Category: Retro News

It looks like the ZX Spectrum Next will be on our hands this summer after all!

Finally concrete good news! Henrique has sent today a new update to the Next Kickstarter campaign telling us that the cases production has started and if all goes as planned, it will be ready in 35 days! Here is the full announcement: Ladies and gentlemen, we have good news at last: the Spectrum Next case mould is already in production…

Realms of Quest Trilogy & IV for Commodore VIC-20 now available on Itch.Io

Psytronik Software have re-released Realms of Quest Trilogy and Realms of Quest IV for the Commodore VIC-20 via their Itch.Io page. Both games are available on ‘Name Your Own Price’ basis, which includes the ability to download the game for free. Realms of Quest Trilogy and Realms of Quest IV are turn based RPG game featuring plenty of dungeon crawling….

Call A.P.P.L.E – The longest running Apple user’s group turns 40 and gives free special magazine

Call A.P.P.L.E (Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange) was created by Val Golding in 1978 which means, you believe or not, it is turning 40 years old this year. At some point in the 80’s, it reached more than 50,000 members. Although we don’t have that many Apple II users anymore, Call A.P.P.L.E keeps going strong. As part of the celebration, the group…

Amiga Mania, Amiga Event Hosted by Retromania! (19th May, Gaia, Portugal)

We were contacted a couple of days ago by Ricardo from retromania.pt about an upcoming Amiga event called Amiga Mania. Today Ricardo has shared all the important details you will need if you decide to make an appearance there. Hi you guys, Retromania is preparing to hold an Amiga Party in Portugal in May. We are going to officially announce…

Eleven New Homebrew Games Added to the Vitno Database!

Eleven new Homebrew games have been added to the database today. At the top left of the website (next to Home), you will see “Homebrew Database”, just hover your mouse pointer to view the drop down menu of games. ;-) Commodore 64 Angry Golem (Max Breedon) Blok Copy (Cosine) Bomb Run 64 (Picaro Games) C64 Mini MultiDisk PD Games (Vinny…

Three New Homebrew Games Added to the Vitno Database

Three new Homebrew games have been added to the database today. At the top left of the website (next to Home), you will see “Homebrew Database”, just hover your mouse pointer to view the drop down menu of games. Commodore 64 C=Rex Offline (Genesis Project) ZX Spectrum Tea-Leaf Ted (Bear Version) (News) Tea-Leaf Ted (Man Version) (News)

ZX Spectrum oriented ‘Espectro Magazine’ #3 brings old school covertape back!

Espectro Magazine is a Portuguese-speaking printed publication fully devoted to the ZX Spectrum. It is a co-production between Portuguese and Brazilian enthusiasts, who just announced the issue #3. The new issue brings a treat for its readers: a cover tape! Yes, the magazine will have a cassette tape bundled and it will include four games, including two exclusively available for…

Bomb Jack Beer Edition For Amiga, Beta 5A Released!

Beta 5a of Graeme Cowie’s Bomb Jack Amiga remake, “Bomb Jack Beer Edition” has been released. For more information about the game, check through our older posts and the EAB thread link below. It’s been close to a couple of weeks since I last posted so I thought it best I provide a progress update and to let you know…

World War Simulator Part II, A New Game Preview by Retrobytes Productions

We have recently learnt News of a new game preview release by Retrobytes. It’s our understanding that “World War Simulator Part II” will be released coincide the Amstrad Eterno event in Barcelona, from Saturday April 21st until Sunday afternoon April 22nd. The game shares similarities to Pandora’s “Into the Eagles Nest” originally released way back in 1986. World War Simulator…

First Homebrew Games Uploaded to Vintage is the New Old

As mentioned in our earlier post, today starts the new addition of our website Homebrew Games database. Over the next few months, you will start to see our team adding new Homebrew Games to the site on a regular basis. Please remember that any Homebrew titles we have listed in the database that are not free will always link out…