Category: News
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…
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…
We have some big news for the Apple II fans: A2Central.com is back! Launched in June 2000, this Apple II site provided our community with news, announcements, and updates until February 2022. Now, after a one-year hiatus, its two decades of archives are available again — along with fresh content and a modern redesign, all under new management. If you…
Join us on this episode as we sit down with legendary video game composer and musician Frank Klepacki. With over 30 years of experience in the industry, Frank has created iconic soundtracks for some of the biggest games of all time, including Command + Conquer, Dune, and Star Wars: Empire at War. Not only is he a master of electronic…
Game announcements are not my main focus here in Vintage is the New Old anymore – it is very hard to keep up and there are plenty of other ways to be up to speed with what is new in the retro gaming world, like, for example, Saberman’s YouTube channel, which does a fantastic job showing footage of most (if…
Scene World was prominently featured in the 04/2023 issue of the German design magazine PAGE. featuring logos from Retromantis, Black and JSL made for Scene World Magazine! :) (The text translates as “pixelated till today, the diskmag “Scene World” for C64 fans and coders can be downloaded for fitting hardware at https://sceneworld.org”)
In our new episode we are happy to talk to Julia Minamata. She is the developer of ‘The Crimson Diamond’ – a text parser EGA mystery adventure game to be released soon on Steam! Follow amateur geologist and reluctant detective Nancy Maple to the ghost town of Crimson, Ontario to investigate the discovery of a massive diamond. Sounds like a…
Darren Doyle from Greyfox Books has announced today that his book about the SEGA Mega Drive is available for free as a downloadable PDF. Although this alone is good news for all Mega Drive (and Genesis!) fans, the reason Doyle decided this route is unfortunate, to say it lightly. After publishing “Atari: a Visual History” and “Coin-Op: The Arcade Guide“,…
The 19th edition of MSXDev has started. The competition that began in 2003 has brought to life many high-quality games for the MSX. The 2023 edition will follow the previous year’s “freestyle” approach, where the game can be created for any MSX machine that was ever sold. If you think you will try to create something this year, you have…
It is that time of the year when we all get excited about BASIC, but only if it is restricted to 10 lines of code! And, for the third time, I am honoured to be part of the judging panel! Once again, you can show off all your skill in writing compact BASIC code for the 2023 Basic 10Liner contest,…
