Category: Retro News
Paul Gardner-Stephen has updated his blog about the development of his C64/C65 FPGA-based computer. He has been working on that for quite some time now, and it looks like it is progressing very well. On this new post, he explains the improvements and the planning of the new PCB, which will have, among other things, support for 1080p and cartridge support. The…
Gloom, a very good Doom clone, was commercially released in 1996 by Black Magic. Being a clone doesn’t take away the quality of the game, and to prove that, Gloom was acclaimed as the 18th best Amiga game of all time by Amiga Power magazine. Now, 20 years later, the game source code was released on Github, for the delight…
Bryan Lunduke has published a video showing him challenging himself using an Apple IIgs. He explains that he won’t be using it for 100% of his activities, but for a couple of days during a 2-week spam, mostly to write texts, etc. It is an interesting take since Bryan is not a retro computer enthusiast like the rest of us….
As the Kickstarter campaign goes, some backers and potential ones have raised a few technical questions about the ZX Spectrum Next, mostly related to the Wi-Fi, Realtime clock, and the Raspberry PI Zero. To avoid misunderstandings and help people deciding what model to get, Victor Trucco came out on Facebook to answer the most pressing questions. Will old software work…
The new scene world#27 is here, with a lot to offer! A chapter full of meeting-, party- and even concert reports! Let’s Make a Game Tutorial Part 3 with exclusive game on Disk Side 3, interviews with Jon Hare who works on a new soccer game with VR support, Forrest S. Mozer who invented speech synthesis and lend his voice…
It is typical for any Kickstarter project the existence of stretch goals. The idea is to either improve the product or give extra perks if the funding money passes the target goal for a good margin and reaches other targets values. When launched, we noticed that the ZX Spectrum Next didn’t have any stretch goal defined, which is not really uncommon,…
I was expecting that the Next would be a hot topic over Kickstarter and it would be funded, but I didn’t expect that to happen so quick. The project is fully funded already, which means they will get the money from all backers via Kickstarter. Since there are still 28 days to go, there are plenty of time to go way…
We were all counting the days when we could pledge for the ZX Spectrum Next project, and now that day has come! The Next campaign is live and after a couple hours, it already reached almost £50,000. We are happy to be the first retro computing/gaming website to bring such good news! The Spectrum Next is an expanded and updated…
Metal Sonic returns from the Little Planet with a plan to resurrect his creator using ancient alien technology. Can Sonic, Tails and Knuckles collect the Chaos Emerald and Time Stones to stop Metal Sonic before its too late? Sonic Time Twisted is an unofficial fan made Sonic the Hedgehog game that has been in development for 12 years. Featuring 28…
You are Deuce Darkstar on a secret, daring, foolhearty mission to infiltrate the Domain of Shmup and stop the Alien Downpour they are preparing to rain down upon all you know and love. You know it’s a suicide mission, but you eat suicide missions for breakfast and you’re mighty hungry. Good Hunting! Alien Downpour is a fast-action arcade-style shooter for…
