Category: Freeware

Tiny Emus, On the Go Gaming.

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 – 1989 unreleased ZX Spectrum game gets a remastered release!

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!…

Amstrad CPC RetroDev 2019 has been announced

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…

Zillion-inspired 2D Action Game GRELOX nearing completion – new screenshots!

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…

Unhallowed – A Spectrum 128 Text Adventure for you Halloween Evening!

Unsurprisingly, the retro community is always presented with Halloween-themed games on October 31st. The one we picked to highlight here is Unhallowed, a traditional text adventure game that runs on any ZX Spectrum with 128K. (Blerkotron, the developer, was also kind enough to provide a special version that runs directly on any modern browser). The game page sets the mood:…

Shadow Switcher – New game for the C64 gives a fresh take on the Lode Runner genre

The Facebook group Homebrew Gaming News is one of the best places to know first hand what is happening in the homebrew community, including, of course, new games announcements, like the brand new Shadow Switcher. Christian Gleinser’s game features a Lode Runner-inspired gameplay where the hero has to run through the platforms collecting rings to find his way out while…

Bad Ninjas vs Rick & Joe, Amiga, Final Version Released!

Back in May we shared some News about a new work in progress Amiga game called “Bad Ninjas vs Rick & Joe, a game created using the RedPill game creator engine. You can read more about the game here and here. Good News today as Vicente Jose Gimeno‏ announced on Twitter that the game has finally been released! Lanzamos nuestro…

Pink Pills, Sebastian Braunert’s New Amstrad Platformer Released!

Sebastian Braunert’s new Amstrad platformer has been released. First announced on Facebook November 2017, Pink Pills is a charming platformer featuring a very cute looking dog called Moritz. The game features some well known tunes from the 80’s and also a fantastic rendition of the Beatles “Yellow Submarine”. Here, in his own words, Sebastian describes an overview of the game:…

Tank 1990, A New Shoot ’em up for the ZX Spectrum!

More news from the fantastic Speccy website Planeta Sinclair. Tank 1990 is a new game for the ZX Spectrum, a clone of the 1985 Arcade/Famicom game Battle City, a Japanese game by the mighty Namco. Tank 1990 is a shoot ’em up with some strategy involved. There is also a Russian Speccy version which was released in 1995 by Scorpion…

New Russian Speccy Platformer Lost in Worlds Released!

Lost in Worlds is a new cutesy Russian platformer by Nihirash. The first (and hopefully not the last) game by coder Alexander Sharikhin, Lost in Worlds was created using the Platform Game Designer engine, which was released in 2005 by Jonathan Cauldwell, also the creator of AGD, currently the most used game creation engine for the ZX Spectrum. In Lost…