Category: Retro Gaming
The team at Megastyle are very pleased to announce that their new title, Exploding Fish for the Commodore 64, is now available for digital purchase from their Itch.Io site for just $2USD. Exploding Fish sees you take control of Diver Dougal in an effort to dive deep and defuse bombs dropped onto the protected reefs by the evil Doctor Drax….
Coco Banana is a new upcoming Amiga platformer by Amiten Software (Johnny Acevedo & Team). Originally announced back in May as ‘Project Dragon Banana’, Coco Banana is being created using the AMOS game engine and will be released as freeware. Currently the game is expected to have around 30 levels, classic Amiga parallax scrolling and as you can see from…
Of the many Dungeons and Dragons games released over the years, one that continues to hold a special place in many gamer’s hearts is Eye of the Beholder. Developed by Westwood Associates (of Command & Conquer fame) and selling in the region of 130,000 copies, the title proved incredibly popular and would go on to spawn a number of sequels,…
When it comes to retrogaming, “everything old is new again” is a phrase that seems especially fitting given the current predilection for remaking and remastering classic video games for today’s gaming audience. With interest in the titles of yesteryear becoming ever more mainstream, most days herald the announcement of a yet another classic game receiving an update, remaster or re-release…
The Commodore 64 community has been reinvigorated with the recent launch of TheC64 Mini, bringing vintage 8-bit gaming back to the general consumer looking for an easy to use plug’n’play solution. However, the Mini was not the first Commodore 64 themed project in this century to entice us middle aged boys and girls to put on the ‘rose tinted glasses’…
Sky diving hey…who doesn’t love the adrenaline rush of jumping out of a plane and hurtling down towards the earth at a brain busting speed…well chickens like me for a start, that’s who. Fortunately, David Asenjo (aka Darro) has allowed me to experience the virtual thrills of this death defying sport with the release of the game Sky Diving for…
It’s been a while since we posted an update regarding the homebrew gaming database, but we’ve been working as hard as ever in curating the very best freeware titles from around the web. With 100 new titles added, update 7 is by far the largest we’ve published since the section went live earlier this year and we have no intention…
The game Tetris was (and continues to be) a world wide gaming sensation for over 30 years ago. The perfect balance between simplicity and never ending addictive game play means that there would be many readers of ViTNO that have at least played one variant of Tetris over the years. My first exposure to Tetris was on the Commodore 64…
Old-school console gamers should be interested to learn that a crowd-funding project is currently underway, looking to secure investment from backers for Tänzer, a new release targeting Sega’s 16-bit Mega Drive console. Spearheaded by Mikael Tillander and Johan Agurén, information from the official Kickstarter page describes the game as a hack n’ slash platform game, taking inspiration from arcade classics such…
Of all the games development studios to emerge during the late 1980’s, Bullfrog Productions was undoubtedly one of luminaries of the British games development scene. Responsible for a string of critically acclaimed strategy and simulation titles that include Populous, Theme Park and Dungeon Keeper, the Guildford-based studio would build an enviable reputation for quality, engaging game design, not to mention considerable…
