Category: Retro News

ViTNO Homebrew Update #3: Over 15 new titles added!

It may have only been a few days since the last update, but we’ve been busy curating yet another selection of games to add to our burgeoning homebrew gaming database. We’re proud to unveil our third update to the catalogue since it’s launch and thought we’d share some of the highlights with you: Commodore 16/Plus 4 Frutty Man +4 Frutty…

Zzap!64 Annual 2019 Kickstarter Goes Live, Check out the Perks

The Zzap!64 Annual 2019 Kickstarter has gone live. As ViTNO reported yesterday, Fusion Retro Books are collaborating with Future Publishing to produce the first Zzap!64 Annual featuring 112 full colour pages of reviews, feature articles, interviews covering the glory days and the current era of the Commodore 64 gaming scene. With the official launch of the Kickstarter, we can now…

Rick Dickinson, designer of many iconic Sinclair computers passes away

It is with great sadness that we learned that Rick Dickinson lost the battle against cancer and passed away on April 24th. Rick had a very successful career but for us, retro enthusiasts, he was well-known for the design of the ZX-81, the ZX Spectrum, and the Sinclair QL. The Sinclair machines were successful for many reasons, from price to…

Zzap!64 Annual 2019 Kickstarter Launch, Sneak Peak Now Available

Fusion Retro Books are pleased to announce that are collaborating with Future Publishing to produce the Zzap!64 Annual 2019 and are ready to go to Kickstarter to help with the funding of costs associated with printing of the publication and compensation of content contributors. Zzap!64 was the magazine that every Commodore 64 owner went to for honest, frank reviews of…

ViTNO Homebrew Update #2: 13 New Games Added!

This April saw the launch of our very own ‘Homebrew’ gaming database, established to showcase the best and brightest titles released by retro gaming fans, the wider community for a range of the most popular retro computers platforms. The section has already proved incredibly popular, racking up several thousand hits since it went live and we’ve been busy scouring the…

Scene World Podcast Episode #46 – User Group Meetings with Robert Bernardo

Robert Bernardo is a very known figure in the American Commdore scene, being the head of the “Fresno Commodore User Group”, we have been in touch with him since we started with Scene World 18 years ago – time to talk to him and hear about his side of our Commodore User World and Sphere! Enjoy listening to his experiences!…

Lost the last Apple II must-have CFFA3000 batch? Now you have another chance!

According to the user willwinter on sub-Reddit /r/apple2, the maker of the CFFA3000 board for the Apple II sent out an email letting people know that they have added more units to the batch #5 and also they will allow previous buyers to acquire more than the previous 2 units limit. If you don’t know what is a CFFA3000 (where have you…

Nintendo / NES, Sydney Hunter and the Caverns of Death Update

Sydney Hunter and the Caverns of Death for the Super Nintendo (SNES) was originally successfully funded under Kickstarter back in May 2015 with all of its stretch goals unlocked. One of these goals was to port the game to the original Nintendo (NES) system. Well, Electric Adventures has recently started work on the NES port and have just provided Kickstarter…

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis, Crypt of Dracula Preview

MatteusBeus, a homebrew developer for the Sega Mega Drive / Sega Genesis, has released a video showcasing his early progress on his development project for the platform titled Crypt of Dracula. Crypt of Dracula looks to be a dungeon explorer game with some detailed graphics and atmospheric music. The video preview goes through to show some great introduction scenes and…

MSXDev’18 Second Contestant – BUDDHAGILLIE!

MSXDev organizers have just announced the second entry for the 2018 edition of the MSX Game Development Contest – BUDDHAGILLIE! BUDDHAGILLIE by GW’s-workshop is an action game where you play Buddha who uses his sword to slash the enemies throughout 6 realms: Hell, Hunger, Animals, Asuras, Humans, Gods and Nirvana. On each realm, besides fighting the enemies directly, you also have to…