Category: Homebrew Games News
Rob McMullen from Atari Player/Missile podcast and Kevin Savetz (Antic Podcast) joined forces to disassemble, document and hack Jumpman, a platform game written by Randy Glover and released by Epyx in 1983. The documentation has already 26 pages and the plan is to release it to the public when it is done. For now, both Atari enthusiasts have been tinkering with the game,…
Knights of Bytes has announced that their upcoming (amazing) C64 game Sam’s Journey will be distributed by Protovision. According to the developers, Protovision has created a new box for all their future games, “a classic cardboard box which can be decorated with a printed cover. Inside the box, there will be one of two inlays that hold either some disks or a…
The 2016 BASIC 10-liners contest is a staggering success with 89 games in 4 categories. The number of entries and the quality of the programs shows that BASIC is still a viable language for many usages, and fun to program. Your very own Vintage is The New Old had an entry called “Typing Hero” for the MSX, and it did…
K&A Plus issue #4 is available as free download, bringing reviews, news and articles about Commodore and other machines from the early days. K&A Plus is a magazine dedicated to retro gaming culture, mostly but not only dedicated to Commodore computers. The editors state that “our primary goal is to refresh the amazing atmosphere of the 80/90s when the world was…
Jonathan “flashjazzcat” Halliday offers a working demo of the new multitasking graphic OS (Graphical Operating System, GOS) being developed for the Atari 8-bit computers. The zip file contains ROM and ATR files that can be used with several programmable cartridges. There is also separated versions that uses Amiga and Atari ST mice. Halliday is currently working to improve the system performance to…
MSX Resource Centre has reported that a remake of the game ‘Head Over Heels’, an isometric arcade adventure game released in 1987, is almost ready for release. After one year in development, the FX Project team has announced that the game is practically ready and only few fixes and final tweaks are remaining. It’s expected to sell the game during the next…
Bryce Tomlinson has posted on his Facebook group that a new beta version of ‘Kaleidoscope Reloaded’ for “serious and active” PETSCII graphics artists and all Commodore 64 enthusiasts willing to help. Kaleidoscope is known as the “THE” graphics editor for the Commodore 64, released back in the 80’s. Bryce, the original developer decided to bring it back to life as…
Deep Core Raider is a new game developed by Paul Jenkinson, created using the AGD game engine. The game premise let you control your pod and navigate deeper into the planets to collect any minerals you can find while avoiding the corporate defence cannons. There is also the fuel that you have to keep under control. The game works very like…
The new issue #92 of Commodore Free has been released, bringing news and articles about all Commodore computers we love. The issue reviews the games Slime Deluxe for the C64 and Pulse for the VIC-20. It also has a featured article about Rhythm King – Digitally sampled sound drum machine. You can download the magazine in PDF format and many other formats,…
John Kavanagh has announced to his Kickstarter campaign backers that the issue 1 of the Eight-bit Magazine is in full production and on contrary to what he has published, it won’t have 48 pages, but 60! John also tells that the issue 2 work has started, and he is looking for authors to help make the magazine relevant. I am particularly…
