Category: Games Consoles
It was announced the 2018 edition of GBJAM, a game development competition where the participants will have to create a complete video game that keeps Gameboy’s characteristics – notably the use of 4 colours only on a screen with the resolution of 160×144 pixels. It is not a retro gaming-only competition since the rules allow the use of any modern development…
To celebrate the success of the first two issues of The Unauthorized Atari 2600 Throw Back Zine, Mike Salzman has announced that he is giving away Atari 2600 trading cards. To get one entirely free (US and Canada only), you just need to fill out the form linked at the end of this article. The first and second issues sold incredibly well…
The gaming market is awash of retro gaming hardware solutions, providing the ability to play original cartridge games natively up-scaled from their original resolution to allow them to look good on modern HD televisions. Playmaji is looking to take this a step further with the impending launch of POLYMEGA, a modular retro gaming system that supports multiple cartridge based and…
Hyperkin has finally made available for pre-order its new retro console, the RetroN 77. The machine will let you play original Atari 2600 cartridges as well as the original joysticks and paddles. Back in may, we posted an update where the developer had mentioned the desire to price the new console as low as possible to make it accessible to a large audience. Now we know…
Way back in May 2017, Amiga Jay released an Amiga CD32 demo compilation, titled, “4 Decades of Amiga Demos”. The CD contains over 300 Demos from 4 decades of Amiga demo history! If you missed that download, check out the old post here. Today we have some great News regarding this compilation, Amiga Jay has updated the CD, adding another…
The Mojon twins have recently released a brand new NES port of their 2013 ZX Spectrum game Bootèe. Bootèe is a very nice platformer starring Cheril, a semi naked girl in a boot, who can’t stop jumping! This is most definitely not your typical game, however you can’t say the idea isn’t original! As you can imagine the NES version is…
Virus LQP-79 brings a horde of zombies for the MSXDev’18 competition. The third entry is an enjoyable shoot’em up game where you play Amy, an average girl who found herself in a daring situation after an accident at a local research facility releases a deadly (almost?) virus that turns people in zombies. Her task is to find her way out of the…
Announced last June at 2017 E3, the RetroN 77 brought some excitement but also took some flak from the ever-picky retro community when dealing with new hardware about old hardware :) Hyper developers have released an extensive letter with new and exciting updates. Shared by Scott Dayton over the Atari 2600 Homebrew Facebook group, the update signed by Dr. Andrew Steel, started…
Nintendo has announced that their Nintendo Switch Online service will be launching in September, with the key feature of providing access to a library of NES games adapted to the Nintendo Switch with online compatibility and voice chat, via an official smartphone app. Nintendo has stated that 20 classic NES titles will be available at launch, with the following 10…
As promised, here is the official announcement of the new book by Brian Matherne covering 34 of the best homebrew games available for the Atari 2600. The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion: Volume 1 is now available on Amazon in paperback format for US$ 12.99. Here is the book’s description from Amazon’s page: The Atari 2600 is alive and well, with new…
