1985 Alternative and The Mojo Twins are ready to release at any moment the new Genesis/Mega Drive game Mega Cheril Perils. The game is based on another title developed by the Mojo Twins for the ZX Spectrum where you controls Cheril who is tasked with freezing time on each stage through a time capsule, which then allow you to dispose of the…
I’ve never seen an Amstrad CPC face-to-face, but after reading about it and playing with emulators, I wish a had personal experience with this machine for its capabilities. Nonetheless, it is always good to see new games coming out for the platform. This time, we welcome ‘Adios a la Casta Episode 1’ by 4Mhz group. The game is still in…
Christmas has passed with tons of new games for several retro computers, but there is still time to get some joy for your Amiga. It was released the ‘2015 Amiga CD32 Christmas Community Compilation Special’ put together by Earok. On this release there’s a huge variety of unreleased commercial games, full PD games, demos of upcoming releases, demoscene productions, Atari ST…
A new version of the Z88dk development environment for Z80 based computer like the Amstrad CPC, Cambridge Z88, MSX, Sinclair ZX 81, Sinclair ZX Spectrum was just released. The release is a transition release on the way to v2.0 which aims on using the SDCC compiler instead of the Small-C compiler, which was used before. This leads to much faster…
WHDLoad is a popular AmigaOS Harddisk-Install package that’s been around for many many years as a commercial product. It has been made the life of Amiga users way easier to install and play their favorite games. Starting now on version 18.2, WHLoad is completely free, making the WinUAE and FS-UAW Christmas day even better. Source: WHDLoad
I’ve been enjoying reading the Digital Antiquarian blog articles for a while. They are aways very well written and informative about the history of video game. Jimmy Maher Jimmy Maher announced that he is releasing for free a set of eBooks from a compilation of his old articles. There are currently 8 ebooks available in epub or mobi (Kindle) formats. All…
‘E-Type’ was first released for the BBC Micro in 1989. The game is a version of the Arcade driving game Out Run (Sega) where you basically have to drive as much as you can avoiding incoming traffic and obstacles. Fast-forward to 2015, Fandal and Irgendwer decided to make a port of the game for the Atari 130XE and the result is…
It has been published today the Commodore 64 the Disk Magazine Attitude issue 16, reminds us how things were before the Internet and fancy websites (like ours!). The magazine mostly covers the C64 Demo Scene, with news from the groups and what happened in 2015. The nicest thing about the magazine is how well it is produced and the quality…
Mr Atari has given to all of us an amazing Xmas present, ‘Lost in Space’ a new game for the Atari 8-bit computers. The game guide starts with “You are a space-captain racing against rivaling lunar-landers. Your goal is to land and rendezvous 15 times. Can you beat the competition or set an unbeatable mission-time?” The game contains five challenging…
RevEng user on Atariage has organized a new wiki page about programming for the Atari 7800 at 7800.8bitdev.org. He explains that “those of us that have taken up 7800 development can attest that there’s a lot of information scattered about the net on programming the 7800, but much of it is outdated, and much of it is languishing. The wiki…
