Category: Retro News

2018 Reset64 4KB Craptastic Game Competition Preview

The 2018 Reset64 4KB Craptastic Game Competition deadline is just around the corner, and nothing less than 20 contestants have already submitted their games. Since we are all very busy keeping real life and retro gaming in balance, wouldn’t be great if there is a good summary somewhere giving you a quick overview of all of them? Thankfully, Ausretrogamer thought the…

Get a Free Atari 2600 Trading Card – Galaxian

To celebrate the success of the first two issues of The Unauthorized Atari 2600 Throw Back Zine, Mike Salzman has announced that he is giving away Atari 2600 trading cards. To get one entirely free (US and Canada only), you just need to fill out the form linked at the end of this article. The first and second issues sold incredibly well…

POLYMEGA, the Modular Retro Entertainment System Getting Ready For Pre-Order Launch

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…

Atari 2600 compatible console ‘RetroN 77’ ready for pre-order

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…

New conversion of Toki hinted for the Amstrad CPC

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 releases two new games for the Commodore VIC-20

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…

ZX Spectrum Next progress update – Box and case pictures!

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…

Rouge Ninja, Single Screen Casual Game for C64

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…

ZEsarUX 7.0 – New version for the Multiplatform ZX Spectrum Emulator

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,…

Schlimeisch Mania II, a competitive multiplayer game now available on C64

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…