Category: Retro News
Retro Games Limited has just announced that the long awaited functionality to be able to load game images onto TheC64 Mini from a USB stick will finally become available via a firmware update to be released on Monday 8 October 2018. TheC64 Mini originally launched with limited capabilities when it came to being able launch your own images, requiring you…
When the Project Update #37 has arrived in my mailbox yesterday, I quickly opened it with my hopes up, looking for a delivery date or something on those lines. Unfortunately, the project had another setback, now with the keyboard. Henrique was waiting for new updates from the partner handling the keyboard project on Sep 22nd, but so far, the partner hasn’t…
The NeoGeo multi video arcade system (MVS) and its home game console variant, the Advanced Entertainment System (AES) were released by SNK back in 1990. The AES was one of the most expensive home video game systems released but it still garnered considerable demand in Japan due to the systems ability to deliver a true arcade experience to home users….
Log Jammers is a new arcade sports game developed by Mega Cat Studios for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and PC. Inspired by the ’94 Windjammers, Log Jammers can be explained as an air-hockey (or even Pong!) type of game, but its implementation goes way beyond that. As the name suggests, the players stay on top of rolling logs while they throw…
Collectorvision is pleased to announced that they have opened up pre-orders for two new games for the Intellivision platform – MoonSweeper and Mad Bomber. Moonsweeper is a shooter game that has previously been released on various other vintage systems including the Atari 2600, Colecovision, C64 and ZX Spectrum. The action takes place in space and on the surface of satellites…
The Facebook group Homebrew Gaming News is one of the best places to know first hand what is happening in the homebrew community, including, of course, new games announcements, like the brand new Shadow Switcher. Christian Gleinser’s game features a Lode Runner-inspired gameplay where the hero has to run through the platforms collecting rings to find his way out while…
Italian indie studio Warlock Entertainment has published a short trailer of Raging Orlando, a new game currently in development for the Commodore 64. There’s no official word on the game’s plot or mechanics, but the trailer certainly gives a good idea of what to expect. Players must guide their tiny knight throughout a series of interconnected screens, each filled with…
Love it or loathe it, I doubt that there’s a reader among you who hasn’t experienced the Microsoft Windows operating system in some form since it’s first introduction way back in 1985. Although it has long enjoyed it’s position as the predominant OS in the world of desktop computing, the road to it’s seemingly unassailable position – not to mention…
Our very Andrew Fisher did an #unboxing of the #SingleButton #Game #Collection datsette by the @KomodaAmigaPlus Magazine! Check it out:
SNK’s miniaturised NeoGeo cabinet console is available on pre-order from Amazon with a release date of October 15, 2018. The NeoGeo Mini International will be selling for $109 USD while the optional NeoGeO Gamepad controller is also available for pre-order at a price of $25.90 USD. Compared to the Japanese variant, the International variant of the NeoGeo Mini features an…
