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Scene World Podcast Episode #165 – Grundislav Games with Francisco González

We’re back with a new episode of our podcast and this time we welcome Francisco Gonzáles from Grundislav Games. They are known for indie adventure games like Lamplight City, Shardlight or A Golden Wake + Ben Jordan. Currently Francisco is working on his new game ‘Rosewater’ and we’re happy to get some insights. Enjoy! Interview starts at 13:05 minutes! Listen…

Zeta Wing 2 has been released for the Commodore 64

Following the success of Zeta Wing, Sarah Jane Avory has just released a second game in the series! Zeta Wing 2 is a fun vertical shoot-em-up for the Commodore 64, sequel to Zeta Wing, itself the winner of both the RGN Gamers’ Choice Award 2020 for the Commodore 64, and Indie Retro News Budget Game Of The Year 2020. Story:…

Let’s be friends! Get THEA500 running Atari ST programs

For “THEA500 Mini” Siegfried Hübner describes how to run also Atari ST programs on this rebuild of the Amiga 500 by Retro Games Ltd. It requires  EmuTOS-Amiga.ROM and AmiBerry. In hist post, he warns that to avoid a flickering display, open the Amiberry menu and change Display Line Mode from “Single” to “Double”. The .st floppy disk images are compressed with GZip,…

Announcing the 2023 Writing Contest “Vintage is the New Old” – The contest for the rest of us!

Are you a retro computing and gaming enthusiast? Are you always amazed how some people can create AAA games for old platforms while others can understand electronics and put modern hardware accessories on the market, giving new life to our old machines? Do you feel left out when you see game programming, graphics, demos, or hardware contests happening all the…

RM 800XL – It looks like someone is trying to recreated the Atari 800XL in 2023!

Let’s face it. The Atari community has been jealous of their usual enemies for years. The Speccy enthusiasts have the ZX Spectrum Next, and the Commodore fans have the Mega65 and the Commander X16. Meanwhile, the Atari people could only dream about a modern Atari machine. Hold your breath, this is still the case, but there is a new hope…

DPaint.js – Have we found a worthy Deluxe Paint replacement?

DPaint.js is a sophisticated image editor capable of reading and writing Amiga icon files and IFF ILBM images. The editor is not complete yet, but it looks pretty usable. A nice feature is the ability to visualize your artwork in Deluxe Paint running on an Amiga emulator directly in the browser. Main features Fully Featured image editor with a.o. Layers…

NESFab – A fast high-level language to create NES games

There is a new kid on the block to help you create NES games without digging deep into the 6502 Assembly. NESFab is a new programming language for creating NES games. Designed with 8-bit limitations in mind, the language is more ergonomic to use than C, while also producing faster assembly code. It’s easy to get started with and has a…

Albert – A new graphic editor for the C64 by Hokuto Force

Coded by the mighty Luigi Di Fraia, aka The Chaos Engineer, a new pixel editor built from the ground up with a streamlined UI/UX reached the public beta phase and can be downloaded from CSDb today. Besides the usual design tools like Fill, Draw, Select and Move (some still not available), which you can find in many different editors, Albert…

More than 30 years of Demoscene logos in one book!

Logos are an important aspect of demoscene culture because they serve as a means of self-expression and identification within the community. They can also be a source of friendly competition, as groups and individuals strive to create the most impressive and visually striking logos possible. In addition to branding for groups and individuals, logos are often used within demos themselves…

Revision 2023 Easter Demo Party April 7th to 10th, Saarbrücken DE

  Demo Sceners all around the world are getting ready for the best party of the year, Revision 2023! For those of you that aren’t so familiar with the demo scene, A demoparty is – on the first glance – like a LAN party. Depending on the size, a few or hundreds of visitors may bring their computers and set…