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Space Invaders – TRS-80 CoCo 3 port directly from Intel 8080 Arcade sources!

Glen Hewlett has managed to convert Space Invaders from the original Intel 8080 Arcade source code to the Motorola 6809 that runs on the CoCo 3. He starts the article explaining that since he never understood Interrupts back in the 80’s, he decided to try to write something for the CoCo to practice some of the information he learned from John Linville…

Nibiru, New Amstrad CPC Shoot ’em up Released

Nibiru is a new Shoot ’em up game by Jose Javier Garcia Aranda, programmed in BASIC, using the library 8BP, version V26b. You will find it in the “GameExamples” folder over at github.com. You are the pilot of a destroying ship and you must defeat the planet Nibiru and its leader, “Gorgo”, an almost invincible millenarian reptile. You must destroy the galactic birds…

Pietro Bros! Mario Bros NES Clone Lands on the ZX Spectrum

Pietro and Luizo were transported to pipe world after eating some rancid mushrooms on his pizza. Help them to escape from this hell… Pietro Bros by Cristian M. Gonzalez, as you can guess is really Mario Bros renamed for obvious copyright infringements. In the game you play Pietro and Luizo aka Mario and Luigi. This version is based on the 1983 NES release….

Eric W Schwartz Collection [CD32][SX32]

All Art © Eric W Schwartz. This is not an authorised release. ISO Master: Earok Cover: Earok (Template by Steve) Well over 80 of Eric W Schwartz’s finest works, from the late 1980s through to the early 2010s! Including many short cartoons, looping animations, tutorials and even an image browser. Although all animations can be watched individually, playlists of select animations are…

SWOS 16-17 [CD32][SX32]

Original game by Sensible Software ’16-’17 update by SensibleSoccer.de WHDLoad Slave by Galahad, WHDLoad by Wepl CD32Load by JOTD CD32.co.uk version by Earok and Steve The community over at SensibleSoccer.de have made an amazing effort bringing the best Soccer game ever up to date. Here is unofficial cd32 ports totally not-official release of it ;) Note that the SWOS 16-17 team DO have…

Unknown Realm: 8bit RPG for PC and Commodore 64

Unknown Realm: The Siege Perilous is a new 8-bit fantasy role-playing game for PC and C64 inspired by the classic RPGs of the 80’s. So far the fundraiser has reached $60,710 pledged of the $65,536 goal. With 23 more days to go, it looks like this Kickstarter is going to be a success! So head over to kickstarter.com and show your support. :)…

Heroes Rescue, Amstrad Homebrew Game Now Available For ZX Spectrum!

Defecto Digital have released a new ZX Spectrum port of their Amstrad game “Heroes Rescue”. In the game you play Fry from Futurama, who has to rescue other cartoon heroes from The Simpsons, T.M.N.T and Marvel. Things aren’t that simple though, many enemies from the same cartoon series will try to prevent your way to the top of the level. On your way to rescue the…

ROMhacking.net Latest Updates

Latest updates over at romhacking.net are as follows: Rom Hacks F-Zero – Stage 12 – Caught! (Complete)(F-Zero)(SNES) Super Mario MCB Color Edition (Improvement)(Super Mario Bros.)(NES) Todos Contra TCHECO (Spoof)(Rockin’ Kats)(NES) Super Puzzle Fighter II for color-blind people (Improvement)(Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo)(ARC) Overhead (Bug Fix)(Final Fantasy III)(SNES) Super Puzzle Fighter II GBA for color-blind people (Improvement)(Super Puzzle Fighter II)(GBA) Rockman…

Press Play on Pad: The Demoscene Disc [Cobe][CD32][SX32]

Cobe has assembled a cracker compilation of 32 demoscene productions on a single disc – almost all AGA titles such as the remarkable Nexus-7 by Andromeda, but also a few classic OCS demoscene productions as well (notably, State of the Art by Spaceballs). What’s more, the disc will by default play demos in a random order, making it a perfect…

Chibi Akuma(s), A New Amstrad Shoot ’em up Coming End of December!

While browsing through CPCWiki forums today, I came across a thread about a new Shoot ’em up game coming to the Amstrad CPC, that is certainly worth mentioning. According to the creator Keith56, Chibi Akuma(s) is a spoof-horror firepower crazy shooter! The game play is heavily inspired by Death Smiles, with a more cartoon style like Cotton, but be warned though, the…