Category: Homebrew Games News
This year’s ABBUC Atari Software competition brought nothing less than 13 games (12 and one demo, to be precise) comprised of a wide variety of themes and genres. I’ve played them all, and I can tell that every one of them shows the developer passion for the Atari XL/XE family of computers. I am personally fond to shoot’em ups. Notice…
Retro Games Ltd, the company that manufactures the TheC64 (I never know if I should add the article before that name!), has announced a game development competition that seeks the best game for the Commodore 64 and VIC-20. The first place will be awarded a brand new THEC64 with an additional boxed THEC64 Microswitch Joystick. The runner up will get…
As of this writing, Halloween is behind us, but since 2020 is still going, the fear and sometimes horror are still lurking around. If you are the type that enjoys scary stories, you might like Quantum Sheep’s new text adventure for the ZX Spectrum: The Seance. The Seance is a spooky text adventure for the ZX Spectrum where you play…
The Commodore Plus/4 enthusiasts are always happy when a new conversion for a classic game comes out. This time around, though, they can multiply the excitement by three! K., Róbert (KiCHY) (Plus4World handler) has released his take on the 1983 Commodore 64 game Paratroopers. Interestingly, the game was ported for the Plus/4 twice in the past, one in 1989 and…
If you follow CSDb releases, you saw that yesterday three new games were released for the Commodore 64, with Halloween as the common theme. They are simple games, but they have a lot to offer in fun time playing them. Death Saw Challenge The first one is Death Saw Challenge from The New Dimension. Although set in a fixed screen,…
If you follow us on Twitter (or @CommodoreBlog. @RetroGamerNatn, @Al82_Retro), you might have seen some teaser images of the upcoming Commodore 64 game ‘Wild Wood’ and its astonishing graphics. If you, like us, want to follow its development closely and buy the game when it is released, now you have a single source of information via the website https://www.wildwoodgame.co.uk/. Wild…
Almost by accident, yesterday I came across Digger III: The Saint’s Ascension, a new game released for the CoCo3 with 512K RAM. Heavily inspired (clone?) on Lode Runner, Digger III is a platform game where you have to run across each level collecting gold and avoiding the enemies. After you collect all gold, a door will open, and you need…
Vince Weaver was already news here on ViTNO when he showed us the excellent Myst demake for the Apple II using double lores graphics. Now he has done again, releasing an impressive proof of concept of The Secret of Monkey Island running on the same Apple II computers. It all started when Vince decided to play the Secret of Monkey…
Mashdy Games has just released Pitkat is a new puzzle game for the Atari 2600. The game is available as a free download (link at the end). The game is based on Pitman for the Gameboy, which was based on a game created for the Sharp MZ-700. This Atari 2600 version was created by Marco Johannes, Dyfed Hitchings, and Sharemhel…
Retro Gamer Nation‘s Louie Dimovski has come again to help the Commodore 64 enthusiasts. His monthly round-up series gives us the best summary of game releases and upcoming games for the platform. The October 2020 video release is up where you can find more about games like Star Wars Empire Strikes Back, Stoker, Alien Neoplasma, and many more. All that…
