Category: Computers
Beta 5a of Graeme Cowie’s Bomb Jack Amiga remake, “Bomb Jack Beer Edition” has been released. For more information about the game, check through our older posts and the EAB thread link below. It’s been close to a couple of weeks since I last posted so I thought it best I provide a progress update and to let you know…
We have recently learnt News of a new game preview release by Retrobytes. It’s our understanding that “World War Simulator Part II” will be released coincide the Amstrad Eterno event in Barcelona, from Saturday April 21st until Sunday afternoon April 22nd. The game shares similarities to Pandora’s “Into the Eagles Nest” originally released way back in 1986. World War Simulator…
Since the recent release of the C64 Mini by Retro Games Ltd, there has been a large influx of Commodore 64 activity on various social media platforms, predominantly Twitter and Facebook. Even people who haven’t played the C64 since their childhoods have dusted off the cobwebs to pay tribute to the good old beige breadbin. Some of you may be…
After the very bad news about the case production, Henrique Olifiers has published new updates providing some light from within the darkness. First of all, he tells us that they have found two suppliers that already worked with SMS in the past and with good results. The two suppliers have already accessed the files and both are promising cost and delivery…
If you’re a regular reader of Vintage is the New Old, you will know that we mostly feature old and new games for Vintage computers and game consoles. We sometimes share News about Retro Game remakes and also on the odd occasion, Indie Retro Games. Today I would like to share some News about a new game by Langford Productions….
Retro Games Limited has released firmware version 1.0.7 for TheC64 Mini. Unfortunately this firmware update does not include the promised Advanced Launcher that would allow a straight forward method to play roms from a USB stick or allow disc swapping for multi disk games. Retro Games have stated that version 1.0.7 fixes “an issue encountered on some two-player games when…
RC 2017/10 was my first retrochallenge. I reverse engineered the Berkely Softworks georam for Commodore 64/128 computers, published the design files and built a clone. For RC2018/04 I’d like to pick up where I left off and design a 4MB version of the ram expansion. The Berkeley Softworks geroam is a 512K memory expansion for the Commodore 64/128 originally designed…
Fans of the eagerly awaited ZX Spectrum Next will be excited to learn that the very first commercial game for the ‘Next’ generation of Spectrum has launched and is now available for purchase over at softwareamusements.com. Viewed from a top-down perspective, Adrian Cummings Dungeonette bares the hallmark of all good dungeon crawlers, requiring the player to tackle an increasingly deadly…
Not content at merely bringing you the very best news from the retro gaming and computing scene, we’ve also been adding plenty of new content to our YouTube channel as well! We’ve been busy uploading videos that showcase some of the best and brightest creations from the demoscene in high quality for your enjoyment, and we simply couldn’t pass up the…
















