Commodore’s VIC 20 has been blessed with a remake of Rock-Ola’s 1982 arcade game, Nibbler! The aim of the game Nibbler is to guide a snake round a maze eating pellets as you go round. Once you have eaten all the dots you progress to the next level. However, as you eat, the longer you … Nibbler remake made for Vic 20
Intellivision Entertainment have launched a more detailed trailer for their upcoming console, the Intellivision Amico. The console, which is to launch on the 10th October 2020, is aimed at casual gamers and families. Last year at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, Intellivision president Tommy Tallarico announced the console, saying
Artist, Rocky Bergen, has created cut-out paper versions of a bunch of retro-computers and consoles. ideal for livening up your desk area! As well as the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and Amiga above, Bergen has also created cut-outs for Apple II, Atari 520ST, IBM 5100 Portable Computer, IBM 5150 Personal Computer, IMSAI 8080 (PCS-80 System), … Paper cut-out versions of your fave retro-computers
Iconic first-person shooter Doom has made its way to Nintendo’s Switch. The game is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Nintendo say: Experience the classic demon-blasting fun that popularized the genre home or on-the-go. Click to expand… Users have criticised the new game as although it plays offline, it required you to sign up to a Bethesda … Doom 1,2 and 3 arrive on the Switch
In A/V Output we take a gander at the latest podcasts and YouTube videos of interest to the retro gamer! If we’re missing your favourite podcaster or YouTuber, let us know and we’ll take a look. Just a short (and late) one this week I’m afraid. Plus no A/V Outputs for a few weeks as … A/V Output: retro gaming podcast and YouTube roundup – 26 Jul 2019
Deadline reports that a movie based on Taito’s 1978 game Space Invaders is in the works, and it is being written by Greg Russo. Russo has previously written scripts for productions based on Mortal Kombat and Resident Evil. Also, how do you make a good film out of Space Invaders….? Related posts: Antstream to add … Greg Russo to write script for upcoming Space Invaders Movie
Horace, yesterday. Shocking news for fans of the hungry skiier, Horace – star of games such as Hungry Horace and Horace goes Skiing. It has come to light that the bit on the side of Horace isn’t his arm – it’s a rat tail. Horace fan Neil Wright spoke to Alfred Milgrom – founder of … It turns out that the thing hanging off the side of Horace isn’t his arm
As you might guess from the spelling of colour in the title, I’m from the UK. And in the UK in the eighties only the rich kids had microcomputers with disk drives. The rest of us made-do with cassette tapes. And if you collected computer cassette tapes then there is no way you wouldn’t have … Mastertronic Cassette Colour Codes
In A/V Output we take a gander at the latest podcasts and YouTube videos of interest to the retro gamer! If we’re missing your favourite podcaster or YouTuber, let us know and we’ll take a look. Podcast Picks Arcade Attack looks at all the consoles and asks which ones have left a legacy. Our Sinclair‘s … A/V Output – retro game podcast and youtube round-up (16th July 2019)
Frontier Dead or Alive All you lucky people with working Vectrexes have a new game to play! Vector Republic have launched a new shooter for the vector-based console: Frontier – Dead or Alive.