Category: Retro News

Code Name Intruder, New MSX Game by Bitvision Software, Ready for Pre-orders!

It’s been a good couple of days for MSX Homebrew. Yesterday we announced Sector 88 and Transball and today we have a special treat for you! Eric Boez over at msx.org has given us the heads up about the new Pre-order Launch of ‘Code Name Intruder’. Code Name Intruder is a new Arcade Shoot ’em up that has been WIP…

Transball, A Thrust Like Game on your MSX

Earlier this summer, the game Transball was released as free to play software. Now there’s a cartridge version available! The cartridge version of Transball is for sale for 24 euros at the Repro-Factory MSX shop. [youtube GkkUxyVAiwg nolink] In this game battle against gravity and base defenses to recover energy balls, then bring them back with you and escape. Will…

Space RPG Sector 88 for MSX2 Released!

MRC User KAI Magazine has recently released Space RPG Sector 88. This new MSX2 gem is digitally available and a cartridge version will follow soon. The game has 11 missions, 10 visual stages (graphic novel style) with 3 endings depending on your choices. The 10 stages which will reveal a deep story, freedom to upgrade your ship at will, freedom…

OpenMSX v0.13.0 for Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi has many emulation options for probably any retro computer/console you can think of. Now, thanks to José Cerrejón (Ulysess), you can also use OpenMSX with the PI. José has prepared the installer that you can use standalone or through the PiKISS, a set o shell scripts that make easier to install a variety of software on the PI. You…

ROMhacking.net Latest Updates

Latest updates over at romhacking.net are as follows: Rom Hacks Tom & Jerry (and Tuffy) – Cheeze It! (Improvement)(Tom & Jerry: The Ultimate Game of Cat and Mouse!)(NES) Supa Dupa World Cup (Complete)(Nintendo World Cup)(NES) Spell Name Update (Improvement)(Breath of Fire III)(PSX) Chain of Command (Bug Fix)(Final Fantasy III)(SNES) Golden Axe II – Linkuei’s Color Palette Hack (Improvement)(Golden Axe II)(GEN)…

The New Dimension (TND) Updates

Latest downloads over at The New Dimension are as follows: Mix Box #1, Carhadron, Blaster 2, Quazyvar 2, Xiendres 3, YDAS 2, F-Clash V1.1, Borcky, Laser X1 9, Megaclock, Richards’ GoatTracker V2 Worktunes, Silicom Tunnel, Galaxy 09 and Pinnynoid. Website: http://tnd64.unikat.sk

Commodore 64 Games Running on the Pocket Chip Portable Computer

Colin Poole from Let’s Talk Retro, sent us an email to let us know that the Pocket Chip Portable Computer is capable of running Commodore 64 games using Vice Emulator! Not only that he made an interesting video showing how to setup the emulator and how to run some games. Colin chose some great classics including Kickstart II, Manic Miner…

Bomb Jack DX, C64 Arcade Port, beta 3 Video and Exclusive News Updates!

Our good friend Retrofan over at Forum64, contacted us this evening and has sent over some fantastic Exclusive News! about the eagerly anticipated ‘Bomb Jack DX’, an Arcade port for the Commodore 64. Retrofan has uploaded a new Beta 3 video to his YouTube channel and as you can see, the game is coming along nicely. First thing you will notice, beta3 has some amazing new…

WinUAE 3.4.0 beta 9 Update – The Worlds Greatest Amiga Emulator!

Toni Wilen has released WinUAE 3.4.0 beta 9. WinUAE is currently the best Amiga emulation available to date and if used alongside Classic Workbench and WHDLoad you can achieve a really great Amiga hard drive experience like the picture above. Download from the link below and don’t forget to check all the new features in the release notes link, have…

Open Apple Podcast #63 – Kate Szkotnicki, ProDOS 2.4, KansasFest

The latest episode of the Open Apple podcast has been released. Episode 63 covers a newcomer’s perspective on KansasFest, a new Apple ProDOS, and lots of other stuff, new and old. Link: open-apple.net Subscribe: iTunes