Category: Games Consoles

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 100: A special celebration

AMIGArama celebrates 100 episodes with a look back at some of the best Amiga remixes out there.

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 99: Beneath a Steel Sky

With a sequel close to it’s release after 25 years, AMIGArama takes a deep dive… Beneath a Steel Sky.

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 98: Litil Divil

All is not well in the pits of Hades, only Mutt and a dubious Lorfarius can find the mystic Pizza of Plenty in this weeks show.

“Espitenen und Herr Pimponen” – A new NES game by The Mojon Twins

The Mojon Twins are releasing a brand new game for the Nintendo Entretainment System (NES). Espitenen und Herr Pimponen is a colourful platformer where the player has to jump up the platforms, beating the screen scroll. As you jump from one platform to the other you have also to dodge or kill the enemies. Physics bring another challenge for the…

Malasombra – an epic action adventure game coming to NES

The 4MHz team are excited to announce that they have commenced development on Malasombra, an action adventure game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Set in legends and fairy tales, Malasombra is an ambitious project carefully designed to provide gamers with an epic adventure, featuring an exciting story where nothing is what it seems. The backstory to Malasombra sees you…

Arkagis Revolution – A new ‘shmup’ for Sega Genesis/Mega Drive

Arkagis Revolution is a new top-down shooter for Sega Genesis/Mega Drive with mode 7 style rotation. Mode 7 is the term referring to the capability to fully rotate the background, creating amazing effects, like the one seen on Arkagis Revolution (see video at the end of this article). The game website gives the tone of the game: “The story happens…

Berzek is now available for your trustworthy NES!

Parisoft has released a port of Berzek for the Nintendo Entertainment System and it is available for purchase on itch.io. Berzek is an arcade game released in 1980 by Stern and later ported to the Atari 2600, 5200 and Vectrex. It was one of the first games to dynamically generate mazes and have synthesized voices. I actually remember it was…

PC Engine CoreGrafX Mini is Coming!

PC Engine fans rejoice! Yes, as you have read from the title, the PC Engine is returning! For those of you who are not familiar, the PC Engine (also known as the TurboGrafx-16 in the USA) was a home video console by NEC Home Electronics and was first released in Japan in 1987. 10 million units were sold worldwide. Despite…

Pong 4K Commodore Amiga CD32 Review

The Grandfather of games is certainty iconic, ingrained in popular culture and inspiring a slew of paddle clones and iterations based on a basic yet enjoyable mechanic. Now in 2019, the team comprised of Cobe, Goatmare and Koyot1222 bring their take on the formula, Pong 4K, a third placed entry in the 2018 RetroKomp, to the Amiga CD32. Booting this…

The Legend of Zelda, Trial of Courage, A Brand New Adventure for your NES!

The Legend of Zelda, Trial of Courage is an exciting new Zelda experience for the classic NES system. This brand new rom hack was created by The3Dude and took many months of hard work, editing and revising before an official release on June 1st 2019. Below is a list of things you can expect to see in this hack. Brand…