Tag: Retro Gaming
It’s been a while since we had a look at the latest c64 crack releases from one of our favourite Commodore 64 groups, Hokuto Force. Hokuto Force was founded by The Overkiller way back in 1988 and are one of the most active groups in the c64 scene today, with a huge list of coders, musicians and graphicians creating fantastic releases. We have chosen…
retrogamedev over at NintendoAge forums has shared some News about his new NES Homebrew game in development called betelgeuse. Retro describes the game as a “Zelda 1 Like Shooter”. From what we can see, the graphics resemble similarities to NES Zelda and the game has “Shoot’ em up” aspects thrown in. He also mentions that game engine is almost complete (sprite engine, collisions, animations and sprite…
Romhacking.net have updated their website with some brand new hacks and translations patches. Rom Hacks Super Mario Arcade (Complete)(Super Mario World)(SNES) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow Fixed Luck (Bug Fix)(Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow)(NDS) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow No Required Touch Screen (Improvement)(Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow)(NDS) Megaman X: No Forced Upgrades (Improvement)(Mega Man X)(SNES) PeCaMario (Spoof)(Super Mario Bros.)(NES) Weird Mario Bros (Graphics)…
Ok this is pretty damn cool, and we all love dizzy :) “It’s an official 30 years anniversary of Dizzy games! We are glad to present a new long-awaited remake of Crystal Kingdom Dizzy, being developed during several past years. * New original 50 FPS engine, written from scratch * New original graphics, inspired by Amiga version * Unbelievable loading screen…
We have been spoilt with many awesome new AGD (Arcade Game Designer) games these past few months. Andy Johns awesome releases, Monty’s Honey Run, Temple of Lost Souls and not so long ago the great Ooze, as well as Foggys Quest by John Blythe and many more. All fantastic games with much time and thought put into them. And so the trend continues with…
Globus is a new ‘old’ release by Paco Lafuente. The game was developed between 1986 and 1987 and was unpublished until recently. The game looks a lot like Pac-Man minus the collecting of pills. Instead you have to try and get to the left side of the screen, collect your energy charge and make your way to the right side to discharge without getting…
zapposh recently emailed us about a new game for iphone and ipad. ‘Sigi, A Fart for Melusina’ is a new retro style platformer with beautiful cartoon graphics and some potty humour thrown in. If you like a game that is not too much of a challenge, something less stressful than say ‘Ghost and Goblins’, then be sure to check this one out,…
The Commodore 64 emulator Vice has been updated to version 3.1. VICE is a program that runs on a Unix, MS-DOS, Win32, OS/2, BeOS, QNX 4.x, QNX 6.x, Amiga, Syllable or Mac OS X machine and executes programs intended for the old 8-bit computers. The current version emulates the C64, the C64DTV, the C128, the VIC20, practically all PET models,…
The Fresno Commodore User Group has its next meeting from 11 a.m. to 2+ p.m., Sunday, April 9 at; Bobby Salazar’s Mexican Restaurant 2839 North Blackstone Ave. (corner of Blackstone and Michigan) Fresno, California (559) 227-1686 For discussion, we’ll talk about the May 19-21 Maker Faire in San Mateo, the preparations for the June 10-11 Pacific Commodore Expo NW, and…
A new vertical shooter called RMD, short for Raiden MoDoki, has been added to the MSX shooter arsenal. This game, by Naoki Ito from Japan, shows us the power of C compiled games for MSX. It is free to download or play online. MRC user N.I., the handle of Japanese MSX user Naoki Ito, has been busy lately making games….
