Coded by the mighty Luigi Di Fraia, aka The Chaos Engineer, a new pixel editor built from the ground up with a streamlined UI/UX reached the public beta phase and can be downloaded from CSDb today. Besides the usual design tools like Fill, Draw, Select and Move (some still not available), which you can find in many different editors, Albert…
Logos are an important aspect of demoscene culture because they serve as a means of self-expression and identification within the community. They can also be a source of friendly competition, as groups and individuals strive to create the most impressive and visually striking logos possible. In addition to branding for groups and individuals, logos are often used within demos themselves…
If you have been an engineer (or similar) since the 80s or 90s, it is almost certain you owned a scientific programmable calculator. Funny as it is, I am not among them. However, I remember a friend who had an HP-41CV, and one day he showed me a game running it. It was a lunar lander game where you could…
Demo Sceners all around the world are getting ready for the best party of the year, Revision 2023! For those of you that aren’t so familiar with the demo scene, A demoparty is – on the first glance – like a LAN party. Depending on the size, a few or hundreds of visitors may bring their computers and set…
We have some big news for the Apple II fans: A2Central.com is back! Launched in June 2000, this Apple II site provided our community with news, announcements, and updates until February 2022. Now, after a one-year hiatus, its two decades of archives are available again — along with fresh content and a modern redesign, all under new management. If you…
Join us on this episode as we sit down with legendary video game composer and musician Frank Klepacki. With over 30 years of experience in the industry, Frank has created iconic soundtracks for some of the biggest games of all time, including Command + Conquer, Dune, and Star Wars: Empire at War. Not only is he a master of electronic…
retro fun for all Amiga-fans – perfect for a fun game in between, for 2 to 4 players beautiful illustrations of 32 Amiga models made exclusively for this card game bilingual: English and German Amiga Duel is the new card game that lets all Amiga fans, retro collectors and game enthusiasts fun-test their Amiga knowledge! The game can…
Game announcements are not my main focus here in Vintage is the New Old anymore – it is very hard to keep up and there are plenty of other ways to be up to speed with what is new in the retro gaming world, like, for example, Saberman’s YouTube channel, which does a fantastic job showing footage of most (if…
Scene World was prominently featured in the 04/2023 issue of the German design magazine PAGE. featuring logos from Retromantis, Black and JSL made for Scene World Magazine! :) (The text translates as “pixelated till today, the diskmag “Scene World” for C64 fans and coders can be downloaded for fitting hardware at https://sceneworld.org”)
In our new episode we are happy to talk to Julia Minamata. She is the developer of ‘The Crimson Diamond’ – a text parser EGA mystery adventure game to be released soon on Steam! Follow amateur geologist and reluctant detective Nancy Maple to the ghost town of Crimson, Ontario to investigate the discovery of a massive diamond. Sounds like a…
