Did you know you can play some ZX81 games on your iPhone? We speak to Kevin Palser about his ZX81 emulator for iOS devices. We assumed that Palser grew up with a ZX81, hence writing the emulator, but that wasn’t the case at all! “I never owned a ZX81 whilst growing up” says Palser. “The … “When watchmakers made computers” – an interview with Kevin Palser on his iOS zx81 emulator
As part of Sega’s 60th Anniversary celebrations, the company have launched a tiny, tiny version of the Game Gear handheld console – well four tiny versions to be precise. The Game Gear Micro comes in four colours – Black, Yellow, Blue and Red – and each device comes with four games. Sadly this means you … Sega to launch tiny, tiny game gear to celebrate the company’s 60th anniversary
Coder, Paul Hammond, has launched a port of Bubble Bobble for the PICO-8 ‘fantasy console’. The ‘demake’ features 90 levels and, like the original, can be played as a two-player game. The Pico-8 game can be played here: lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=37748 https://pahammond.itch.io/bubble-bobble Hammond is no stranger to PICO-8 demakes and conversions having also coded versions of Frogger, … Bubble Bobble gets unofficial Pico-8 ‘demake’
Legendary game designer, Sid Meier, has written an autobiography to be launched in September. Meier is one of the world’s most influential game designers, having created games such as Pirates!, F-15 Strike Eagle, Railroad Tycoon, Alpha Centauri and Civilization. Civilization (MS-DOS) Pirates! (Commodore 64) The book, entitled Sid Meier’s Memoir!, tells the story of the … Civilization creator, SiD Meier, to release autobiography
Evercade have announced its latest cartridge for its upcoming handheld games console. Atari Lynx Collection 2 features eight Lynx games including California Games, Chips Challenge and Blue Lightning. The full line-up is as follows: California Games Chips Challenge Checkered Flag Todd’s Adventures in Slimeworld Electro Cop Gates of Zendocon Zarlor Mercenary Blue Lightning In February, … Evercade add second Lynx compilation cartridge to its line-up
Fans of Macintosh shareware game, Escape Velocity Override, now have the opportunity to back the remake of the game on Kickstarter (see our previous report here). Like the original, the new version – entitled Cosmic Frontier: Override, is a single-player space trading game with missions. Imagine if Elite and Asteroids had a baby and you’re … Escape Velocity remake, ‘Cosmic Frontier: Override’ gets Kickstarter launch
One day, my dad decided we were going to get a new computer. At this point we had a Commodore VIC-20, but it was getting a bit long in the tooth, and for some reason half the games weren’t working any more. So off we go to the shops. Would we be getting a Commodore … Adding Commodore Plus/4 emulators, YAPE and VICE, to RetroPie
Warning: Fiddling about with things in RetroPie may break your set up. We advice you make a back-up of your SD card before doing anything we mention here. Although these instructions work with our set-up we cannot guarantee they will work with yours. We advice you to read all of this tutorial before commencing. If … How to add a new platform to the RetroPie interface.
Commodore 16 and Plus/4 owners now have a version of Ultimate’s classic Atic Atac to call their own. Atic Atac was originally launched by Ultimate Play The Game in 1983 for the ZX Spectrum and BBC Micro. In the game, you must search for parts of a key to escape a castle filled with various … Commodore 16 gets verson of Atic Atac
RetroPie have launched the latest version of their retro gaming software for Raspberry Pi, and the latest version includes beta support for Raspberry Pi 4. Those of you who have been using the weekly builds of 4.6, can update to the latest version in the Retropie Setuo menu. The development team say: