Category: Retro News
As a retro computer collector, I know (as my wife!) that space is the most concerning aspect when you get your hands on computers like the PET, the TRS-80 Model III and many other big and bulky ones. Thanks, ZX-81 to keep the footprint small! If you also face that challenge, maybe you would be happy to have a smaller…
The Micronics is hard at work creating a new mechanical keyboard for the Amiga 500, 600, and 1200, and Liwei Guan is the person making it all happen. AJ and Joerg talk to her about how she got involved in the Amiga community, the logistics of creating a new keyboard, and the unique directions she’s taking to get this done….
MSXDev’20 could be defined by the first sentence of its rules page: “No expansions of any kind, just a first-generation MSX as it was conceived.”. With this statement, the MSXDev organizers are starting a new era (therefore the new motto) in the life of the contest, where there will be only one category and the games should be limited to…
Uchūsen Gamma is a vertical shoot’em to be released on November 29th, 2019. It has been developed by Juan J. Martinez (code, graphics and sound), known from previous releases for other 8-bit systems such as The Dawn of Kernel (Amstrad CPC), Rescuing Orc (Commodore 64) or Magica (Amstrad CPC), and the most recent Night Knight single-screen platformer for the MSX….
Yesterday CPC RetroDev 2019 came to an end in a high note. The award ceremony was streamed live directly from the Universidad the Alicante, where Francisco Galego presented the many games and the well-deserved winners. You can still watch the event at http://vertice.cpd.ua.es/206906. Chupigames snatched the first place of the best game with its Miss Input scoring 373 points. Miss Input is…
Yesterday, Andy Johns (BubbleSoft Games) announced the release of his new game Nixy and the Seeds of Doom, the second game in the Nixy series, and a direct sequel to Nixy The Glade Sprite, as we reported last year. Following the previous game of the series, the game is an arcade-platform action where you will explore mysterious caverns and crumbling castle ruins…
Back in 2016, Graham Axten released a Commodore 64 game called “The Bear Essentials” under the Pond Software label. The game was initially available as a free (or donate) download on Christmas Eve, and later you could purchase limited versions on cassette and also floppy disk. Unfortunately Pond Software is no more, however there is light at the end of…
Our friends at amiga-news.de have published a post containing the links for the presentation videos filmed at AmiWest 2019. The current list shows very interesting content that will certainly interest the Amiga developers out there: Developer Conference, Kick-off: Steven Solie speaking about ExecSG for the Amiga OS 4.1, filmed by Bernardo Developer Conference, Follow-up of Steven Solie’s speech on ExecSG, filmed by Robert Bernardo…
The Atariage user “Tix” has announced yesterday the release of a revamped version of the classic Moon Patrol. Tix explains that this time around, it is not a simple sprite hack replacement, but the game visuals were enhanced in almost all aspects, from the title screen to even the small rocks. Here is the list: new mountains backdrop a new…
The Mojon Twins have announced the immediate availability of Che-man!, a new game for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad, and also for the NES! The game is available as a free download and is compatible with any good emulator in case you don’t have the real deal at hand. The game also had a limited run of 30 physical copies (in…
