Category: Retro News
The gaming market is awash of retro gaming hardware solutions, providing the ability to play original cartridge games natively up-scaled from their original resolution to allow them to look good on modern HD televisions. Playmaji is looking to take this a step further with the impending launch of POLYMEGA, a modular retro gaming system that supports multiple cartridge based and…
Hyperkin has finally made available for pre-order its new retro console, the RetroN 77. The machine will let you play original Atari 2600 cartridges as well as the original joysticks and paddles. Back in may, we posted an update where the developer had mentioned the desire to price the new console as low as possible to make it accessible to a large audience. Now we know…
Eagle-eyed forumites over at CPCWiki have spotted early signs that a conversion of TAD Corporation’s Toki could be set to receive a conversion to the Amstrad CPC. AmstradGPP, a duo of French developers, recently uploaded a series of images to their Twitter account to showcase progress that they have made on the game. According to the post, despite being amateur…
Revival Studios recently launched two new games for the precursor to the Commodore 64, the VIC-20. With new gameplay trailers recently announced on the developer’s official Twitter feed, the first of these games is Down!, a take on the ‘Endless Runner’ genre where the player must descend vertically through a series of platforms, making sure to drop through any available gap…
Victor Trucco has posted an update on behalf of Henrique and I couldn’t be more excited! They have received the physical samples of the initial plastic injected case which needed some adjustments that were already applied to the moulds. From the pictures, the cases look amazing and exactly like I was hoping they would be. To help us feel the Next…
Richard Bayliss from TND fame is an unsung hero when it comes to the new generation of Commodore 64 gaming. If he’s not busy releasing numerous C64 freeware titles each and every year, he also goes out of his way to promote C64 gaming by holding SEUCK competitions or providing online tutorials available to any aspiring game developer or game…
I recently saw the news about a new release of the ZEsarUX emulator and decided to write a post about it because I think it is one of the best and most versatile emulators around that are still in full development. You can use ZEsarUX on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Raspberry PI. ZEsarUX is more than a ZX Spectrum emulator,…
Fresh from this year’s Schlimeisch party in Frystak comes Schlimeisch Mania II, a competitive multiplayer game by Unreal. With support for 2 to 8 players, the game is definitely guaranteed to put any friendship to the test as you seek to outwit your opponents in this party version of the classic Snake arcade game. The objective of the game is guide…
Longly considered as the pioneer of the sandbox game genre, Skool Daze was released way back in 1984 for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 to great success and is a favourite to many who experienced 8-bit computer gaming in the mid 1980s. There have been a number of remakes of this innovative classic, including last year’s great effort titled…
Back in January, we posted a quick sneak peek covering Alco-Copter, an all-new game for classic Amiga computers by Flashtro. The game has come a long way from that initial 6-level preview, having finally reached final release status! If you’ve not been following coverage regarding this particular game, it blends arcade and puzzle elements together in a devious little package that’s…
