Category: MSX
The 2016 BASIC 10-liners contest is a staggering success with 89 games in 4 categories. The number of entries and the quality of the programs shows that BASIC is still a viable language for many usages, and fun to program. Your very own Vintage is The New Old had an entry called “Typing Hero” for the MSX, and it did…
MSX Resource Centre has reported that a remake of the game ‘Head Over Heels’, an isometric arcade adventure game released in 1987, is almost ready for release. After one year in development, the FX Project team has announced that the game is practically ready and only few fixes and final tweaks are remaining. It’s expected to sell the game during the next…
Bubbo World is the third entry participating on MSXDev’15 compo. It is a platform/action game where the main objective is to collect the gold while avoiding the rocks falling from the top. The hero, besides running around, can drop ladders to reach other areas or teleport to a random position on the screen. There are dead ends where the falling…
MSXDev’15 Competition reached its deadline and gets four entries. You might think that four is a small number, but that will change after you see them in action. All entries present a professional look that will make the task to decide which is the best a nightmare. These are the four entries: Wing Warriors, from EGS/Kitmaker, a vertical-scrolling shoot’em up with…
With a small target of €600 (for Kickstarted standards), the Eight Bit Magazine campaign has started and by the time I write this, has almost reached its goal. The project is a retro computer magazine that goes beyond the usual game review magazines we are used to. They plan to cover the hardware and programming side of computers from the 70’s to early…
There is a new game for iOS devices that is all about knowing your retro computers. ‘Retro PC Mania’ tests your knowledge with three game modes: Identify the model looking at the pictures Tell the brand name of the machine displayed Try to select the year of introduction of a computer The game doesn’t have the most incredible graphics but…
Retro Emulator Vision and Game (REV’n’GE) issue 49 in both Italian and English editions. The contents of the February issue: Altered Destiny Alternate Reality: The City Astro Pinball CDTV Genlock Dem Doctor Doom’s Revenge Genesis: Beyond the Revelation Rescue of Lorri in Lorrinitron Rescue on Fractalus! Retribution Rick Dangerous The magazine is available as free download following the link below….
Stack Overflow is a site for question and answers widely used by the software development community. It is valuable because all issues and answers can receive up/down votes, and they stay forever, accessible at any time. This is the second attempt to create a Stack Exchange site exclusive for vintage computer hobbyists interested in restoring, preserving, and using the classic computer and…
Yes, the game features a suicidal mob of cute creatures is already 25 years old! Lemmings was first published by Psygnosis for the Amiga, Atari ST and PC in 1991. It was also ported for more than 20 different platforms, including NES, C64, Amstrad and Playstation. On this puzzle game, you control the lemmings trying to guide then to the…
Retro computer’s floppy drives are a species facing extinction. With all moving parts and sensible mechanism, it is hard to keep them working properly. For those who have an extensive collection of floppy disks, the options are to copy them to any modern mass storage solution or to pray for their floppy drives not to die… MSX owners have an…
