Category: Scene News

'Shadow of the Beast' on PS4 Includes the Amiga Original

We usually leave modern games to other fellow websites, as they do a better job covering them, but this one is an exception. You will know why. The upcoming game to be released for the PS4 is a gorgeous modern take on the original Psygnosis title released for the Amiga in 1989. One of the nicest features of the new…

Amicast podcast interviews WinUAE developer Toni Wilen

Amicast podcast has a new text interview published. This time, they talk to Toni Wilen, well-known for the development of the Amiga emulator WinUAE. He also is the author of FileMaster, a file manager for the Amiga. The interview covers how he has started, details his work on WinUAE to improve performance and compatibility as well the plans for the ubiquitous Amiga emulator. To read…

'Spectrum Next' – Another modern version of a retro computer

Times are magnificent for retro computing nostalgia! After the ZX Spectrum VEGA, VEGA+ and THE64, now we were presented with the ‘Spectrum Next’. Spectrum Next was unveiled last Saturday at the Play Expo Blackpool in UK with a huge reception. The gorgeous new machine is still being presented as a rendered 3D model for now, and it is preparing to debut a crowdfunding…

And the winner is…. 2016 BASIC 10-Liners contest results!

The 2016 BASIC 10-liners contest is a staggering success with 89 games in 4 categories. The number of entries and the quality of the programs shows that BASIC is still a viable language for many usages, and fun to program. Your very own Vintage is The New Old had an entry called “Typing Hero” for the MSX, and it did…

New issue of 'Komoda & Amiga Plus' magazine available

K&A Plus issue #4 is available as free download, bringing reviews, news and articles about Commodore and other machines from the early days. K&A Plus is a magazine dedicated to retro gaming culture, mostly but not only dedicated to Commodore computers. The editors state that “our primary goal is to refresh the amazing atmosphere of the 80/90s when the world was…

Multitasking Graphic Operating System for Atari 8-bit Demo Available

Jonathan “flashjazzcat” Halliday offers a working demo of the new multitasking graphic OS (Graphical Operating System, GOS) being developed for the Atari 8-bit computers. The zip file contains ROM and ATR files that can be used with several programmable cartridges. There is also separated versions that uses Amiga and Atari ST mice. Halliday is currently working to improve the system performance to…

New MSX2 game remake 'Head Over Heels' almost ready for debut

MSX Resource Centre has reported that a remake of the game ‘Head Over Heels’, an isometric arcade adventure game released in 1987, is almost ready for release. After one year in development, the FX Project team has announced that the game is practically ready and only few fixes and final tweaks are remaining.  It’s expected to sell the game during the next…

C64 PETSCII editor 'Kaleidoscope Reloaded' Beta available

Bryce Tomlinson has posted on his Facebook group that a new beta version of ‘Kaleidoscope Reloaded’ for “serious and active” PETSCII graphics artists and all Commodore 64 enthusiasts willing to help. Kaleidoscope is known as the “THE” graphics editor for the Commodore 64, released back in the 80’s. Bryce, the original developer decided to bring it back to life as…

Amiga CD32 Covers – Team 17 : The Complete Amiga Works

Amiga CD32 Alternate Covers has released its largest release to date: Team 17 – The Complete Amiga Works. Team17 is a British video game developer, best known for creating the Worms and Alien Breed series. “Most of their early releases were on the Amiga home computer system and featured trademark smooth scrolling, and detailed cartoonish art. Team17 now develops for Microsoft…

'CPCTelera' – The Amstrad CPC game engine for C developers has new major release

CPCTelera is a modern, cross-platform game engine for the Amstrad CPC using the C language. Francisco Gallego, the main developer responsible for the library has announced that, after a long development cycle, the version 1.4 has been released. This is a major release with several new features, improvements, and bug fixes. Also, the license was changed from GPL to LGPL,…