Category: Retro News

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…

Vote for the best homebrew Atari 8-bit game of 2016

Atariteca, the best Atari-only website in Spanish is conducting a non-scientific poll, trying to elect the best Atari game released in 2016. The list only includes new games released in 2016 so all ports of games from other platforms or hacks/improvements were kept out. Although the poll lets you click multiple times for as many games you want, I hope the poll…

Wicher 500, Turbo Card for Amiga 500

Wicher 500 is a new turbo card from Retro 7-Bit for the Amiga 500. – designed for Amiga 500 – processor MC68000/68010 (turbo card not included CPU) – clock 12,14,16,18,21,24,28,32,48 MHz – FAST RAM memory max. 8MB EDO SIMM – IDE controller – SPI controller – RTC on SPI bus [youtube 5VYyVPjxrZU nolink] Website: retro.7-bit.pl

New Plus/4 Puzzle Game 1010! Released by Legion Of Doom (LOD)

Legion Of Doom (LOD) (P,Csaba (Csabo) have released a new homebrew puzzle game for the Commodore Plus/4 Computer. Fit pieces onto a 10×10 board. Complete rows and columns to clear blocks. The game can be played on real hardware, or through emulation such as YAPE. You can also play it right now online here. Download: Plus/4 World, Pouet Website: plus4world.powweb.com

RetroInvaders Release a New Commodore 64 PETSCII ART Calendar!

RetroInvaders have released their yearly Commodore 64 Calendar. For 2017 they have created a rather nice PETSCII Art offering and we think it’s fantastic! The Calendar is available in various languages including English. Download it over at CSDb or their official website. Download: CSDb Website: retroinvaders.com

Amiga Power, French Printed Magazine, Issue 57 Released

If you owned an Amiga back in the day, I’m sure you all remember the great Amiga Power magazine. Unfortunately this magazine has long been out of print, however if you are french or you can read the French language you may be in luck. There is another Amiga Power Magazine still available (different publisher ofc), this one is a French…

Type in! Vintage Computer Club 8-Bit Listing Competition

Did you miss the magazine’s type-in era? Very few would actually miss it, but it brings good feelings remembering the days and nights typing programs from magazine’s listings, mainly when the program didn’t work, or a power outage would end it for you! Well, now is time to get revenge – people will type in your program and you might get prizes for…

Gorgeous 2017 Calendar for Atari 8-bit enthusiasts

Bill Lange has published on his blog a nice 2017 calendar that you can print yourself. Each month features an iconic game published for the Atari 8-bit computers. The year starts with Jumpman for January, followed by other classics like Cavern of Mars, Hardball, Pole Position, ending with Dandy! The calendar has two pages for each month, one with a screen…

The MagPI Magazine features article ‘Turn your PI into an Amiga’

The MagPI is the official Raspberry PI magazine that you can buy at your local newsstand or download for free in PDF and in this month’s edition, the magazine brings an article teaching the readers to install and configure UAE4ARM in a Raspberry PI. Slot the microSD card into your Pi and power up. It’ll boot directly into the UAE4ARM emulator… The…

Early Footage Videos, Soulless 2 & Argus, Commodore 64

While browsing the Hyperionc64 Facebook page, I came across a couple of interesting early footage videos of two upcoming C64 titles. First up is the sequel to Soulless, aptly named Soulless 2, showing a human character exploring the forest. The second is an Adventure game called Argus. Check out the videos below, but please bear in mind these are VERY…