Tag: Homebrew
Aetherbyte Studios has released a selection of PC Engine games in the past, such as Pac-Man influenced Pyramid Plunder and free mini-game Reflectron, but they have now turned their focus to the MSX with Inferno – a platform action game for MSX2/2+ and to celebrate the near-completeness of the game, they have released this quirky VHS-style commercial. Inferno should be…
Globus is a new ‘old’ release by Paco Lafuente. The game was developed between 1986 and 1987 and was unpublished until recently. The game looks a lot like Pac-Man minus the collecting of pills. Instead you have to try and get to the left side of the screen, collect your energy charge and make your way to the right side to discharge without getting…
Sunteam has released a new ZX Spectrum styled shoot ’em up for Windows. Feeling like a cross between Space Invaders and Missile Command, you have to protect pods from enemy fire, by either destroying the enemies before they can shoot, or intercepting their bullets with your seemingly invincible ship (which slowly follows the horizontal position of your targetting cursor). The…
A new vertical shooter called RMD, short for Raiden MoDoki, has been added to the MSX shooter arsenal. This game, by Naoki Ito from Japan, shows us the power of C compiled games for MSX. It is free to download or play online. MRC user N.I., the handle of Japanese MSX user Naoki Ito, has been busy lately making games….
2077: The human race has stripped the planet clean. All power is now supplied by a single conglomerate – DCR Inc. Renewable energies were not enough to cope with demand. Nuclear energy became mainstream and a new isotope was identified and quickly introduced into production. By the time DCR realised the danger it was too late. The single test station,…
ZERO and the Castle of Infinite Sadness was released earlier as a freeware 32k ROM in the MSXDev ’14. Dioniso has been working on an improved 48k ROM version, with the following enhancements: expanding the stages from 35 to 80 added an intro demo updated graphics fixed sprite detection routines modifying the easy mode so that the screen won’t be…
VIChaos is a port of the Spectrum game for VIC-20. The game requires 16k memory expansion. VIChaos is a turn based wizard battle strategy game for 0-8 players. The original version by Julian Gollop was released on the Spectrum in 1985. This port is based on the GBA port sources (chaos-0.82). Source code is included in the download. Download: vichaos.zip Source:…
Everybody loves Horace, even if nobody is sure what he is. And he’s set to return in Horace in the Mega Vault, a fan-made game in development by Sunteam. It’s an ‘adaptation/expansion’ of Mega Vault, an Imagine title for the Vic-20 where you had to dodge the traps while collecting food and the master key to escape. This version will…
UPDATE: You can now download all versions from the link here. Barbarian was first released for the Commodore 64 in 1987, along with the infamously controversial advert with did nothing to harm its exposure. It’s been converted to many formats but now the PC Engine is finally getting not just one, but multiple versions thanks to F.L. We’ve already had…
















