Category: Retro News
Eurogamer website has published an article stating that sources close to Nintendo confirmed a SNES Classic will be launched this year. Last week we published a post talking about the end of production of the NES Classic, and we even mentioned that possibility of a SNES! It seemed just natural that with the success of the NES Classic, Nintendo wouldn’t…
FREEZE64 is an A5 Commodore 64 Paper Fanzine created by Vinny Mainolfi who runs the websites C64Endings and Hackersoft. Issue 8 is now available to purchase! FREEZE64 is a Retro Gamers dream and is packed full with C64 Gaming News, Game Cheats and interesting information about coding on your Commodore 64! In this edition: Maze of the Mummy, Raffox, Game…
Well we hope you all had a fantastic Easter weekend. I had a few celebratory drinks with family and friends, whilst watching the live stream of Revision 2017. Pretty relaxing weekend for me (for a change). Today I have been browsing the internet for some new Retro Gaming News and have found a few interesting releases. Check out the links…
The Internet Archive has been allowing everybody to enjoy directly in their browser window many applications and games for the Apple II, MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, and some consoles like the Atari. Today, the Archive has announced the availability of Software Library: Macintosh, a collection of applications and games running on the early Macintosh models, like that 128K, 512K, Plus, etc. As expected,…
Ok this is pretty damn cool, and we all love dizzy :) “It’s an official 30 years anniversary of Dizzy games! We are glad to present a new long-awaited remake of Crystal Kingdom Dizzy, being developed during several past years. * New original 50 FPS engine, written from scratch * New original graphics, inspired by Amiga version * Unbelievable loading screen…
Nintendo is famous for being behind on shipments of its most successful products, like the original Wii and more recently, the NES Classic. To get one NES Classic for the listed price at your local retailer, you would need to be very lucky or stay in lines for hours before the doors were open. An almost impossible task for most of…
Globus is a new ‘old’ release by Paco Lafuente. The game was developed between 1986 and 1987 and was unpublished until recently. The game looks a lot like Pac-Man minus the collecting of pills. Instead you have to try and get to the left side of the screen, collect your energy charge and make your way to the right side to discharge without getting…
This year, Canada is celebrating 150 years and releasing a commemorative $10 bill is part of the activities planned for this year. And this is vintage/retro how? You might be asking… The retro-gaming bit is that the Bank of Canada website showing off a beautiful 360 degrees rendered bill (which you can flip around) hides an easter egg that can be…
Well I’m sure you have all been watching and supporting the “The Commodore Story – Changing the world 8-bits at a time” Kickstarter by WavemStudios. As of writing the goal has been smashed reaching a whopping £37,926 pledged of the £17,500 goal! There is still time to get involved, with 8 more days to make that final push to the 40K mark….
ZX Spectrum Next is probably the most anticipated modern take of a retro computer to date. The first ZX Vega had a huge impact, but the fact it was a gaming machine only, it didn’t attract the average retro enthusiast that wanted to do more than simply play games. The last word is that the ZX Spectrum Next campaign is under…
