Tag: Retro News

Organism Coming to a Commodore 64 Near You Very Soon!

Trevor Storey made a short and sweet tweet today, to let us know that the eagerly awaited Organism for the Commodore 64 is now finished and release will be very soon! C64 Fanboys (and girls), Check out the video below! [vsw id=”B7sZI04RXtM” source=”youtube” width=”640″ height=”360″ autoplay=”no”]Website: smilastorey.wixsite.com/trevor-storey Twitter: @smila007

Dad and Daughter Team Develop New Retro Game “Stranger Things” in QBASIC!

Joshua Reichard emailed us today about a new game he coded with his 12 year old daughter. The game is called Stranger Things, and is based on the hit American science fiction-horror web television series you all know and love! The project was created on old hardware running FreeDOS and Microsoft QuickBASIC 4.5. The game game consists of just under…

Vintage is the New Old Featured in the Top 75 Retro Gaming Blogs and Websites for 2018!

Ben Johnson from The Great Setup Website, contacted us via email to let us know that we have been included in the Top 75 Retro Gaming Blogs of 2018! We just about made it into the top 20 category, landing at number 19, which we thought was pretty good going! It’s always nice to know that we are doing a…

Gimmick! Yumetaro Odyssey For the ZX Spectrum 128 Released!

Gimmick! Yumetaro Odyssey is a ZX Spectrum game that greenwebsevilla has been working on for the ZX-DEV Conversions Compo since September 2017. Today we bring you some exciting News that the game has finally been released! Gimmick! Yumetaro Odyssey is based on the Famicom/NES game “Gimmick” published by Sunsoft. The game is a side-on platformer with many levels connected to one main…

C64.com interviews Mihaly Kenczler (Novotrade)

The guys over at C64.com have recently interviewed Mihaly Kenczler. Mihaly worked on Express Raider and Impossible Mission II. You can read the interview here. Website: C64.com

Stefan Bylund releases a demo version of “The Pawn” for the ZX Spectrum Next!

Stefan Bylund has released a limited demo of the text adventure game “The Pawn” for the ZX Spectrum Next! The Pawn first appeared on the Sinclair QL in 1985. Amiga and Atari ST versions were later released in 1986. There was also a text only version for the ZX Spectrum 128 and later the ZX Spectrum +3. I have never…

Are you ready for more Jelly? The Adventures of Jane Jelly, The Egg Diamond Released for ZX Spectrum 48K/128K

After all the awesome ZX Spectrum releases lately, you would think it would slow down a bit, but no, they just keep coming! Today we have more Retro News about the third instalment of Jane Jelly titled, “The Adventures of Jane Jelly, The Egg Diamond” which is an Action Arcade Adventure for the ZX Spectrum 48k and 128k. Jane Jelly…

You can now play GoldenEye on the Nintendo 64 with Super Mario characters!

I’m sure you all remember Golden Eye on the Nintendo 64? Well here is something you don’t see every day, the epic third person shooter on the Nintendo 64 has a new mod, so if you have ever wanted to find out who would win in a gunfight between Mario and Luigi, well now you can! This mod replaces all…

Sequel to Harbinger Convergence Released! Harbinger, The Void, ZX Spectrum 128

After escaping from the planet Tantalus, during the trip your ship was damaged by “The Void”. You must now take on a greater threat, the Space Pirates! Way back in October 2016 we gave you the heads up on an awesome game from Cthonian Godkiller’s (Apsis) for the ZX Spectrum 128 called Harbinger Convergence. Harbinger Convergence is a Sci-fi Arcade Adventure…

Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge, Port Coming to the Atari XL/XE

Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge was originally a game on the Megadrive, NES and Game Boy, today we learn of a new port coming soon for the Atari XL/XE. We found the source to this News over at atarionline.pl. My Polish is non existent, but if you want more information, my best advice would be to paste it into Google Chrome…