Category: Retro News
Elfie the Unicorn is a classic run and jump platformer aimed at younger children by Foxman (Twin Games Software). The game was created using a real Amiga and it’s looking very nice indeed. Check out the trailer video below. This game has been work in progress for some time, the last version was RC1, but we have some good News…
Romhacking.net have updated their website with some brand new Rom Hacks and Translations. Rom Hacks Final Fantasy II Turbo (Final Fantasy II)(SNES) Bomber Pikachu (Bomberman)(NES) Boring Bros. v1.5 (Super Mario Bros.)(NES) Tekken Tag alternative Ogre 1 (Tekken 3)(PSX) Sonic 3D Blast: Director’s Cut (Sonic 3D Blast)(GEN) Tekken Tag alternative Xiaoyu 2 (Tekken 3)(PSX) Enable Shin Akuma and Easy moves (Street…
Cast your mind back to the very early 80’s when the golden age of the video arcade was just getting underway and you’ll no doubt remember the old table top electronic games that were produced to cash in on the craze. If you’re parents couldn’t quite afford an Atari 2600, G7000 or Intellivision – these were the next best thing!…
Info Guide is a Russian e-zine dedicated to the ZX Spectrum. For all of us that don’t speak Russian, the issue #12 is not fully translated to English. It includes: a large collection of new beeper engines city history collected by many people, with the photos of old papers, books, and catalogs several articles about 3D effects the internals of some games…
I was going over my feed looking for good news to post here when I found this one coming from NintendoAge and at first, I thought I’d got the wrong idea. After reading it a couple of times, I realized we are talking about a six-figure bounty reward for the original artwork used for the game Contra released for the…
Ben Johnson from The Great Setup Website, contacted us via email to let us know that we have been included in the Top 75 Retro Gaming Blogs of 2018! We just about made it into the top 20 category, landing at number 19, which we thought was pretty good going! It’s always nice to know that we are doing a…
Kotaku has published an interesting article reporting that Activision’s Dragster for the Atari 2600 World record set by Todd Rogers 35 years ago was removed from Twin Galaxies, an organization that tracks video game records and high scores. Although Rogers had proved his feat using a Polaroid photo, people now believe that he managed to fool everybody until today. Kotaku continues…
A few days ago we gave you the latest heads up on Allan Turvey’s playable demo of ‘Roust’ (ZX Spectrum conversion of the 1982 Arcade game, Joust). Today, as promised we have some more exciting Retro News! For the pocket money price of only $2.50 (Is it 1982 again?), you can purchase the full version, so head over to highriser.itch.io/roust…
Latest releases over at CSDb are as follows: IK Gotham City In Fingerpori Style, Jake the Snake V2.2, Retaliate Preview 2 +3H, CCGMS Digital Paint 3.0+, D030 Tester V1.0, Pain In The Asm, Dig Dug Multicolor, Retaliate V0.2.1 Beta (Hotfix), Lemmings Loading Screen Re-Imagined, Find The Pussy, Axe of Rage +10DMHF, Cold Hirst, Lemmings +15DF [easyflash], Humppasauna, UFF +2TPDF [english],…
The BASIC 10Liners contest is, for me, one of the highlights of the retro scene and I am happy to announce that the 7th edition of the competition is already online, accepting new entries. This year, the organizers have changed a few rules after receiving some feedback from the previous edition. The most important change is that for the PUR-80…
