Category: Retro Gaming
We rarely share much Atari ST/e Homebrew, it’s not that we don’t cover it, more that there really isn’t much going on in the ST/e Homebrew scene compared to say C64, Spectrum and Amstrad. Today though we do have something special to share with you. A new Homebrew title for the Atari STe has been recently released, the game is…
After the good reception that Volume 1 of Brian Matherne’s The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion, he surprised us with the second volume, already available at Amazon. The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion: Volume 2, covers another 34 game titles from 24 homebrew cartridges and ROM downloads that have been developed for the 2600. Printed in black and white on cream colored…
Issue 11 of the the dedicated C64 magazine Reset64 is now available for for digital download from their Itch.Io page. The compilation Mix-i-Disk that comes with the latest issue of Reset64, includes a handful of great C64 titles such as the previously covered Exploding Fish and Operation Metalstorm. Operation Metalstorm, designed by Alf Yngve with music and additional coding by…
A quick update about DeltaStar Earth Defense: Although the plan was to launch the game at the end of July, as we proclaimed here, Adrian Cummings has just announced that due to a series of (good) factors, the game released has been moved to… NOW! Yes, the future proud ZX Spectrum Next owners are able to order the game now, in digital download…
Fans of interactive adventure games and fiction may be interested to learn that The Galleon is hoping to set sail for the venerable Commodore 64 in the near future. Released exclusively in Hungary under the original title of A gálya, Robert Olessak’s graphical adventure went largely unnoticed since it never secured an international release since a publisher could not be secured. The…
We rarely feature old News but I thought this one was worth a mention. Ichigo tweeted back in 2017 about a WIP Barbarian port for the Sega Master System titled Cimmerian. In 2016 a demo version was released for a competition held by SMS Power website. Visually the game looks amazing on the humble Master System, with crisp stunning graphics…
Way back in 2015 an Intellivision version of Defender of the Crown was announced on Atari Age. I’m sure most of you will fondly remember the Amiga version and how much of an impact it made on us back in 1986. Released on multiple systems including the Atari ST, Commodore 64 and even the Game Boy Advance, Defender of the…
Sebastian Braunert’s new Amstrad platformer has been released. First announced on Facebook November 2017, Pink Pills is a charming platformer featuring a very cute looking dog called Moritz. The game features some well known tunes from the 80’s and also a fantastic rendition of the Beatles “Yellow Submarine”. Here, in his own words, Sebastian describes an overview of the game:…
MSXDev’18 recently received its 4th entry, C.C.R.: Anexo 1, El Algoritmo, a graphic adventure where you play the role of a programmer who wants to jump off a building (We hope the developer of the game is ok!). Your task is to try to find out why he is doing that, what’s happening and who this mysterious character is. In the game, you can…
With anticipation of the final delivery of the cased edition of the Spectrum Next starting to gather pace, gamers will be pleased to learn that they should have a selection of titles available to play when the machine finally launches. In a recent update to the Software Amusements website, Adrian Cumming’s Galaga-inspired retro shoot ’em up, DeltaStar Earth Defence, looks set…
