Last June, a new joystick – Unithor – launched on crowdfunding website, Kickstarter. The joystick, described as “a newly designed classic-styled game controller” featuring a choice of DB9/DE9 plug or USB, raised €64K and the product was expected to ship at the end of 2022. As the deadline passed by, backers were starting to get … Crowdfunded joystick, Unithor, appears to be dead
Sega and Lego have teamed up to create four new sets of Sonic Lego. With the brand new ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ product range from the LEGO Group, Sonic fans can build, create and play as Sonic, Tails, Amy and Dr. Eggman in levels including Sonic’s Speed Sphere, Tails’s Workshop and Tornado Plane, Amy’s Animal Rescue … Lego to launch Sonic the Hedgehog set
Chris Bradburne has made a BBC Micro conversion of Deathchase, the ZX Spectrum game by Mervyn Estcourt. Deathchase was originally released in 1983. It is a first-person vehicular combat that involves the player controlling a motorcycle and chasing down enemy bikers while avoiding obstacles in a forest environment. The game was published by British software … Beebchase – The BBC Micro gets its own version of Deathchase
Jack Dragon is a new arcade style, single screen platform game for the ZX Spectrum by Jeff Murray (aka PsychicParrot). You play as an Ice Dragon, attempting to save the land from the evil Lord Knumbskull. The Bomb Jack-inspired game has three difficulty modes, and the aim is to collect all of the gems to … New for the ZX Spectrum : Jack Dragon – a Bomb Jack style arcade game
Sega is to acquire Rovio, the company behind the classic mobile game, Angry Birds, for €706m. Angry Birds was originally launched for iPhone in 2009, which makes it a pretty retro iPhone game. Haruki Satomi, President and Group CEO, Representative Director of Sega Sammy, says “Among the rapidly growing global gaming market, the mobile gaming … Sega acquire Angry Birds maker, Rovio
Hamster have announced that Dig Dug II, has been released for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on April 13th, 2023, available digitally for their Arcade Archives series. Dig Dug II is an action game released by Namco in 1985. In this game, you must rid an island of the Pooka and Fygar. In addition to … Dig Dug II arrives on Hamster’s Arcade Archives
Two recent Amstrad CPC homebrew releases are getting a physical release on cassette tape. The games are Penguin Attack and Deep, Deeper, Deepest. In Penguin Attack, which was launched digitally last year by Pat Morita, you play as Pinwi the penguin, an expert snowball thrower, who must rescue your girlfriend Ninwina, who has been … CPC games, Penguin Attack and Deep, Deeper, Deepest to get physical release
The latest issues of Amiga Addict and Pixel Addict magazines are now available to pre-order. ISSUE 11 of Pixel Addict includes: The PC Strikes Back! We look at the change in PC games during the DOS era and consider how the PC evolved from being an IBM-compatible business computer – winning the fight against consoles … New issues of Amiga Addict and Pixel Addict available now
Castle Escape, a platform game by IrataHack, has been released for the Sega Master System. The game was originally launched for the ZX Spectrum last year, and made an appearance on the Spectrum Next earlier this year. “Wee Knight must escape the haunted castle collecting gold coins and dodging the castles deadly inhabitants as … Castle Escape comes to the Master System
Top down shooter, Xenocrisis, which began life on the Mega Drive, is getting released on the N64 and GameCube. As well as the Mega Drive, the game is also available on Dreamcast, Neo Geo, Evercade, Xbox One and X|S, MacOS, Steam, Switch and PS4. On the Nintendo conversions, Bitmap Bureau say “The N64’s supported resolutions … Bitmap Bureau’s Xenocrisis coming to N64 and GameCube, plus news of PS1 and GBA versions