Category: Free Games
Our own @CommodoreBlog on twitter tagged me about this game and I am glad I saw it! If you like Lemmings, you gonna love Planet Balls. In this new puzzle game for the Commodore 64, your job is to guide the balls to the exit of each level either adding or removing blocks. The game has even a back story:…
The Mojon Twins, one of the most prolific active retro game developers, has released one of their gams for the NES. This time it is a game from the famous Cheril Trilogy that was made in 2017. “Great reward for capturing the evil monster in the cave”, Cheril read in a notice placed in her local bulletin board. “Watermelon candy…
The 2020 Reset64 4kb ‘Craptastic’ Game Compo came to an end and published the contestants’ entries as a single package on itch.io. The competition hosted by Reset64 Magazine received 37 entries and based on the screenshots alone, the quality is very high. If you are not aware of the competition, don’t be fooled by the name! As the organizers explain:…
While writing my previous post about the ZX Spectrum Next, I learned that one of the games I mentioned in the article had been released only four hours ago! Rite of the Druid is a text adventure game or using a more modern term, an interactive fiction where you are part of a small tribe, preparing to take part in…
The Antic magazine started offering the disk/magazine option only from issue #10. The disks featured all the current issue listings, saving the readers many hours in front of the computer typing and debugging the programs. With the newsstands price of $9.95, it was an expensive option but worthwhile for those lucky people that could afford to buy them. Luckily for…
Who Dares Wins for MSX2, a remake of the ’86 game Who Dares Wins 2 by Alligata, was launched in 2017 as a physical copy. If you haven’t had the chance to purchase or simply don’t have a real machine, you can now download the game for free. Retroforce has announced the great news at the 56th Barcelona MSX meeting, which…
Some interesting News popped up on Twitter recently regarding a website that is at least New to me. “Tiny Emus” has a lot to offer the on-the-go Retro Gamer. Perfect for someone who doesn’t have the time nor the patience to mess around fiddling with emulator settings. Visiting the website, you will be presented with a full page of games…
Joe Blob is a small game created by Ronan McEvoy in 1989 that was never officially released until now. Felipe Veiga, Pedro Pimenta, Mario Viegas, and Andre Leao, all members of the Espectroteam and also Planeta Sinclair website got together and with the help of Andy Green, have created a remastered version of Joe Blob to be included in Woot!…
The already traditional game development contest sponsored by the Universidad de Alicante has announced the start of its 2019 edition. CPC RetroDev 2019 aims to promote the development of games targeting the Amstrad CPC 464. This year contest is giving to the best games nothing less than 1.650 €, divided in the following categories: Special mentions: 150 € – Gominolas…
Developer Sunteam has announced that their retro-inspired game Grelox is close to completion, and has released a new website and set of screenshots. Grelox is inspired by the Sega Master System game Zillion (an indeed uses the SMS colour palette) and casts you as a ‘Galactic Troubleshooter’ who has to infiltrate the base of the curiously named ‘Lady Mandrill’. The…
