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TFW8bit’s Penultimate+2 cartridge for VIC-20 available to pre-order

The Future was 8-bit are launching an update to their popular VIC-20 cartridge, the Penultimate. Features include: 0-35K Configurable RAM Expansion Games, lots of them! The entire TFW8b VIC collection plus many more. Including some exclusives titles and classics. With 200ish built in games listed by A-Z & Category – (SHIFT+LETTER is your friend!) Spoilt TFW8bit’s Penultimate+2 cartridge for VIC-20 available to pre-order

1nvader gets Oric port by raxiss

1nvader, the one button game inspired by Space Invaders has been ported to the Oric, by raxiss (part of the team who produced the excellent Wizard’s Lair) The game, which was originally coded by Darren Foulds on the Commodore 64, has also been ported to the Atari 8-bits, Arduboy, Channel F and Intellivision. You can see a video of the gameplay 1nvader gets Oric port by raxiss

Amiga gets two new unofficial Arcade ports: Tapper and Galaxian

The Amiga has been blessed with some top quality arcade ports in recent months (as an example, take a look at Xevious), and now we’ve got a few more with the classic shooter, Galaxian and bartender simulator, Tapper. Galaxian 500​ Like Xevious, Galaxian was transcoded, which means that the original code was disassembled and reverse-engineered, Amiga gets two new unofficial Arcade ports: Tapper and Galaxian

Duke Nukem, Sunsoft, Flashback, Another World, Sydney Hunter and more to come to Evercade

Last night, Blaze unveiled their first Evercade Showcase, which outlined the upcoming new cartridges for the console. Despite two of the cart announcements (Piko and Sydney Hunter) previously being leaked by a retailer launching their product pages too early, there was still plenty of surprises from Blaze. Including the leaked cartridges, six new carts were Duke Nukem, Sunsoft, Flashback, Another World, Sydney Hunter and more to come to Evercade

Video: Retro Indie Games Round-Up May 2023

Games Featured: 81-Tris (ZX81)​ Zero Wing II (C64)​ Yars’ Revenge (INTV)​ Ringo (ZX Spectrum)​ Where is it? (Master System)​ Hitbox (Pico-8)​ Speccy Soccer (ZX Spectrum)​ Mega Slow Mole (Mega Drive)​ The Pact (GBC)​ Cursed Tomb (C64)​ Cyberpunks 2 (Amiga)​ Monaco Master (Master System)​ Shera’s Dance Machine (GBC)​ Soko-Ban (BBC Micro)​ Kovi Kovi (Atari 2600)​ Vexed Video: Retro Indie Games Round-Up May 2023