Category: Retro Gaming
It was announced at the Amiga 37 event in Germany that Blaze Entertainment and Amiga are partnering to bring Amiga games to Evercade devices, a modern console targeting retro games that uses cartridges as media. Although the line-up is not confirmed yet, the agreement will let Blaze Entertainment license and publish Amiga games from multiple publishers for Evercade. The work…
I learned about this game just a few years ago, and it took me so much time to learn how to leave the hangar! But after I managed to do that, the game is super fun and well made. Today, Lucas Carrafiello announced the availability of the game for the Plus/4. Follow the announcement verbatim: It’s the day! The new…
Lost Games is a compilation of 4 games, resurrected from tape, that Andy “Cosmium” Beale wrote in 1983. You might remember Cosmium when he released the excellent Quadron a few years ago. Although they didn’t make the cut with the publishers at the time, Cosmium thinks these compiled BASIC 16K games were quite fun for the era, and he decided to…
Jonas Hultén made it possible to see one of my favourite Atari 2600 games on the VIC-20. In case you have been trapped in a mine all this time, in H.E.R.O., your mission is to rescue trapped miners from underground caves. There are 20 levels to play, and you will be considered a professional hero after these 20 levels. For…
Dragon Wood, which Steril707 himself describes as a fantasy version of Exolon (Hewson, 1987), the legendary Amstrad CPC title. Borrmann – who is better known under the name of Tigerskunk – started programming Dragon Wood as a way to distract himself from his current project: Hyperblaster, a sequel to the notable shoot’em up Inviyya (2021) for Amiga computers and the…
If you like Metroid, you will be happy to know that Psytronik has announced a new game for the Commodore 64: Captain Ishtar, from master game designer ALF YNGVE. While there are not many details regarding the release date, based on the screenshots, the game looks astonishing! Featuring a 4-part space adventure, detailed sprites and. backgrounds, great visual effects and exciting…
The Retro Hour podcast, although it has most of its focus on retro gaming news and interviews, it also covers, from time to time, different technologies from the old days. I guess on could say that one of the advantages of being a very professional and well-known podcast (well-deserved btw) is the ability to attract very important guests, usually figures…
Early this month, FastBASIC 4.6 was released, bringing new support to produce Atari 5200 cartridge images, among other bug fixes and improvements. This version uses a new PC compiler, rewritten to support multiple targets with one binary, you can specify the target with the new option allowing the developer to target the 5200 or the Atari computers. About FastBASIC This…
After more than 4 years in development, 4MHz’s most ambitious project enters its final stretch and will be shown in playable demo format at GAMESCOM’22. Malasombra is a new videogame in development by the 4MHz team for NES consoles. Set in legends and fairy tales, it presents an epic adventure with an exciting story where nothing is what it seems….
The MSX Resource Center forum user ‘manimani’ has announced that he is in the final stages of translating the MSX version of Final Fantasy to English. Final Fantasy is probably one of the most famous RPG games. It has been released for virtually all possible platforms since its inception (including versions and weird game variations). The MSX version was released…
