Of all the games I played during my formative years, there’s one particular title that always sticks in my mind. Developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts for the Commodore Amiga and MS-DOS PC platforms in 1993, Syndicate was quite unlike anything that I had ever played before. Not only that, it also holds the unique status as…
Nintendo has announced that their Nintendo Switch Online service will be launching in September, with the key feature of providing access to a library of NES games adapted to the Nintendo Switch with online compatibility and voice chat, via an official smartphone app. Nintendo has stated that 20 classic NES titles will be available at launch, with the following 10…
It has recently been announced, on the Lemon64 forums, that Ste’86 and Excess are working on Speedball 2 Ultimate, an incremental improvement to the classic Speedball 2:Brutal Deluxe developed by the Bitmap Brothers back in 1990, for the Commodore 64. While the actual game-play mechanic for Speedball 2 looks like it will remain unchanged, Ste’86 and Excess are looking to…
Retro gamers looking for a new title to add to their collection should be sure to check out ROVR, developed by Paul Jenkinson and generously released for free to the Spectrum community. An acronym for “Remote Operated Vehicle Recovery”, the game is a top-down exploration or ‘maze’ game where players must guide a tiny recovery vehicle through the bowels of…
Beta 7a of Graeme Cowie’s Bomb Jack Amiga remake, “Bomb Jack Beer Edition” has been released. For more information about the game, be sure to read though our previous posts, and also the EAB thread link below. The final version will be released in the upcoming weeks, and will be available to download from the ViTNO Homebrew Database. ;-) Changes/Additions…
I was a happy guy when I saw the newest Kickstarter update from Henrique Olifiers, which I summarize here in this quick post. The case mould is being produced and it is almost ready to be used to inject the first ZX Spectrum Next cases, starting with a prototype to validate the mould. It looks like a very complicated and detailed…
Here are the latest C64 releases over at CSDb. I have highlighted specific titles I think will interest you guys. There’s also quite a few new EasyFlash releases to check out too. Click each name for more information and download link. ;-) Gauntlet 3 [easyflash], Strike Fleet [1581,FD-2000,CMD-HD], Saint Dragon [easyflash], Galaxy Force 2 [easyflash], Max n Jackie, R-Type +9DMHI, Essential…
Romhacking.net have updated their awesome website with some new Rom Hacks and Translations. Check out the list below, and make sure to visit the website. ;-) Rom Hacks Mario is Back! (Super Mario Bros.)(NES) SOR2 – International Action Heroes (Streets of Rage 2)(GEN) Battletoads & Double Dragon 4 players (Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team)(NES) Metal Slug (Terrifying 911)(GB)…
We covered the original release of Keith Sear’s hectic retro shooter for the Amstrad CPC back in December 2016, but our friends over at Planet Sinclair spotted that a conversion for the ZX Spectrum now appears to be in works. A new announcement on the game’s official website confirms this fact, promising to deliver an updated version of the game…
Daniele Spadoni is an independent filmmaker and director living in Ferrara, north of Italy. He has made a good number of video productions, making some of them available on YouTube. A few days ago, Daniele reached us through our Facebook page, linking some video with titles that caught my attention right away. Superfrog, Manic Mansion, and Secret of Monkey Island are a…
