Category: News
We have seen from other retro-gaming sites like Planeta Sinclair the announcement of a new (old!) game for the ZX Spectrum, Quadron, an action game where you control a robot in charge of clearing the Quadron from the invaders. The Origins Andy “Cosmium” Beale had started developer Quadron in 1986-87 and after two years he completed it and was about to publish it…
Although the history tells us the Amiga was a successful home computer and a multimedia powerhouse with no suitable competitor, its beginning wasn’t an easy win as the machine capabilities would make us believe. With that point of view, Flatline YouTube channel has published an excellent 30-minute documentary about the beginning of the Amiga, how it struggled to almost a…
Has the Amiga finally found it’s Mario beater? Only AMIGArama can find out as we team up with Team17 to break Superfrogs curse and rescue a princess along the way! https://amigarama.com/episodes/amigarama-podcast-episode-59-superfrog/
Paleotronic Magazine is an Australian magazine published by Melody and April Ayres-Griffiths and is dedicated to examining the evolution and culture of electronics and computers through a retro-inspired yet modern-styled format. After a successful Kickstarter campaign, the magazine took off and has published 3 issues in 2018. One of the perks for backers was a special series of 12 articles looking at products…
It’s been a long time.. We no longer post News about WinUAE beta releases as they happen so often now, but I still think it is worth, from time to time, to post about this great Amiga emulator since the retro-community is always getting newcomers that might not even know this emulation option exists. So here there is: WinUAE version…
Protovision will be launching their latest release title, Space Moguls, for the Commodore 64 on the evening of December 7 (Central European Time). Developed by Carl-Henrik Skarstedt, in collaboration with Ole-Marius Pettersen and Stein Pedersen (who provided the music and sound effect), Space Moguls is a modern day tribute to the cult classic M.U.L.E, which itself is celebrating its 35…
The Sega Master System received a new homebrew launch this week with the launch of Flight of Pigarus, an impressive-looking caravan shoot ’em up by Kagesan. Players take on the role of Pigarus, a snout-nosed fellow possessed of distinctly porcine qualities, but with one small difference: he can fly! Equipped with a pair of feathery wings, our piggy pal must…
Allan Turvey has announced on the AGDx Facebook Group the Christmas Code Jam 2018, where a Christmas-theme game will be created using as many hands as possible. AGDx group is a spin-off from the official Arcade Game Design group with the objective to discuss technical challenges, modding, patches and the current progress with AGDX Studio, which by itself is an expanded…
For the past many years, I had loose plans to attend the World of Commodore that happens in Toronto, but for one reason or another, it never happened. This year, however, only two days before the event, I manage to confirm my presence and book the hotel. For those who aren’t as fortunate as me, here are my report with…
Protovision, the C64 game publisher is cooperating with Knights of Bytes to release Sam’s Journey for TheC64-mini. Sam’s Journey was one of the most expected games and has been received with high praises for every retro media outlet. The adorable platformer is so good that I believe it could be on any modern platform as is and it would still be…
