Classic ZX Spectrum game, Atic Atac, has been ported to the TI-99/4a by Rasmus Moustgaard. Moustgaard has created and ported many games to the Texas Instruments machine including a version of Pinball Dreams and Through the Trapdoor He says “The sprites have been converted to hardware sprites for performance reasons and elimination of color splash. … Rasmus Moustgaard ports Atic Atac to the TI-99/4a
Last year, Atari ST owners were treated to Faster – an awesome new homebrew arcade racing game for their machines by Jonathan Thomas. The game won first prize in the SillyVenture 2024 WE Atari ST/STE games competition. Jonathan has announced on his Bluesky account that he has started working on an Amiga port. You can … Amiga version of awesome Atari ST racing game, Faster, is in the works
Johnny Blanchard has launched a version of his arcade game Jurl on the ZX Spectrum. The game, described as a mix of PAC-Man and Asteroids, began life on the Atari 2600, and Blanchard has since ported the game to the Master System, Game Boy, PC Engine, and modern platforms. You can download the game here. … Johnny Blanchard launches Jurl on ZX Spectrum
This game is a direct sequel to the popular game Tenebra, and has many new game play elements, including a portal gun! Tenebra 2 is an atmospheric puzzle game with rogue-like aesthetics. . Guide the hapless protagonist to the exit. The poor guy is afraid of the dark and refuses to walk in the dark … Tenebra 2 adds the Playdate to the multiple platforms the game is available on.
Aleksi Eeben has created a version of the classic space-sim, Elite, for the VIC-20. Eeben says that the game “is based on the C-64 source. VIC 20 specific graphics, text, keyboard & joystick input, and sound routines were written from scratch to replace the corresponding C-64 code.” Elite, released in 1984 for the BBC Micro, … Elite gets impressive unofficial port for the VIC-20
Old Towers – the platform / puzzle game by Retrosouls have been released on the NES and Famicom. The game started life on the ZX Spectrum, and has been since converted to Mega Drive, SNES, Evercade and C64. In the game you need to climb your way to the top of the screen by dashing … Retrosouls’ Old Towers gets a NES port
Eric Scrivner has created a game inspired by River Raid called River Run for Panic’s handheld, Playdate. River Raid is a classic vertical-scrolling shooter developed by Carol Shaw and published by Activision in 1982 for the Atari 2600. Players control a fighter jet navigating through a river canyon filled with enemy helicopters, jets, and ships, … Playdate gets its own version of classic Activision game, in River Run
BBG Entertainment, the current owners of Boulder Dash, are launching a new title celebrating the anniversary of the classic game. The game is set for release in Q1 2025 on PC, Mac, Switch, Playstation and Xbox. As well as new levels, the game also features all the levels from the original Boulder Dash I,II and … BBG Entertainment to launch Boulder Dash 40th Anniversary game
SteveB and Grammostola on the Atari Age forums have created a version of Activision’s 8-bit classic, H.E.R.O. for the TI-99/4a. H.E.R.O. (Helicopter Emergency Rescue Operation) is an action game that was originally released in 1984 action game by Activision for the Atari 2600. Players take on the role of Roderick Hero, a rescue worker saving … TI-99/4a gets a version of the Activision classic, H.E.R.O.
Panic have made an announcement about the current situation of their Playdate dock, which we originally reported on last week. You can see the statement in full below, and on their website Will it arrive someday? We still hope so. Will it arrive anytime soon? Unlikely. So what the heck happened with the Playdate Stereo … Panic release statement on Playdate Dock situation