Category: Retro News

First 13 years of Nintendo Power magazine now available online!

My experience with Nintendo Power is recent. I subscribed the last 2-3 years of its existence, and I keep the last issue as a collector item. That said, I never read any of the first issues of the magazine that started circulating in 1988. If you are like me, you can now read the first 13 years of the magazine…

Fox n Forests, 16-Bit style action platformer Kickstarter Needs Your Help!

With only 10 days left and €52,221 pledged of the €95,000 goal, Bonus Level Entertainment still has a way to go before this awesome game becomes a reality. FOX n FORESTS is a 2D 16-Bit style action platformer with adventure and puzzle elements, empowering you to switch seasons on the fly! Set within a mystic forest and its surroundings, FOX…

MixSID flexible stereo SID board with integrated channel mixer

The MixSID is a stereo SID board for the Commodore 64 that can be used with any combination of SID models on a wide range of C64 mainboards. Features include an integrated stereo channel mixer, pragmatic stereo addressing scheme, flexible handling of io areas, onboard audio input, output and digiboost circuits, dedicated stereo output, full paddle compatibility and versatile digital…

FPGATED/István Hegedüs

István Hegedüs has developed a cycle exact FPGA core for the MOS 7360/8360 TED chip written in verilog. The final goal is to have an fpga core that could be used as a drop in replacement for the MOS 8360 chip which is the heart of the Commodore 264 series 8 bit computers, namely the Commodore 16, Commodore Plus 4…

YAPE 1.0.10 New Release!

A new version of YAPE has been released: -show subfolders as type CBM in IEC/filesystem mode -implemented monitor watchpoint/breakpoint ranges -watchpoint context displayed when hit -improved speedometer to cater for non-standard, longer frames -occasionally stuck joystick states when emulated thru the keyboard fixed (long outstanding bug!) -uninitialized variable in a newly optimized part of SID engine patched -digitized palette in…

Shotgun – Commodore 64

Shotgun for the Commodore 64 computer is now available as a deluxe box version with a flip cover, 5.25″ diskette, printed game manual and 3 cool extras (surprise!). The game can be played with four players! In the game you collect guns and shoot at each other, but each gun only has 3 bullets. A very fast paced game, perfect…

The Retro Hour Podcast/Dan Wood & Ravi Abbott

The Retro Hour is a professional Podcast ran by Dan Wood & Ravi Abbott. Both being you-tubers and strong in the area of UK gaming culture they decided to create a Podcast with high audio quality and production. The Retro Hour aims to help the world understand the UK and European gaming industry and its roots whilst avoiding the cliché of…

Commodore 64 Game Review: Batman: The Caped Crusader by Robert Joy

Robert Joy is back with a new game review for Vintage is the New Old! Rob has chosen ‘Batman: The Caped Crusader‘ for the good old Commodore 64, Enjoy :) Vitno Reviews Page: http://www.vitno.org/reviews/ Robert Joy’s Website: RAM Retro Arcade Memories

Maze Of The Mummy/Psytronik Software – Commodore 64

Psytronik Software in association with Magic Cap present an exciting new release for the Commodore 64 – MAZE OF THE MUMMY! Featuring 15 Pyramids to explore (255 playable levels in total!) there’s plenty of adventuring fun to be had in your quest for treasure! The budget disk version of MAZE OF THE MUMMY is presented in a full colour glossy…

Scripted Amiga Emulator v0.9

Rupert Hausbergers made an Amiga Emulator with the help of Javascript and HTML 5. This emulator can be used inside a modern browser such as Chrome. Changes in this version: Improvements for the CPU, Audio, Blitter, CIA, Config, Copper, Custom, Disk, Drawing, Events, Expansion, Filesys, Gayle, Hardfile, IDE, Memory, Roms, Playfield, RTC en Serial. Source: http://scriptedamigaemulator.net