Category: Homebrew Games News
Andy Johns reveals the return of Nixy with some early screenshots in this AGD-powered sequel for the ZX Spectrum
The Last Ninja became an instant classic for the Commodore 64 back in 1987 with high production values, isometric viewpoint, top-notch music soundtrack and ninja clan theme. However, fans of the game will recall that once Armakuni (temporarily) vanquished the evil shogun, Kunitoki, and collected the sacred scrolls, the game ending kind of fizzled out and was perhaps the most…
Following a hiatus of over 20 years, Guillermo “Willysoft” Fuenzalida has resumed his work on Culmins, a puzzle game for classic Atari 8-bit computers. Originally a collaboration with Rodrigo Cabrera (music) and Nestor Mercado (graphics), Fuenzalida has picked up the reigns, hoping to finally complete the project. Talking with Atariteca, he recalls that he first began work on the game…
Morphcat Games has launched a Kickstarter campaign to crowd-fund the release of Micro Mages, a new platform game for the NES. Players must enter the Demon Fortress and pit their wits against the many perils that await them inside. Hidden somewhere in the dank depths of this foreboding edifice is a great treasure, but it is protected by an army of…
Assembler of Spanish coding team ASM has finally finished work on a conversion of Ghosts’n Goblins for the MSX Turbo R. Released in 1990 as successor to the MSX 2+, the machine packed in a custom 16-bit RISC CPU (R800) alongside the standard Zilog Z80, as well as 256 Kb of RAM – it would be the most powerful machine…
The Kronbits 2018 Demake JAM is over, the entries have been ranked, and the results are now all online at Itch.io for gamers to enjoy! The competition yielded a total of 71 submissions – far too many to cover here – and the quality is staggeringly good, especially when considering the limited development time allowed! The aim of the competition…
Although the game is still for sale as physical cartridge over MSX Cartridge Shop, Imanok has made the game available as a free download. The side-scroller platform featuring Tina as the hero was released last year and received a great reception. “Tina wakes up thinking it’s going to be another peaceful day in the island, but suddenly she starts feeling worried….
It is a cloudy Sunday morning here in Ottawa, and that alone sets one’s mood pretty low. Luckily, I’ve opened my emails and saw the Spectrum Next Kickstarter Update #36 in my mailbox. Suddenly, the pale skies don’t look that dull anymore! As usual, Henrique’s update is long, full or pictures and information so I will try to summarize here….
The “amiga-place-to-be” English Amiga Board (EAB) has announced a new game development competition, and it is offering more than €500 in prizes! The competition will run from September 1st, 2018 and the deadline is on February 28th, 2019 at 23:59 UTC, so the contestants will have six months to come up with the next great Amiga game. The entries have to be brand…
March/2019: Check also https://www.vitno.org/retroshop-rolling-out-mister-fpga-special-bundle/ RetroShop, a well known retro-hardware provider, has announced on its page on Facebook the immediate availability of MiSTer, a re-implementation of the original classic computer hardware in FPGA. MiSTer is a port of the MiST project to a larger FPGA and faster ARM. MiSTer provides modern video output through HDMI (VGA and analog audio are still available…
