Classic 90’s platform-adventure game Flashback has been released for the Nintendo Switch in a new 25th Anniversay edition. Famous for it’s breathtaking rotoscoped animation and gorgeous visuals, the game launched on the majority of 16-bit consoles and systems of the day, with special mentions going to the Mega Drive and Amiga releases. More importantly, this release remains true to it’s…
More news from the fantastic Speccy website Planeta Sinclair. Tank 1990 is a new game for the ZX Spectrum, a clone of the 1985 Arcade/Famicom game Battle City, a Japanese game by the mighty Namco. Tank 1990 is a shoot ’em up with some strategy involved. There is also a Russian Speccy version which was released in 1995 by Scorpion…
If you have been following our website since the days of Commodore is Awesome, you will know we regularly cover News from one of our favourite gaming websites, Protovision. A fantastic site where you can buy new games for the good old breadbin. Currently there are nine games in development for the Commodore 64, including the highly anticipated Briley Witch Chronicles…
Toni Wilen has released WinUAE 4.0.0 Final. WinUAE is currently the best Amiga emulation available to date and if used alongside Classic Workbench and WHDLoad you can achieve a really great Amiga hard drive experience like the picture above. Download from the link below and don’t forget to check all the new features in the release notes, have fun! :) Download: WinUAE Website Release Notes: English…
Lasse over on Lemon64 Forums recently announced a new wip title for the Commodore 64. The game is called MW Ultra and is a reboot of Metal Warrior. There are four games in the Metal Warrior series, all of them a “semi-cinematic” style, with a blend of shooting, melee combat & stealth gameplay. A few words from Lasse.. Plans for…
Clive Townsend will be releasing the third instalment of Saboteur this year. As I am sure you’re aware, Saboteur is an absolute classic etched in our minds from childhood. The game was released on various platforms, but the most loved version was on the ZX Spectrum. For those of you that are somehow not familiar with this game, you take…
Francisco Téllez de Meneses is currently working on Prisoner of War, a new game for the MSX series of computers. The game’s existence came to light at the beginning of June when Meneses posted a request for assistance in creating the game’s music over on the MSX.org forums. Having been captured and imprisoned in a high-security military facility, the player…
Popular indie games Indie games site Itch.io has just launched it’s week summer sale, offering over 600 titles with up to 75% off! Whether it be battling monsters for loot in Rogue Empire ($7.64), or turning enemy pilots to dust in Starblast ($4.99), there’s a huge range of titles to check out. Gamers looking to pick up a bargain and experience some of…
Sega mascot Alex Kidd looks set to return to the big-time with the development of a brand new remake of classic Master System game, Alex Kidd in Miracle World. No doubt inspired by the huge success of Lizardcube’s remake of Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap, the new game looks set to take everything that was great about the original Alex Kidd…
In early December 2016, System 3 Software made an announcement that set Last Ninja fans in a fluster when they stated that they will be celebrating Last Ninja’s 30th Anniversary in 2017 by releasing a remake to the Last Ninja series featuring Last Ninja 1,2 and 3. The remakes were to keep the isometric view and feature additional locations and…
