Tag: Retro Gaming News

Look for the “Bear Essentials”, Those Simple Bear Essentials, Arriving on your 64 this ‘Eve!

“Bear?” asked Hedgehog. “What’s that you’ve got there?”“It’s a new C64 game from Pond”. Bear said with abig smile on his face, “and it’s got ME in it, look!”“Oh”, squeaked Hedgehog. “Can I have a go?” Help Bear collect fruit for the winter in this new platform game featuring simultaneous music and sfx. Face 60 enemy types while exploring 60…

Three New Commodore Emulator Updates, WinUAE 3.4.0 Final, Vice 3.0, YAPE 1.0.11

For those of you that just don’t have enough room in your house to store so much classic hardware, there is always emulation. I have used emulation for a long time now, in fact it was the main reason I bought a pc computer way back in 1998, after seeing Magic Engine emulator running on a friends Pentium 3 450mhz….

Early Footage Videos, Soulless 2 & Argus, Commodore 64

While browsing the Hyperionc64 Facebook page, I came across a couple of interesting early footage videos of two upcoming C64 titles. First up is the sequel to Soulless, aptly named Soulless 2, showing a human character exploring the forest. The second is an Adventure game called Argus. Check out the videos below, but please bear in mind these are VERY…

Locators Synd Preview &DT, Genesis Project, Commodore 64

Hedning from Genesis Project contacted me recently to give us the heads up on Locators Synd Preview &DT for the Commodore 64. Here’s a few words from the man himself :) Genesis Project give you a preview of a very, VERY promising new strategy game called Locators Synd, translated from German to English by WertStahl, and linked by L.A.Style. Docs…

SHOTGUN Commodore 64 Christmas Edition!

With the flood of ZX Spectrum games, we thought it was only fair to announce some C64 goodness today. ZeHa kindly emailed us recently to let us know about his Christmas version of Shotgun for the Commodore 64. This version was actually released way back in November but must of slipped the Vitno net. :) Shotgun X-Mas Edition is a…

In the Walls of Eryx, New Speccy Action/Puzzle Game by Kevin McGrorty

“In the Walls of Eryx” is a brand new game for the 128k ZX-Spectrum by Monster’s Legs Productions, using Jonathan Cauldwell’s Arcade Game Designer. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and Kenneth J Sterling’s short story (with the kind permission of Arkham House), the game follows the adventures of Private Stansfield after he crash-lands in the Erycinian Highlands of Venus and combs…

Crappy Crates, New Spectrum Puzzle Game by The Death Squad

Crappy Crates is a new Christmas game by Death Squad for the ZX Spectrum 48/128/Vega/Next. You have been placed on another MWA. This time you have to stack crates laden with Christmas crap into the designated pick up areas. Various creatures are out to make your life a misery, and a filthy old pervert dressed as Father Christmas has took…

Cybermania, A New Maze Action Game by Payndz for the ZX Spectrum

Seems we are overrun with new ZX Spectrum releases this week, we have yet another new game, this time from Payndz over at World of Spectrum Forums. Payndz is new to creating games on the Spectrum and Cybermania is his first attempt at writing a game in AGD. From the thread on WoS, Payndz mentions that the game is a…

Stela II – The Secrets of Doctor Malfario, New ZX Spectrum Game from Steve Trower

Steve Trower has released a new maze/puzzle game for the ZX Spectrum titled “Stela II – The Secrets of Doctor Malfario”. Testing his new machine, “Stela”, the Doctor Malfario, in a strange time travel has been lost in parallel worlds. Your mission is to guide Doctor Malfario in his small spacecraft “Stela” back to his mansion through 5 different worlds,…

The Unofficial Zombo’s Christmas Capers, ZX Spectrum

He’s back, and this time it’s Christmas! Zombo returns in this brand new completely unofficial game for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum! Now featuring 76% less game-breaking bugs than the first game in the series! Story Centuries of overwork and stress have finally taken their toll – Santa has suffered a psychotic break and gone missing from his workshop in North…