Tag: Retro Game News
Jäästä is a graphical text-based adventure for the MSX1 where you play a penguin and your objective is to buy a “hatching day” gift to your friend Paula. In order to do that, you need money you don’t have. There is where your adventure begins. The premise is simple and the game is short but well-executed. I’ve played the whole…
After escaping from the planet Tantalus, during the trip your ship was damaged by “The Void”. You must now take on a greater threat, the Space Pirates! Way back in October 2016 we gave you the heads up on an awesome game from Cthonian Godkiller’s (Apsis) for the ZX Spectrum 128 called Harbinger Convergence. Harbinger Convergence is a Sci-fi Arcade Adventure…
John Kavanagh has announced to his Kickstarter campaign backers that the issue 1 of the Eight-bit Magazine is in full production and on contrary to what he has published, it won’t have 48 pages, but 60! John also tells that the issue 2 work has started, and he is looking for authors to help make the magazine relevant. I am particularly…
It’s a Pixel THING – Ep.#82 features Psygnosis, the Liverpool-based publisher that was created by some of the people that came from the defunct Imagine Software. On this episode, Pedro Loureiro tells the story about the studio and its legacy, going over the games published by them, including the first one, Brataccus and more. [youtube FCpXjibguLc nolink]
Rob, the host of Atari’s Player/Missile Podcast has been working hard on Omnivore, a cross-platform utility for modern hardware (running Linux, OSX, and Windows) to work with executables or disk images of Atari 8-bit machines. It is actually a very versatile tool since it is, at the same time, a hex editor, a disassembler (with mini-assembler) and a map editor. Developed in…
Jordan Mechner’s first game for the Apple II, Karateka was a huge success that paves the developer path to a successful career that includes the Prince of Persia franchise. After released for the Apple II, Kareteka was ported to many platforms including Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit and ST and many others. But never for the Amiga. After almost…
More of a simulation than a game but no less fun, LITTLE COMPUTER PEOPLE by Activision released in 1985 is the featured game on this episode. If you would like to play along, you can find download links to emulators along with all the games played so far on Sprite Castle following the link below. Link: Sprite Castle
