Category: News

Clube MSX #3 Special Edition doubles down with print and disk magazine

Clube MSX, the quarterly Brazilian printed magazine about the MSX line of computers starts this Tuesday, November 20th, to take pre-orders for the third issue. The special holiday edition is already available for purchase, with a discounted price, at the magazine’s official website. Focusing on Christmas and Japan, Clube MSX #3 includes a double-sided poster featuring the games Gradius and…

EA reveals plans for Command & Conquer remasters

EA has finally revealed information regarding it’s plans to remaster the classic PC real-time strategy series, Command & Conquer. The franchise will be celebrating it’s 25th anniversary in two years time, and EA has finally confirmed that remasters of the original games being developed to mark the occasion. In a post created on the Command & Conquer reddit, EA producer…

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 55: Smash TV

Another arcade hit gets the AMIGArama treatment this weeks episode, it’s…. Smash TV!

Exploding Fish About To Get Limited Physical Release

Megastyle are pleased to announce the impending physical release of Exploding Fish for the Commodore 64. The limited cassette edition is scheduled to be available for order from their new web store on Saturday November 17 at 10am (UTC). Originally made available as a digital release back in June, Exploding Fish sees you take control of Diver Dougal who has…

Collector’s Corner: TK-95 – The Brazilian ZX Spectrum, but better

  Last year, when I went to visit family back home, I brought a CP-400 II, a TRS-80 Color Computer clone. When I went back this year, my objective was to acquire an MSX computer, which in Brazil were represented by the Gradiente Expert and the Sharp HotBit. With that in mind, I started my research, trying to find a…

Scene World Podcast Episode 56 – PLATO and IRATA ONLINE with Thomas Cherryhomes

PLATO is the great, great, great granddaddy of the online computer network. Developing forums, email, multiplayer networked games, screen sharing, and instant messaging, it is responsible for many of the things we take for granted today. AJ and Joerg take a deep dive with IRATA.ONLINE’s Thomas Cherryhomes into why PLATO is as awesome as it is, and how it still…

Prisoner of War on MSX available to pre-order, gets trailer!

The Metal Gear-styled stealth ’em up impresses in a new 5 minute gameplay trailer!

RodMan Multi-Format Game Released, Game Video Show Case Available

The Future Was 8 Bit is pleased to announce the availability of their new multi-format release, RodMan. Developed by Mika ‘Misfit’ Keranen, your objective is to guide RodMan around multi- screen maze levels, collecting pills, avoiding enemies and using bombs to eliminate the bad guys. RodMan is available the The Future Was 8-Bit in a Special Triple Cassette Edition covering…