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!
Retro console creator Analogue launches Mega Sg, an FPGA console based on the Sega Mega Drive.
We try out the latest version of this PC emulator for Windows and Linux PCs.
Here it is finally released, the interview at gamescom with Andreas Magerl of Amiga Future talking with us about the 20th anniversary they are celebrating this year and about the state of the Amiga scene in general.
