Category: Homebrew Games News
WUDSN IDE is a free integrated Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit, C64 and NES development plugin for Eclipse and a new version has just been made available for the public. The version 1.7.0 brings the following changes: Daily build – Advanced users have now the option to install the daily build with the greatest and latest in…
If you have bought Quadron for the ZX Spectrum you might want to know that there are two small updates available. The first includes the loading screen before entering the game menu. The screen was recreated from the original screen art from 1988. The second update is the availability of the game in TAP format, for those who prefer this…
Author of the well-received The Secret History of Mac Gaming, Richard Moss is now working on a new book called Shareware Heroes: Independent Games at the Dawn of the Internet (working title) where he is writing about shareware games released from the late-1980s through the 90s. To fund the production costs, the author is running a crowdfunding campaign at https://unbound.com/books/shareware-heroes/. Looks to me an…
We have seen from other retro-gaming sites like Planeta Sinclair the announcement of a new (old!) game for the ZX Spectrum, Quadron, an action game where you control a robot in charge of clearing the Quadron from the invaders. The Origins Andy “Cosmium” Beale had started developer Quadron in 1986-87 and after two years he completed it and was about to publish it…
Paleotronic Magazine is an Australian magazine published by Melody and April Ayres-Griffiths and is dedicated to examining the evolution and culture of electronics and computers through a retro-inspired yet modern-styled format. After a successful Kickstarter campaign, the magazine took off and has published 3 issues in 2018. One of the perks for backers was a special series of 12 articles looking at products…
The Sega Master System received a new homebrew launch this week with the launch of Flight of Pigarus, an impressive-looking caravan shoot ’em up by Kagesan. Players take on the role of Pigarus, a snout-nosed fellow possessed of distinctly porcine qualities, but with one small difference: he can fly! Equipped with a pair of feathery wings, our piggy pal must…
Allan Turvey has announced on the AGDx Facebook Group the Christmas Code Jam 2018, where a Christmas-theme game will be created using as many hands as possible. AGDx group is a spin-off from the official Arcade Game Design group with the objective to discuss technical challenges, modding, patches and the current progress with AGDX Studio, which by itself is an expanded…
Protovision, the C64 game publisher is cooperating with Knights of Bytes to release Sam’s Journey for TheC64-mini. Sam’s Journey was one of the most expected games and has been received with high praises for every retro media outlet. The adorable platformer is so good that I believe it could be on any modern platform as is and it would still be…
After the wonderful release that was The Sword of Ianna, considered the best ZX Spectrum game of 2017 which also had a special edition released as physical copy, RetroWorks is back, this time releasing a compilation including many of the games published by them: Gommy, Medieval Defender King’s Valley Nelo & Quqo and the last butifarreison Teodoro can’t fly Genesis: dawn…
Downloadable preview of the C64 classic shines on the Atari 8-bit lineup!
