Tag: Games

Thimbleweed Park pricing announced – $20 takes you back to 1987 gaming

Ron Gilbert has finally announced the sales price of his new retro-styled adventure game Thimbleweed Park. For those (*cough*me*cough*) that didn’t get in on the Kickstarter, you’ll be able to pick it up on March 30th on GOG, Steam, and Xbox for the low, low price of $20 US (or equivalent, presumably). In case you missed it, Thimbleweed Park is…

Unboxing and review of Cinemaware Retro’s Limited Edition release of “Defender Of The Crown” for the ZX Spectrum

  Andrew Fisher, one of the editors of Scene World Magazine did an unboxing and review of Cinemaware Retro’s Limited Edition release of “Defender Of The Crown” for the ZX Spectrum. Watch it on our YouTube channel: http://scene.world/Spectrdfcrwn

Treasure Hunter Man 2 – Free Retro Platformer!

Teenage sons are already a headache, but if they run away to hunt for treasure, that’s where many a mum might be a bit out of her element. Not Dorothy, however! With a magical compass in hand, Dorothy tracks down her son’s whereabouts to a deserted island. There’ll be no more missed dinners or cursed treasures in THIS household! In…

Rescue – Cute Browser Platformer Fun in the Best Pixel Art Style

The riveting story of a groundhog who has to climb and throw rocks at stuff to save a mouse from a pterodactyl pirate robot thing. A short, early ’80s arcade-styled platformer with 8 levels. The game has a simple premise, where you have to complete each level in a certain amount of time while shooting or avoiding the Thrush and other…

BITBITJam 2015 Retro Homebrew Downloads!

BITBITJam is a RetroGame event where people around the world create a game for old hardware in a weekend. This year’s BITBITJam was held from Fri 24 of July to Sun 26 of July, there were some fantastic entries and you can now download all the retro homebrew goodness over at http://bitbitjam.com/#entries. The winner for Best Confronted Kingdoms Game is Les Quizarables…

Volgarr the Viking – Dreamcast Port!

Volgarr the Viking by Crazy Viking Studios Dreamcast Port by Marc Hall. You are Volgarr! Do you have what it takes to be the greatest Viking Barbarian Lord in the world? Return to the Golden Age of arcade gaming with all-new hardcore action experience that pulls no punches. Playing as Volgarr the Viking, use your sword and spear to slaughter…

'Dr. Who' homebrew-ish game for the first time released for the NES

Join the Doctor in his first big adventure on the NES! The Doctor must save a mysterious planet from the grips all sorts of creatures! There is no ROM available online so we can check the game. Anyone interested will have to put $50 to get the cartridge. The games itself is not exactly a new homebrew game but, according to…

Das Camp [german] – Commodore 64

Das Camp is one of the games in the Forum64 Game Competition 2015. The game is an adventure and is released by TUGCS. Music by Onebitman and SIDWAVE, graphics by Mac, linking by Henning and bug fixing by Dizzy Devil. Forum64 Game Competition 2015. Website: CSDb

Sam’s Journey Update – Sam's Disco Fever!

Another small update for the colourful C64 platformer, Sam’s Journey. Knights of Bytes have released another teaser video titled ‘Sam’s Disco Fever’. On his journey through the strange world, Sam discovers another costume, and this one comes with a twist![fvplayer src=”http://www.vitno.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sams-disco-fever.mp4″ width=”852″ height=”480″]In the first part of today’s video, you can see the beautiful world of Sam’s Journey from a…

Retrogaming Roundup 89 – English Podcast

In this (English language) podcast the following items: Chris Huelsbeck: Super Turrican 2, Chris Wilkins interview, Top 10 games from The C64 In Pixels, Gaming Trivia, Karma 64: Wizball and the Amiga Minute (Individual Computers: New Commodore motherboards). Website: http://www.retrogamingroundup.com