KansasFest, the annual gathering of Apple ][ enthusiasts, is now open for 2018 registration. Users, programmers, hobbyists, and retrocomputing enthusiasts are invited to Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, from Tuesday, July 17, through Sunday, July 22, for six days and five nights of sessions, demos, announcements, contests, and camaraderie. The keynote speaker this year will be Roger Wagner of…
The group Bitshifters has released a port of Jordan Mechner’s Prince of Persia to the BBC Micro. Project coder “Kieran” writes that After the original Apple II 6502 source code was recovered and uploaded to GitHub by the author Jordan Mechner, I decided to take it upon myself to port this to the BBC Master computer, given that it shares the same…
The C64 game scene is currently undergoing somewhat of a renaissance in respect to the release of new quality titles with original story content. Knight ‘n’ Grail would have kicked off this phenomena when it was originally released back in 2009, with its high production values and engrossing gameplay. Nine years on & we thought it might be time for…
Here at ViTNO, not only do we bring you the very latest news on retro games, we love to play them too! Going back and revisiting classic games from our past is all well and good, but it’s always exciting to try new games being developed by the community as well! One particular title that was recommended to me by…
We’ve been keeping our ever-watchful eyes on the latest indie releases on Steam and we’ve turned up a title that might just appeal to all you puzzle fans out there! Light Fantastik is a platform puzzler that boasts several innovative features that sets it apart from other games in the genre. According to the Steam description, the objective of the…
Crisot recently announced his new Amiga game on the English Amiga Board Forum. SweepOut is a MineSweeper clone where you have to make the highest score, rule the hi-score table, and show the world how good you are! But beware, if your score can’t be beaten, it can be destroyed! To play this game properly, you need an online Amiga…
Some of you might remember Psytronik’s 2007 C64 game called “Joe Gunn”. A charming platformer in the style of Indiana Jones. You can now grab the digital download version for free! over on Itch.io. You are Joseph J. Gunn. Archaeologist by passion. By chance you stumbled upon an unknown pyramid in the desert of Egypt. You suspect it to be…
A new teaser video of the eagerly anticipated “Heroes of Gorluth” has been shared by Viddi over on the EAB forums. Heroes of Gorluth is a game by AmiWorx, the same people who made Tales of Gorluth and Tales of Gorluth II. Unlike the previous games, the team have decided to move away from Action and Adventure and over to…
As you may have noticed, we have a couple of new writers on Vintage is the New Old. Alec Foster joined us a few weeks ago. You may have already read some of his fantastic Retro ramblings and Retro Game Reviews. Our second new author is Louie Dimovski, he is our latest Retro News Poster and will also be writing…
Dave Clarke of Impossabubble fame, has announced on Facebook that he’s updating his old game “Brick Racer” for the ZX Spectrum. The game was originally made last year, and judging by his comments on the AGD Facebook Group, it looks like he’s making good progress. It’s getting there. I plan to also have a ‘modern’ version. At the moment I…
