Back in June, we covered SNK’s official unveiling of it’s NEOGEO Mini console, a new, portable game system containing a selection of classic Neo Geo arcade titles. In the run up to the console’s release, SNK has now published a short trailer (read advert) for the console. This gives us with a better look at the unit, it’s features, and…
Talk to any fan of the Commodore 64, and it won’t be long before they mention the machine’s iconic SID chip. Responsible for the soundtracks to so many of our childhoods, this 3-voice synthesizer was capable of producing some truly amazing music, all made possible thanks to the creativity of the composers and ‘SIDicians’ who used it. As huge fans…
RGCD, one of the leading publishers of current generation Commodore 64 games, has announced that they have re-released the fun blasting arcade style game, Rocket Smash Ex for the C64. Developed by John Christian Lønningdal & Saul Cross, Rocket Smash Ex is a single screen arcade game that requires you to reassemble and refuel your crashed rocket ship before running…
Scene World, the C64 NTSC & PAL diskmag is also available as an Amiga AGA version now, download Scene World #28 – Amiga at: http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=77535 Feel free to read the nfo file for more info: http://www.pouet.net/prod_nfo.php?which=77535&font=4
In this edition of Retro Revisited, we’ll be looking back at Syndicate Wars, the much-anticipated sequel to one of the best real-time action-strategy games of the early 90’s, Syndicate. The original game proved to be incredibly popular, and remains one of my favourite games of all time – to say that I was excited when I learned that a sequel was in development would be something of an understatement! The game…
The C64 SEUCK (Shoot’Em Up Construction Kit) Compo 2018, organised by Richard Bayliss from The New Dimension has come to an end with all votes tallied and the winner announced. Bayliss was pleased to announced that the winner of this year’s competition is….Valkyrie 3 by Eleanor Burns. Eleanor Burn’s vertical scrolling shooter sees you fly your plane through 6 different zones, battling…
After a bit of contemplation and casual polling, John W. Linville has announced that the second RetroChallenge for 2018 will take place in September instead of October. Well, I’ve suggested it, hinted at it, circulated it, and done everything but announce it. Now, here it is: the next RetroChallenge event will occur during the month of September in 2018. Henceforth,…
John F. Kutcher is one of the early C64 programmers programming games like Space Taxi and Solo Flight 2nd Edition in the early 80s. Space Taxi especially celebrating a huge recognition by its unique gameplay and accurate physics at that time as well as digitized speech! In this interview, he talks about his career from starting to work for a…
The ROM hacking community is often a source of interesting news in the homebrew gaming scene, so we were intrigued to learn of an English translation patch recently made available for Magic Knight Rayearth, a JRPG released in 1994 for the Sega Game Gear. The game debuted in Japan (including a red, branded edition of the console), and with no English…
Retrogamers looking to immerse themselves in the history of Atari video games should be interested to know that a new book dedicated to the subject has been announced. The Unofficial Atari Visual History is a new work from Darren “Greyfox” Doyle, also known for the ‘Atari Gamer‘ range of magazines. Available in hardback and paperback editions, the new book aims to cover a significant…
