Category: Retro Gaming

Fusion Retro Books is giving away the PDF of ‘The Story of the Commodore 64 in pixels’ (Again!)

C64 Book

This is a quick “heads up”. Fusion Retro Books is giving away the PDF version of “The Story of the Commodore 64 in pixels”. I have the printed version and it is a gorgeous book, full of great images. If you didn’t buy it before, this is a great opportunity to get the digital version for free. To download it,…

Parasol Stars conversion for C64 teased!

Doc Cosmos creator impresses with early gameplay footage of this 8-bit conversion!

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 81: Parasol Stars

AMIGArama makes a return to the Bubble Bobble series but not is all as it should be on the otherside of this 16-Bit Rainbow.

Bringing New Life to Super Mario Land on the Gameboy

How many of you still own the original Game Boy from 1989? I bet there’s a good few people that still own this iconic little hand-held from Nintendo, designed by the same team that developed the Game & Watch. The Nintendo Game Boy was a huge success back in the late 80’s with it’s basic beige design and it’s somewhat…

Retro Revisited: Retro Games with Shameless Product Placement

In this edition of Retro Revisited, we’ll be exploring some of the most popular franchises – and worst offenders – from the 80s and 90s to feature product placement in retro games!

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 80: Super Off Road

Lorfarius gears up in his monster truck alongside the Amiga’s Ironman, for this weeks Super Off Road trip.

Amiga platformer “Trap Runner” Source Code has been released

Trap Runner is an excellent Amiga platformer game released in 2018 at the Function 2018 demo party. Developed by Frank and Gerrit Wille of Night OWL Design, Trap Runner was well received by the community including us – Alec Foster reviewed it back in September 2018. Following their “tradition” the full source code has been released under a Public Domain…

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 79: The Immortal

There’s no Dungeons & Dragons in this weeks show, as take on a legendary game with a mythical Amiga Immortal.

Kevin Savetz and Steve Meretzky on Github Live Stream talking about Infocom and game development in the 80s

Zork 1

With the recent news about Infocom games available on Github, the gigantic source code host service is hosting on its HQ a live stream discussing what was like game development in the ’80s with Kevin Savetz and Steve Meretzky. The stream is happening now (Friday 26th, 6:23PM EST). Github: We’re excited to host Kevin Savetz and Steve Meretzky to talk…

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 78: Turrican

Lorfarius joins Turrican in his fight to battle the evil Alterra MORGUL hordes. But can they truly conquer this Amiga classic?