Category: Retro Gaming
Way back in 1992, Ast_A_Moore over at World of Spectrum Forums wrote a shoot-em-up called A Yankee in Iraq. The entire game was written in Sinclair BASIC. He decided to revive the game and have another look over it. The only thing he was able to find was the BASIC file; the rest of the assets, the loading screen, music, and UDG were…
The AVS from retroUSB is one of the most compatible and accurate NES clones on the market. Powered by an FPGA chip allowing the device to very closely mimic the hardware on an actual Nintendo Entertainment System or Famicom. The system is compatible with original NES controllers and runs original NES cartridges. More details and video review below. Video: 720p wide screen HDMI output,…
It’s Christmas 1982. You just got your very first home video game system and the most powerful one on the market, the ColecoVision. After plugging it and enjoying it for a while you begin to wonder: who is Coleco? Where is it located? Whose vision came to fruition to offer me this console? For the very first time, discover the…
Chicken Lips Radio Episode #008: Amiga 2000HD, Commodore PET 4032, KansasFest Retr0Brite / Javier, WiFi – Commodore 128, CommVex v12 2016, MicroDrive 1541 Emulator- Jim Drew, Habitat, Generation Amiga Pro, Vampire 500, Debugging Tool, Commodore VIC-20: A Visual History Book Kickstarter – Giacomo Veroni, ARMiga , C64C Cases in retro colours, SX-64 JiffyDOS Kernal, Tynemouth Software: Commodore PET Diagnostics 6502 Replacement….
RVG Website (Retro Video Gamer) has interviewed Steve Hammond. Steve Hammond started his career as one of the founding members at DMA Design. You all remember Lemmings and Grand Theft Auto right? ;) Read the Interview: http://www.retrovideogamer.co.uk
Clueless Gamer coming at you once again for a look at another revered and hated video game – Renegade – which pops in the charts at #16 on Cracked.com’s List of the 20 Worst NES titles of all time. My first thought on researching this game was – why is it on a bad list? It has action, fighting, suspense,…
Barnsley Badger, Another great Psytronik release is now available as a digital download, go grab it now! :) Website: https://psytronik.itch.io/barnsley-badger-c64
Clueless Gamer coming at you once again with my review of Hudson Hawk – which Cracked Writer Seanbaby placed at number 17 on the worst games for the NES. When you make a movie there are elements you need – good actors, a decent screenplay, plot, emotional connection, and I forgot the fifth element… Hudson Hawk was an “ok” movie made…
Roy Widding (aka, Rotteroy of Megastyle) has kindly given us an ‘exclusive’ heads up via email about a fantastic new retro remake version of ‘Mr. Robot and His Robot Factory’ which was originally released way back in 1984 for the Atari 8-bit, Apple II and Commodore 64. Made for Windows, Mr.Robot contains awesome retro pixel graphics, lovely chip tune sounds,…
Revisit the Amiga classic and it’s timeless gameplay, but this time with brand new, amazing graphics and sound effects! Giana Sisters Special Edition is an unofficial hack of the original Amiga version that replaces the entire visual aspect of the game! The new gfx are either completely new designs or remastered originals, while Giana and some enemies are directly inspired from…
