Category: Homebrew Games News
Parisoft has released a port of Berzek for the Nintendo Entertainment System and it is available for purchase on itch.io. Berzek is an arcade game released in 1980 by Stern and later ported to the Atari 2600, 5200 and Vectrex. It was one of the first games to dynamically generate mazes and have synthesized voices. I actually remember it was…
Giovanni Nunes has published on his blog (in Portuguese) a version of Nohzdyve for the MSX. The game was featured on Black Mirror’s episode Bandersnatch, an interactive tv show where the main character is a game developer in the ’80s. In the show, the game is one of the releases by Tuckersoft, a fictitious game publisher, for the ZX Spectrum….
Developer Sunteam has announced that their retro-inspired game Grelox is close to completion, and has released a new website and set of screenshots. Grelox is inspired by the Sega Master System game Zillion (an indeed uses the SMS colour palette) and casts you as a ‘Galactic Troubleshooter’ who has to infiltrate the base of the curiously named ‘Lady Mandrill’. The…
The New Dimension has announced that its Official C64 SEUCK Compo (Shoot ‘Em Up Construction Kit) 2019 entered the voting phase, where the public are invited to pick their favourite games of 2019. This contest edition has 13 participants which make voting a big but fun task! The winner of the contest will get a new front end with possibly…
Clube MSX, the quarterly Brazilian printed magazine about the MSX line of computers starts this Saturday, June 8th, to take pre-orders for the fifth issue. The issue is already available for purchase, for a discounted price, at the magazine’s official website. The pre-sale special is valid through June 13th. The shipment is planned to start as soon as June 25th….
WebMSX, despite the usual prejudice against browser-based applications, is one of the best MSX emulators around, offering performance, rich features and mobile compatibility. Paulo Peccin has announced a new release. Version 5.3 includes: Additional 5.37MHz (1.5x) CPU Turbo speed Light version with C-BIOS Machines CRT Scanlines simulation MegaRAM Extension (256KB – 2MB) Left-side Touch Control buttons Full Windowed mode (Shift…
I confess I was unaware of this project until I saw the news on Call A.P.P.L.E. Thanks to them, ViTNO can share the good news. The CRPG Book Project is a collaborative, non-profit effort to create a free, easily available ebook on the history of Computer Role-Playing Games. The project started in 2014 and finally, late last year was finished….
Fusion is a magazine that covers games from all times, from Atari 2600 (or earlier) to modern games. Fusion Retro Books is giving away the PDF version of the first 4 issues during this weekend of May 25, 2019. It is a great opportunity to try them out without spending a penny. The first issue, for example, brings articles about…
RGCD has a new blog post talking about Dusan Milivojevic’s Moonspire II project. In order to release a preview of the game on CSDb, Dusan had disabled all incomplete levels but, not surprisingly, cracked versions of the game were released on the same website shortly after, exposing the half-baked/broken levels. This fact almost made Dusan give up and trash the…
Hewson Consultants! Who doesn’t know them! (Later renamed to #21stCenturyEntertainment), we talk to Andrew Hewson who started all this and talk about the good old times, as well, as talking about what Rob Hewson does nowadays as an Indie videogame developer and publisher with Huey Games, releasing #HyperSentinel on the Switch before and currently working on Kickstarting their new game…
