Category: Homebrew Games News

ViTNO Homebrew Update #3: Over 15 new titles added!

It may have only been a few days since the last update, but we’ve been busy curating yet another selection of games to add to our burgeoning homebrew gaming database. We’re proud to unveil our third update to the catalogue since it’s launch and thought we’d share some of the highlights with you: Commodore 16/Plus 4 Frutty Man +4 Frutty…

Sydney Hunter and the Sacred Tribe, Commodore 64, ViTNO Game Review

The Sydney Hunter franchise, first published by Collectorvision in 2012, is a series of Mayan-themed platformers that have been released for various retro and modern platforms. Collectorvision has finally gotten around to publishing their first Sydney Hunter game for the Commodore 64, in the guise of Sydney Hunter and the Sacred Tribe. You play the role of the great adventurer,…

Best of ViTNO Homebrew: We review Snake Escape for the ZX Spectrum

As regular visitors to our site will be aware, we recently unveiled our very own database of homebrew and freeware titles for our readership and the wider community to enjoy. In the first of what we hope will become a regular feature, we’ve chosen to showcase a particular title that stood out amongst our most recent uploads, something which we…

ViTNO Homebrew Update #2: 13 New Games Added!

This April saw the launch of our very own ‘Homebrew’ gaming database, established to showcase the best and brightest titles released by retro gaming fans, the wider community for a range of the most popular retro computers platforms. The section has already proved incredibly popular, racking up several thousand hits since it went live and we’ve been busy scouring the…

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis, Crypt of Dracula Preview

MatteusBeus, a homebrew developer for the Sega Mega Drive / Sega Genesis, has released a video showcasing his early progress on his development project for the platform titled Crypt of Dracula. Crypt of Dracula looks to be a dungeon explorer game with some detailed graphics and atmospheric music. The video preview goes through to show some great introduction scenes and…

MSXDev’18 Second Contestant – BUDDHAGILLIE!

MSXDev organizers have just announced the second entry for the 2018 edition of the MSX Game Development Contest – BUDDHAGILLIE! BUDDHAGILLIE by GW’s-workshop is an action game where you play Buddha who uses his sword to slash the enemies throughout 6 realms: Hell, Hunger, Animals, Asuras, Humans, Gods and Nirvana. On each realm, besides fighting the enemies directly, you also have to…

El Loco Challenge, New Racing Game in Works, Inspired by Lotus Turbo Challenge

Fans of the great racer, Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge, can look forward to a homage of the game with the upcoming Commodore 64 project, El Loco Challenge. Jammerc64 is in the process of coding El Loco Challenge as part of the  Forum64 & Protovision Game Competition 2017. Posting his early work on Forum64.de, Jammerc64 stated “Game in general aims at recreating…

Border Blast 3, Commodore 64, ViTNO Game Review

Talented game designer, Alf Yngve has built himself a reputation over nearly three decades for releasing quality vertical scrolling shooters for the Commodore 64. Yngve is generally considered as one of the leading innovators when it comes to getting the most out of the Shoot’Em Up Construction Kit (SEUCK), the game creation platform released back in 1987 that he uses…

Realms of Quest Trilogy & IV for Commodore VIC-20 now available on Itch.Io

Psytronik Software have re-released Realms of Quest Trilogy and Realms of Quest IV for the Commodore VIC-20 via their Itch.Io page. Both games are available on ‘Name Your Own Price’ basis, which includes the ability to download the game for free. Realms of Quest Trilogy and Realms of Quest IV are turn based RPG game featuring plenty of dungeon crawling….

Eleven New Homebrew Games Added to the Vitno Database!

Eleven new Homebrew games have been added to the database today. At the top left of the website (next to Home), you will see “Homebrew Database”, just hover your mouse pointer to view the drop down menu of games. ;-) Commodore 64 Angry Golem (Max Breedon) Blok Copy (Cosine) Bomb Run 64 (Picaro Games) C64 Mini MultiDisk PD Games (Vinny…