Category: Retro Gaming

Game devs past and present share their experiences in Ars Technica’s War Stories

One of the great things about the current groundswell in popularity for retro gaming is that developers and designers are finally emerging from the shadows to share the history of the industry with a fan-base eager to know just how their favourite games came to be. I listen to a number of retro gaming podcasts and subscribe to various channels…

How to Play Retro Games On The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4k (2019)

A few weeks ago the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4k was on sale on Amazon Canada and I decided to get one, although I already had many other ways to stream Netflix and other streaming services (fact that my sons keep reminding (mocking!) me every time I use the new device). The price was good and I was curious to…

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 71: Putty

Stretch the limits of your imagination as AMIGArama explores the free form world of Putty in this weeks episode.

Ninja Gardening Simulator – New Homebrew game for the ZX Spectrum

By now, everybody knows that the Arcade Game Designer (AGD) has been helping many developers to bring new games for the ZX Spectrum (and also Amstrad CPC, Coco/Dragon) in an incredible rate and excellent quality. Yesterday, another game showed up in the AGDx Facebook Group and caught my attention by its simplicity and the arcady feeling that it brings: Ninja…

Atari software package from ‘Silly Venture 2k18’ available for download

Peter “JAC!” Dell has compiled a download package containing all programs and games presented during the Silly Venture 2k18, the 10th edition of the biggest retro scene gathering in Europe that happened last 2-4 November, in Poland. The convenient package contains four games, thirteen intros, fifteen graphics, six demos, five POKEY music files and another fifteen “bonus” files. It is…

A Hobbyist’s Guide to THEC64 Mini

Holger Weßling has contacted us to announce his new book: A Hobbyist’s Guide to THEC64 Mini, available in print or digital download (ePub and Kindle). Holger has collected tips and tricks, useful software, hardware and other useful information about the Mini and organized everything in this book. The guide also shows how to extend the capabilities of the mini allowing…

Retro Virtual Machine version 2.0 looks amazing

Released last December (2018), Retro Virtual Machine 2.0 brings ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC 464 emulation for Windows, Mac and Linux. To set apart from the many other excellent emulators, RVM 2.0 excels with its user interface delivering a faithful “retro” experience packed in a polished GUI. RVM works more like VMWare, Parallels or VirtualBox where you create virtual machines…

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 70: Strider

Lorfarius and Hiryu swing through the air in this latest Amiga teamup, but can they defeat the evil Grandmaster in this weeks AMIGArama?

New Atari LiteDOS 2.02 for the 400/800 XL/XE Machines

Mr. Atari has released the version 2.02 of Atari LiteDOS targeting the Atari 8-bit family of computers. Formerly known as TinyDOS, the new version offers a fully-feature DOS for Atari machines using only 2k of RAM, feeing at least 4k for the user. LiteDOS can read Atari DOS 2.0 2.5 MyDOS and other compatible disks. Also, the file-format of a…

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 69: Barbarian The Ultimate Warrior

AMIGArama joins the fight against the evil Drax to save the helpless Princess Mariana but who can win in this epic bout of fighting fantasy? https://amigarama.com/episodes/amigarama-podcast-episode-69-barbarian-the-ultimate-warrior/