Category: Retro News
PacManPlus over on Atari Age Forums started a thread back in April about a WIP version of Baby Pac-Man for the Atari 7800. For those of you that are not aware, Baby Pac-Man is a hybrid Arcade/Pinball game released by Bally Midway in 1982 and 7,000 units were produced. It will be very interesting to see how this port pans…
Retrogaming fans looking for an excellent, easy-to-use emulator with which to play their games ought to check out BizHawk, a multi-platform emulator written in C#. BizHawk supports a wide range of platforms, including Mega Drive, SNES, Saturn, Atari 7800, C64 and many more. However, the main reason why you would want to use Bizhawk over other emulators is it’s plethora…
Historians and computing enthusiasts interested in the history of Commodore and it’s unreleased Commodore 65 prototype should definitely take time to watch the following video uploaded by The Centre for Computing History. In this feature, Jason Fitzpatrick talks to Adrian Graham (binarydinosaurs.co.uk) about Commodore’s successor to the classic C64. The pair discuss a brief history of the machine, it’s various…
Here at ViTNO, we’re all huge fans of the Commodore 64’s SID sound chip, so it’s always exciting to learn about new music projects making use of it’s distinct sound. This time it’s the work of Milosz Chrapek under the guise of Miloman Music Project, as he intends to release an album of electronic music that fuses retro, chip-tune melodies…
Classic 90’s platform-adventure game Flashback has been released for the Nintendo Switch in a new 25th Anniversay edition. Famous for it’s breathtaking rotoscoped animation and gorgeous visuals, the game launched on the majority of 16-bit consoles and systems of the day, with special mentions going to the Mega Drive and Amiga releases. More importantly, this release remains true to it’s…
More news from the fantastic Speccy website Planeta Sinclair. Tank 1990 is a new game for the ZX Spectrum, a clone of the 1985 Arcade/Famicom game Battle City, a Japanese game by the mighty Namco. Tank 1990 is a shoot ’em up with some strategy involved. There is also a Russian Speccy version which was released in 1995 by Scorpion…
If you have been following our website since the days of Commodore is Awesome, you will know we regularly cover News from one of our favourite gaming websites, Protovision. A fantastic site where you can buy new games for the good old breadbin. Currently there are nine games in development for the Commodore 64, including the highly anticipated Briley Witch Chronicles…
Lasse over on Lemon64 Forums recently announced a new wip title for the Commodore 64. The game is called MW Ultra and is a reboot of Metal Warrior. There are four games in the Metal Warrior series, all of them a “semi-cinematic” style, with a blend of shooting, melee combat & stealth gameplay. A few words from Lasse.. Plans for…
Clive Townsend will be releasing the third instalment of Saboteur this year. As I am sure you’re aware, Saboteur is an absolute classic etched in our minds from childhood. The game was released on various platforms, but the most loved version was on the ZX Spectrum. For those of you that are somehow not familiar with this game, you take…
Francisco Téllez de Meneses is currently working on Prisoner of War, a new game for the MSX series of computers. The game’s existence came to light at the beginning of June when Meneses posted a request for assistance in creating the game’s music over on the MSX.org forums. Having been captured and imprisoned in a high-security military facility, the player…
