Protovison, the publisher of retro homebrew games such as Soul Force and Sam’s Journey are seeking funding for a multi-button controller for Commodore 64 games, which will also work for Atari and Amiga. The controller, named the Protopad, will have 8 buttons, and joy upon joy, one of the buttons is pre-programmed as Up, so … Protovision seeking funding for new 8-button, 9-pin controller
Overthrown is a new game for the Commdore VIC-20 where you play as the soon to be ex-President of a corrupt state. Leave your palace, grabbing as much money as you can, escape by armoured car, and then get on your private plane to reach your private island. The game starts at the presidential palace … New VIC-20 game: Overthrown – play as a mad president and escape to your private island!
The Commodore Plus/4 didn’t get a great deal of love in its day. Most game publishers just made games for its 16K sister, the Commodore 16. The Plus/4 had a whopping 64K but barely anyone took advantage of it. Times have changed and now lots of clever coders have made some awesome games that take … Twenty Great Commodore Plus/4 Home-brew games
Other features include: A dedicated bitmap screen and music for each level Seven in-game bonus items to collect Four individually upgradable weapon systems General ship upgrades Lots of boss fights Four difficulty settings Password and flexible save game system Progress automatically saved to cartridge Fully PAL & NTSC compatible You can see some gameplay in … Sarah Jane Avory’s C64 Shooter, Soul Force available for Pre-Order
Evercade have announced the latest cartridge for their handheld console. The new cartridge was teased on social media last week with the tag-line ‘The next cart is BIG” Teaser promo for the new cart. Worms was originally released on the Amiga in 1995 by Team17, and then ported to pretty much every single platform you … Evercade announce cart #18: Worms Collection
It looks like a previously unknown Vectrex prototype may have been found! The game is called A Crush of Lucifer and appears to be a 3D shooter game. The find was announced on the Reddit forum r/retrogaming by user keytarin. According to his post, the game was found amongst a collection purchased from an ex-employee … A Crush of Lucifer: Lost and unknown Vectrex prototype game found?
Available later this month is Acorn – A World In Pixels, a book showcasing the games history of the BBC Micro and Electron. The book contains 476 pages and featured a foreword by Richard Hanson of Superior Software, and cover illustration by Ste Pickford. Television and radio presenter, Iain Lee also contributes an article ‘Life … New Book: Acorn – A World In Pixels
Resident Evil was supposed to be scary. My heart skipped a beat when zombie dogs crashed through a window. Likewise, when playing the original Tomb Raider, that T-Rex scared the absolute crap out of me. But I’d had games scare me senseless for a lot longer than that… We present, in chronological order – my scariest moments in 8-bit … The Scariest moments in 8-bit Microcomputer games
Bitmap Books are launching a book of Game Boy art, which celebrates some of the wonderful cover artwork for Game Boy games. They say “We’ve worked closely with some of the world’s most renowned Game Boy collectors to pull together a varied selection of titles that spans both Western and Eastern tastes. We’ve tried to … Pre-orders open for new Book – Game Boy: The Box Art Collection
Last year Paul Davies released a book with a collection of his ZX Spectrum game reviews. Davies; who writes for Fusion magazine, Indie Retro News and Retro Gamer magazine; has now teamed up with Fusion Retro Books to relaunch the book via crowdfunding. Florin’s ZX Spectrum Haul of Games has a foreword from David Jones, … Book relaunch: Florin’s ZX Spectrum Haul of Games