Category: Retro Computing History
If you ever thought about learning a bit of MSX Assembler, today is your lucky day. The Nestruo, Toni Galvez and Wonder entered MSXdev’14 with “World Rally”, a car racing game, but they weren’t able to finish it on time. After some time they realized that they wouldn’t finish it at all, since there are several routines that needed to…
/r/retrogaming Podcast, The official podcast of the /r/retrogaming subreddit, released episode 4 few days ago, and it brings Marty Goldberg and Curt Vendel, authors of the book ‘Atari Inc. Business is Fun‘. Curt is also the guy behind the development of Atari Flashback 1, 2 and 2+. We can say that they know a lot about Atari and its history….
The Computer History Museum has been releasing several historical software source code for the past years, like the Apple II DOS, Word for Windows v1.1 and so on. Right on time for the Amiga 30th anniversary, the museum has gotten authorization from Electronic Arts to release the source code of its drawing program for the Amiga – Deluxe Paint. Created…
‘Who Dares Wins’ is getting a 2015 remake by Retroforce team. According to MSX Resource Center, it is expected the implementation of Screen 5 graphic mode, new sound effects, multicolor sprites, improved controls, 3 optional new color palettes and the usage of the SCC for the musics. Who Dares Wins II is inspired by Capcom’s hit arcade game Commando, and…
Joshua Tsui has started a new Kickstarter campaign, trying to get money to make a documentary entitled ‘Insert Coin: Inside Midway’s ’90s Revolution’. The movie will tell the story of the studio behind arcade all-time blockbusters like Mortal Kombat, NBA Jam and Cruis’n USA. “Insert Coin talks to the developers of each game and lays out how all the games…
TheGebs24 YouTube channel has published a video showing her visit to SMS Electronics, the manufacturer behind the ZX Spectrum Vega production. As you probably remember, the Spectrum Vega was developed by Retro Computers Ltd and comes pre-loaded with 1000 classic Spectrum games. The 13-minute long video shows some live demo of the machine, and also the production line where it…
John Riggs just made what is probably one of the most touching tributes in memory of Satoru Iwata. He hacked Balloon Fight, replacing the protagonist with another image resembling Iwata. He also made the balloons shaped like Kirby. Riggs mentions on his video (below) that Iwata sprite was actually taken from Earthbound, another game that he was involved with. [youtube…
To celebrate 31th anniversary of the Amstrad CPC, Chris “NovaBug” Weatherley has made a 1-hour long video presenting 464 games running on Amstrad CPC. Some great, Some bad, some ugly, but all on the Amstrad. All games featured here are playable on the CPC464, but some may require the additional 64k memory pak and FD1 floppy disk drive. No GX4000…
Retro Computing News has published a review about ‘DIVMMC ENJOY!’, a SD Card Interface for the ZX Spectrum that also has a very handy joystick interface with Kempston compatible, one of the most popular options for Sinclair Spectrum computers. “…This may all sound a little complicated, but in fact the typical user is most likely just going to want to…
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is probably on the shelves (digital or not) of every geek/retro-gamer/collector/80’s-fanboy, and we already know that it is making its way to the big screen, having Steven Spielberg as director. If you have read the book, and like it, you will glad to know Ernest Cline is releasing on July 14th a new book…
