Category: Homebrew Games News
The Atari portal AtariOnline.pl presented today the first images of the port of Skool Daze for the Atari 8-bits. The game was very popular in the UK, selling more than 50,000 copies for both ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64. It features the player as a schoolboy named Eric, with the objective of stealing his report card out of the staff room safe by…
PC Gamer has a series of articles called “Why I love”, where the writers pick an aspect of PC gaming and talk about why they are awesome. On this article, Joe Donnelly talks about the Atari ST, which according to him, helped to compensate the absence of siblings during his childhood. The article is pure nostalgia, where the author talks…
We have some more Kickstarter News today and it’s not about the Next! Antoine Gohin (glutock) contacted us a few days ago to let us know that his Kickstarter project for “Twin Dragons” has started. We are very pleased to announce to the world that so far the project has reached a whopping €17,478 pledged of an €8,000 goal! But it’s not…
I remember to play Time Pilot for the Atari 2600 back in the 80’s and it was one of the best ones I had at the time, even with the not-so-good graphics the 2600 would offer compared to its arcade counterpart. Now, after 35 years, the Atari 8-bit computers get its well-deserved port, and a fantastic one! The game, developed by…
Mostly inspired by Allen Huffman and his excellent series of articles about Cross development and Extended Color Basic (CoCo Cross Development part 1, part 2, and part 3), I decided to try coding in BASIC for the CoCo using a modern editor. Equipped with MAME as emulator and LWTools to create and modify disk images, using the decb utility, I create…
As I am writing this post, the ZX Spectrum Next campaign is entering its last week and is £991 short to reach the astonishing mark of half million pounds! Henrique and team had created a new stretch goal to be unlocked after the £500,000 mark that will make all backers very happy: a new Dizzy game made exclusively for the ZX Spectrum…
Mr. Mind is a new game by Assassins (ASN) for the Commodore Plus/4. Taking the rules of the classic Mastermind and mixing it up with an Arcade feel, this game will keep you entertained for many hours. Be careful though, it is highly addictive! A lovely little game with a charming bouncy TED tune, download it now! :) Written by Skoro…
Build v0.16 – fixed hero speed. – fixed platform detection. – fixed collision boxes for bats and hero for more friendly – fixed graphics artefacts between levels – changed loading behaviour – no more reload for game and level end. Download: guns.v0.16.adf (In the Zone Download Section on EAB) EAB Thread: Blazing Guns Website (Temporarily Offline) gryretro.com/blazing-guns/
Eskimo Bob for the NES is an Arcade Style Puzzle/Platformer with 64 levels, 15 enemy types, two playable characters, two support characters, and a fully functional password system allowing you to save your progress the good old-fashioned way. The Kickstarter has almost reached it’s goal target of CA$ 7,000 and there is still 27 days to go! Check out the…
Designed with the Vega+ and Vega in mind, this is another “trademark” game design oddity. Give it a play and see what you think. If you liked Coracle, Albatrossity and Battery is not Precluded, this might be your next favourite game. :) Download: jubbles.zip Source: worldofspectrum.org Website: spanglefish.com/egghead/
