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MIG n ZIGGY is a new platformer in development. Mig is an alien and Ziggy is the drone. The current focus of the work on this game is fine tuning of the design and a lot of pixel work lies according to the author (Invent), including the main character. Invent has kept to a 320×256 C64 16 colour palette and I…
Equality was originally written under PC-DOS by Jean-Michel Martin Santero then adapted by Bruno Ethvignot. An earlier version had been developed on the Amiga in 1991, but unfortunately was never finalised. This version was very different, but deemed too complex by many. Equality was programmed in machine language MC68000 with Devpac assembler and runs on Amiga OCS and 512 KB…
Xenopew is a new horizontal shoot-em-up by Lemming880 made in Backbone. Backbone is a game creation kit for AmigaOS 3.x which is fully GUI-based, there’s no programming or scripting required to make your very own games, similar to, but much more powerful than SEUCK. With Backbone you can create platformers and run & guns like Ruff & Tumble or Superfrog,…
Another day, another try, but remember.. SHOOT OR DIE! Earok (Erik Hogan) over at Unofficial CD32 Ports has updated his lovely website with yet another new release. This time round it’s something very special for all you die hard Turrican fans out there! Get ready for the Turrican Anthology! You may remember back in 2011, RGCD released a similar compilation….
While the Super Nintendo may have had an excellent Game Boy adapter to play the pocket-sized classics on the big screen, Sega never released an equivalent for their colourful Game Gear handheld. With a hefty amount of solder and a custom built board, one retro gamer has made his very own 2-in-1 Master System with a Game Gear cartridge slot…
The Nintendo 64DD is often regarded as being one of those highly collectible items we’d all love to own, but in reality the lack of available games for the add-on make it a tough purchase to justify. Although the lure of an F-Zero X Expansion Pack, Sim City 64 and the first appearance of Doshin The Giant may be tempting,…
Genesis Project are the winners of this years C64 Music Competition at VallaKonvent #1.Download the .d64 below and run it on your Commodore 64 or C64 Emulator and listen to the 8580 awesomeness. Congratulations G*P :) [youtube eZUAr217FKA nolink]Download: Premonition-Stinsen-GP.zipWebsite: CSDb, Genesis Project
Z-Exemplar is a side-scrolling shooter in the tradition of R-Type, Gradius, Nemesis and other classic arcade games from the past. Borrowing its aesthetic from the computers of yesteryear (specifically the Sinclair ZX Spectrum) Z-Exemplar combines bright, bold, 8-bit pixel art with frantic action and an epic mission to conquer a galaxy of almost 1000 planets. Produced by Suminell Studios, it’s…
Crystal Chip Collector is a fast puzzle platformer where the goal is to “optimize” a computer full of redundant parts. Taking place within a crammed and hopelessly messy computer, the game follows a good spirit in his fight for restoring balance. Includes five polarity based worlds (ten levels each) plus a tutorial. Each room usually has an “optimal” solution but…
Arcade and Speccy fans, we have a real treat for you today! EXPLORER is a new Scramble clone for the ZX Spectrum computer. Originally coded in basic in 1989, Luca Bordoni decided to revamp his code using an assembly routine, a new font set and some other small improvements. If you don’t remember or have never played the original version…
