Tag: Retro News
A few days ago our good friends over at Planeta Sinclair shared some interesting News about a new ZX Spectrum game called In Nihilum Reverteri. In Nihilum Reverteri by Yerzmyey, is best described as an ‘interactive novel‘, where you read paragraphs of text, then make a choices, which can change the situation of the game. This appears to be a…
David La Monaca contacted us through Facebook today to let us know that issue five of his Italian Retro Gaming Magazine has been released. RetroMagazine is a free PDF magazine dedicated to Retro Computing. Inside, you will find articles about games, programming, curiosities, hardware mods, new software, stories and more! If you can read the Italian language, have a read…
Since the start of this year the website has exploded with popularity and our daily hit count has hit the roof! (thanks guys!) We are overrun with so many emails and private messages sharing the latest Retro Game News, sometimes we end up playing catch up. If we haven’t shared your News yet, don’t worry, we will get around to…
Stunt Car Racer is a racing game released in 1989. Designed by Geoff Crammond, the game was available for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, and ZX Spectrum. We recently announced News about a new Atari 8-Bit Port, and now it looks like a new Atari Jaguar version is on the way too! Check out the early…
Checking our inbox today, we received an email from Marco, announcing some lovely News that Tower 57 has been released for AmigaOS 4.1, MorphOS and AROS! Previously the game was a Kickstarter success which was also released on PC. “In a dystopian, dieselpunk world, where Megatowers are the only enclaves of civilization, a group of extraordinary individuals is sent to…
The results for the ZX-Dev Conversions competition are in, and the winner is.. (drumroll) Mighty Final Fight! 2nd Place goes to Ninja Gaiden Shadow Warriors and 3rd place was Gimmick! Yumeiro Odyssey. [vsw id=”DCMdxXL0yQM” source=”youtube” width=”525″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”]Final results 1.Mighty Final Fight 2.Ninja Gaiden Shadow Warriors 3.Gimmick! Yumeiro Odyssey 4.Retroforce 5.Twinlight 6.Parachute 7.Baby Monkey Alba 8.Bobby Carrot 9.Gandalf 10.ZXombies 11.Saving…
Rhayader Computers is an excellent little website that sells some really nice Retro Game Memorabilia. They have some beautiful Retro mugs such as PC Engine, Asteroids, Mr Do, Scramble, IK+ and also a lovely Amiga mug with the classic King Tutankhamun Deluxe Paint image. As well as mugs they also sell mouse mats (custom too), button badges, keyrings and even…
Way back in 2015 we shared News about a new game called Aviator Arcade II, announcing an early preview release. Aviator Arcade II is a shoot’em up packed with action and amazing graphics. After almost three years, the game is now complete, and Mark Hindsbo is working to finish the changes for release on cartridge and floppy disk, as announced by…
Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties is an adult-oriented “romantic comedy” graphic adventure game developed and published by Kirin Entertainment for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer. The game received a lot of negative attention for its abysmal production value, nonsensical story-line, poor acting and humour, and for primarily being presented as a slide show despite being advertised as a full motion video game. As a result,…
Good news for all you Dizzy fans! The famous Oliver Twins have given Spectrum Computing website permission to host their ZX Spectrum back catalogue! You can now download the following titles from their website: Ghost Hunters, Grand Prix Sim., Dizzy, Panic Dizzy, Fantasy World Dizzy, Treasure Island Dizzy, Pro Ski Simulator, 3D StarFighter, Jet Bike Simulator, Race Against Time, Pro…
