Alf Yngve, the accomplished game designer behind numerous SEUCK based games (such as Border Blast 3, Bank Run and Forgotten Forest to name a few) has checked in with the VITNO team to provide an update on his upcoming game Precinct 20: Dead Strange for the Commodore 64. Precinct 20: Dead Strange will be a horror themed game that will…
As ardent fans of the Commodore 64 and it’s SID chip, we were more than a little excited when we spotted a tweet announcing the release of SidAMP, a SID player designed specifically for Android phones and mobile devices. The app is the work of Vladimir (@igvlada), a coder and C64 fan developing games and apps under the pseudonym ‘GarageApps’….
Love it or loathe it, I doubt that there’s a reader among you who hasn’t experienced the Microsoft Windows operating system in some form since it’s first introduction way back in 1985. Although it has long enjoyed it’s position as the predominant OS in the world of desktop computing, the road to it’s seemingly unassailable position – not to mention…
The Last Ninja became an instant classic for the Commodore 64 back in 1987 with high production values, isometric viewpoint, top-notch music soundtrack and ninja clan theme. However, fans of the game will recall that once Armakuni (temporarily) vanquished the evil shogun, Kunitoki, and collected the sacred scrolls, the game ending kind of fizzled out and was perhaps the most…
Following a hiatus of over 20 years, Guillermo “Willysoft” Fuenzalida has resumed his work on Culmins, a puzzle game for classic Atari 8-bit computers. Originally a collaboration with Rodrigo Cabrera (music) and Nestor Mercado (graphics), Fuenzalida has picked up the reigns, hoping to finally complete the project. Talking with Atariteca, he recalls that he first began work on the game…
SNK’s miniaturised NeoGeo cabinet console is available on pre-order from Amazon with a release date of October 15, 2018. The NeoGeo Mini International will be selling for $109 USD while the optional NeoGeO Gamepad controller is also available for pre-order at a price of $25.90 USD. Compared to the Japanese variant, the International variant of the NeoGeo Mini features an…
*Updated* – Sadly, it proved to be nothing more than a meme put out by Thalamus. Despite the disappointment this time, we expect a Creatures remake or update to be a case of “when”, rather than “if”… *Original Story* Normally we’d stay away from posting about mere rumours, but we’ll make an exception for this not-so-subtle tweet from the Thalamus…
Secretly (or not-so-secretly), we’d guess that one of the ambitions harboured by most retro gaming fans is to own an arcade cabinet. Real arcade cabs are pretty hefty pieces of equipment, difficult to come by, and expensive/difficult to maintain, making them an difficult proposition for the average household. Even replica cabinets can be prohibitively expensive, being seen as an ultra-niche…















