A few months back it was revealed that Intellivision, a major influence in the video games boom of the early 1980s, was planning to release a new video game console, and the company has now unveiled it’s concept for the “Amico”, a system set to focus on family-friendly entertainment. Much like the original Intellivision unit, the Amico design features a…
CollectorVision are looking to provide an easy way to play your favourite Collecovision game on modern TV with the Kickstarter launch of their FPGA based Phoenix system. However, the campaign appears to have failed to spark the community’s interest as with 15 days left the project has only been able to secure 30% of its $230,000 USD funding target. The…
As cool as the Amiga CD32 console might have been, one of the more questionable design decisions around the ill-fated unit was undoubtedly it’s U-shaped game controller. Those of you in possession of Commodore’s swansong machine might be interested by the endeavours of English Amiga Board user, MickGyver, who has been hard at work updating his already-impressive KTRL CD32 pad…
What is IRATA.ONLINE? IRATA.ONLINE is an on-line service aimed at all of the various retro-computing communities. It takes the recently released implementation of PLATO that the CYBER1.ORG community provided to the public, and attempts to build a complete community infrastructure around it so that vintage computer users can have something truly unique, and compelling, to connect to. It all began…
With a demo released back in April, the NES game Alfonzo’s Arctic Adventure started its Kickstarter campaign less than a week ago and already reached and exceeded its goal. Since the Eskimo Bob sequel is already done and playable, the campaign aims to fund the production of the cartridges and the companion swag (boxes, manuals, etc.). Tomas Guinan is already…
After a series of delays, Pqube has made it’s new, portable Atari “Retro” console available for potential customers to pre-order. Boasting the familiar “immortalised” wood grain trim of the iconic 2600 VCS, the unit includes a library of 50 classic games, including the likes of Centipede, Missile Command and Breakout. The console features a 2.4″ display, headphone jack, a retro volume control,…
Our yearly gamescom podcast special (#54) has been released now: https://scene.world/gc2018podcast (video+audio versions). Martin Ahman, AJ Heller and Joerg Droege are talking about the experiences in the #retro area & biz area at our appointments EA – Electronic Arts, Konami THQNordic and Assemble Entertainment
There is no backstory to Shadow Switcher, its all about game play, and boy does it ever deliver! Your objective is simple, go around a single screen level, collecting rings while avoiding evil zombie robots and carefully navigating through electric fields and locked gates. Collect all the rings and you will find that the exits open up, ready to take…
If you’re wondering what to get that special retro collector and gaming historian in your life for Christmas this year, then why not take a look at The Game Console: A History in Photographs, the new book by photographer and creator of the Vanamo Online Game Museum, Evan Amos. Hitting shelves on November 6th, the book charts the evolution of the video game…
Mike Berry’s new retro gaming artwork now available to purchase!
