Category: Retro News
Author of the well-received The Secret History of Mac Gaming, Richard Moss is now working on a new book called Shareware Heroes: Independent Games at the Dawn of the Internet (working title) where he is writing about shareware games released from the late-1980s through the 90s. To fund the production costs, the author is running a crowdfunding campaign at https://unbound.com/books/shareware-heroes/. Looks to me an…
Has the Amiga finally found it’s Mario beater? Only AMIGArama can find out as we team up with Team17 to break Superfrogs curse and rescue a princess along the way! https://amigarama.com/episodes/amigarama-podcast-episode-59-superfrog/
Paleotronic Magazine is an Australian magazine published by Melody and April Ayres-Griffiths and is dedicated to examining the evolution and culture of electronics and computers through a retro-inspired yet modern-styled format. After a successful Kickstarter campaign, the magazine took off and has published 3 issues in 2018. One of the perks for backers was a special series of 12 articles looking at products…
Protovision, the C64 game publisher is cooperating with Knights of Bytes to release Sam’s Journey for TheC64-mini. Sam’s Journey was one of the most expected games and has been received with high praises for every retro media outlet. The adorable platformer is so good that I believe it could be on any modern platform as is and it would still be…
Billy and Jimmy Lee join up with AMIGArama to fight against the evil Double Dragon thugs but can they survive and save Marian from these brutal foes? https://amigarama.com/episodes/amigarama-podcast-episode-58-double-dragon/
Can AMIGArama survive the Bydo alien hordes in an R-9 fighter, using the Force, in the classic arcade shoot em up… R-Type? https://amigarama.com/episodes/amigarama-podcast-episode-57-r-type/
Clube MSX, the quarterly Brazilian printed magazine about the MSX line of computers starts this Tuesday, November 20th, to take pre-orders for the third issue. The special holiday edition is already available for purchase, with a discounted price, at the magazine’s official website. Focusing on Christmas and Japan, Clube MSX #3 includes a double-sided poster featuring the games Gradius and…
Unit-e announces $99 “mini” console for playing DOS games
Another arcade hit gets the AMIGArama treatment this weeks episode, it’s…. Smash TV!
Last year, when I went to visit family back home, I brought a CP-400 II, a TRS-80 Color Computer clone. When I went back this year, my objective was to acquire an MSX computer, which in Brazil were represented by the Gradiente Expert and the Sharp HotBit. With that in mind, I started my research, trying to find a…
