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Retro gaming homebrew development contests roundup – what is still going on in 2020

My only participation in game development contests happened a few years ago in the BASIC 10-liner, where I managed to a very low score – the game wasn’t that good, to be honest. Despite that, this is one of the topics that most interest me. The interest comes from reasons. One is my thinking to try again to participate in…

A TRS-80 Color Computer Commercial Quality Action/Fight Game in BASIC, part 1

Chapters: 01 , 02 , 03. If you have seen my other project devlogs, you probably noticed I pull a lot inspiration from that title´s primeval computer. Yes it was were I self learned to do computer games, mostly with the aid of books and magazines from those times. After finishing The Outhouse game, which mimics the COCO´s semigraphics 4…

Community Showcase: GreenBoy Games and the passion for the 4-shades-of-green handheld

Greenboy Games is a one-man studio that has only one objective: make games for the classic Nintendo Gameboy. Behind that studio is Dan Puch, a hobbyist game developer that is passionate about the 4-shades-of-green little screen handheld. While my first idea was to write about his work, last week we talked and later he sent me via email some answers…

Noobs Review 12 :- WWF Wrestlefest (Arcade 1991)

WWF Wrestlefest is one of the most memorable games in the Arcade, but is it still worth a play today? Lets find out…

Reading ViTNO articles as you would 30 years ago with Temporal Vortex BBS

A month ago I saw an announcement on Facebook that ViTNO articles were available on Temporal Vortex BBS ][. I was immediately curious to see how would that work and how well (or bad) would be the experience. Bulletin Board Systems I believe that most of our readers have come from the time when the Internet didn’t exist and BBS…

Noobs Review 11 :- Super Mario Land (Game Boy 1990)

Super Mario Land is Mario`s 1st outing on the Game-Boy, how does it stack up 30 years after its release?

Noobs Review 10 :- Cannon Fodder (Amiga 1993)

War has never been so much fun….or has it, check out Noobs Game Review of Cannon Fodder, on the Amiga, and find out

Review: Reformation 3 (C64 & Amiga VGM remixes by Matt Gray)

We review the third installment of video game music remixes from Matt Gray!