Category: Homebrew Games News

Imperial Mahjong, New Amstrad Puzzle Game by Cargosoft

Imperial Mahjong is a reflexion game based on the Chinese game called ‘Mahjong Solitaire’, in which the player must make all the tiles disappear by selecting pairs that match. Features Outstanding new graphic modes: EGX (Extended GraphX): displays 16 colors in 320*200 instead of 4. EGX2: displays 4 colors in 640*200 instead of 2. First game on CPC to have…

Adiós a la Casta. Episode 2, Amstrad Homebrew Sequel Released and Available to Order!

Adiós a la Casta. Episode 2 has been released and is now available to order. Floppy version 3 “game” Farewell to Casta. Episode 2 ” Delivered in Jewel Case with 3 “disk and manual. If delivery is on hand it will be made at the “RetroBarcelona 2016” on 7, 8 and 9 October. Delivery from October 9 by mail. [youtube…

New C16/Plus/4 Game, Run After Bombs with Bombrunner!

264er_Fan just released his 4th game that runs on a C16/Plus4. Following Hitball and Brickhunter (released earlier this year), it’s his biggest effort so far. The gameplay is simple: run and pick up the bombs before the time runs out, and don’t get caught or hit any obstacles! Be sure to check it out and give it a spin! Download: bombrunner.zip…

Dropout, New Tetris Clone Released for the VIC-20!

Tetris is a tile-matching puzzle video game, designed and programmed by Russian game designer Alexey Pajitnov. It was originally released on June 6, 1984, and was the first entertainment software to be exported from the USSR to the US, where it was published by Spectrum HoloByte for Commodore 64 and IBM PC. Most of you probably remember it as a…

Russian Roulette, New NES Open Source Homebrew Game

Yeah this is a weird one, Russian Roulette NES Style.. Will you be the next Christopher Walken? Let’s hope not eh! The rule of the game is simple: pull the trigger… and pray. One revolver, six chambers, one bullet. See who comes out alive. Try a higher difficulty for a more risky challenge. Square off against another player or play…

Mysterious Dimensions, New ZX Spectrum 128K Platformer by Hooy-Program

Mysterious Dimensions is a cute little ‘collect’em up’ platformer for the ZX Spectrum 128. Those of you that know me will know I am mostly a Commodore fangirl, but I do occasionally turn to the darkside and play other formats, and this game certainly didn’t disappoint. Beautiful colours, Graphics are basic, almost child like but this adds a certain charm…

Transball, A Thrust Like Game on your MSX

Earlier this summer, the game Transball was released as free to play software. Now there’s a cartridge version available! The cartridge version of Transball is for sale for 24 euros at the Repro-Factory MSX shop. [youtube GkkUxyVAiwg nolink] In this game battle against gravity and base defenses to recover energy balls, then bring them back with you and escape. Will…

Space RPG Sector 88 for MSX2 Released!

MRC User KAI Magazine has recently released Space RPG Sector 88. This new MSX2 gem is digitally available and a cartridge version will follow soon. The game has 11 missions, 10 visual stages (graphic novel style) with 3 endings depending on your choices. The 10 stages which will reveal a deep story, freedom to upgrade your ship at will, freedom…

Harbinger Convergence, New ZX Spectrum 128 Game, Looking Fantastic!

The fate of thousands of worlds is in your hands, as a result of the project Harbinger you must embark on an epic sci-fi adventure to save millions of lives throughout the galaxy.. An ancient alien race seeks revenge … and only you can stop it ! Harbinger Convergence is a new Sci-fi Arcade Adventure game which is divided into…

OpenMSX v0.13.0 for Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi has many emulation options for probably any retro computer/console you can think of. Now, thanks to José Cerrejón (Ulysess), you can also use OpenMSX with the PI. José has prepared the installer that you can use standalone or through the PiKISS, a set o shell scripts that make easier to install a variety of software on the PI. You…