Tag: Donkey Kong
Cast your mind back to the very early 80’s when the golden age of the video arcade was just getting underway and you’ll no doubt remember the old table top electronic games that were produced to cash in on the craze. If you’re parents couldn’t quite afford an Atari 2600, G7000 or Intellivision – these were the next best thing!…
Jim Bagley has released some new interesting News regarding info about game loading screens on the ZX Spectrum Next and a New Game! Jim wrote: A quick test to see what some new loading screens could look like :) these were just some ST loading screens quickly resized to 256×192 and put into Spectrum Next palette. Let me know what…
Today we have some fantastic News about a brand new Atari ST Homebrew game by Cerebral Vortex. Crash Time Plumber is something very unique, combining the concept of Donkey Kong and Popeye. The game was presented last Saturday (12/11/16) at Silly Venture 2k16, the biggest Atari European convention held in Economic-Trade Schools in Gdansk. It placed first in its category,…
Donkey Kong is an arcade game released by Nintendo in 1981, an early example of the platform game genre, as the gameplay focuses on maneuvering the main character across a series of platforms while dodging and jumping over obstacles. In the game, Mario (originally named Mr.Video and then Jumpman) must rescue a damsel in distress named Pauline, from a giant…
Donkey Kong Jr. is a 1982 arcade-style platform video game by Nintendo. It first appeared in Arcades, and, over the course of the 1980’s, was later released for a variety of platforms, most notably the Nintendo Entertainment System. Donkey Kong Jr. is the sequel to the video game Donkey Kong, which featured Mario as the hero and Junior’s father as the villain…
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…
The Atariage RetroGamer128 has announced a new magazine dedicated to the Atari 7800. There are over 50 pages of content, exclusive interviews, info on lost games (including a game nobody knew about!), reviews, tips & cheats, archives, features and more! RetroGamer128 mentions that the first issue is digital as a PDF file, but if there is enough demand we do…
Star Raiders is one of the most pleased games released for the Atari 8-bit machines. Created by Doug Neubauer, it was released in cartridge form by Atari in 1979. It was big news last week (yeah, I know, I am late) that Kevin Savetz had received the full source code listing of Star Raiders, and he was about to scan…
Today is a sad day for all Nintendo fans. Satoru Iwata dies at only 55, victim of a tumour. He joined Nintendo in 1980, and became the company president in 1993. In his time as President, Iwata oversaw some of the strongest (Wii, DS) and weakest (GameCube, Wii U) periods in Nintendo’s history as a video game company. Last year,…