PC Engine fans rejoice! Yes, as you have read from the title, the PC Engine is returning! For those of you who are not familiar, the PC Engine (also known as the TurboGrafx-16 in the USA) was a home video console by NEC Home Electronics and was first released in Japan in 1987. 10 million units were sold worldwide. Despite…
Released back in 2007, Yoomp! wowed 8-bit Atari fans with its psychedelic gameplay, flashy pseudo-3D visuals and catchy music. Taking inspiration from Shaun Southern’s Trailblazer and stuffing it inside a tube, the combination of funky beats and addictive gameplay made it a genuine showcase for the XL/XE range, and its lasting popularity would even earn itself a conversion – reviewed…
Scotty Allen is the man behind the hugely successful YouTube channel, Strange Parts. He joins Joerg and AJ for Scene World’s Repair Month to talk building and repairing your own hardware, China’s unique electronics marketplace, and why preserving older hardware is important for future generations. (Interview begins at 14:42) https://scene.world/strangeparts
M., Gábor recently released RS232 File Receiver for the Commodore Plus/4 computer. This application is intended to select and send files to Commodore Plus/4 via the serial port. It is a multi threaded, pure Java application, which requires JRE 1.8 to run. The embedded jSSC Java serial port library can run on Windows, Linux (x86 and ARM), and Mac OSX…
WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. The following installers have been added up to 2019-06-03. 2019-06-03 improved: Magic Pockets (Renegade/Bitmap Brothers) 2nd button support added, alternate custom level 1 support (Info) 2019-05-31 fixed: Super Stardust (Bloodhouse) soundFx in game were trashed if intro was not skipped immediately, more options for trainers added (Info)…
Double Sided Games, who successfully debuted with the Commodore 64 port of l’Abaaye Des Morts in January 2019, are currently in preparation to launch two new titles for the Commodore VIC-20. The first of the two titles is Fire, a fun arcade game developed by Rainer Kappler. The game sees you control firemen with the objective of having to rescue…
A run and gun without the running… and not much gunnin. Just what have we gotten ourselves into in this weeks AMIGArama with this Hewson hit.
If you’re looking to stress-test that new gaming mouse you just bought, the purveyor of DRM-free classic games currently has a blinder of a deal going for Blizzard Entertainment’s classic action RPG. Bundled together with the Hellfire expansion pack, the original Diablo is available via the GOG storefront for a paltry £7.09! Blizzard has been sprucing up a number of…
The Grandfather of games is certainty iconic, ingrained in popular culture and inspiring a slew of paddle clones and iterations based on a basic yet enjoyable mechanic. Now in 2019, the team comprised of Cobe, Goatmare and Koyot1222 bring their take on the formula, Pong 4K, a third placed entry in the 2018 RetroKomp, to the Amiga CD32. Booting this…
Clube MSX, the quarterly Brazilian printed magazine about the MSX line of computers starts this Saturday, June 8th, to take pre-orders for the fifth issue. The issue is already available for purchase, for a discounted price, at the magazine’s official website. The pre-sale special is valid through June 13th. The shipment is planned to start as soon as June 25th….
