Category: Retro News
Backing a Kickstarter usually comes with a certain degree of risk, since the project can fail and be gone with you money. This is not the case here! Commodore 64: a visual Compendium Second Edition by Sam Dyer from Bitmap Books. He has proven he is capable of delivering a high-quality product, sometimes surpassing any expectation and with this campaign, that already…
Retro computer’s floppy drives are a species facing extinction. With all moving parts and sensible mechanism, it is hard to keep them working properly. For those who have an extensive collection of floppy disks, the options are to copy them to any modern mass storage solution or to pray for their floppy drives not to die… MSX owners have an…
Jordan Mechner’s first game for the Apple II, Karateka was a huge success that paves the developer path to a successful career that includes the Prince of Persia franchise. After released for the Apple II, Kareteka was ported to many platforms including Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit and ST and many others. But never for the Amiga. After almost…
BOMBER, a game for the Atari XL/XE, made the second place at the 2015 ABBUC-Software-Competition and now it is available for purchase as a limited boxed edition. All the games were recorded on never used floppies to ensure quality and reliability. The box also contains a download code for BOMBER in three formats: Bootdisk, DOS-Disk and .xex-File. The game can be ordered…
Reset Magazine issue #8 has just been released. The issue brings lots of articles, news and game reviews like of Daffy Duck, Heroes & Cowards, Knight ‘N’ Grail and much more. On the magazine website, you can also download the companion floppy containing Jump Ninja and Blap ‘n Bash, Nuclear Strike Force (they couldn’t stick a real disk on the PDF cover, sorry!)…
Rainbow Walker was published by Synapse Software in 1983 for the Atari 8-bit. Developed by Steve Coleman, it is an arcade game where you control Cedrick, a small creature that has the power to add colours back to the rainbow after a villain had stolen all the colors leaving the rainbow gray and dull. The AtariAge forum user Wrathchild managed to make the conversion…
Tanks Furry was developed by Pawel Nowak, Krzysztof Matys and Marcin Swiech for the Polish “RetroKomp GameDev Compo” where it got the second place. It is a tank shooter game where you have to hit the opponent’s tanks before they destroy your base. Main features: Hand made, old school pixel graphics Dedicated chip tune soundtrack and SFX Over 40 missions to play alone…
John Calhoun has released the source code of the games he developed for the Macintosh (System 7) on Github. The games available are Glider, Glider PRO, Glypha III and Pararena. You can check Pararena 2 game play on the video below. The games were developed in C and the fact they are now available as source code, it is a great…
Ok, this is another Kickstarted campaign, but we have to admit and understand that Retro-gaming in general is not very profitable and these awesome developers out there need some help! This time we are talking about a campaign that will interest mostly the Colecovision fans: Super Arcade Controllers and Adapters for Colecovision! The nice thing about the project is that the…
I really enjoy to watch It’s a Pixel Thing! with its light approach and full of interesting information while keeping a comfortable 10 minutes duration. This new episode the show will tell you the amazing story of British developer Imagine Software, its ascent to the stars and spectacular demise! [youtube 6KR0ZnylfLk nolink] Link: It’s a Pixel Thing Youtube Channel
