Category: Retro Gaming
Rob, the host of Atari’s Player/Missile Podcast has been working hard on Omnivore, a cross-platform utility for modern hardware (running Linux, OSX, and Windows) to work with executables or disk images of Atari 8-bit machines. It is actually a very versatile tool since it is, at the same time, a hex editor, a disassembler (with mini-assembler) and a map editor. Developed in…
Mr SQL user from Atariage forum has released a Defender-style game for the Atari 2600 where you have to protect the cities of Mars from comets and meteors. On this game, you have to destroy the comets and meteors before they level the city to progress to the next level. The game ends when your ship is hit without shields…
Hugohunt is a new maze-type game released for the Commodore 16 (and Plus/4) and also for the C64, based on the game Hugojagd XL developed for the Atari. The gameplay is simple to understand but very hard to play. You control the pac-man-looking hero around the maze, avoiding the enemies. Although they don’t move, they block you o get to certain…
If you believe you saw everything that could be possibly done on a Commodore 64, you might rethink that. DrKhumalo user on Lemon64 forum has published a video of his ‘tech-demo’ of a Civilizations game running on a C64 using the isometric perspective. And it is incredible! DrKhumalo’s demo version show a view of the map, unit movement, city economy, and…
Yes, the game features a suicidal mob of cute creatures is already 25 years old! Lemmings was first published by Psygnosis for the Amiga, Atari ST and PC in 1991. It was also ported for more than 20 different platforms, including NES, C64, Amstrad and Playstation. On this puzzle game, you control the lemmings trying to guide then to the…
The fist Mockingboard Sound card that can be installed internally in an Apple IIc has been produced by Ian Kim (Apple II Forever). There aren’t many details about the board, but it seems it won’t be available for the general audience anytime soon. According to A2Central, the first batch of cards are going to Ian’s friends with international sales coming…
‘Lobo’ is a fighter game settled up in the DC Comics’ LOBO universe (never)published by Ocean that never saw the light of the day. Developed for Super Nintendo and Megadrive, the game was supposed to be released in 1996 but it was cancelled right before launch. According to the discussion thread on AssemblerGames forum, the game has been unofficially sold in…
Even for those who didn’t like the ZX Spectrum Vega for its lack of a full keyboard cannot deny that the game console is a commercial success, and one of the big “retro” releases of 2015. For 2016, Retro Computers Ltd announce the launch of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega+ accompanied of an IndieGoGo crowd-funding campaign. This new model is a…
Other than the usual news and other Commodore 64 stuff, Sprite Castle #25 main feature is the game Radar Rat Race. The game is a clone of Rally-X arcade game developed by Nanco. It was first released for the VIC-20 and later converted for the C64. To know more about it, follow the link below. Link: Sprite Castle
Andrea “Wanax”, developer of many games for the Commodore64 has announced that he will port his latest game, Platman, to the Atari 8-bit platform. He explains on the forum thread that the graphics are already completed by Jose Pereira who added “Although we two had some talkins in the past mostly regarding my mockups of Rocky Memphis here it was Wanax…
