We received a quick update from Brian Matherne, author of the upcoming book about homebrew games for the 2600 saying that the book was already submitted to Amazon for review and it will be available at any time now. As we reported earlier this month, the book will feature 180 pages covering 34 homebrew games, including images, reviews, “making of”, and more!…
Today I have some exciting Gaming News regarding the ZX Spectrum Next. You may already be aware that Dungeonette by Adrian Cummings has been released. I secured my copy a few days ago and I must say it is a fantastic game – highly recommend that you purchase it! You can still play the game even without a ZX Spectrum Next…
Roy Johan Widding contacted me today to let me know that Endurion (Georg Rottensteiner) will be one of the new game coders in Megastyle together with Scroll (Ruben SPaans), Docster (Kåre Johannesen), FX, (David Eriksson) and Microbit (Chris Stanley). For those of you that aren’t aware, Megastyle are the guys who are working on the upcoming c64 game Mancave –…
California-based chiptune composers 8 Bit Weapon (Seth and Michelle Sternberger) recently unveiled their new album to the world on April 23 2018. Named “8 Bit Weapon” (presumably after the group themselves), the new release comprises 7 tracks that experiment heavily with the original Game Boy 8-bit CPU/4-bit sound chip to create an album with a distinctly industrial vibe, mixed up…
Among the many titles I played on my Amiga 500, one of those that I remember most vividly is Sword Of Honour. A curious blend of martial arts combat and graphical adventure that takes inspiration from games such as The Last Ninja series by System 3, the game would prove to be something of a labour of love for the small…
Fans of Amstrad’s GX4000 console might be excited to learn that a new, high-quality conversion of Capcom’s seminal coin-op, Ghosts’n Goblins, has been released for free over on cpcwiki.eu by the game’s developer! Those of us who grew up during the 1980’s will remember just how poorly so many arcade conversions for our humble 8-bit micros turned out to be, so…
This is my 10th, and presumably final RetroChallenge update: tomorrow is the end of the contest. Most people would say “Hey, you were crazy to set that goal in the first place, let alone start with only a day left.” Ah, what do they know? I just a game design, and write some code. Sure, I only started learning assembly…
Knight Lore is an isometric action adventure game originally published in 1984 by Ultimate Play the Game for the ZX Spectrum. Being the third game released as part of the classic Sabreman series, Knight Lore is generally considered to be one of the most seminal games to be released in the 80s vintage PC era and is often citied as…
WinUAE Version 4.0.0 Beta 6 has been released. Download from the link below and don’t forget to check all the new features in the release notes. Have fun! :-) Download: winuae_4000b6.7z Download: winuae64_4000b6.7z Release Notes: eab.abime.net Website: winuae.net
Latest downloads over at The New Dimension are as follows: Valkyrie 3 – The Night Witch by Eleanor Burns Arhena the Amazon – Special Edition T.N.D C64Mini Collection Pack Website: tnd64.unikat.sk
