Tag: Retro Gaming
Ingo “1NG” Boller just put up on sale the digital version of the game Jim Slide, winner of the ABBUC 2015 Game Development Contest. The “Personal Digital Edition” costs only 5 euros and the buyer with receive the 48-level game via email. Also, in a nice touch, the author will customize the game intro screen with your name. To buy…
The FPGASID Project consists in a of a standard Commodore 64 main-board where the SID chip has been replaced by an FPGA. An FPGA is a circuit which the user/developer can create custom “chips” programmatically. The ultimate goal is to make the FPGASID and the original SID behave absolutely identical. You can read all details of this neat project following the…
The Atariage RetroGamer128 has announced a new magazine dedicated to the Atari 7800. There are over 50 pages of content, exclusive interviews, info on lost games (including a game nobody knew about!), reviews, tips & cheats, archives, features and more! RetroGamer128 mentions that the first issue is digital as a PDF file, but if there is enough demand we do…
We all know that it is almost certain that video-game adaptations for the big screen will be terrible (Pixel?). Also last year, in a wave of incredibility, it was announced that a live-action ‘epic sci-fi movie’ based on Tetris was being developed, but this time we are talking about another movie, more in the lines of Social Network. The film…
Atariteca brought to our attention the release of Saboteur! for the Atari, ported from the original Commodore 64 version. The hero is a ninja who must infiltrate a warehouse and retrieve a disk containing the names of rebel leaders. Along the way, you will face enemies heavily armed and dogs. The game is available for free but you can check…
Richard Bayliss from The New Dimension (SEUCK Compo, SID, Graphics, you know the guy) posted updates about his upcoming project – Alien Invasion. Friday, 13th wasn’t a good day for him as he lost his hard drive, but thankfully he could find a recent backup and was able to keep working! he deadline is about 2 months and a half…
Darren Doyle has posted in our Amiga Friends Facebook group a digital painting inspired by the scene with the fist mid-level boss. He says: “Somebody in one of the Amiga Groups posted a digital painting of a scene from Turrican, the scene with the fist mid-level boss and I really loved this image, as did the other chap who posted…
WMSX is a browser-based emulator released by Paulo Peccin (great name, btw!) made with HTML5/Javascript, not requiring any plugins. It lets you load any disk image, support keyboard and controllers and also full screen mode. New in version 0.95: Selectable 60/50 Hz native V-Sync Complete line accuracy Screen mode splits now supported 7 Debug modes 3 Sprite modes Link: WMSX
A while ago we published an article about a port for the Atari 8-bit of the game Popeye. Now it is time for our beloved VIC-20 to get its version. Developed by Beamrider, the game is very close to the original arcade, taking in consideration all the graphics differences, of course. The music and the sound effects are very well…
This new homebrew game released by Sik, offers fast paced action for up to four players (or Player vs. CPU) where you control one of the balls racing through the maze to gather the forming stars. The game lacks sound, but still offers great fun for the Mega Drive fans. You can download it for free following the link below….
