Category: Homebrew Games News
It’s been a while since we posted an update regarding the homebrew gaming database, but we’ve been working as hard as ever in curating the very best freeware titles from around the web. With 100 new titles added, update 7 is by far the largest we’ve published since the section went live earlier this year and we have no intention…
The game Tetris was (and continues to be) a world wide gaming sensation for over 30 years ago. The perfect balance between simplicity and never ending addictive game play means that there would be many readers of ViTNO that have at least played one variant of Tetris over the years. My first exposure to Tetris was on the Commodore 64…
Amstrad gamers have cause to celebrate with the release of an updated version of Robbie Strikes Back, a relatively recent homebrew release for the 8-bit CPC range of computers. Developed by SalvaKantero, the game is remake/re-imagining of early ZX Spectrum title Pssst, originally developed back in 1983 by the legendary Tim and Chris Stamper of Ultimate Play the Game and Rare….
Fans of Tetris style games are in for a treat with the Commodore 64 release of BINTRIS, developed by nurpax. BINTRIS is a twist on the classic Tetris game by asking the player to convert decimal numbers into binary code/patterns. A decimal number is displayed on the right side of the screen and your job is to manoeuvre the black…
Talented SEUCK game designer has provided an update on one of his current Commodore 64 development projects, PRECINCT 20: Dead Strange, releasing a number of updated screenshots showing off improved graphics. Collaborating with Richard Bayliss, Yngve first hinted of PRECINCT 20’s existence late last year, where he disclosed that PRECINCT 20: Dead Strange is based on a series of short…
The Mojon twins have recently released a brand new NES port of their 2013 ZX Spectrum game Bootèe. Bootèe is a very nice platformer starring Cheril, a semi naked girl in a boot, who can’t stop jumping! This is most definitely not your typical game, however you can’t say the idea isn’t original! As you can imagine the NES version is…
Rucksack Games are pleased to announce the release of Rubicon: Run the Maze for the ZX Spectrum 48k/128k, now available for download from their website. The backstory to Rubicon sees you playing as NYM who’s in his last day of childhood and , as tradition dictates, must take part in a right of passage to cross the Rubicon maze so…
It was way back in May 2017 that we first reported on New Generation’s efforts to bring Konami’s arcade classic to Atari’s classic line up of 8-bit machines, but the long wait appears to be finally over now that the developers have now completed the game, releasing it to general public to download. Coded from the ground up by the talented…
Thursday we shared News about Nixy The Glade Sprite, which is Andy Johns brand new ZX Spectrum platformer. Today we have some exciting exclusive News to share! Nixy The Glade Sprite is now officially released and you can download it right now, here at Vintage is the New Old! Andy has also announced his new website for current and future…
Trevor Storey has provided a number of updates to the various projects that he is collaborating on with the Georg Rottensteiner, Achim Volkers and Stuart Collier. Organism is fast approaching a release date with the last round of bug fixing taking place before the title is ready to be unleashed on the eager C64 gaming community. Storey has indicated that…
