Category: Retro Gaming

Retro Revisited: Gods

We look back at the mythology-themed platform game by The Bitmap Brothers!

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 64: Robocop

Can AMIGArama and Robocop outsmart a bullet in the seedy underbelly of Detroit in this futuristic action adventure?

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 63: Golden Axe

AMIGArama sets off on an epic high fantasy adventure to defeat the evil Death Adder but can Lorfarius find the legendary Golden Axe to help along the way?

Rejoice, Mac Users, the Atari800MacX sound is back!

This last holiday season was great on the MacOS Atari emulation side of things, in many fronts. If you are not aware, since MacOS Sierra release, some core functions used by the Atari800MacX emulator were deprecated and the consequence of that was that the emulator had no sound anymore, and also the full screen was broken. The only workaround for…

Netflix’s Black Mirror ‘Bandersnatch’ has an easter egg that is a treat for any retro computer enthusiast!

I just finished watching Bandersnatch on Netflix and enjoyed it a lot! If you are a fan of visual novel games you will also enjoy the Black Mirror latest episode, which gives the watcher the power to decide how the movie will proceed and ends. In a nutshell (no spoilers) the main character is a young game programmer and the…

Scene World Video interview with John Romero

John Romero is one of the most famous computer game designers, most known for his 3D Ego shooters like Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, Quake, and the jump’n’run series “Commander Keen” In this interview he talks about his history in the video game industry, how he happen to design the games he did, working together with other industry legends like Bobby Prince…

‘Quadron’ for the ZX Spectrum gets an update and we interviewed its developer, Andy Beale

If you have bought Quadron for the ZX Spectrum you might want to know that there are two small updates available. The first includes the loading screen before entering the game menu. The screen was recreated from the original screen art from 1988. The second update is the availability of the game in TAP format, for those who prefer this…

Full Size TheC64 Prototype Revealed!

Retro Games Limited has finally revealed photos of the full-size pre-production prototype of THEC64, complete with a fully functional integrated keyboard. Set to be delivered in 2019 (no specific time frame given) THEC64 will be the full size version of Retro Games Limited Commodore 64 emulator with a fully functional keyboard. In discussing the prototypes on show, Retro Games stated:…

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 61: RoboCod

In this years special Christmas episode, AMIGArama and Robocod set out to save Santa. But can they stop the evil Dr. Maybe from stealing all the presents and a few Penguins along the way?