Category: Arcade News
Glen Hewlett has made a conversion from the Arcade version of Space Invaders, using Z80 CPU to the TRS-CoCo 6809 and we reported that a few days ago. Now he started a new project trying to port the Arcade version Pac-Man. Again the first runs on Z80, so Glen decided to write a blog about the steps he is following…
Donkey Kong Jr. is a 1982 arcade-style platform video game by Nintendo. It first appeared in Arcades, and, over the course of the 1980’s, was later released for a variety of platforms, most notably the Nintendo Entertainment System. Donkey Kong Jr. is the sequel to the video game Donkey Kong, which featured Mario as the hero and Junior’s father as the villain…
A new classic gaming contest has been announced over at highscore.com. This time, the goal is to crack previous high score trophies on Atari (2600, 5200, 7800, 400/800/XL/XE, Lynx, Jaguar, ST) Colecovision PC Engine / TG-16 Nintendo (NES/Famicom, Super NES, N64, Gameboy, GBC, Virtual Boy) Arcade / MAME This contest has some truly awesome prizes, including an X-Arcade Dual Stick,…
Stack Overflow is a site for question and answers widely used by the software development community. It is valuable because all issues and answers can receive up/down votes, and they stay forever, accessible at any time. This is the second attempt to create a Stack Exchange site exclusive for vintage computer hobbyists interested in restoring, preserving, and using the classic computer and…
The Digital Antiquarian, Jimmy Maher, has been converting old blog posts to eBook format, making it easier to everyone to have a pleasant off-line reading session about the history of video game and computer entertainment as a whole. Jimmy Maher is well-known for many projects, including The Future Was Here: The Commodore Amiga. He has The Digital Antiquarian blog where he keeps…
Before browser-based games, before the Internet, there was darkness….oops, I mean BBS Door games. PCMag has published today a featured article talking about this way people used to play games online at the time online meant BBS (Bulletin Board Systems). “Once connected to these mostly hobby-run services, users could bring up a list of games to play. These early online games…
Revenge! is a magazine in PDF devoted to games and vintage hardware as well as emulation of various systems. Some of the featured articles and reviews this month: Megaman Hysteria Reviews Wings of Fury Trivial Pursuit Console Forever Download: Rev’n’GE
On Oct 21st, 2015, Marty McFly arrives in our year, finally! The future pictured in the movie is not quite right, but it is an important date nonetheless. To celebrate this day, we have selected few retro games you should play, if you haven’t done already. Since we are talking specifically about the second movie, our choices are narrowed down…
Nowadays, it is all about the Internet, right? We can buy anything from almost anywhere, and for people who chase the latest and greatest collectable retro-game there are good options around the globe. However, sometimes it is nice to be able to shop using the old fashion way: driving to a physical store, browse the titles, talk to the sales…
The Portland Retro Gaming Expo (PRGE) is one of the largest classic gaming events in the US, and this year is happening next October 17th and 18th, at the Oregon Convention Center. The event will have vendors, huge arcade area, panels and special speakers. Atariage also announced that they will have a booth at the event, and they plan to release several…
