Category: Emulation News

Ditch the cables! Bluetooth adapter for the NES available now

8Bitdo has released a bluetooth adapter that allows you to use modern controllers with the NES console, finally letting you ditch the cables. The adapter can be used with Wii remotes, PS4 controllers and, as expected, 8Bitdo NES bluetooth controller. The adapter costs $19.99, which is a pretty good value for what it offers. You can obtain more information following the…

'CPCTelera' – The Amstrad CPC game engine for C developers has new major release

CPCTelera is a modern, cross-platform game engine for the Amstrad CPC using the C language. Francisco Gallego, the main developer responsible for the library has announced that, after a long development cycle, the version 1.4 has been released. This is a major release with several new features, improvements, and bug fixes. Also, the license was changed from GPL to LGPL,…

More about Atari's Star Raiders Source Code

Atariage forum lwiest has published an updated version of his reverse-engineered version of Atari Star Raiders on Github. This new update brings small corrections and updates, mostly based on the official game source code also released on Internet Archive. Iwiest’s version also brings an extensive documentation, which is perfect for whoever wants to learn how the game came about. Link: GithubLink:…

ZX Spectrum game dev compo closed for new submissions. Time to play and vote!

ZX Dev’15 has finished its first phase where then game entries are submitted. The compo has received 15 games that you can now download, play and vote! With that many games, we can say the compo response was more than excellent and now to be completely successful, it needs your help to choose the best games.  The entries are: Complica DX…

'The Lands Of Zador' – New *amazing* game for Commodore Plus/4

After the amazing game ‘Majesty of Sprites’, the group Bauknecht has released a new game, ‘The Lands of Zador’, another jump’n’run platform game for the Plus/4. The game got the 3rd place of the game competition on Revision 2016, featuring 8 super colorful and beautifully design levels where the character, Kate, must complete some tasks in any single level to go further in…

ZX-UNO – A ZX Spectrum clone is on the way

ZX-UNO is an FPGA-based ZX Spectrum clone project that just finished its crowdfunding campaign on Verkami. Due to its success the campaign ended earlier, surpassing the 16,000 euros goal. The interesting aspect of the project is that it is open not only clone a ZX Spectrum. The board is a complete development platform that due to the nature of the FPGA,…

“Nintendo PlayStation” Boot ROM Discovered

Last year, one of the biggest news around retro gaming was the discovery of the “Nintendo PlayStation”, which was a prototype of a partnership between Nintendo and Sony (duh!) to give SNES capabilities to use cartridges and also CD for games. RetroCollect reports that there is a file named SDBR_v0.95.sfc that seems to be legit, but they are still investigating…

Apple in PC – New Apple II Emulator for Windows

Directly from Korea surfaces a brand-new Apple II emulator for Windows, the Apple in PC (AIPC). Features include: Emulates Apple //e enhanced computer Mockingboard and/or PHASOR card support Mouse Interface card support Disk II card with disk image (DSI, DO, PO, NIB images supported) Mass storage “SD Disk][ HDD” (HDV, 2MG images supported) Joystick with NumPad or PC Joystick Various…

The community need your help to create a "Retro" Stack Overflow (no money involved!)

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…

StarBlitz – New game for the Atari 2600 (with video!)

Mr SQL user from Atariage forum has released a Defender-style game for the Atari 2600 where you have to protect the cities of Mars from  comets and meteors. On this game, you have to destroy the comets and meteors before they level the city to progress to the next level. The game ends when your ship is hit without shields…