Tag: asteroids

Genblast! New Homebrew Space Shoot ’em Up for ZX Spectrum

Good afternoon Retro Gamers, today we have a special Homebrew treat for you all, Dave Hughes has released a new Shoot ’em up for your Speccy! Dave decided to set himself a goal and see what could be achieved using an old game engine, his choice was Games Designer from Quicksilva Ltd released in 1983! This program is well known…

Breakout – New book about the history of Atari 8-bit computers

I love retro computing history and every time I see a new book coming out I get excited and hope it is really good! Yesterday a new book came out – Breakout: How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation. The history of Atari is already told by the excellent Atari Inc. Business is Fun. However, a more straightforward approach to Atari 8-bit computers…

Atari will release 100 Classic Games on Steam

Even with all emulation available, including the awesome in-browser one provided by the Internet Archive, there are people that would love to have some classic games in their Steam game list. For those who believe are in that category, know that Atari will  release 100 classic games on Steam, part of its Atari Vault. With that package, you will be able…

'ARC-AID' event being held in Cambridge, UK on June 13th

The Centre for Computing History in Cambridge will be holding the ‘Arc-Aid: Cambridge’ event on Saturday 13th June, with the aim of bringing together members of the online arcade community to repair and restore some of the museum’s arcade machines. Engineers from across the country will gather to open arcade cabinets, extract circuit boards, solder, prod and probe until the…

SUPERVERSE

[youtube pcWWbNKPeNY nolink] In a manner of the best visual games, SUPERVERSE is a 3D space arcade video-game with spacecrafts, lasers, rockets and other weapons in a space combat. You can only count on own reflexes, speed, weapon destructive power and shield to protect yourself while taking care of enemy spaceships, asteroids, explosions and particles around. SUPERVERSE game is currently…

Arcade Party 'Play Blackpool' Dates Announced

The UK’s favourite Arcade, Indie & Retro video gaming expo returns to the Norbreck Castle Exhibition Centre! From the event Facebook page, “Expect to see all your favourites – Space Harrier, Pacman, Star Wars, Galaxian or perhaps Outrun and give smashing your personal best one more go. If beating a PB isn’t your thing, come and watch Jon Stoodley try…