Category: Retro News
Graham Pickard has announced on the Commodore C16 & Plus/4 the release of the Atic Atac port for the 264 series. After the release for the C64, the beloved Plus/4 also deserved a version of the classic games released originally for the ZX Spectrum and the BBC Micro in 1983. The current version also includes indication of you current floor….
Source Solutions has updated SE Basic IV. The BASIC interpreter is part of the firmware for the Chloe 280SE but can also be used with a 128K ZX Spectrum equipped with ULAplus (such as the SLAM+ replacement ULA or MB03+ external interface) and an esxDOS compatible storage interface (such as divIDE or divMMC). Release 200417 (Leon) will initially be made…
Kitsune’s Curse is a flip-screen platformer for the Amstrad CPC with 64K of RAM or more. Our hero, the ninja spy Kitsune, released Osaka Castle from evil by putting together the pieces of the Golden Tail, a magic stone with great power. But not all ended well for everybody. When the true nature of our hero Kitsune was revealed, the…
The traditional Apple II enthusiasts summer camp is following the trend and moving the event to the virtual world. Although the event happens in July, the organizers rightfully decided to cancel the face-to-face gathering due to the current pandemic. Initially it was hoped that the world and national situation would be sufficiently improved by July that we could proceed as…
Just a quick one because I like this game. Major Blink was ported to the Atari XL/XE more than a year ago, and recently the game got a 5200 version which included many improvements over the original port. Since “what goes around comes around” but in a good way, the Atari XL/XE is getting back the improvements made for the…
Quantum Sheep has announced the immediate availability of Jumpin’ Jupiter, a new platform game for the ZX Spectrum. Int the game, you play Jupiter, and your objective is to find all cups of tea that have been scattered across the solar system. Heavily inspired in Manic Miner, the game relies on your ability to avoid the enemies and environmental hazards…
After eight years, Jan Johnsen (Norway) gives us some nice new features of his game Rocket Rescue for the Ataru XL/XE. Rocket Rescue is one of those mixed bags of different games that worked very well. The game uses elements of shoot’em up games, Lunar Lander and Choplifter. Your objective is to rescue astronauts and to accomplish that you have…
Another Basic 10Liner contest is over and the winners were announced this weekend, with Atari and Commodore programs dominating the first places, but also showing a strong presence of MSX participants. With NOMAN 2020 cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an online streaming event was used to announce the scores of all 159 programs that were running for the four…
Back in 2017, I was pretty excited about the ZX Spectrum Next crowdfunding campaign and the whole idea of the modern retro computer. However, I remember to tell people that the “Next” part of the project wasn’t that interesting to me. As a “purist” retro collector, I didn’t care too much about a modern computer with modern capabilities but with…
Ghost Town is an adventure game written by Udo Gertz with design by Peter Hartmann in 1985 and released for the C16 & Plus/4 by Kingsoft GmbH. It’s an adventure game where the player has to solve puzzles by finding items and progress screen by screen to the final battle with the evil wizard Belegro. The game is very unforgiving,…
