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When I interviewed Paul Gardner-Stephen last June, one of his answers mentions the importance of the community for the project. He specifically said: Yes, we really want a strong community. That is central to everything. A lot of it will grow organically, but we are also thinking about some competitions. We also hope that the demo competitions will soon have…
After extending the deadline until November 23rd, Yandex Retro Games Battle 2020, the largest game development competition dedicated to the ZX Spectrum, enters the voting phase and publishes all fifteen games that are running to win the best ZX Spectrum game of 2020. Results of the competition will be announced on December 12, 2020. Games will be judged on their…
Jonathan Cauldwell, the father of the Arcade Game Designer and the Multi-Platform Arcade Game Designer, wrote me this morning to tell me he has just released a custom ZX Spectrum ROM that runs AGD, freeing up the entire Spectrum RAM for users’ games. Because of that, games can naturally be much bigger than before. The new ROM is written from…
My history with Windows started with version 3.0 but PCs and DOS/Windows never brought me any nostalgia. Maybe because I always think that the current Windows 10 is not much different than what the 3.0 version delivered, at least at the fundamental level of having many desktop apps running simultaneously (ok, not really) where you can switch between them at…
This is just a quick heads up! Our partner in crime, Louie Dimovski has already guaranteed his place in the retro scene as an avid C64 game collector and a trustworthy game reviewer either over his YouTube channel or his own website, Retro Gamer Nation. RGN has just published a review of one of the most anticipated games for the…
The first 50 ZX Spectrum Next clone boards are already available for purchase over the UltimateMister.com website. Produced by Retroshop, the same manufacturer of the hot MiSTer FPGA, the board is 100% compatible, including the form factor, so it can be installed directly in the original ZX Spectrum Next cases. It is a faithful clone of the Issue 2B version…
The 2020 edition of the already traditional Amstrad CPC game development competition, CPCRetroDev, is over, and the Universidad de Alicante has announced the winners! The best game is The abduction of Oscar Z by the group Dreamin’Bits. The game also got the special prizes for Gominolas Mention (Best Music) and Pablo Ariza Mention (best Technical Development and Artificial Intelligence). The…
Picaro Games has released a new game for the Commodore 64 that you have to play. Juanje Juega in Sinverland is a platform game where each level pays homage to classic arcade games. It features 23 levels where games like Pong, Pac-Man, E.T, Chuckie are not only the background of the levels but part of the game itself, either as…
it is finally released : SWO#30 (on the C64) & World Music #5Thanks for everybody who contributed, especially to our members who returned into activity, Victor (Retromantis) and Jànos (Black) this is great!Also great Richard worked with Victor this time, for World Music#5!So lots of things to read this time! 🙂 Read it from the emulator (firefox recommended!) or download…
Lowtek Games not long ago had a successful Kickstarter campaign that allowed them to release the physical edition of the NES game Flea. Alastair Low also had plans to release the game on modern platforms. Although he could sell/release the ROM to be played in emulators, the use of this type of software wouldn’t have the same reach compared to…
