Category: Computers
Retro Games Limited, the maker of TheC64 Mini, has announced the soft launch of their new website that will feature “new products, newsletters and much more!”. However, the most exciting part of the new website is the inclusion of a page dedicated to the full size TheC64. As yet, there are no specific details about the full size model with…
Unsurprisingly, the retro community is always presented with Halloween-themed games on October 31st. The one we picked to highlight here is Unhallowed, a traditional text adventure game that runs on any ZX Spectrum with 128K. (Blerkotron, the developer, was also kind enough to provide a special version that runs directly on any modern browser). The game page sets the mood:…
Retrobytes Productions has released a short promotional trailer for Jarlac, it’s latest up-and-coming release for the CPC. The game is being developed as an entry for the CPCRetroDev 2018 competition, and things are certainly shaping up based on the promotional video released earlier this week. There’s no word on gameplay features or plot, but the gameplay features a muscle-bound warrior…
Francois Lionet has established a Patreon to help fund development of AMOS 2, a successor to the popular AMOS Basic programming language and development studio he helped create for the Commodore Amiga. The original AMOS Basic became popular with coders looking to get started in games development, and various projects were released in the years following it’s release. AMOS 2…
How do you keep track of all the different machines released over the years? How do you catalogue different versions of games, down to the different packaging? And how can you ensure that the game you’re looking for is real and authentic? Databases, that’s how! The Martin Ahman, AJ Heller and Joerg Droege talk to Fred Fischer from Consolevariations and…
So this time we have 2 videos from our editor Andrew (Merman) again: 1) Exploding Fish: A special behind the scenes video looking at EXPLODING FISH from Chris Stanley and Megastyle. This video includes an unboxing of the limited edition tape version (with its Melbourne House-inspired artwork), a look at how the music was developed (composed by Merman of Scene…
As the precursor to the both the VIC-20 and C64, the Commodore PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) was launched in 1977, and was one of the first truly personal computers aimed at the home market, as well as making inroads into business and education sectors. And now, thanks to it’s on-going mission to archive and preserve the history of humankind in…
Our yearly gamescom podcast special (#54) has been released now: https://scene.world/gc2018podcast (video+audio versions). Martin Ahman, AJ Heller and Joerg Droege are talking about the experiences in the #retro area & biz area at our appointments EA – Electronic Arts, Konami THQNordic and Assemble Entertainment
There is no backstory to Shadow Switcher, its all about game play, and boy does it ever deliver! Your objective is simple, go around a single screen level, collecting rings while avoiding evil zombie robots and carefully navigating through electric fields and locked gates. Collect all the rings and you will find that the exits open up, ready to take…
Here it is finally released, the interview at gamescom with Andreas Magerl of Amiga Future talking with us about the 20th anniversary they are celebrating this year and about the state of the Amiga scene in general.
