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In this exciting episode, we dive into the vibrant world of retro gaming with special guest Brett Weiss! Brett is an author, historian, and a true connoisseur of classic video games. With a deep passion for gaming history, Brett has penned several books, including the acclaimed “Classic Home Video Games” series and “The 100 Greatest Console Video Games: 1977-1987” and…
NesDev Compo is a game development competition that has been a staple of the NES Homebrew community for over 10 years. The 2022 edition just ended, and the winners have been announced – which means you have a lot of new games to play! Michael Sharpe, member of the Team Disposable, who participated in the compo with the game “They…
Back to the future is an all time classic movie franchise, but how were the games? Lets find out.
In 1987 Capcom, under the guidance of director “Akira Kitamura” released Mega Man on the Nintendo Entertainment System, sales were disappointing, to the point where a sequel was canned..until the developers within Capcom decided to produce the game in their own free time. And then on the 24th December 1988 Rockman 2 was released to the Japanese Public. And a…
Back in the late 80`s there was a phenomenon about to launch in the UK, (No i`m not talking about shell suits) i`m talking about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (In the UK the Ninja was replaced to Hero Because…you know….reasons). Konami released one of the greatest arcade games ever into the arcade in 1989, the 4 player simultaneous play…
The 4MHz team are excited to announce that they have commenced development on Malasombra, an action adventure game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Set in legends and fairy tales, Malasombra is an ambitious project carefully designed to provide gamers with an epic adventure, featuring an exciting story where nothing is what it seems. The backstory to Malasombra sees you…
Morphcat Games has launched a Kickstarter campaign to crowd-fund the release of Micro Mages, a new platform game for the NES. Players must enter the Demon Fortress and pit their wits against the many perils that await them inside. Hidden somewhere in the dank depths of this foreboding edifice is a great treasure, but it is protected by an army of…
Sam’s Journey is a high quality platform game for the C64 that has achieved critical acclaim since its launch in late December for pushing the old 8-bit PC to its technical limits while at the same time providing a great gaming experience that more than matches that what is offered by other 8-bit classics such as Mayhem in Monsterland and…
The gaming market is awash of retro gaming hardware solutions, providing the ability to play original cartridge games natively up-scaled from their original resolution to allow them to look good on modern HD televisions. Playmaji is looking to take this a step further with the impending launch of POLYMEGA, a modular retro gaming system that supports multiple cartridge based and…
The Mojon twins have recently released a brand new NES port of their 2013 ZX Spectrum game Bootèe. Bootèe is a very nice platformer starring Cheril, a semi naked girl in a boot, who can’t stop jumping! This is most definitely not your typical game, however you can’t say the idea isn’t original! As you can imagine the NES version is…
