Category: Computers
Pixel (Sven Michael Klose) over at Vic-20 Denial Forums is creating a new Arkanoid clone titled “Arukanoido” for the Commodore Vic-20. I won’t waste your time with long details about Arkanoid, as I’m sure you are all familiar with this 1986 Arcade classic from Taito. Arukanoido has 33 levels and requires at least 24k memory. Download the game from the…
This is not retro since it is a brand new computer with modern hardware. However, it runs AmigaOS so we are all over it :) Ars Technica has an extensive review of the A-EON X5000, a new desktop that features a dual-core Freescale CPU up to 2.5GHz, up to 64GB of RAM and runs AmigaOS 4.1. Most of the review…
Jamie Grilo has recently released his first game for the ZX Spectrum, titled “The Treasure of Lumos”. The game is heavily inspired by such classics as Jet Set Willy and Manic Miner. If your a big fan of these games, you will feel right at home with this one. Protagonist treasure seeker is on a mission to find the treasure…
The excellent MSX Resource Centre website brought to my attention this new game that will be released in July by Kai Magazine. Myths and Dragons is a fantasy-themed beat ’em up game that also has some RPG elements. This nice addition gives the game more to look for since the players can gain experience and money that will let them upgrade equipment as…
The NPR podcast How I Built This is a podcast about innovators, entrepreneurs, and idealists, and the stories behind the movements they built. On May 22, they released an episode where they talked with Rod Canion, one of the three co-founders of Compaq Computers. He left Texas Instruments in 1981 after being assigned a project that he felt wasn’t going…
The first big party is over! We’ve been posting a lot of news about the ZX Spectrum Next. Although we are not associated with the developer team, we found the project so interesting that it got us excited. Myself and my Co-Admin CommodoreBlog, have both backed the project and now we look forward to getting our hands on this cool…
The Atari portal AtariOnline.pl presented today the first images of the port of Skool Daze for the Atari 8-bits. The game was very popular in the UK, selling more than 50,000 copies for both ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64. It features the player as a schoolboy named Eric, with the objective of stealing his report card out of the staff room safe by…
The ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter broke the 600K Barrier today! The chat is buzzing on the Next Facebook group and people are Tweeting like mad! If for some strange reason you haven’t heard about the ZX Spectrum Next, it’s an updated and enhanced version of the ZX Spectrum totally compatible with the original, featuring major hardware developments of the past…
As if Henrique Olifiers, Victor Trucco and the rest of the “Next” Team haven’t spoilt us enough with all the fantastic stretch goals we have been given through-out the ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter, they have only gone and announced yet another Stretch Goal! Are you ready for this? ;) “Dreamworld Pogie” gets a Next version for free to all backers…
It has been a long time since we last saw an issue of Sunteam’s ZX Spectrum Gamer, the previous one being released in 2013, but issue 4 is now available. It contains reviews of Nemesis the Warlock, Ninja Commando and The Nowotnik Puzzle, as well as regular features and its typical less-than-serious attitude. Issue 4 can be downloaded or read…
