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[youtube jbyieoV_DqU#t=13 nolink] Mighty Retro Zero is a minimalistic game where you control a tiny player like Megaman with full references to old great games using only 8 colors, pixels like punches and addictive gameplay. The idea of the game is to create various modes like History, challenges, time attack and others that can be added in the future. The…
[youtube KhExOQMMwfc nolink] Two ships battle an endless war in space and time!Redshift Blueshift is a vicious hyper-paced tournament-style pong-like 2D shooter in which two pilots fight for glory in their variable paddle ships! Power up your shields, unleash a horde of drones and homing missiles on your opponent and keep the hyper-ball in play! Play with two players, single…
After 30 years trying to get 20,000 on Atari 2600 Pitfall game, Mikey Shake finally did it, and he has photos to prove it. Now he is seeking Activision to give him his deserved prize, as one of the members of Pitfall Harry’s Explorers’ Club. As he states in his post, the Club’s offer didn’t have any expiration date, so…
You have to read this! It is a two-part article telling the story about the Amiga, but also touching its main competitors: Atari and Apple Macintosh. At the beginning the article doesn’t start as I was expecting: The Amiga, especially in its original 1985 incarnation, was a terrible computer. The operating system that shipped with it was painfully buggy. If…
This is a very interesting article showing how to emulate an Apple II using a microcontroller, like the Arduino Uno. The author shows how he implemented first the 6502 emulator, and then added the BASIC Interpreter. The first original Apple II had 4k or RAM, and the Arduino emulator provides only 1.5K free, which is enough to run some small…
[youtube mva4h1n5Dwc nolink]Features* 1-4 simultaneous players* Realistic and challenging AI* 3 difficulty levels* Unlockable bonuses* Halftime show mini-game* Comprehensive statistics Available as Digital Download (for emulators), C64 Disk and C64 Cartridge Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/throwbackgamesTwitter: https://twitter.com/throwback_gamesWebsite: https://www.throwbackgames.net
Over on the ‘World of Jani‘ website the VU-sette schematics are now available. You can now build your own VU-sette! Below are a few words from Jani about the VU-sette. ‘I was making backups of old turbo-tapes to disk and noticed that the quality was very poor on some tapes. I have a LOAD-IT datasette with a signal meter. Problem…
[youtube pcWWbNKPeNY nolink] In a manner of the best visual games, SUPERVERSE is a 3D space arcade video-game with spacecrafts, lasers, rockets and other weapons in a space combat. You can only count on own reflexes, speed, weapon destructive power and shield to protect yourself while taking care of enemy spaceships, asteroids, explosions and particles around. SUPERVERSE game is currently…
[youtube ewtfl24vCik nolink] Sydney Hunter and the Caverns of Death is a new retro-style adventure/puzzle platformer for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Armed only with his trusty boomerang, Sydney must navigate dark caverns while avoiding bats, ghosts, hot lava and other obstacles. If you can survive all 10 caverns, you will be able to win your freedom.Your support for this…
[youtube UZnHsds1Vr8 nolink] Seems like Bruce Lee has the spotlight this year, what with the excellent Bruce Lee II that was recently released for the Commodore 64. Now we have been blessed with a Sega Master System version of the original and boy it looks good! Awesome colourful graphics, superb gameplay true to the original. It’s hard to find any…
