Category: Retro Gaming
Following the launch of the Commodore Amiga in 1985, nobody could have foreseen the kind of impact that this revolutionary machine would have upon the computing industry. Equipped with a custom chipset that granted the machine advanced graphical and sound capabilities way beyond the capabilities of the competition (at least at the given price point), the Amiga was seen as an…
Forbidden Forest for the Commodore 64 brings back many wonderful memories to long time gamers who often cite the its atmosphere, graphical look and action as a perfect blend to provide a spine chilling and engrossing experience. The game saw you play as an archer, armed with a bow and limited number of arrows, moving through a dangerous forest battling…
PacManPlus over on Atari Age Forums started a thread back in April about a WIP version of Baby Pac-Man for the Atari 7800. For those of you that are not aware, Baby Pac-Man is a hybrid Arcade/Pinball game released by Bally Midway in 1982 and 7,000 units were produced. It will be very interesting to see how this port pans…
Retrogaming fans looking for an excellent, easy-to-use emulator with which to play their games ought to check out BizHawk, a multi-platform emulator written in C#. BizHawk supports a wide range of platforms, including Mega Drive, SNES, Saturn, Atari 7800, C64 and many more. However, the main reason why you would want to use Bizhawk over other emulators is it’s plethora…
It was announced the 2018 edition of GBJAM, a game development competition where the participants will have to create a complete video game that keeps Gameboy’s characteristics – notably the use of 4 colours only on a screen with the resolution of 160×144 pixels. It is not a retro gaming-only competition since the rules allow the use of any modern development…
Of all the games I owned for my Commodore Amiga, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, remains one of the most memorable. Based on the character of Elvira – portrayed by Cassandra Peterson – the game follows in the footsteps of the 1988 comedy horror film released a couple of years earlier, although the game’s story is completely separate to that…
Classic 90’s platform-adventure game Flashback has been released for the Nintendo Switch in a new 25th Anniversay edition. Famous for it’s breathtaking rotoscoped animation and gorgeous visuals, the game launched on the majority of 16-bit consoles and systems of the day, with special mentions going to the Mega Drive and Amiga releases. More importantly, this release remains true to it’s…
More news from the fantastic Speccy website Planeta Sinclair. Tank 1990 is a new game for the ZX Spectrum, a clone of the 1985 Arcade/Famicom game Battle City, a Japanese game by the mighty Namco. Tank 1990 is a shoot ’em up with some strategy involved. There is also a Russian Speccy version which was released in 1995 by Scorpion…
If you have been following our website since the days of Commodore is Awesome, you will know we regularly cover News from one of our favourite gaming websites, Protovision. A fantastic site where you can buy new games for the good old breadbin. Currently there are nine games in development for the Commodore 64, including the highly anticipated Briley Witch Chronicles…
Toni Wilen has released WinUAE 4.0.0 Final. WinUAE is currently the best Amiga emulation available to date and if used alongside Classic Workbench and WHDLoad you can achieve a really great Amiga hard drive experience like the picture above. Download from the link below and don’t forget to check all the new features in the release notes, have fun! :) Download: WinUAE Website Release Notes: English…
