Category: Homebrew Games News

Bad Ninjas vs Rick & Joe, Amiga, Final Version Released!

Back in May we shared some News about a new work in progress Amiga game called “Bad Ninjas vs Rick & Joe, a game created using the RedPill game creator engine. You can read more about the game here and here. Good News today as Vicente Jose Gimeno‏ announced on Twitter that the game has finally been released! Lanzamos nuestro…

Escape 2042: The Truth Defenders, New Atari STe Platformer!

We rarely share much Atari ST/e Homebrew, it’s not that we don’t cover it, more that there really isn’t much going on in the ST/e Homebrew scene compared to say C64, Spectrum and Amstrad. Today though we do have something special to share with you. A new Homebrew title for the Atari STe has been recently released, the game is…

The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion: Volume 2 is available now

After the good reception that Volume 1 of Brian Matherne’s The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion, he surprised us with the second volume, already available at Amazon. The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion: Volume 2, covers another 34 game titles from 24 homebrew cartridges and ROM downloads that have been developed for the 2600. Printed in black and white on cream colored…

Operation MetalStorm, Commodore 64, New Game Showcase

Issue 11 of the the dedicated C64 magazine Reset64 is now available for for digital download from their Itch.Io page. The compilation Mix-i-Disk that comes with the latest issue of Reset64, includes a handful of great C64 titles such as the previously covered Exploding Fish and Operation Metalstorm. Operation Metalstorm, designed by Alf Yngve with music and additional coding by…

DeltaStar Earth Defense for Spectrum Next available now!

A quick update about DeltaStar Earth Defense: Although the plan was to launch the game at the end of July, as we proclaimed here, Adrian Cummings has just announced that due to a series of (good) factors, the game released has been moved to… NOW! Yes, the future proud ZX Spectrum Next owners are able to order the game now, in digital download…

IGN: First Details on the Intellivision Reboot Console

IGN has published an article about the Intellivision Reboot Console, where Intellivision Entertainment president, Tommy Tallarico, put light on some details about the console, games, and accessories. About the games, a possible initial line up might include classic games like Shark! SharK!, Astro Smash, Tron: Deadly Discs, Biplanes, Snafu, Major League Baseball, Pitfall!, and Night Stalker. Interesting to see that Intellivision president states…

Sega Genesis/Mega Drive programming contest in RetroEuskal 2018

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Sega Mega Drive (or Genesis!),  the awesome people at RetroAcción are organizing a programming contest. The participants can develop a video game of any genre and complexity. Games that are closer to be considered a finished product, will be more appreciated. Very ambitious games will be considered but the object of the contest is to have more…

Cimmerian, Barbarian Port On The Sega Master System

We rarely feature old News but I thought this one was worth a mention. Ichigo tweeted back in 2017 about a WIP Barbarian port for the Sega Master System titled Cimmerian. In 2016 a demo version was released for a competition held by SMS Power website. Visually the game looks amazing on the humble Master System, with crisp stunning graphics…

Pink Pills, Sebastian Braunert’s New Amstrad Platformer Released!

Sebastian Braunert’s new Amstrad platformer has been released. First announced on Facebook November 2017, Pink Pills is a charming platformer featuring a very cute looking dog called Moritz. The game features some well known tunes from the 80’s and also a fantastic rendition of the Beatles “Yellow Submarine”. Here, in his own words, Sebastian describes an overview of the game:…

Puzzle Bobble in the works for Commodore 64!

Taito’s classic puzzle game looks set to make it’s debut on the C64 with style, thanks to a recent unveiling of a new homebrew project unveiled over on the Lemon64 forums, Known as Bust-a-Move in the US, the game was originally developed by Taito to run on it’s B System hardware before being ported to SNK’s Neo Geo platform for…