Category: Retro News
If your into the ZX Spectrum Scene, you will be familiar with the name John Blythe. John is the creator of some excellent AGD games such as; The Incredible Shrinking Professor, Foggy’s Quest and Circuitry. Rucksack Games is the name John chose for his website, and is also the name of his software label. All the games on the website…
Back in January we shared some interesting News about a new wip Atari XL/XE game port called “Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge”. You can now download the fourth preview version, which I have linked at the bottom of this post. Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge was originally released on the Megadrive, NES and the Nintendo Game Boy. Saberman has also shared a…
Double Sided Games have announced that they will be porting across L’abbaye des morts (loosely translated to mean Abbey of the Dead) to the Commodore 64 and have released a sneak peak of a couple of screens. It was also unveiled that the general coding, graphics and sound will be worked on by Saul Cross and Wanax. Already available on other…
Knights of Bytes are pleased to announce that 1250 units of Sam’s Journey Boxed Edition have been sold since Christmas Eve. On their Facebook page, Knights of Bytes exclaimed “That is absolutely amazing and we thank you for all your faith in our game and your great support”. They then went on to say “Given those figure, we might consider…
If you’re a fan of classic point-and-click adventure games like we are, here’s something to brighten your day! MojoTouch have been hard at work in putting the finishing touches to remasters of classic AdventureSoft titles: Simon the Sorcerer: 25th Anniversary Edition Simon the Sorcerer 2: 25th Anniversary Edition These games were certainly two of my favourite adventure games growing up,…
YAPE (yet another plus/4 emulator) has a new version: 1.1.6. Although VICE is the usual choice for Commodore emulation, YAPE is a strong alternative, focusing only on the TED-centric computers: the C16 and Plus/4. The new version 1.1.6 features: added Hungarian KERNAL version to the machine setup MTAP pulse length correction in the ‘Tape head adjust’ dialog option to confirm…
The BASIC 10-Liner contest is one of the “retro-related” highlights every year for the amazing creativity and technique presented by the contestants. This year is no exception, with nothing less than 65 entries, targeting several different platforms. Although the vast majority of the entries are targeting Atari and Commodore computers, there are some programs made for the MSX, Amstrad CPC,…
Cogitare Computing has announced the imminent release of a new platform game for the Commodore 64, titled Counterweight Kate. Developer Alexander Martinelle announced yesterday that the game would be available from Itch.Io in April 2018. In Counterweight Kate, you play the role of Kate who wakes up one night to find that her toys have come alive and it is…
Jason Aldred has provided backers with another update to his Galencia Khaos Sphere project for the Commodore 64. Aldred reported that “everything is on schedule and I have pretty much completed the core engine for the vertical scrolling section, with everything in place”. Aldred also goes on to confirm Galencia Khaos Sphere’s NTSC compatability (in addition to PAL). Galencia Khaos…
The 8-Bit-Guy has released his C64 Mini (TheC64) YouTube video review today! The official release is only 3 days away! Many indiegogo backers have started receiving their machines, with lot’s of lovely pictures flooding the Twitter feeds. Never heard of TheC64? It’s a tiny but perfectly formed 50% scale replica of the Commodore 64 computer, featuring high-definition output via HDMI,…
