Category: Computers
Hot for you and just released Scene World #28 this time with interviews with Dennis Pauler, John Chowning, David John Pleasance, Christian Spanik, great articles by former Hugi staffer Lars Sobiraj, and also reports by Andrew Burch, Boris Kretzinger, Martin Ahman, Andrew Fisher and of course as always part 4 of Richard Bayliss’ game coding tutorial with a bonus game…
Anthony Perez (greenwebsevilla), veteran of the Spectrum development scene, is in the process of developing Gremlins 2: The NES Batch for the classic 8-bit micro. When horror comedy Gremlins 2: The New Batch hit movie theatres in 1990, a slew of video game adaptations were soon to follow. Sunsoft were responsible for developing a version of the game for the NES,…
The team at Megastyle are very pleased to announce that their new title, Exploding Fish for the Commodore 64, is now available for digital purchase from their Itch.Io site for just $2USD. Exploding Fish sees you take control of Diver Dougal in an effort to dive deep and defuse bombs dropped onto the protected reefs by the evil Doctor Drax….
Coco Banana is a new upcoming Amiga platformer by Amiten Software (Johnny Acevedo & Team). Originally announced back in May as ‘Project Dragon Banana’, Coco Banana is being created using the AMOS game engine and will be released as freeware. Currently the game is expected to have around 30 levels, classic Amiga parallax scrolling and as you can see from…
Of the many Dungeons and Dragons games released over the years, one that continues to hold a special place in many gamer’s hearts is Eye of the Beholder. Developed by Westwood Associates (of Command & Conquer fame) and selling in the region of 130,000 copies, the title proved incredibly popular and would go on to spawn a number of sequels,…
The Commodore 64 community has been reinvigorated with the recent launch of TheC64 Mini, bringing vintage 8-bit gaming back to the general consumer looking for an easy to use plug’n’play solution. However, the Mini was not the first Commodore 64 themed project in this century to entice us middle aged boys and girls to put on the ‘rose tinted glasses’…
Sky diving hey…who doesn’t love the adrenaline rush of jumping out of a plane and hurtling down towards the earth at a brain busting speed…well chickens like me for a start, that’s who. Fortunately, David Asenjo (aka Darro) has allowed me to experience the virtual thrills of this death defying sport with the release of the game Sky Diving for…
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/443882757″ params=”color=#ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=true&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”300″ iframe=”true” /] Andrew (BackOfficeShow) and I (RetroManCave) host another guest to share their life in retro through video game music before we cast them away on Retro Island. Today it’s Daniel Ibbertson AKA DJ Slope from the popular YouTube channel Slopes Game Room. Daniel takes us through his formative years, DJ’ing, his arcade arch nemesis…
The game Tetris was (and continues to be) a world wide gaming sensation for over 30 years ago. The perfect balance between simplicity and never ending addictive game play means that there would be many readers of ViTNO that have at least played one variant of Tetris over the years. My first exposure to Tetris was on the Commodore 64…
West Bank for the Commodore 64 was one of my all-time favourite games back in the 1980s. Despite its simple premise, West Bank’s requirement for concentration and fast reaction all wrap up in a Western Cowboy setting had me returning to it time after time. So imagine my excitement when I found out that Shoot’Em Up Construction Kit (SEUCK) game…
