Category: Homebrew Games News

The New Dimension Updates

Latest news updates and game downloads over at The New Dimension are as follows: Spix in Space Little Trains Profile / History (updated with new fresh stories and history) News Source: http://tnd64.unikat.sk

Laserball 2015, Atari ST Arcade Puzzler Free Download or Buy the Boxed Version!

Laserball 2015 is an Atari ST Arcade Puzzler, originally created as a public domain game, way back in 1991. 24 years later, Thomas Ilg decided to take another look over the code, at first fixing the odd bug here and there. However, over time he ended up creating a much bigger game than originally planned! Since returning to coding the game,…

'Bomber' new game for Atari 8-bit computers

Bomber is a new game for the Atari 8-bit computers, and it is based on a game of the same name released back in 1992, for the Commodore Format magazine cover tape. Based on Kaboom by Activision, the gameplay is fairly simple. The Mad bomber drops bombs from the top of different scenarios, and at the bottom, the player controls…

Homage: NES 'Balloon Fight' featuring Satoru Iwata as main character

John Riggs just made what is probably one of the most touching tributes in memory of Satoru Iwata. He hacked Balloon Fight, replacing the protagonist with another image resembling Iwata. He also made the balloons shaped like Kirby. Riggs mentions on his video (below) that Iwata sprite was actually taken from Earthbound, another game that he was involved with. [youtube…

Review: 'DIVMMC ENJOY!' – SD Card Interface for Sinclair ZX Spectrum

Retro Computing News has published a review about ‘DIVMMC ENJOY!’, a SD Card Interface for the ZX Spectrum that also has a very handy joystick interface with Kempston compatible, one of the most popular options for Sinclair Spectrum computers. “…This may all sound a little complicated, but in fact the typical user is most likely just going to want to…

Jam It – 2-on-2 Basketball for Commodore 64 Now Available to Buy!

Back in early April we reported about an upcoming C64 basketball game by Throwback Games titled Jam It. The game has been released today and you can purchase it for the humble sum of just $2.99 USD (or more). Jam It will be also soon be available on cartidge, disk & tape from Psytronik and RGCD (release date to be announced)Jam…

Faerie Fantasy Platformer – Demo Now Available!

It had been 100 years since The Eradicator had been… well… eradicated, and the land of Faerie thought that it knew peace once more. But then the spirits began to creep across the nether of the realms. Driven mad by the peculiarity of the world that they found themselves in, they became hostile and violent. A group of fairies sought…

SD Card Interface for the Amiga!

Fernando Pena, known as “ferix” on English Amiga Board has posted some updates in his project to create a SD Card interface for the Amiga. There are some videos showing the card working, and it looks pretty amazing. Although we already have the option to buy GOTEK drives for the Amiga, having an SD Card interface is very appealing, and…

Gamasutra talks to 'Retro City Rampage' developer about his MS-DOS version of the game

We had reported here about the MS-DOS port of Retro City Rampage. The game made its way to all major platforms since 2012, and now the developer wants to release it for MS-DOS, preferable using floppy disks!. Gamasutra sat with Brian and talked about his project. Right, but this was something I wanted to do years and years ago (…)…

'Space Ace' source code for the Apple IIGS has been released

Are you on a hunt to learn or improve your Apple II programming skills? Here is a great opportunity for you! Rebecca Heineman releases source for IIGS version of Space Ace on GitHub. Back in 1990, Rebecca bought a copy of the game released by ReadySoft and didn’t like the fact the port was only for ProDOS, requiring you to…