Category: News
MSXDev’17 is still happening at full speed and last weekend it got 3 new game entries: Mazogs, Andrea Petkovic Torneo de Tenis, and XSpelunker. When I read Mazogs, I had a fainting recollection of the name and my brain didn’t fool me. The #5 entry is a port/upgrade of the game released for the ZX81 back in 1982. If you followed…
It is well known the myth (or truth!?) that Steve Jobs stole all Xerox ideas of a GUI (Graphical User Interface) from its Xerox Alto computer. Although the whole story is debatable, it is a fact that the Xerox Alto was the precursor of the user interface we still use today, almost unchanged. It was published earlier this month of…
As described by the author, on Rescuing Orc you are a goblin with good character and your mission is to rescue your friend, Orc. Your quest starts deep in the Black Forest and continues with you exploring 5 different areas, from the perilous Rocky Mountains to the dark corridors of Bluestone Keep. The game is a 2D platform/adventure where the hero…
The campaign for Games for Atari: 1977 to 1995 is in its final days and might need more people in order to reach its goal. The project objective is to publish a book (or an Encyclopedia if you will) containing all games for all Atari consoles and 8-bit computers from 1977 to 1995. The project looks gorgeous and it is…
Update: Download link fixed to point to the direct link instead. If you ever wondered how those amazing Amiga intro effects were made, now you have a chance to learn from the best! The source code of nothing less than 50 intros written in ASM-One was released back in June. We know we are late reporting it, but hopefully, this…
Jan Beta has published a DIY video showing how to build a C64 Power supply by using a 9V transformer and a pre-made 5V power brick and putting it into a nice case. Although the project works, the author advises that only people that are experienced with that type of work should attempt to build something similar, but nonetheless, it is…
Saul Cross is a pioneering graphician and developer who is still active to this day. Andrew, AJ, and Joerg talk to him about what he’s been up to, and about his history in the scene. Website: http://scene.world/saulcross
I believe the last thing that comes to mind when thinking of game cartridges is a program made for the Color Basic. That is in fact based all in prejudice and John Linville (CoCocrew podcast) came to help destroy the wrong assumption that that is impossible. John wrote an article on his blog, Retro Tinker, explaining how to prepare a…
Immortal C64 Episode 74 – SPECIAL, Its C64 Month again! pre ep 40 tunes done with a real C64!. Track Listing : Track Number / Start Time / Artist / Track Name / Track Length 01 .. 0:00:34 – Michal Hoffman – Warmachine – 4:18 02 .. 0:04:57 – Thomas Detert – Clystron – 2:05 03 .. 0:07:07 – Steven…
Although I believe there is healthy competition among many retro news sites (with some exceptions), I also believe that the retro community is too small for divisions and as for websites, the more the merrier. With some delay, It has come to my attention that the ‘Retro Computing News’ website is closing shop, probably for good. Stuart Williams explains.. Due to…
