Guillermo “Willysoft” Fuenzalida has created and released a selection of reproduction game cartridges for the Atari XE Video Game System (XEGS) console and other Atari XL/XE computers. What makes these reproduction cartridges interesting is the fact that they do not require a machine with expanded memory capabilities to run. This includes a selection of games that were available for the…
Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe, originally developed by Bitmap Brothers and released back in 1990, is a futuristic cyberpunk themed sports game that combined elements from both Ice Hockey and Handball, resulting in one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful sports game of the early 90s era. In a shining example of what positive outcomes can be produced by…
I recently received an email from one of our readers who asked us… “Why don’t we feature more Indie Games?” This is a good question, and in the past we have in fact featured a few Indie titles and Steam releases we thought were fitting. However, over time, these kinda got pushed to the back of the queue. As most…
We rarely share much Atari ST/e Homebrew, it’s not that we don’t cover it, more that there really isn’t much going on in the ST/e Homebrew scene compared to say C64, Spectrum and Amstrad. Today though we do have something special to share with you. A new Homebrew title for the Atari STe has been recently released, the game is…
After the good reception that Volume 1 of Brian Matherne’s The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion, he surprised us with the second volume, already available at Amazon. The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion: Volume 2, covers another 34 game titles from 24 homebrew cartridges and ROM downloads that have been developed for the 2600. Printed in black and white on cream colored…
Randy Kindig and Earl Evans started covering the Sinclair ZX-80/81 in the last episode of FloppyDays podcast, mostly talking about its history and tech specifications. To continue the historical coverage of the early Sinclair machines, Randy was able to locate and interview John Grant, owner of Nine Tiles which was responsible for the operating system and the BASIC language shipped with the ZX-80….
RetroGames Limited has just announced that the Reset64 2017 Game of the Year winner, Galencia will be making its way to TheC64 Mini as a new free game. To be added as part of an upcoming firmware update, Galencia is a high quality single screen shoot’em up highly inspired by Galaga, programmed by Jason Aldred and released by Protovision, to…
Issue 11 of the the dedicated C64 magazine Reset64 is now available for for digital download from their Itch.Io page. The compilation Mix-i-Disk that comes with the latest issue of Reset64, includes a handful of great C64 titles such as the previously covered Exploding Fish and Operation Metalstorm. Operation Metalstorm, designed by Alf Yngve with music and additional coding by…
A quick update about DeltaStar Earth Defense: Although the plan was to launch the game at the end of July, as we proclaimed here, Adrian Cummings has just announced that due to a series of (good) factors, the game released has been moved to… NOW! Yes, the future proud ZX Spectrum Next owners are able to order the game now, in digital download…
IGN has published an article about the Intellivision Reboot Console, where Intellivision Entertainment president, Tommy Tallarico, put light on some details about the console, games, and accessories. About the games, a possible initial line up might include classic games like Shark! SharK!, Astro Smash, Tron: Deadly Discs, Biplanes, Snafu, Major League Baseball, Pitfall!, and Night Stalker. Interesting to see that Intellivision president states…
