Category: Retro Gaming

Heroes of Gorluth, New Amiga Teaser Video

A new teaser video of the eagerly anticipated “Heroes of Gorluth” has been shared by Viddi over on the EAB forums. Heroes of Gorluth is a game by AmiWorx, the same people who made Tales of Gorluth and Tales of Gorluth II. Unlike the previous games, the team have decided to move away from Action and Adventure and over to…

Dave Clarke’s 2017 ZX Spectrum Remake of Brick Racer To Receive A Revamp!

Dave Clarke of Impossabubble fame, has announced on Facebook that he’s updating his old game “Brick Racer” for the ZX Spectrum. The game was originally made last year, and judging by his comments on the AGD Facebook Group, it looks like he’s making good progress. It’s getting there. I plan to also have a ‘modern’ version. At the moment I…

ZX Spectrum Airwolf Sprite Mod by Allan Turvey

Allan Turvey contacted us the other day to let us know that he recently released a patch for Airwolf on the ZX Spectrum. Hi Sarah – here’s an intro to an Airwolf mod I did which makes the game look a bit more realistic. I also added a tiny sprite which is quite a lot of fun. YouTube Info: A…

John Blythe Shares More Exciting News About Two New AGD Speccy Games!

If your into the ZX Spectrum Scene, you will be familiar with the name John Blythe. John is the creator of some excellent AGD games such as; The Incredible Shrinking Professor, Foggy’s Quest and Circuitry. Rucksack Games is the name John chose for his website, and is also the name of his software label. All the games on the website…

Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge, New Preview Version for the Atari XL/XE Now Available!

Back in January we shared some interesting News about a new wip Atari XL/XE game port called “Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge”. You can now download the fourth preview version, which I have linked at the bottom of this post. Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge was originally released on the Megadrive, NES and the Nintendo Game Boy. Saberman has also shared a…

TheC64 Mini – Our Own Definitive Review

The Commodore 64 is one of the most popular personal computers of all time and has provided  millions of ageing adults with great gaming memories of their youth back in the 1980s and early 90s. Retro Games Limited attempts to re-kindle those memories for us by releasing their first mass consumer product, TheC64 Mini. TheC64 Mini is an emulator of…

Simon the Sorcerer: 25th Anniversary Editions Set to Launch April 2018!

If you’re a fan of classic point-and-click adventure games like we are, here’s something to brighten your day! MojoTouch have been hard at work in putting the finishing touches to remasters of classic AdventureSoft titles: Simon the Sorcerer: 25th Anniversary Edition Simon the Sorcerer 2: 25th Anniversary Edition These games were certainly two of my favourite adventure games growing up,…

YAPE 1.1.6 – New version of the Commodore C16 and Plus/4 Emulator

YAPE (yet another plus/4 emulator) has a new version: 1.1.6. Although VICE is the usual choice for Commodore emulation, YAPE is a strong alternative, focusing only on the TED-centric computers: the C16 and Plus/4. The new version 1.1.6 features: added Hungarian KERNAL version to the machine setup MTAP pulse length correction in the ‘Tape head adjust’ dialog option to confirm…

BASIC 10-Liner Contest Deadline has passed. Time to check the 65 contestants

The BASIC 10-Liner contest is one of the “retro-related” highlights every year for the amazing creativity and technique presented by the contestants. This year is no exception, with nothing less than 65 entries, targeting several different platforms. Although the vast majority of the entries are targeting Atari and Commodore computers, there are some programs made for the MSX, Amstrad CPC,…

Galencia Khaos Sphere, Progress Update

Jason Aldred has provided backers with another update to his Galencia Khaos Sphere project for the Commodore 64. Aldred reported that “everything is on schedule and I have pretty much completed the core engine for the vertical scrolling section, with everything in place”.  Aldred also goes on to confirm Galencia Khaos Sphere’s NTSC compatability (in addition to PAL). Galencia Khaos…