Category: Retro Gaming
Following the usual end-beginning-of-the-year articles or videos showing the best of 2022, The Game Beaters YouTube channel has published a very informative video about the best NES Homebrew games of 2022. The video is a curated list of the best 10 NES games out of almost 100 games, demos and proof of concept releases for the Nintendo Entertainment System released…
The last day of 2022 brought a massive update for the excellent (and beautiful) emulator Retro Virtual Machine. Known for its exquisite interface and great emulation experience, RVM was already my to-go emulator for the Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum. With the release of version 2.1, I can also use it to run MSX programs and games for the Colecovision,…
The Commodore 64, as one of the most popular computers of all time, is never short of great games released every year, and 2022 was no exception. To help celebrate the C64 retro gaming scene, Retro Gamer Nation has posted a video with the results of the C64 Gamers’ Choice Award 2022. The best games were picked by an exceptional…
SHMUP! Kai was released two years ago by Imanok, one of the most talented MSX developers out there. Now, he decided to make the game available for free. If you look at the gameplay video below, you can see that SHMUP! Kai is a game at the same level as Zeta Wing for the Commodore 64 or many commercial games…
Our new episode is a very special Xmas present! Joerg and Remute had the pleasure to interview the world-famous Acapella band MayTree! Beginning in 2021, the group began releasing a series of YouTube videos in which it covers sound effects used in computer and mobile phone systems. The first video of these series, released in January 2021, covered Windows sound…
After many months of development, a new version of WinUAE has been released. Version 4.10 brings now 100% cycle accuracy for the 68000-based unexpanded configuration. Also, initially planned for this release, the pixel-perfect OCS and ESC Denise mid-screen resolution was pushed for the upcoming 5.0 release. Here are the details: New hardware emulation features and update 68000 emulation is finally…
In our new episode we are covering the Game Preservation Society. It is a non-profit organization actively preserving Japanese retro games from the 70’s and 80’s as cultural assets. The members are describing their project as follows: “We see games as an important asset and work to preserve it for future generations. Our members, although having various fields of expertise,…
Hyperdrive is a vertical scrolling shoot’em up game for the Amstrad CPC with 64K of RAM or more and the GX4000. The game offers classic shoot’em up action with a smooth one-pixel scroll at 25 frames per second, not often experienced on the Amstrad CPC. Hyperdrive implements the power-up system seen in Uchūsen Gamma (MSX, 2019; by the same author)….
The article below, written by Andrea Contato exclusively for Vintage is The New Old is an exciting view of the people that, even without realizing it, built the video game industry as we know it today. Andrea is an Italian writer that has already published “Through the Moongate. The Story of Richard Garriott, Origin Systems Inc. and Ultima” and the…
NesDev Compo is a game development competition that has been a staple of the NES Homebrew community for over 10 years. The 2022 edition just ended, and the winners have been announced – which means you have a lot of new games to play! Michael Sharpe, member of the Team Disposable, who participated in the compo with the game “They…
