Category: Computers

3D Monster Maze ZX81 Colour Remake

Planeta Sinclair shared some interesting News not long ago, about a colour remake of 3D Monster Maze. For those of you that are not familiar, the game was released way back in 1982, developed from an idea by J.K.Greye and programmed by Malcolm Evans in 1981 for the Sinclair ZX81 with 16 KB of memory expansion. 3D Monster Maze puts the player…

Flashtro releases Alco-Copter 1.0 for the Commodore Amiga!

Back in January, we posted a quick sneak peek covering Alco-Copter, an all-new game for classic Amiga computers by Flashtro. The game has come a long way from that initial 6-level preview, having finally reached final release status! If you’ve not been following coverage regarding this particular game, it blends arcade and puzzle elements together in a devious little package that’s…

All Hallows: Rise of the Pumpkin, John Blythe’s New AGD Speccy Game is Coming!

Something for later in the year ALL HALLOWS – Rise of the Pumpkin. Utilizing Andy Johns code. A barmy bouncing platformer will emerge.. You play the Pumpkin and you have noticed the dark tower as awoken! It can mean only one thing. The Dark Forest Lord is preparing to break free from his 1000 years of imprisonment! You must reactivate…

Hellbound, a devilish new game heading to the C64

Marvin Hardy recently unveiled an early preview of Hellbound, a new title he is working on for the Commodore 64. Posted in the Commodore 64/128 Facebook group, the preview demonstrates a number of rooms present within the game, including preliminary artwork, game design, as well as some of the mechanics implemented so far. We should point out, however, that the footage revealed…

ZX-Dev-MIA-Remakes Competition has Launched!

You may remember a while back we closely covered the ZX-Dev Conversions competition 2017. Coders were set the task of creating their own ZX game conversion. The competition created a huge buzz within the Spectrum community, and as a result, some fantastic new games were created, specifically, Mighty Final Fight, Ninja Gaiden Shadow Warriors and one of my personal favourites, Gimmick!…

Street Fighter II remake inbound for the Commodore 64

The official Commodore 64 release of Street Fighter II: The World Warrior is well-known for being one of the most lacklustre conversions of the Capcom’s seminal tournament fighting game in existence, so we were excited to learn that a new, fan-based remake is in the works! Behind the planned reincarnation is Paco Herrera of PacoBlog64, which was originally conceived a…

Latest C64 Updates from Richard Bayliss, The New Dimension Website (TND)

Latest downloads over at The New Dimension are as follows: Electric Warrior A$$emble It Seuck Compo 2018 Moon Over Afghanistan Scene World #28 Website: tnd64.unikat.sk

Athanor 2 – The Legend of Birdmen now available in English for Amstrad CPC

Safar Games recently announced that their text-adventure game, Athanor 2 – The Legend of Birdmen, has been given a full UK English release. According to a post made by the game’s author, Eric Safar, on the official website, 50 copies have been made available for purchase. This isn’t an especially large quantity, so we suggest that adventure game fans who…

WinUAE 4.0 beta 12 released

Toni Wilen continues his endeavours to improve the quintessential Amiga emulator for Windows-based computers with the release of WinUAE 4.0 public beta 12. As always, bear in mind that beta release isn’t guaranteed to be completely stable, so you may come across unexpected issues under normal use. According to Toni’s latest updates on the English Amiga Board (EAB) forum, the…

FM-YAM, A Commodore 64 Sound Expander Compatible

FM-YAM is a cartridge for your C64 that will add FM sound capability to your system. See it as adding Adlib to your C64, since it has the OPL2 YM3812 on board. Remember that a lot of 8-bit (and 16-bit) systems used to have Adlib options as well. There’s the original Adlib sound cards for PC, but other systems, such as…