Category: Homebrew Games News

Commodore 64 SEUCK Game Development Competition 2021 is on!

Another traditional game development competition has started, and it is ready to receive submissions. Hosted by Richard Bayliss’ The New Dimension (TND), the compo has bought many cool games for the C64 over the years, and with some clever tricks, the results go beyond the basic Shoot’em Up nature of the tool! The competition is already going, and the deadline…

Amiga Game Construction Kit ‘RedPill’ Gets New Version

Carlos Peris has released RedPill 0.85, a game development tool created using AmiBlitz and targeted people who want to build Amiga games but have little to none programming background. Although the author explains that RedPill is “more a toy to play with than a professional tool,” it has been responsible for releasing many cool Amiga games, and there are more…

We played the superb ‘Biscuits in Hell’ for the Atari XL/XE

Biscuits in Hell was released back in June 2020 by Playsoft/Paul Lay as an exclusive game for ABBUC members, as part of issue #141 of the ABBUC Magazine. Now the game is freely available to everybody via ABBUC public downloads (link at the end). The game was originally developed for the ZX Spectrum in 2017 and the premise is fairly…

MSXdev ’21 – The traditional MSX game development competition has started

2021 has barely started, but the MSX game developers out there have no time to rest. The MSXDev’21 has been announced and will run from January 1st through October 15th. Last year, the compo went back to its roots and decided to allow only pure MSX1 games to compete. The change was very successful, and nothing less than 21 new…

Rabbit Runner – A new game for the Commodore 64

DoubleG has released his very first game for the C64. Rabbit Runner is an infinite runner game where you play an insatiable rabbit eating Farmer Wilson’s crop. The rabbit runs along three lanes and must eat the vegetables to keep his energy level high. Since Farmer Wilson’s is not very good at his job, the crop is full of bad…

Wonderful Dizzy is Truly Wonderful! We review the new game by The Oliver Twins

Since I wasn’t a British kid in the 80s and never owned a ZX Spectrum until recently, iconic characters like Monty Mole, Miner Willy, or Dizzy don’t bring me any nostalgia as they do to many of you. I think this is a good thing because I can enjoy many of these games with fresh eyes and an open mind,…

Wonderful Dizzy – First New Dizzy Game in 26 Years to be released this week

The first completely new Dizzy in adventure from the Oliver Twins in 26 years is to be released Friday 18th December 2020 for ZX Spectrum! Dizzy was a massively successful UK Video game character developed initially for 8 bit home computers, but then as the series expanded in popularity there were many releases on 16 bit computers, PC’s and consoles….

The Double-Do Results – Find out the winners of the TRS-80 Software and Hardware Competition

The Double-Do competition winners were announced in the December issue of the TRS8Bit Newsletter. The competition had so many entries that the organizers decided to expand the categories and awards from two to six! The winners were spread in three different categories. The Monochrome category for software developed for the Model I/III/4, the Coloured category, for programs created for the…

Nox Archaist – The long-waited Apple II RPG has been launched!

After years of active development, 6502 Workshop has finally launched one of the most anticipated games in the retro gaming community. Starting today, December 12th, 2020, you can buy Nox Archaist for your Apple II. The game also includes a custom emulator so that you can run it on your PC or Mac with no hassle! Nox Archaist is a…

River Raid “Cold Winter” for the Atari XL/XE – A new take on a classic game that goes beyond a simple ROM hack

River Raid was, alongside Missile Command and Enduro, one of the games I played the most on my Atari 2600. The thrill of trying to go just a little ahead and get that another bridge and the frustration of dying when going through some of the narrower paths just kept me going back and replay the game many, many times….