Tag: Homebrew Games

Monty and the Temple of Lost Souls, ZX Spectrum, Full Review

Well, where can I start, it’s been a long ride, Andy was very kind enough to send over various beta versions and then a full version of Temple of Lost Souls, and we spent some good time before release day, play testing the game and discussing ideas and such. Fortunately we found no bugs, and now the game has been…

Meteor Wave, A New Lightpen Game by tokra for the Vic-20!

An unusual and refreshing change to see a game based on destruction of the earth! The game runs on unexpanded PAL VIC-20 with Lightpen! The lightpen needs a trigger (joy left) and calibration inside the program may be needed. You will also need a CRT-display as lightpens will not work with modern TFTs. If you don’t have a light pen,…

$B, VIC-20 Port of Gabriele Cirulli’s Puzzle Game 2048

$B is a minimalist port of the game 2048 for unexpanded VIC-20. WASD to move, R to restart. Source is included in the zip. Download: $b.zip Original Game: http://git.io/2048 Source: Vic-20 Denial

Monty and the Temple of Lost Souls Map Released!

Well I guess you are all playing Andy Johns new Speccy Homebrew game “Monty and the Temple of Lost Souls” by now. We have some good news for you this evening, Andy has sent over a full map of the game which is in .png format. We will be posting a full review soon, stay tuned! :) Download: Monty Map…

Castle Capers, New AGD Spectrum Homebrew Release by Gabriele Amore!

The dream fairies have been kidnapped by the evil Mouse King and his acolytes. Use you magic to rescue them. Made with AGD for your beloved color-clashy Zx Spectrum! Castle Capers is probably my most joyful, colourful game. I spent long hours to get the graphics just right and it is my true act of love for my beloved Speccy. Thanks Jonathan Cauldwell…

Oh Mummy! Remake for the Intellivision by nanochess

Oh Mummy is a computer game originally for the Amstrad CPC models of home computer. It was developed by Gem Software and published by Amsoft in 1984. It was often included in the free bundles of software that came with the computer. The object of the game is to unveil all of the treasure within each level (or pyramid) of the…

The Darkness of Raven Wood, by Rucksack Games, BBC Micro/Electron

The year is 1862. You received a letter from your old childhood friend Raynard. You have kept in touch on and off since you left your village for the city to find work and a more interesting lifestyle. Raynard elected to stay and eventually moved to a neighbouring village called Raven Wood to take over the running of his fathers’…

Thursday Retro Gaming News Updates

Now we are finally up and running with the new look website, our next plan is migrating some pages from CiA. Fred Fish disks, 17Bit Software Public Domain, Box Art, Articles and Reviews. Currently the games pages are up on the site but they still need some work, mostly screenshots and adding new games. Keep an eye on the site…

From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years available now on Vimeo

From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years has now been released digitally exclusively on Vimeo on Demand.   From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years tells the story of how the Commodore Amiga was created and then how once released in 1985 it went onto to help change not only the way games were played and experienced but also how they were designed for…

Slime Deluxe – Improved version of a great C64 game

Less than a month ago, we reported the launch of a great game, Slime, based on the original title by Jim Summers for the Commodore PET. I’ve played the game, and although I’ve found it fascinating and fun, it looked to PETsy. That is not necessarily a bad thing but for sure it didn’t explore all the great things that the…