Category: Programming
Rob McMullen from Atari Player/Missile podcast and Kevin Savetz (Antic Podcast) joined forces to disassemble, document and hack Jumpman, a platform game written by Randy Glover and released by Epyx in 1983. The documentation has already 26 pages and the plan is to release it to the public when it is done. For now, both Atari enthusiasts have been tinkering with the game,…
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…
Knights of Bytes has announced that their upcoming (amazing) C64 game Sam’s Journey will be distributed by Protovision. According to the developers, Protovision has created a new box for all their future games, “a classic cardboard box which can be decorated with a printed cover. Inside the box, there will be one of two inlays that hold either some disks or a…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
