Tag: Retro Gaming News

Latest C64 Updates from Richard Bayliss, The New Dimension Website (TND)

Latest downloads over at The New Dimension are as follows: Valkyrie 3 – The Night Witch by Eleanor Burns Arhena the Amazon – Special Edition T.N.D C64Mini Collection Pack Website: tnd64.unikat.sk

Latest Amiga WHDLoad Updates

WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. The following installers have been added up to 2018-04-26. 2018-04-26 improved: Amazing SpiderMan (Paragon/Oxford Digital/Empire) another version supported (Info,Image) 2018-04-25 improved: Crystal Hammer (reLINE) unlimited lives and reset hiscores added, dma wait patched, quitkey works on 68000 (Info) 2018-04-23 improved: Coala (Empire) copy protection screen completely skipped,…

Planet Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games News and Updates!

As an avid Speccy fan, I often visit the fantastic Planet Sinclair website. It’s a mountain of ZX Spectrum information, and there is always something new there to read. The website is not native English, however I personally think it is worth running it through a translator, Chrome browser has one built in and comes in very handy. Listed below…

Latest Amiga WHDLoad Updates

WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. The following installers have been added up to 2018-04-10. 2018-04-10 fixed: Dynamo (Code Masters) access fault fixed, ext. mem size increased to 512k, interrupts fixed, 68000 quitkey support, 3 blitter waits added (v2), built-in cheat can be enabled by pressing C (Info) 2018-04-09 improved: Elvira – Mistress…

Counterweight Kate for Commodore 64 Now Available on itch.io

Cogitare Computing is pleased to announce the release of Counterweight Kate for the Commodore 64. Counterweight Kate sees you take on the role of Kate who wakes up one night to find that her toys have come alive and found themselves in a bit of trouble. So its up to you to put on your bike helmet and set off…

ROMhacking.net Latest Rom Hacks and Translations

Romhacking.net have updated their awesome website with some brand new Rom Hacks and Translations! Rom Hacks Zelda II – The Triforce Of Courage (Zelda II: The Adventure of Link)(NES) Uncle Mario Bros. (Super Mario Bros.)(NES) Super Mario Kart Devanny Dark Edition (Super Mario Kart)(SNES) Super Mario Bros 3.87 Heartless (The Burst Shoes Edition) (Super Mario Bros. 3)(NES) Metroid: Spooky Mission…

ZX Spectrum Next Setback – Further Delays Expected

Henrique Olifiers has provided backers of the ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter with an update on the project, unfortunately disclosing some frustrating news. The company that was going to produce the plastic keyboard casing for the Next has inexplicably dropped the project leaving the Next project team to source an alternate supplier. Despite the setback, Olifiers confirmed that the team are…

Two New Retro Game Writers Join Vintage is the New Old! Please Welcome Alec Foster and Louie Dimovski!

As you may have noticed, we have a couple of new writers on Vintage is the New Old. Alec Foster joined us a few weeks ago. You may have already read some of his fantastic Retro ramblings and Retro Game Reviews. Our second new author is Louie Dimovski, he is our latest Retro News Poster and will also be writing…

Sam’s Journey Hits 1250 Sales

Knights of Bytes are pleased to announce that 1250 units of Sam’s Journey Boxed Edition have been sold since Christmas Eve. On their Facebook page, Knights of Bytes exclaimed “That is absolutely amazing and we thank you for all your faith in our game and your great support”. They then went on to say “Given those figure, we might consider…

TheC64 Mini – Our Own Definitive Review

The Commodore 64 is one of the most popular personal computers of all time and has provided  millions of ageing adults with great gaming memories of their youth back in the 1980s and early 90s. Retro Games Limited attempts to re-kindle those memories for us by releasing their first mass consumer product, TheC64 Mini. TheC64 Mini is an emulator of…