Tag: Retro Gaming

Ben Heck comes back and builds a new and improved ZX Spectrum

Last year Ben Heck built a ZX Spectrum clone, and made it a portable unit. This time, he wants to try again, but doing it properly, in a way other people could build their own unit, following a cleaner project than the previous one. This 26-minute video is the first part. If you like tinkering with hardware or build stuff,…

Das Camp [german] – Commodore 64

Das Camp is one of the games in the Forum64 Game Competition 2015. The game is an adventure and is released by TUGCS. Music by Onebitman and SIDWAVE, graphics by Mac, linking by Henning and bug fixing by Dizzy Devil. Forum64 Game Competition 2015. Website: CSDb

Recreated ZX Spectrum vs ZX Spectrum Vega

Let’s be honest here, neither Recreated ZX Spectrum and ZX Spectrum Vega are a real recreation of the iconic and beloved Sinclair ZX Spectrum, but that doesn’t take away the value of these two modern hardwares: bringing back to a broader audience the experience to play all the great ZX Spectrum games. Recreated ZX Spectrum is a Spectrum-alike keyboard that…

C64 endings Latest Updates!

New updates from c64endings.co.uk are as follows: Dragon Wars by Electronic Arts Dick Tracy by Titus Software Dark Force by TND Games Code Hunter by Firebird Cosmonut by Codemasters Chain Reaction by Durell Software Website: http://www.c64endings.co.uk

Bomb Jack DX – C64 Classic Remake, New Third Teaser Video, Power Mode!

After receiving such fantastic exclusive recent News about Sam’s journey wasn’t enough today, we now have even more Exclusive News! yet again from Retrofan! Retrofan has uploaded a third teaser video on his YouTube channel showing Bomb Jack DX’s Power mode! Collect the coins! :) A few words from Retrofan himself.. We found a space–saving solution for the power mode….

Sam’s Journey Update – Sam's Disco Fever!

Another small update for the colourful C64 platformer, Sam’s Journey. Knights of Bytes have released another teaser video titled ‘Sam’s Disco Fever’. On his journey through the strange world, Sam discovers another costume, and this one comes with a twist![fvplayer src=”http://www.vitno.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sams-disco-fever.mp4″ width=”852″ height=”480″]In the first part of today’s video, you can see the beautiful world of Sam’s Journey from a…

Karateka Review By Cheeky Crissy

30 years ago, in 1982, before Jordan Mechner found world wide acclaim from his now famous ‘Prince of Persia’ series of games, Jordan developed a little known game called ‘Karateka’ on an Apple 2, while he was still at Yale University. He was just 17. (At 17 I couldn’t even tie my shoelaces, let alone write a videogame!) Back then…

New Amiga game 'Dylan the Spaceman' demo now available!

The wait is (almost) over. Amigapd user on EAB forum has announced the availability of a demo version of the game ‘Dylan the Spaceman and the Smelly Aliens from Mars’, a Dizzy clone, developed using the Reality engine. The current version will run on A1200 and potentially on A600. There will be a version for the A500, but the developer needs to change…

Portland Retro Gaming Expo is happening on October 17-18

The Portland Retro Gaming Expo (PRGE) is one of the largest classic gaming events in the US, and this year is happening next October 17th and 18th, at the Oregon Convention Center. The event will have vendors, huge arcade area, panels and special speakers. Atariage also announced that they will have a booth at the event, and they plan to release several…

WinUAE 3.2.0 beta 12 – Amiga Emulator

Toni Wilen has released WinUAE 3.2.0 beta 12. WinUAE is currently the best Amiga emulation available to date and if used alongside Classic Workbench and WHDLoad you can achieve a really great Amiga hard drive experience like the picture above. Download from the link below and don’t forget to check all the new features in the release notes link, have…