I haven’t really introduced myself since I started writing for VITNO back in October 2021, but my name is Adam Dorough (loves retro games, vintage technology and short walks to the refrigerator). I have been running the Retro Gaming Bygones Podcast (https://anchor.fm/retrogamingbygones) just over a year now and just released a podcast titled The Commodore Chronicles Podcast about my favorite…
Bitnamic, through its European branch, Teknamic, is releasing three new games for the ZX Spectrum in the very last day of the year. The first one is a relaunch. Published as a “Cover Tape” in issue 88 of the Crash magazine, “Countdown to the Death” is the result of the efforts of two young Brazilians: Mario de Paula Leite Gouvea,…
Darren Melbourne returns to the podcast – 5 years after, this time with Retro Games’ CTO Chris Smith, they are talking about the upcoming A500 Mini. I this episode, they talk about the rocky way of getting this onto the road and what it means for the Amiga scene and the Amiga competitive gaming scene, as well. Interview starts at…
I don’t know about you, but I hated school. I found it overly dramatic, full of bullies and overall drawn out. I didn’t get along with most kids my age either. I found homework and reports tedious and often figured out ways to avoid doing them altogether. I eventually embraced the “slacker” role starting in middle school, being satisfied with…
It has only been a week since Roger Taylor announced his project to reverse engineer the custom ASIC Radio Shack used in their Color Computer 3 and we have already learned a few interesting things. He sent two versions of the “GIME” chip off to be opened up and photographed under a microscope. These images revealed some messages etched in…
In our new episode we welcome Gunnar Vonn Boehn from the one and only Apollo Team. They are known for their stellar Vampire cards which are a must for every Amiga fan. Interview starts at 37:38 Minutes https://scene.world/vampire Or watch its video version:
Yandex Retro Games Battle is a game development contest, organized by the Yandex Museum that brought to life amazing games for the ZX Spectrum, like Marsmare: Alienation and White Jaguar. If released in the 80s, these games would have made the developers rich folks and the blockbusters of the time look not so incredible as our memory tells us! This…
When Radio Shack released their third and final version of the Color Computer, the Tandy Color Computer 3, it included a custom ASIC chip. This chip, called the GIME (Graphics Interrupt Memory Enhancement), replicated most features of the Motorola 6847 video display generator chip used in earlier models. It also added new features such as higher resolution graphics with more…
Well, this is getting a bit silly. Awhile back I posted an article discussing the alternate color set available in the 32 column text mode on a Radio Shack Color Computer. It was (mostly) available from Extended Color BASIC via the SCREEN command. This allowed having a screen that was either “nuclear green” or “whatever color the other is”. Then,…
Even when I look back and think about the best game developers of my youth, my memories gravitate towards companies like Electronic Arts, Activision, Epyx, Lucasarts, Capcom, Konami and even Nintendo or Sega. However, many of my childhood treasures share an unsung name in gaming history, Dynamix. Dynamix was founded in 1984, but the founders Jeff Tunnell and Damon Slye…
