Category: News
One of the most expected and respected contests in the retro computing community is happening again! The 11th of the BASIC 10-Liner has started and already waiting for your submission. This edition’s rules are pretty much the same as last year’s. BASIC games can be written for all 8-bit computers, as long they are line-oriented dialects. As usual, the PUR-80…
Simon Carless is a former Amiga musician and founder/owner of the Monotonik netlabel, which rose to prominence in the late ’90s and early ’00s. Joerg and guest co-host Martin Wisniowski pick his brain about this unique time in the development of the internet, independent labels, and music distribution. (Interview begins at 19:15) https://scene.world/simoncarless There is also a video version:
We actually missed the v6.0 release date by a few days, but it is never late to let you all know that the excellent Atari emulator for macOS has been updated (now version 6.0.1) adding native support for Apple’s ARM processors. Features Added/Changed: Added support for ARM based M1 Macs. Update libSDL to version 2.0.14. Removed 2k limit on the…
Bitnamic, through its European branch, Teknamic, is releasing three new games for the ZX Spectrum in the very last day of the year. The first one is a relaunch. Published as a “Cover Tape” in issue 88 of the Crash magazine, “Countdown to the Death” is the result of the efforts of two young Brazilians: Mario de Paula Leite Gouvea,…
In our new episode we welcome Gunnar Vonn Boehn from the one and only Apollo Team. They are known for their stellar Vampire cards which are a must for every Amiga fan. Interview starts at 37:38 Minutes https://scene.world/vampire Or watch its video version:
Yandex Retro Games Battle is a game development contest, organized by the Yandex Museum that brought to life amazing games for the ZX Spectrum, like Marsmare: Alienation and White Jaguar. If released in the 80s, these games would have made the developers rich folks and the blockbusters of the time look not so incredible as our memory tells us! This…
As you all know, I am pretty much retired from Vintage is the New Old these days, however I couldn’t resist logging in today to share some interesting News. Found by pure accident while browsing the Bomb Jack DX thread on Forum64. It seems that an Atari XL/XE version of Bomb Jack was entered into the ABBUC 2021 Competition and…
Find out by watching our new video series called “Phaze101 Retro Quiz”. In each video you will be asked a short question about a retro game and shown three possible answers. You only have a few seconds to guess and then the correct answer is shown. Don’t worry if you get the answer wrong … it will be fun to…
In our new podcast episode we are happy to have Nicola and Anthony Caulfield: a filmmaking team from London, responsible for awesome documentaries like From Bedrooms To Billions and its sequel The Amiga Years. We are talking with them about their new project The Rubber-Keyed Wonder – a documentary about the ZX Spectrum which is currently on Kickstarter. Interview starts…
The Brazilian magazine Clube MSX is a common subject here on ViTNO since we love supporting their efforts to create one of the best magazines out there. One of the common messages we often receive after publishing the news is, “it looks great but too bad I don’t speak (or read) Portuguese.” Well, we are pleased to learn that the…
