AMIGArama Podcast Episode 63: Golden Axe

AMIGArama sets off on an epic high fantasy adventure to defeat the evil Death Adder but can Lorfarius find the legendary Golden Axe to help along the way?

The WUDSN IDE version 1.7.0 has been released. New power for 6502-based development.

WUDSN IDE is a free integrated Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit, C64 and NES development plugin for Eclipse and a new version has just been made available for the public. The version 1.7.0 brings the following changes: Daily build – Advanced users have now the option to install the daily build with the greatest and latest in…

Rejoice, Mac Users, the Atari800MacX sound is back!

This last holiday season was great on the MacOS Atari emulation side of things, in many fronts. If you are not aware, since MacOS Sierra release, some core functions used by the Atari800MacX emulator were deprecated and the consequence of that was that the emulator had no sound anymore, and also the full screen was broken. The only workaround for…

Sizzler Set For General C64 Release, ViTNO Previews

Psytronik Software are pleased to announce that they will be launching the general release of Sizzler for the Commodore 64 in January 2019. Initially made available as a RGCD limited edition release as part of the Zzap!64 2019 Annual Kickstarter campaign, Sizzler is a traditional platform game that sees you control Mik3, a 3 legged robot, whose task it is…

Community Showcase: Iain Clark & Cave of Pixels ‘retro’ bead artwork

We look at the work of Iain Clark (Cave of Pixels), who’s bead art brings video game memories to life!

Netflix’s Black Mirror ‘Bandersnatch’ has an easter egg that is a treat for any retro computer enthusiast!

I just finished watching Bandersnatch on Netflix and enjoyed it a lot! If you are a fan of visual novel games you will also enjoy the Black Mirror latest episode, which gives the watcher the power to decide how the movie will proceed and ends. In a nutshell (no spoilers) the main character is a young game programmer and the…

Scene World Video interview with John Romero

John Romero is one of the most famous computer game designers, most known for his 3D Ego shooters like Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, Quake, and the jump’n’run series “Commander Keen” In this interview he talks about his history in the video game industry, how he happen to design the games he did, working together with other industry legends like Bobby Prince…

‘Quadron’ for the ZX Spectrum gets an update and we interviewed its developer, Andy Beale

If you have bought Quadron for the ZX Spectrum you might want to know that there are two small updates available. The first includes the loading screen before entering the game menu. The screen was recreated from the original screen art from 1988. The second update is the availability of the game in TAP format, for those who prefer this…

C64 Gamers’ Choice 2018 Winner Announced

It’s amazing to reflect back on the Commodore 64 gaming scene during 2018. Many hobbyist programmers have dedicated their spare time in creating wonderful titles for the classic 8-bit personal computer and it has gotten to the point where there barely is a week where there isn’t at least one new freeware title released. When my RetroGamerNation YouTube channel’s coverage…