Category: Retro News

Philippe Lang’s New A1200 Housings, Campaign Update & Bonuses!

The New Amiga 1200 cases Kickstarter campaign ends in 13 days ! As of today, this campaign has reached 38% of its €125,000 goal. CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT THE AMIGA 1200 CASE CAMPAIGN! Campaign Goal: Maybe some of you don’t know yet why this goal is set so high, so please allow us to summarize it here: To manufacture new…

'Ready Player One' Movie Release Date is Announced

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is probably the book with most references to 80’s pop culture, and most of them video-game related. It is already old news that he scored big when he sold the rights for a movie based on the book. It is also known that Steven Spielberg is the director (not too shabby eh?). What we…

Double Dragon – Arcade Retro Review by Robert Joy

Our leading games reviewer Robert Joy has sent over his latest retro review. This time we set the date to July 1987 in our Delorean and travel back in time to revisit the awesome Beat ’em up Arcade Classic that is Double Dragon! Vitno Reviews Page: http://www.vitno.org/reviews/

Win 3 Day Pass Tickets to PLAY Margate! Arcade, Indie & Retro Gaming Show!

We have two 3 day pass tickets for PLAY Margate worth £30 each, and we are going to raffle them out in order to cover part of the costs to run your beloved website. To participate, send us £2.00 for one number using the “Donate” button on the right. Donate multiples of £2.00 to increase your chances to win! On…

Meet Sam at the Gamescom!

This weekend, you can meet Sam at the Gamescom! The nice people of the German print magazine RETURN have a booth in hall 10.2 and have invited Knights of Bytes to show the game’s current state of development.Sam’s Buttons for the Gamescom Chester Kollschen is going to arrive at the RETURN booth on Friday afternoon and he will bring a…

Gauntlet II – Arcade Retro Review by Robert Joy

Our leading games reviewer Robert Joy has sent over his latest retro review. This time we set the year to 1986 in our Delorean and travel back in time to the Golden Age of Arcade Video Games when Gauntlet II had just been released! Vitno Reviews Page: http://www.vitno.org/reviews/

Caren & the Tangled Tentacles Multiroom Gameplay Footage!

Oliver Lindau creator of the upcoming point and click adventure ‘Caren & the Tangled Tentacles’ has posted some interesting news on the C64/128 Facebook Group today. Oliver writesMultiroom gameplay footage of Caren & the Tangled Tentacles (working title Lindwendture) and first time Kamil’s music and sound fx are implemented. Please note that the demo does not show all screens in…

Gravitrix – Commodore 64 Retro Review by Mark Turner

Staff member Retrograde (Mark Turner) has sent over his latest retro review for Gravitrix, a C64 puzzle game by Psytronik/RGCD. Big thanks to James Monkman from RGCD for sending over a review copy :) You can read the review over on our reviews page, enjoy! Vitno Reviews Page: http://www.vitno.org/reviews/Website: RGCD

Aaron White’s C64 To Amiga Chiptunes Disk 6!

Aaron White has sent over his latest Amiga chiptunes music disk.C64 To Amiga Chiptunes Volume 6 contains seven more awesome classic remixes, check out the playlist below. Chuck Rock Bruce Lee Ivan Ironman Stewart’s Super Off Road Rock ‘n Wrestle Kickstart P0 Snake Space Harrier High Score Aaron has now released in total, fourteen Amiga music disks and you can…

Paul Barnard's Amiga Music Disk

One of our website fans emailed us recently about a music disk he created last year on the Amiga. The disk contains five tunes of various types of music and with permission from Paul Barnard, we have decided to share it to the retro community for all to enjoy! You can download the adf from the link below. Many thanks…