Category: Computers

Organism, New C64 Game, Day 1 impressions

Psytronik Software are very proud to announce the release of the eagerly awaited Organism for the Commodore 64. Now available for instant digital download and physical cassette or disk pre-order. The backstory to Organism is that the UTS Heracles, a military grade transport container traveling through space on a 6 month journey to a military station located on the Outer…

Steel Ranger, Commodore 64, ViTNO Game Review

There is something about a well executed 2D run and gun adventure platform game that never fails to draw me in to playing them relentlessly, daring me to put the joystick down and walk away. Turrican was a shining example of how good a platform shooter could get when all the elements come together to produce engrossing game play on…

Rocky Memphis: The Legend of Atlantis, New C64 Game, Day 1 Impressions

Psytronik Software are pleased to announce the release of Rocky Memphis: The Legend of Atlantis in digital download and physical cassette/disk formats. The Legend of Atlantis sees you take on the role of Rocky Memphis who has to explore the ancient temple ruins to find the secret of the lost city of Atlantis. To complete your quest you will need…

Retro Revisited: The Adventures of Robin Hood (Amiga)

In today’s retrospective, we’ll be looking back at one of the most memorable games from my childhood, The Adventures of Robin Hood. Developed by Steve Grand and Ian Saunter for MS-DOS PCs and converted to the Amiga by Alan McCarthy in 1991, this was one of the very first games I ever got to experience on my Amiga 500. As you…

WinUAE 4.0 Public Beta 13 now available to download

Those of you following the development of WinUAE 4.0 can now download a copy of beta release 13, having been released for testing by Toni Wilen in the ongoing development thread over at the EAB forums. This is likely to be one of the final beta releases made available, with the final public release expected somewhere within the next 7…

Pixelglass Games releases Worthy, a new game for OCS Amigas!

They say that diamonds are a girl’s best friend, a mantra that Pixelglass Games has taken to heart in Worthy, it’s newest game just released for OCS Amiga computers! The objective of the game is to guide your would-be Romeo around a series of mazes, collecting as many gems as possible. Only by filling your pockets with these precious gems…

Retro Revisited: MYTH – History in the Making (C64)

Having achieved critical success with The Last Ninja and it’s subsequent sequel in 1987 and 1988 respectively, System 3 had developed a formidable reputation as one of the top software houses in 80’s Britain. No longer simply just the publisher of relatively obscure budget titles, the studio had soon become developer and producer to some of the biggest and best…

2018 Reset64 4KB Craptastic Game Competition Preview

The 2018 Reset64 4KB Craptastic Game Competition deadline is just around the corner, and nothing less than 20 contestants have already submitted their games. Since we are all very busy keeping real life and retro gaming in balance, wouldn’t be great if there is a good summary somewhere giving you a quick overview of all of them? Thankfully, Ausretrogamer thought the…

Amiga Ireland Podcast, Series 2, Episode 3, Commodore Power!

Amiga Users Ireland Website is the home of the fantastic Amiga Ireland Podcast. This episode contains the following: MilkyTracker for MorphOS A500 replacement case campaign on IndieGoGo Amiga Vampire cards K1208 cards near completion EAB Game coding competition Open X-COM for MorphOS Barbarian+ enhanced for Amiga Provisional Meetup for Scottish Amiga users 4th August in Glasgow And much more! Listen:…

Exploring the Amiga – Assembler Programming Overview

Leonardo Giordani has published since late May a 3-part series with an overview of the Amiga machine language programming. Giordani objective while writing the article was, in his own words, not intended to be a complete tutorial about Amiga ML programming, but a collection of his notes while exploring the machine architecture. Don’t let this statement dissuade you, because the…