Category: Games Consoles

sceneworld Video interview with Stello Doussis

He is a veteran graphic designer, coder and composer, mostly recognized for for the cool soundtrack of Game Boy Color games such as “Happy Hippo” for the Kinder Surprise brand! In this interview he talks about how he started with is love for game music, learned how to code, do graphics and finally was able to turn his love for music…

PITKAT – You wish all Atari 2600 games would look that good and play that well

Mashdy Games has just released Pitkat is a new puzzle game for the Atari 2600. The game is available as a free download (link at the end). The game is based on Pitman for the Gameboy, which was based on a game created for the Sharp MZ-700. This Atari 2600 version was created by Marco Johannes, Dyfed Hitchings, and Sharemhel…

NESmaker 2020 Byte-Off demos now playable online

To promote NESmaker and grow its userbase, The New 8-bit Heroes held a game development competition during the summer. The 2020 Byte-Off was a month-long game development competition where NESmaker users create brand new demos for the original Nintendo Entertainment System.  Now that the competition is over, all the game demos are now available. You can play them directly in…

Where Is My Body? Out Now on Game Boy

Independent retro development studio Green Boy Games release their 8-bit point and click adventure Where Is My Body? on Nintendo Game Boy today. If the name of the studio or the game seems familiar, that is because we featured in one of our Community Showcases back in July! In the game, a hand becomes conscious due to the experiment of Dr. Pentagon….

Scene World Podcast Episode #96 – The Retro Gaming Scene in Venezuela with Pedro Planas

Pedro Planas is a computer game retro composer and a YouTuber from Caracas, Venezuela. Not only he shares his passion for video and computer game music, but also gives us an inside about what is going on regarding the retro scene in his country and why it became harder in the last 11 years for the video game companies to…

Atari Fan #1 – A new Paper magazine in English for all Atari fans out there

I was pleased when I learned that another printed magazine has been launched. “Atari Fan” is a brand new, printed magazine dedicated to all ATARI computers and consoles. Previously it was only available in the Polish language but now you will be able to buy it in English. The publishers aim to release one issue every 6 months of the…

Mojon Twins’ 2017 game ‘Cheril in the Cave’ has been released for the NES

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…

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…

New Homebrew Commodore Amiga Renditions to Classic Arcade Games

It is not a new thing to create new games based on classic arcade. Just look around on the Internet, and you will see the hundreds of Space Invaders, Pac-Man’s, Centipedes, and so on. Creating clones of these games is one of the best ways to get started in game development, for example, since the gameplay is usually well-defined and…

Several new unboxing and review videos from Merman for Scene World on youtube

The following unboxings and reviews have been uploaded to youtube now: Evercade: SID Chip Club: SNES Mini unboxing: