Laserball 2015 is an Atari ST Arcade Puzzler, originally created as a public domain game, way back in 1991. 24 years later, Thomas Ilg decided to take another look over the code, at first fixing the odd bug here and there. However, over time he ended up creating a much bigger game than originally planned! Since returning to coding the game,…
Joshua Tsui has started a new Kickstarter campaign, trying to get money to make a documentary entitled ‘Insert Coin: Inside Midway’s ’90s Revolution’. The movie will tell the story of the studio behind arcade all-time blockbusters like Mortal Kombat, NBA Jam and Cruis’n USA. “Insert Coin talks to the developers of each game and lays out how all the games…
TheGebs24 YouTube channel has published a video showing her visit to SMS Electronics, the manufacturer behind the ZX Spectrum Vega production. As you probably remember, the Spectrum Vega was developed by Retro Computers Ltd and comes pre-loaded with 1000 classic Spectrum games. The 13-minute long video shows some live demo of the machine, and also the production line where it…
Bomber is a new game for the Atari 8-bit computers, and it is based on a game of the same name released back in 1992, for the Commodore Format magazine cover tape. Based on Kaboom by Activision, the gameplay is fairly simple. The Mad bomber drops bombs from the top of different scenarios, and at the bottom, the player controls…
We posted few months back news about an upcoming Commodore Smartphone. Today Wired Magazine has published an article where the reporter tell us everything about his talk with the company behind it, and also his impressions of the prototype he tested. According to the article the phone, powered by Android, is actually well-built, with good specs and a very nice…
John Riggs just made what is probably one of the most touching tributes in memory of Satoru Iwata. He hacked Balloon Fight, replacing the protagonist with another image resembling Iwata. He also made the balloons shaped like Kirby. Riggs mentions on his video (below) that Iwata sprite was actually taken from Earthbound, another game that he was involved with. [youtube…
Don’t worry, you are not branching out to Home Decor, but this is actually pretty neat (and “retro-related”) so we thought you would like to know about it. Murals Wallpaper has just release a new ‘Retro Game’ line of wallpapers murals. The design is made from control pads and handhelds, and there are several colour patterns to choose from. If…
To celebrate 31th anniversary of the Amstrad CPC, Chris “NovaBug” Weatherley has made a 1-hour long video presenting 464 games running on Amstrad CPC. Some great, Some bad, some ugly, but all on the Amstrad. All games featured here are playable on the CPC464, but some may require the additional 64k memory pak and FD1 floppy disk drive. No GX4000…
Gamepolis celebrates the 30th anniversary of the launch of the first computer Commodore Amiga (1985), a pioneer in digital multimedia authoring system and platform that enabled a huge leap in quality in the world of video games thanks to its graphics, sound and processing capabilities. Founded in 1954, Commodore was one of the inventors of the concept “personal computer” and…
Being lost isn’t scary… it’s an adventure! Lumo is an isometric, arcade adventure game, of the same ilk as revered 8 Bit classics: Head Over Heels, Knightlore, Alien 8, Chimera and Solstice. You play the part of a young wizard, lost in the depths of a mysterious castle that’s part museum, part death-trap. Explore more than 150 rooms, solve physical…
