Category: Retro Computing History
Our leading games reviewer Robert Joy has sent over his latest retro review. This time we set the date to July 1987 in our Delorean and travel back in time to revisit the awesome Beat ’em up Arcade Classic that is Double Dragon! Vitno Reviews Page: http://www.vitno.org/reviews/
We have two 3 day pass tickets for PLAY Margate worth £30 each, and we are going to raffle them out in order to cover part of the costs to run your beloved website. To participate, send us £2.00 for one number using the “Donate” button on the right. Donate multiples of £2.00 to increase your chances to win! On…
Using my lunch break, I went to the local Chapters store here in Ottawa, and to my surprise, they are carrying the RETRO Magazine. I didn’t ask but hopefully this is not a one time thing. The issue available is #8 featuring “Everything Arkham”, with a cover price of 7.99 CAD. Without thinking twice, I fought my way to the…
Our leading games reviewer Robert Joy has sent over his latest retro review. This time we set the year to 1986 in our Delorean and travel back in time to the Golden Age of Arcade Video Games when Gauntlet II had just been released! Vitno Reviews Page: http://www.vitno.org/reviews/
The Amiga 30th Anniversary at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California happened last weekend (on July 25th and 26th), and if you, like many of us, couldn’t be present, the Amiga.org user ‘eliyahu’ has posted links of some photos and videos of the event, gathered from different sources. You can get all the links following the forum post…
Our leading games reviewer Robert Joy has sent over his latest retro review. This time we fly back in time to 1987, and reminisce the good times, playing the classic air combat fighter ‘After Burner’. Where did all the years go? :) You can read the review over on our reviews page, enjoy! Vitno Reviews Page: http://www.vitno.org/reviews/
Nostalgia Nerd has published a new video review about the Commodore Game System. Manufactured and released by Commodore in late 1990, it’s production span lasted less than a year and was by all accounts a failure in most departments, especially commercial. Get the full story watching the video, along with some snippets of lesser known information. Be also aware that…
Our next guest for An Evening At The Museum in The Frankfurt Film Musem as part of the “Film & Games” exhibition will be long-time demoscener and party co-organizer responsible for the retro compos: Peter Smets AKA FraNKy. We will be talking about the demoscene, what it is about, the challenges of organizing a demoscene party and the compos and…
Kansasfest 2015 is now part of Apple II history, and if you weren’t among the 76 people that attended it, now you have the chance to watch several sessions from the event. The videos are not from a single source, but you can easily find them all clicking on the link below. The next Kansasfest will happen on July 19-24,…
Reset Magazine of July 2015 is out with lots of good stuff. Other than the regular news and reviews, it brings special articles about Zzap!64 magazine, and a featured article about the the game C64 Elite. Download: Reset #7
