Category: Retro Gaming
Yesterday, Andy Johns (BubbleSoft Games) announced the release of his new game Nixy and the Seeds of Doom, the second game in the Nixy series, and a direct sequel to Nixy The Glade Sprite, as we reported last year. Following the previous game of the series, the game is an arcade-platform action where you will explore mysterious caverns and crumbling castle ruins…
The Atariage user “MADRAFI” has announced a new game called Star Vagrant, a space trading game for the Atari XL/XE. This is actually a game I am very interested in trying. In the game, you will be in charge of a small cargo ship and be able to travel through 25 different locations and trade 24 unique commodities. As you…
With the end of the submission phase on October 30th, the CPCRetroDev 2019 organizers and judges will start to work hard to find, among the 35 games submitted, the winners for each of the categories. The announcement of the winners is planned for Friday, November 8th, 2019. For the General category, the jury members will analyze the following criteria: Fun,…
Back in 2016, Graham Axten released a Commodore 64 game called “The Bear Essentials” under the Pond Software label. The game was initially available as a free (or donate) download on Christmas Eve, and later you could purchase limited versions on cassette and also floppy disk. Unfortunately Pond Software is no more, however there is light at the end of…
Our friends at amiga-news.de have published a post containing the links for the presentation videos filmed at AmiWest 2019. The current list shows very interesting content that will certainly interest the Amiga developers out there: Developer Conference, Kick-off: Steven Solie speaking about ExecSG for the Amiga OS 4.1, filmed by Bernardo Developer Conference, Follow-up of Steven Solie’s speech on ExecSG, filmed by Robert Bernardo…
The Atariage user “Tix” has announced yesterday the release of a revamped version of the classic Moon Patrol. Tix explains that this time around, it is not a simple sprite hack replacement, but the game visuals were enhanced in almost all aspects, from the title screen to even the small rocks. Here is the list: new mountains backdrop a new…
The Mojon Twins have announced the immediate availability of Che-man!, a new game for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad, and also for the NES! The game is available as a free download and is compatible with any good emulator in case you don’t have the real deal at hand. The game also had a limited run of 30 physical copies (in…
As they say: “It is never too late to start learning”. If you believe that and is a happy owner of a TRS-80 CoCo, you are lucky! The Oregon Trail is being ported to the CoCo! Early today, Paul Shoemaker posted a video on the TRS-80 Color Computer Facebook group showing his progress porting probably the most famous educational game…
Today we take a look back on some of the fantastic Retro Releases over 2018. Below I have compiled a list of Homebrew Retro Gaming titles which I think are definitely worth checking out. From the humble ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad to the much loved Commodore Amiga, Atari and more. There is something here for everyone, maybe even…
Kick-man was developed for the Atari 2600 back in 1983. Set to be published by CBS Electronics, the game was cancelled and never saw the light of the day. For all these years, it was in every Atari 2600 enthusiast wishlist. Following the old saying “better late than never”, and thanks to the efforts of Dutchman2000 and Thomas Jentzsch, the…
