 by Datasoft, along with ports for the Apple II, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC. Bruce Lee RX by Allan Turvey is a graphical update…
Andy Green recently announced a top-down maze shooter called Mage Rage, which will be coming to the ZX Spectrum. Developed by John Davies and Andy using AGDx Mini, you take control of Mercure the Mage, exploring a ravenous beasts evil lair, full of spiders, bats, rats, goblins and trolls. You must recover “Magical Swirls” which were stolen from the stone…
Commando 2084 is a new game for the Commodore 64, and it’s a bit of an oddball. The creator has taken the original Commando game and mixed it up with the controls of the classic Arcade game from 1982, Robotron 2084. It’s still good old Commando as you remember it, but with a different way of controlling your character. Joystick…
Here’s one for all you Snes fans out there. Justice Beaver, The Great Timber Tantrum is a new game that is due to be released sometime this year. After doing a little bit of research on Twitter, it seems that this game has been in production since July 2015. Fast forward to 2019 and the game is looking polished, a…
Back in early August, Louie wrote a post about pre-orders for Vegetables Deluxe, a C64 game by Mike Richmond. We have some good News as we recently found out that Double Sided Games has now made Mike’s game available to purchase on their website. Vegetables Deluxe comes in various formats. Floppy Disk, Cartridge and also a digital version. These range…
North Art Games recently contacted us through Twitter to let us know about a new game they are working on simply titled “Space Shooter”. Currently in Alpha stage, as the name suggests “Space Shooter” is a Shoot’em up, and will be available for Android, IOS and Web PC. Space shooter is a pixel art adventure game currently under development, select…
WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. The following installers have been added up to 2019-09-29. 2019-09-29 improved: Wizball (Ocean) random quit after some time fixed, manual added (Info) 2019-09-29 improved: Crazy Cars (Titus) supports another version, uses less memory (Info) 2019-09-17 improved: Jaguar XJ-220 (Ocean) install procedure fixed, Slave uses data directory as…
Some interesting Scene News today. @AmigaOldSkooler contacted Vitno recently through Twitter to let you all know that Void and Nukleus are bringing back the Amiga demo chart called Versus. They are looking for people to vote for their favourite Amiga demos and Artist. Looking over the details, it could come across a little daunting, but rest assured, you do not…
If you are into old computers, particularly Commodore, you will have heard of Jan Beta. Jan has a fantastic YouTube channel with many informative videos, discussing repair of Vintage Computers and Electronics. His latest offering specifically stood out for me, being a big C16/Plus/4 fan. Jan has acquired not just one, but four Commodore 16 computers, all of which are…
