Category: Retro News
The Future Was 8-bit (TFW8b), predominately known for producing SD2IEC devices and the Penultimate+ Cartridge for the VIC20, has recently launched a new ‘9.99 Range’ of cartridge games featuring a number of in-house and user created titles. Initially catering for the Commodore VIC20 and Commodore 64 platforms, the ‘9.99 Range’ launched with the following titles: Cheese and Onion (VIC20) Nibbler…
Antstream is the world’s first retro game streaming subscription service (think Netflix, but for retro games!). AJ, Martin, and Joerg talk to Antstream’s Brandon Keenan and Jo Clifford about how this all came together, and how they’re paving the way for the future of retro gaming. https://scene.world/antstream
The Mojon Twins are releasing a brand new game for the Nintendo Entretainment System (NES). Espitenen und Herr Pimponen is a colourful platformer where the player has to jump up the platforms, beating the screen scroll. As you jump from one platform to the other you have also to dodge or kill the enemies. Physics bring another challenge for the…
Jason Moore is the maintainer of the well-received website “Atari Projects“, where he presents many projects for you to do with your Atari computer. Today, he has announced on Facebook the availability of his new book, Atari Projects: 50 Fun Projects for Your 8-Bit Home Computer. “The goal of this book is to provide a series of fun projects to…
It starts today (August 24th) the crowdfunding campaign for the reprint of the first issue of Clube MSX. With a pledge of R$ 40,00 (USD 10), readers in Brazil will get the magazine with shipping included. Other rewards include an exclusive Clube MSX t-shirt and mug. The magazine will feature a Collector Edition holographic stamp on the cover and also…
Quadron is an excellent ZX Spectrum game that was released as a digital download last December, written by Andy “Cosmium” Beale in 1986-87 and never released until last year! If you missed that or don’t remember, we have even written a comprehensive review of the game. Another fun fact (for us!) is that Andy didn’t have access to the original source code,…
Arkagis Revolution is a new top-down shooter for Sega Genesis/Mega Drive with mode 7 style rotation. Mode 7 is the term referring to the capability to fully rotate the background, creating amazing effects, like the one seen on Arkagis Revolution (see video at the end of this article). The game website gives the tone of the game: “The story happens…
I believe we are living the golden age of modern hardware accessories for vintage computers with many options of SD Card storage, Wifi Modem, ethernet connections, video converters, etc. Some of these are commercially available using proprietary hardware, but many others were released as open-source projects. The advantage of the latter is that you can build the device yourself, or…
In a world of brown… so much brown… that no one probably ever wanted to play. AMIGArama takes a trip down to the beach with the long forgotten platform hero, Puggsy.
Codemasters take on Pac-Man is in the spotlight this week, as AMIGArama looks at the Oliver Twins attempt at an arcade clone.
