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Wolfcastle McBain, A New Homebrew ZX Spectrum Game inspired by The Simpsons

Wolfcastle McBain is a new ZX Spectrum homebrew game inspired by The Simpsons character Rainier Luftwaffe Wolfcastle, an Austrian, musclebound action movie star and a parody of Arnold Schwarzenegger. The game is made with the La Churrera Engine (Mojon Twins), and puts you in control of McBain, blasting away enemies in a top down view, similar to Into the Eagles…

Alien Enemy: Dangerous, Early Alpha Amiga Game Demo Preview

s2325 from EAB Forums has shared an early Alpha Demo Preview called Alien Enemy: Dangerous, a fast 3D engine with some graphics from Quake. Check out the video below. There’s also a well known ‘Head Shot’ sample you might remember? Answers on a postcard if you know which game it’s from! :) Download: Alien Enemy Dangerous Source: EAB Forums

MSX Game Tina’s Adventure Island ready for sale

The MSX Cartridge Shop has announced that the new game Tina’s Adventure Island, which started with pre-sales back at the end of 2016, is finally ready for sale. In this side-scroller action game, you help Tina to find her missing boyfriend, Takahashi. She will have to get through 35 stages and defeat the 5 bosses in order to find him. You can…

Making a C64/C65 compatible computer in an FPGA – New updates!

Paul Gardner-Stephen has updated his blog about the development of his C64/C65 FPGA-based computer. He has been working on that for quite some time now, and it looks like it is progressing very well. On this new post, he explains the improvements and the planning of the new PCB, which will have, among other things, support for 1080p and cartridge support. The…

Astro Force, Sega Master System Homebrew Shoot ’em Up, SMS Coding Competition 2017

We all love a good shooter, don’t we? :) Astro Force is a nod to classic Shoot ’em ups from back in the day. Heavily inspired by Thunder force, RSG, Aleste, Gaiares, MSX Nemesis and R-Type, Astro Force features 6 stages, 30+ enemy types, 11 bosses and some lovely music (courtesy of the Mod2PSG tool). If you like shmups, this…

Amiga “Doom” clone “Gloom” source code available on Github

Gloom, a very good Doom clone, was commercially released in 1996 by Black Magic. Being a clone doesn’t take away the quality of the game, and to prove that, Gloom was acclaimed as the 18th best Amiga game of all time by Amiga Power magazine. Now, 20 years later, the game source code was released on Github, for the delight…

Zero Delay USB Arcade Encoder Video Review

Can such a low priced device deliver on its promise to drive an arcade quality experience and earn a place in your build?

Mecha-8, Sega Master System Game Demo, SMS Coding Competition 2017

Merciless aliens have overrun a small planet, taking the army by surprise! Now the last remaining defence is the Mecha Research’s Lab and its unique two mechas, but these are the most powerful! Guide Tricia Thunder on board Mecha-8 to gain freedom! The demo will end after level 3, the full game contains 6 levels and is available for a…

Highlander +3DG, New C64 Release from Hokuto Force

Released by: Hokuto Force Release Date: 29 April 2017 Type: C64 Crack The Hokuto Force crack release “Highlander +3DG” contains the following; Infinite energy, No enemy energy refill and One hit to kill enemy. Download: HIGHLANDER +3DG.D64

WinUAE 3.4.1 beta 8 Amiga Emulator Released

Toni is back again with another Beta version of WinUAE. WinUAE is currently the best Amiga emulation available to date and if used alongside Classic Workbench and WHDLoad you can achieve a really great Amiga hard drive experience like the picture above. Download from the link below and don’t forget to check all the new features in the release notes…