Category: Computers

Black Dawn Rebirth (Amiga) – Try Before You Buy – Demo Available

Double Sided Games has announced that a demo version of their upcoming Sci-Fi dungeon crawler game, Black Dawn Rebirth, is now available for you to try. The demo does not feature the music soundtrack or a load/save facility and sound effects are limited but it will provide a good feel for the visual on offer and the mechanics behind the…

Moon Patrol Redux – a Revamped version of the classic game for the Atari XL/XE

The Atariage user “Tix” has announced yesterday the release of a revamped version of the classic Moon Patrol. Tix explains that this time around, it is not a simple sprite hack replacement, but the game visuals were enhanced in almost all aspects, from the title screen to even the small rocks. Here is the list: new mountains backdrop a new…

Che-man! A new game for the Spectrum, Amstrad and NES by The Mojon Twins

The Mojon Twins have announced the immediate availability of Che-man!, a new game for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad, and also for the NES! The game is available as a free download and is compatible with any good emulator in case you don’t have the real deal at hand. The game also had a limited run of 30 physical copies (in…

After 35 years the TRS-80 Color Computer will get a faithful port of the classic game ‘The Oregon Trail’

As they say: “It is never too late to start learning”. If you believe that and is a happy owner of a TRS-80 CoCo, you are lucky! The Oregon Trail is being ported to the CoCo! Early today, Paul Shoemaker posted a video on the TRS-80 Color Computer Facebook group showing his progress porting probably the most famous educational game…

BackBit: A new emulated storage solution for your Commodore 64

One of the greatest evolution of the Commodore 64 scene has been the introduction of emulated storage solutions, providing greater accessibility and flexibility to the C64 enthusiast. Products such as the Ultimate II+, SD2IEC, Pi1541 and EasyFlash cart are great examples (each with their own pro and cons) of alternate storage solutions designed to get around the tedious, unreliable and…

Retro gaming ensures its presence at Brazil Game Show 2019, and ViTNO was there to witness!

This year, my annual trip to Brazil coincided with the time when the biggest game show in Latin America takes place: Brazil Game Show. This year’s edition had more than 300,000 people walking the aisles, checking the 400 booths featuring giant players like YouTube, Facebook Games, Epic Games, Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, and many others. Although I like and play games…

Psytronik and Remute are running an all-C64 game bundle sale (You could get them for free if you read this article!)

Psytronik and Remute are collaborating in a Commodore 64 game bundle, featuring 8 games by Psytronik and a Remute music EP which can be played on a C64! Similar to Humble Bundle sales, the Groupees bundle lets the buyer name the price, starting at US$3.99. The majority of the sales go to Psytronik, therefore buying this bundle the user supports…

TheC64 – Additional Photos of Prototype revealed

Retro Games Limited has posted additional photos of TheC64 prototype model current undergoing testing on TheC64 Facebook page. Following the small video reveal of the unit under some basic testing, backers were keen to see what ports TheC64 has on its side and rear. While these picture are not of the models in production right now, Retro Games Limited stated…

Two new adventure games ported to the Commodore Plus/4 (also available for many other computers!)

Stefan Vogt (@8bit_era on Twitter) has two text-adventure games (with nice graphics!) available for a while for the C64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX, Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS. The games are Hibernated 1 and Eight Feet Under (an add-on for the former). If all that wasn’t enough, Stefan has announced yesterday that he ported the game for yet another…

Mega65 Puts Call Out for Donations

The development team behind the Mega65 are looking to raise €66,000 for steel moulds that will allow for the production of the machine at more reasonable prices. The Mega65 is slated to be an open sourced FPGA based 8-bit computer with Commodore 64 and Commodore 65 compatibility. It is claimed that the machine will run at 50 times the speed…