Category: Computers
R&D Automation LLC has announced that a fifth run of the legendary CFFA3000 mass storage adapter for Apple II systems is now underway. Approximately 1000 units will be assembled, with pre-orders expected to open some time in mid-to-late February. The CFFA3000 is Compact-Flash or USB-based mass storage adapter for Apple ][+, Apple //e, and Apple //gs systems which provides floppy…
Gimmick! Yumetaro Odyssey is a ZX Spectrum game that greenwebsevilla has been working on for the ZX-DEV Conversions Compo since September 2017. Today we bring you some exciting News that the game has finally been released! Gimmick! Yumetaro Odyssey is based on the Famicom/NES game “Gimmick” published by Sunsoft. The game is a side-on platformer with many levels connected to one main…
The guys over at C64.com have recently interviewed Mihaly Kenczler. Mihaly worked on Express Raider and Impossible Mission II. You can read the interview here. Website: C64.com
Stefan Bylund has released a limited demo of the text adventure game “The Pawn” for the ZX Spectrum Next! The Pawn first appeared on the Sinclair QL in 1985. Amiga and Atari ST versions were later released in 1986. There was also a text only version for the ZX Spectrum 128 and later the ZX Spectrum +3. I have never…
After all the awesome ZX Spectrum releases lately, you would think it would slow down a bit, but no, they just keep coming! Today we have more Retro News about the third instalment of Jane Jelly titled, “The Adventures of Jane Jelly, The Egg Diamond” which is an Action Arcade Adventure for the ZX Spectrum 48k and 128k. Jane Jelly…
After escaping from the planet Tantalus, during the trip your ship was damaged by “The Void”. You must now take on a greater threat, the Space Pirates! Way back in October 2016 we gave you the heads up on an awesome game from Cthonian Godkiller’s (Apsis) for the ZX Spectrum 128 called Harbinger Convergence. Harbinger Convergence is a Sci-fi Arcade Adventure…
You may recognise the name Paul Koller, he is responsible for the awesome C64 game Luftrauserz. Over on Twitter, one of our many followers of @CommodoreBlog contacted us today and shared two teaser tweets by Paul. My #c64 port of Spelunky is coming along rather nicely, if I may say so… @mossmouth pic.twitter.com/7vr4VoU2kl — Paul Koller (@paulko64) January 25, 2018…
Unfortunately the weekend is nearly over and as we creep towards another Monday morning, with sad thoughts of going back to work, Kitty is here to cheer you up with more awesome Retro News! So what have we got for you this evening? ZX Spectrum again! :-) This one is by David Clarke and he has teased a new sizzling…
The amount of ZX Spectrum releases over this weekend has been crazy, and here we are again with another new Speccy game! “Mike, the guitar” is a new AGD game by Sebastian Braunert. Mike, the little guitar, has a big wish: To play a solo! His favourite band is Nirvana, so he wants to perform “Smells like teen spirit“! But…
Balloon Fight is an action video game developed by Nintendo. The original 1984 arcade version was released for the Nintendo VS. System as Vs. Balloon Fight, and its Nintendo Entertainment System counterpart was internationally released in 1986. The game play is similar to the 1982 game Joust from Williams Electronics. My fondest memories of Balloon fight was on the original…
