Tag: Platformer

Bomb Jack Remake! – Coming to a Commodore 64 Near You!

Yes you heard correct! Bomb Jack is being remade and we had a quick chat with Retrofan from Forum64 and he gave us the heads up on what’s happening and also when this new improved version will be available to all you Commodore fans out there! Are you excited yet? ;) We all know that the original C64 version of…

Driar – Cute Homebrew Platformer Fun on the Nintendo Entertainment System!

Driar is a platform game for the Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom written by Stefan Adolfsson and David Eriksson. Rickard Nilsson helped out in early development. The game is designed for PAL (50Hz) systems, but works well on NTSC (60Hz) systems as well. The game and music will however play a bit faster on a NTSC system.Objective Take control of Driar and…

The Game – Homebrew Platformer Fun On The Amiga & CD32!

‘The Game’ is an Amiga homebrew platformer made with AMOS Pro by jayminer. Heavily inspired by You Have to Win the Game, Jay mentions that this was something he made a couple of years ago, but thought it was time to release it to the public. Quote from the forum thread‘I consider this a version 0.9 of the game but…

PuzCat – Jump'n Run Fun on the Amiga!

PuzCat is a new Amiga homebrew game created in AMOS by Mrs Beanbag. The aim of the game is to collect all the mice in a level and then get to the exit, while avoiding the dogs. You can also push blocks around. You can kill the dogs by squashing them with a block or if you bounce high enough…

Sam’s Journey Update – Play It Again, Sam!

Another small update for the colourful upcoming C64 platformer. This time Knights of Bytes have blessed us with some sidtastic tunage! On his journey, Sam will find himself in lots of different places with each a very distinct mood. The soundtrack of the game is going to reflect this: every single graphical setting will be accompanied by its own special…

Super 48k Box – Super Crate Box Demake!

andrewvanbeck from World of Spectrum forums has blessed us with a new game to kick off the weekend! Super 48k Box is a demake of Super Crate Box by Vlambeer. Andrew mentions that this is not affiliated with them in any way, just a fan game made for good old speccy. Key controls are shown on the title screen, supports…

Kung Fu Maniacs Trilogy by Psytronik Software

Alf Yngve has kindly sent us over a review copy of the upcoming release, Kung Fu Maniacs Trilogy. We reviewed 1,000 Kung-Fu Maniacs way back in 2011, you can read the full review here. I am going to concentrate more on the third game of this Trilogy as I feel that most, if not all of you, are already familiar…

Dead Flesh Boy – ZX Spectrum Meat Boy demake!

Dead Flesh Boy is made with the awesome Arcade Game Designer by Jonathan Cauldwell. The game has a total of 15 levels, some of them are quite tricky but lots of fun. This game is not approved or connected with Team Meat in any way, it’s a fan made demake designed to capture the fluid controls and precise gameplay. Note…

BiT Evolution – Steam Early Access

‘BiT: Evolution’ is a modern-retro platformer that pays homage to video gaming from the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s. This single player game follows the story of the main character, BiT. BiT starts as a simple puck from a hockey video game who finds his way outside his world and into the realm of code; A mysterious place found between game…

Unofficial CD32 Ports Updates

Earok (Erik Hogan) over at Unofficial CD32 Ports has updated his lovely website with two new CD32 releases. Solomon’s Key 1 & 2A twin pack of both of the games in the “Solomon’s Key” series. What makes it different is neither of these games have ever received a commercial Amiga release, Solomon’s Key 1 is the Atari ST version unofficially…