Category: Homebrew Games News
The Portuguese-speaking Clube MSX Magazine has released its latest issue, the number 6. The 40-page full-color issue brings lots of content and, as usual, some gifts for the readers. Reviews: The Awakening (MSX2) Los Amores de Brunilda (MSX2, MSX2+ e Turbo-R) The Sorrow of Gadhlan’ Thur (MSX2, MSX2+ e Turbo-R) First part of an article talking about audio expansions for…
The Future Was 8-bit (TFW8b), predominately known for producing SD2IEC devices and the Penultimate+ Cartridge for the VIC20, has recently launched a new ‘9.99 Range’ of cartridge games featuring a number of in-house and user created titles. Initially catering for the Commodore VIC20 and Commodore 64 platforms, the ‘9.99 Range’ launched with the following titles: Cheese and Onion (VIC20) Nibbler…
It’s been over a year since our last update on Bomb Jack DX, which is a Bomb Jack fan remake for the Commodore 64. We was beginning to think this project was abandoned, however today Retrofan (and crew) surprised us with a brand new update! The new Beta 6 shows us improved gameplay for 2 players and other lovely additions,…
After a very long time in the dark, we can finally enjoy a new edition of Pro(c) Atari magazine. The Edition 2019 of the magazine is available as a Softcover-Book with nothing less than 104 pages, featuring many reviews and interesting articles about your favourite Atari computer! Time for a quickie English Software’s Smash Hits I NEW Games from Jon…
The Mojon Twins are releasing a brand new game for the Nintendo Entretainment System (NES). Espitenen und Herr Pimponen is a colourful platformer where the player has to jump up the platforms, beating the screen scroll. As you jump from one platform to the other you have also to dodge or kill the enemies. Physics bring another challenge for the…
Quadron is an excellent ZX Spectrum game that was released as a digital download last December, written by Andy “Cosmium” Beale in 1986-87 and never released until last year! If you missed that or don’t remember, we have even written a comprehensive review of the game. Another fun fact (for us!) is that Andy didn’t have access to the original source code,…
Christian Gleinser is the guy behind Dr. Wuro Industries and some of the most popular and unique games to come out for the C64 in decades. He joins AJ and Joerg to talk about how he got started, where he gets inspiration for creating such unique products, and where he’s headed in the future. Also, AJ learns some German. (Interview…
Arkagis Revolution is a new top-down shooter for Sega Genesis/Mega Drive with mode 7 style rotation. Mode 7 is the term referring to the capability to fully rotate the background, creating amazing effects, like the one seen on Arkagis Revolution (see video at the end of this article). The game website gives the tone of the game: “The story happens…
The already traditional game development contest sponsored by the Universidad de Alicante has announced the start of its 2019 edition. CPC RetroDev 2019 aims to promote the development of games targeting the Amstrad CPC 464. This year contest is giving to the best games nothing less than 1.650 €, divided in the following categories: Special mentions: 150 € – Gominolas…
This is just a quick plug to a video Phaze101 has published on YouTube teaching step by step how to install and run the Amiblitz (aka Blitz Basic 3) on the Commodore Amiga running on WinUAE emulator. Amiblitz used to be a commercial product that allowed programmers to create Amiga applications using the BASIC language while still delivering excellent performance….
