Category: Homebrew Games News

Limbo for Commodore 64 Preview available for download

We all know that Limbo, the award-winning game released in 2010 by PlayDead, is being ported for the Commodore 64 by Søren Trautner Madsen for more than a year as we announced a while ago. After almost one year of being in the dark with no further news other than the video preview posted in our previous news, the C64 version…

NES game ‘Alfonzo’s Arctic Adventure’ Kickstarter campaign is on and surpasses its goal in less than 2 days

With a demo released back in April, the NES game Alfonzo’s Arctic Adventure started its Kickstarter campaign less than a week ago and already reached and exceeded its goal. Since the Eskimo Bob sequel is already done and playable, the campaign aims to fund the production of the cartridges and the companion swag (boxes, manuals, etc.). Tomas Guinan is already…

USB Loader for TheC64 Mini Coming Out Next Week

Retro Games Limited has just announced that the long awaited functionality to be able to load game images onto TheC64 Mini from a USB stick will finally become available via a firmware update to be released on Monday 8 October 2018. TheC64 Mini originally launched with limited capabilities when it came to being able launch your own images, requiring you…

Forgive me the critics, but the ZX Spectrum keyboard is awesome!

Sort of by accident I’ve create a BASIC game for the ZX Spectrum, very simple concept and not very long. But this article is not about the game, but about the experience. To review the excellent board Dandanator from Retroshop (article will come up soon), I’ve set up a ZX Spectrum with the board, but also a cassette tape on…

Log Jammers – A new game for the NES, PCs, and consoles!

Log Jammers is a new arcade sports game developed by Mega Cat Studios for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and PC.  Inspired by the ’94 Windjammers, Log Jammers can be explained as an air-hockey (or even Pong!) type of game, but its implementation goes way beyond that. As the name suggests, the players stay on top of rolling logs while they throw…

Foggy’s Quest 2 in development for ZX Spectrum!

John Blythe serves up some early screenshots of this dazzling sequel!

Merman of Scene World Magazine unboxes the K&A Plus Magazine Single Button Games Collection!

After the unboxing, Andrew Fisher is back with the gameplay video of the K&A Plus #SingleButtonGames Collection! Check it out here:

Two New Intellivision Games Up For Pre-Orders at Collectorvision Games

Collectorvision is pleased to announced that they have opened up pre-orders for two new games for the Intellivision platform – MoonSweeper and Mad Bomber. Moonsweeper is a shooter game that has previously been released on various other vintage systems including the Atari 2600, Colecovision, C64 and ZX Spectrum. The action takes place in space and on the surface of satellites…

Scuttlebutt 64, Commodore 64, Full Game Review

Earlier this year VITNO provided coverage on new game for the ZX Spectrum, titled Scuttlebutt, which could be best described as a toilet themed version of the classic Game & Watch game Oil Panic whereby you must catch poo falling from a hairy backside situated on the ceiling of a living room. Six months on, developer Karl Hörnell has ported…

Shadow Switcher – New game for the C64 gives a fresh take on the Lode Runner genre

The Facebook group Homebrew Gaming News is one of the best places to know first hand what is happening in the homebrew community, including, of course, new games announcements, like the brand new Shadow Switcher. Christian Gleinser’s game features a Lode Runner-inspired gameplay where the hero has to run through the platforms collecting rings to find his way out while…