RodMan Multi-Format Game Released, Game Video Show Case Available

The Future Was 8 Bit is pleased to announce the availability of their new multi-format release, RodMan. Developed by Mika ‘Misfit’ Keranen, your objective is to guide RodMan around multi- screen maze levels, collecting pills, avoiding enemies and using bombs to eliminate the bad guys. RodMan is available the The Future Was 8-Bit in a Special Triple Cassette Edition covering…

Remake of Krush, Kill ‘n’ Destroy in development

The post-apocalyptic, 90’s RTS gets a fan-made overhaul!

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 54: Micro Machines

It’s time for some Micro madness as we race around the AMIGArama house in those amazing Micro Machines!

Flimbo’s Quest coming to Atari XL/XE!

Downloadable preview of the C64 classic shines on the Atari 8-bit lineup!

Limbo for Commodore 64 Preview available for download

We all know that Limbo, the award-winning game released in 2010 by PlayDead, is being ported for the Commodore 64 by Søren Trautner Madsen for more than a year as we announced a while ago. After almost one year of being in the dark with no further news other than the video preview posted in our previous news, the C64 version…

Retro Games hints at imminent news on Full Size TheC64

Retro Games Limited, the maker of TheC64 Mini, has announced the soft launch of their new website  that will feature “new products, newsletters and much more!”. However, the most exciting part of the new website is the inclusion of a page dedicated to the full size TheC64. As yet, there are no specific details about the full size model with…

When “Loading” was not actually that bad as we thought it was

It’s autumn around the end of 1980’s, just after the school season has started, but your mind is not at school but somewhere else. You look at the wall clock every now and then. Meanwhile thank god, there are those breaks that you can finally talk with your classmates about something really interesting. You won’t believe this mate, yesterday I…

3D Realms reveals new Quake 1-powered FPS

3D Realms has revealed the merest of glimpses of a new first-person game it’s been working on. Bearing the intriguing moniker of “Codename Mourningvale”, the short clip – shown below – evokes memories of the original Prey, featuring inter-dimensional portals, not to mention the low-poly hand and oversized wrist-blade. Whilst this is all that has been revealed thus far, what…

Unhallowed – A Spectrum 128 Text Adventure for you Halloween Evening!

Unsurprisingly, the retro community is always presented with Halloween-themed games on October 31st. The one we picked to highlight here is Unhallowed, a traditional text adventure game that runs on any ZX Spectrum with 128K. (Blerkotron, the developer, was also kind enough to provide a special version that runs directly on any modern browser). The game page sets the mood:…

Retrobytes teases Jarlac for Amstrad CPC

Retrobytes Productions has released a short promotional trailer for Jarlac, it’s latest up-and-coming release for the CPC. The game is being developed as an entry for the CPCRetroDev 2018 competition, and things are certainly shaping up based on the promotional video released earlier this week. There’s no word on gameplay features or plot, but the gameplay features a muscle-bound warrior…