Tag: ZX Spectrum Homebrew
Yandex Retro Games Battle 2020 is an annual game development competition for retro computing fans targeting the ZX Spectrum that started last year. The success was so astounding that the organizers have decided to make the 2020 edition. Open to individual or teams from anywhere in the World, the contest rules (link at the end) are very simple. The contestant…
Joe Blob is a small game created by Ronan McEvoy in 1989 that was never officially released until now. Felipe Veiga, Pedro Pimenta, Mario Viegas, and Andre Leao, all members of the Espectroteam and also Planeta Sinclair website got together and with the help of Andy Green, have created a remastered version of Joe Blob to be included in Woot!…
I just finished watching Bandersnatch on Netflix and enjoyed it a lot! If you are a fan of visual novel games you will also enjoy the Black Mirror latest episode, which gives the watcher the power to decide how the movie will proceed and ends. In a nutshell (no spoilers) the main character is a young game programmer and the…
Victor Trucco has posted an update on behalf of Henrique and I couldn’t be more excited! They have received the physical samples of the initial plastic injected case which needed some adjustments that were already applied to the moulds. From the pictures, the cases look amazing and exactly like I was hoping they would be. To help us feel the Next…
Something for later in the year ALL HALLOWS – Rise of the Pumpkin. Utilizing Andy Johns code. A barmy bouncing platformer will emerge.. You play the Pumpkin and you have noticed the dark tower as awoken! It can mean only one thing. The Dark Forest Lord is preparing to break free from his 1000 years of imprisonment! You must reactivate…
Thursday we shared News about Nixy The Glade Sprite, which is Andy Johns brand new ZX Spectrum platformer. Today we have some exciting exclusive News to share! Nixy The Glade Sprite is now officially released and you can download it right now, here at Vintage is the New Old! Andy has also announced his new website for current and future…
You may remember we mentioned Bubblesoft’s new upcoming ZX Spectrum game back in early March. Nixy the Glade sprite is a brand new AGD platformer, which we have been vigorously putting through it’s paces since the very first alpha version, weeding out the bugs, sharing ideas, and suggesting to Andy what could be improved to make the game the very…
Buzzsaw is a game by Jason J. Railton, that was originally released way back in 2011 as Buzzsaw+ (Foxton Locks Mix). Cronosoft have now made the game available to purchase on cassette for the tidy sum of five pounds. Buzzsaw is a puzzle game with traits from Tetris, but with some subtle differences to make the game a little more…
If your into the ZX Spectrum Scene, you will be familiar with the name John Blythe. John is the creator of some excellent AGD games such as; The Incredible Shrinking Professor, Foggy’s Quest and Circuitry. Rucksack Games is the name John chose for his website, and is also the name of his software label. All the games on the website…
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…
