Eagle-eyed forumites over at CPCWiki have spotted early signs that a conversion of TAD Corporation’s Toki could be set to receive a conversion to the Amstrad CPC. AmstradGPP, a duo of French developers, recently uploaded a series of images to their Twitter account to showcase progress that they have made on the game. According to the post, despite being amateur…
The Penultimate+ cartridge for VIC-20 is now ready to ship! The Future was 8-Bit has announced that the new VIC-20 RAM/ROM cart will begin shipping tomorrow. The Pen+ adds 3 to 35k RAM (selectable) to your VIC-20 and ships with over 70 ROMs, including the critically-acclaimed Cheese & Onion. The user interface has also been updated to look slicker and…
A new web site and forum has sprung up announcing a project to create a spiritual successor to the C64 and C128. Early specification details include: 65C816 CPU at 14MHz 4MB RAM (split between main / video) Custom graphics chip – code named VICKY – providing 640×480 with 256 colors Dual 6581 and dual YM3812 sound chips Local DMA and…
Continuing our showcase of the very best games added to our homebrew gaming database, we take a look at a 16-bit title first released for the Sega Mega Drive back in 2013. Developed and released by Spanish development team, Mojon Twins, Uwol – Quest for Money is an arcade game released initially for the ZX Spectrum, with various ports and conversions…
Revival Studios recently launched two new games for the precursor to the Commodore 64, the VIC-20. With new gameplay trailers recently announced on the developer’s official Twitter feed, the first of these games is Down!, a take on the ‘Endless Runner’ genre where the player must descend vertically through a series of platforms, making sure to drop through any available gap…
Victor Trucco has posted an update on behalf of Henrique and I couldn’t be more excited! They have received the physical samples of the initial plastic injected case which needed some adjustments that were already applied to the moulds. From the pictures, the cases look amazing and exactly like I was hoping they would be. To help us feel the Next…
Richard Bayliss from TND fame is an unsung hero when it comes to the new generation of Commodore 64 gaming. If he’s not busy releasing numerous C64 freeware titles each and every year, he also goes out of his way to promote C64 gaming by holding SEUCK competitions or providing online tutorials available to any aspiring game developer or game…
I recently saw the news about a new release of the ZEsarUX emulator and decided to write a post about it because I think it is one of the best and most versatile emulators around that are still in full development. You can use ZEsarUX on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Raspberry PI. ZEsarUX is more than a ZX Spectrum emulator,…
Fresh from this year’s Schlimeisch party in Frystak comes Schlimeisch Mania II, a competitive multiplayer game by Unreal. With support for 2 to 8 players, the game is definitely guaranteed to put any friendship to the test as you seek to outwit your opponents in this party version of the classic Snake arcade game. The objective of the game is guide…
Longly considered as the pioneer of the sandbox game genre, Skool Daze was released way back in 1984 for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 to great success and is a favourite to many who experienced 8-bit computer gaming in the mid 1980s. There have been a number of remakes of this innovative classic, including last year’s great effort titled…
