Category: Games Consoles
The Atari 2600 will have three brand new homebrew games being released at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo that will happen next October 20-22. The games are Super Cobra Arcade, Space Cactus Canyon, and Draconian. Follow the description from the press release: Super Cobra Arcade is a sequel to the classic arcade game Scramble in which the player must navigate their…
The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) homebrew scene has never been stronger with many amazing releases in cartridge happening for the past few years. We at VITNO are excited to support the homebrew scene and we will start to post about games that are being released as well as games that were released recently. Mega Cat Studios’ City Trouble is a side-scroller…
When I think Nintendo history, I can’t help but think about the home game consoles, like the NES. Little did I know how rich is Nintendo history in the video game realm that started a decade before the NES. In the light of the last Nintendo Direct announcement that included bringing to the Nintendo Switch old arcade games, the Tired Old…
Due to demand, Nintendo has announced that the elusive NES Classic will be available again in 2018. There are no details about when that will happen, but get that alarm clock and lawn chair ready so you can stand in the cold waiting for the store to open! (And see the NES is sold out all over again!!!!) Source: Engadget
The Assembly Line is a new podcast that talks exclusively about homebrew games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. There are already four episodes, which the first released last June. Each episode focuses on one specific homebrew game, but what I love about the podcast is that the game is used to illustrate aspects of the NES game development which is…
The campaign for Games for Atari: 1977 to 1995 is in its final days and might need more people in order to reach its goal. The project objective is to publish a book (or an Encyclopedia if you will) containing all games for all Atari consoles and 8-bit computers from 1977 to 1995. The project looks gorgeous and it is…
Atari has released some photos of its upcoming (?) new console, Ataribox. The console shows a slick design that reminds us of our old pal, the Atari 2600, featuring an HDMI port, USB and SD slot. There is not much to it other than the pictures, though, so we can only speculate. The Ataribox team also released a press release…
Eurogamer.net has published yesterday an article talking about the NES homebrew market, which is very active, even after 22 years after the NES was officially dead. The text is a treat for any aspiring developer that always thought about making a cartridge-based game for a console. And you can even make some money! “I think, in the coming years, you’ll…
“Cassette tapes changed music forever, we’re about to do the same with retro gaming on mobile” was the bold statement Sega made in the pre-release marketing for Sega Forever. 500 hand-labelled cassette tapes posted to the most popular content creators around the world who dutifully speculated on their channels, building awareness and anticipation for Sega’s unveiling. Sega Forever landed on June…
Hyperkin, the company behind many modern versions of classic consoles, has shown its new product, the RetroN 77, a modern take on the classic Atari 2600. As you can see from the picture above, they took the design seriously, even bringing back the wood finishing and the classic controllers (you can use original or USB joysticks). While the many Atari Flashback…
