Category: Computers

Atari800MacX new version 6.0.0 adds support for Apple Silicon

Just a couple of weeks after the release of version 5.5.0, Atari800MacX 6.0.0 is out with not many functional changes, but with an important update that will ensure the emulator will stay work on macOS for many years to come. The emulator app bundle now includes both binaries for Intel and Apple ARM CPU. The OS will choose the right…

Lemon Amiga launches new and improved website

I like to think Vintage is the New Old foments the retro computing community integration, and more than once, we have been promoting different websites and projects around the internet. It is with pleasure that I see one of the most traditional ones getting even better! Lemon Amiga website has been around for many years, and it is one of…

Quadron DeLuxe – The acclaimed ZX Spectrum game gets a Cassette CD pack

After almost two years from its launch, Quadron for the ZX Spectrum by Andy “Cosmium” Beale finally got its deserved physical release. Published by Cronosoft, Quadron DeLuxe features a double jewel case containing both a special edition sparkly cassette and mini CD-ROM featuring the same, most recent version of the game and the following extras: TAP emulator file of the latest version…

Winner of the most favourite C64 game announced

Retro Gamer Nation is pleased to announced that Zeta Wing by Sarah Jane Avory has been declared the most popular C64 new release game for 2020. Over 370 gamers participated in the public voting event whereby C64 gamers where able to select up to 5 of their favourite nominated games for 2020. Zeta Wing took out the award with 144…

Atari800MacX version 5.5.0 is out!

Atari800MacX gets another important update, this time adding support to another host system, but the main feature, in my opinion, is the enhanced copy and paste feature. In this new version, you can copy/paste regular text and ATASCII graphics characters as well as any key combination you can perform on a real Atari. In addition to that, you can add…

Commodore 64 SEUCK Game Development Competition 2021 is on!

Another traditional game development competition has started, and it is ready to receive submissions. Hosted by Richard Bayliss’ The New Dimension (TND), the compo has bought many cool games for the C64 over the years, and with some clever tricks, the results go beyond the basic Shoot’em Up nature of the tool! The competition is already going, and the deadline…

Amiga Game Construction Kit ‘RedPill’ Gets New Version

Carlos Peris has released RedPill 0.85, a game development tool created using AmiBlitz and targeted people who want to build Amiga games but have little to none programming background. Although the author explains that RedPill is “more a toy to play with than a professional tool,” it has been responsible for releasing many cool Amiga games, and there are more…

We played the superb ‘Biscuits in Hell’ for the Atari XL/XE

Biscuits in Hell was released back in June 2020 by Playsoft/Paul Lay as an exclusive game for ABBUC members, as part of issue #141 of the ABBUC Magazine. Now the game is freely available to everybody via ABBUC public downloads (link at the end). The game was originally developed for the ZX Spectrum in 2017 and the premise is fairly…

MSXdev ’21 – The traditional MSX game development competition has started

2021 has barely started, but the MSX game developers out there have no time to rest. The MSXDev’21 has been announced and will run from January 1st through October 15th. Last year, the compo went back to its roots and decided to allow only pure MSX1 games to compete. The change was very successful, and nothing less than 21 new…

Abyss Connection releases Ditheridoo 1.0 – A new image editor for the Commodore 64

The damascene group Abyss Connection has started the new year with a new tool targeting the Commodore 64 scene. Ditheridoo is a multicolour bitmap editor for C64. It runs on 64-bit versions of Linux, macOS and Windows. The editor is open-source and written in Python and allows easy dithering, and in this first release offers checkerboard, x-line, y-line, light dither…