User Bryan at AtariAge has announced there will be another run of his Utimate Atari Video board for the Atari 8-bit systems. This board generates superb composite and s-video (separate) signals from all 8-bit computer systems as well as the XEGS, 2600 / VCS, 5200, and 7800 consoles. It incorporates many features designed to clean up the often terrible video…
I’m one of these people who loves Amiga game music or Soundtracker/Protracker music modules, to the point of recording them onto cassette or Minidisc and listening to them while walking, traveling etc. However there was one thing that always put me off, that incredibly uncomfortable stereo separation which took the feeling away from the music itself. The Amiga’s sound chip…
We have some more Kickstarter News today and it’s not about the Next! Antoine Gohin (glutock) contacted us a few days ago to let us know that his Kickstarter project for “Twin Dragons” has started. We are very pleased to announce to the world that so far the project has reached a whopping €17,478 pledged of an €8,000 goal! But it’s not…
The first of the ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter campaign stretch goals established by the development team was to use a bigger and better FPGA. Since the stretch goal was reached, they started to think what to do with the extra power. The Next is already equipped with three AY audio chips (the original Spectrum 128 had one) which is probably more than enough…
The German Atari club ABBUC (Atari Bit Byter User Club) is holding a new contest. This time they are calling out for new hardware development for the Atari 8-bit machines. The basic rule is that any non-commercial hardware that is ready to go or in development targeting the Atari 8-bit series 600XL, 800XL, 65XE, 800XE, and 130XE can enter the contest, which…
I remember to play Time Pilot for the Atari 2600 back in the 80’s and it was one of the best ones I had at the time, even with the not-so-good graphics the 2600 would offer compared to its arcade counterpart. Now, after 35 years, the Atari 8-bit computers get its well-deserved port, and a fantastic one! The game, developed by…
As you know, the Super Famicom is the Japanese cousin of the Super Nintendo. What you probably don’t know is that there will be a new cartridge being released for it in 2017! The game is not a brand new homebrew, as you could expect when reading the headline. Kaizou Choujin Shubibinman Zero was actually released in 1997 as a digital download…
Mostly inspired by Allen Huffman and his excellent series of articles about Cross development and Extended Color Basic (CoCo Cross Development part 1, part 2, and part 3), I decided to try coding in BASIC for the CoCo using a modern editor. Equipped with MAME as emulator and LWTools to create and modify disk images, using the decb utility, I create…
As I am writing this post, the ZX Spectrum Next campaign is entering its last week and is £991 short to reach the astonishing mark of half million pounds! Henrique and team had created a new stretch goal to be unlocked after the £500,000 mark that will make all backers very happy: a new Dizzy game made exclusively for the ZX Spectrum…
If you are into BASIC programming and the ZX Spectrum, here is a great opportunity to make something fun with your little machine! It was announced a game jam exclusively for ZX Spectrum games written in BASIC. The general jam rules allow you to create a game in one of the following categories: Arcade / Platformer Adventure (Text or Graphical)…
