Lowtek Games’ puzzle game Tapeworm Disco Puzzle has made it’s way onto Panic’s Playdate console. The game, which launched as a Kickstarter back in December 2020, was originally released for the NES, and is also available for Dreamcast and PC. The game will be making its way to the Evercade later this year via the … Tapeworm Disco Puzzle wriggles onto Playdate
Psion user, Kian Ryan, has managed to connect his Psion 5mx to the modern world (via a Raspberry Pi Zero) and send tweets with it. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1533385730118012930 The hardware involved: a Raspberry Pi Zero; a Psion RS232 link cable; an RS232-TTL converter; a null modem adapter; a RS232 gender changer. You’re also going to need to … Tweeting from a Psion 5mx
Classic action-adventure game, Flashback, is currently available on GOG.com for free as part of their Summer Sale. After fleeing from a space ship but stripped of all memory, the young scientist Conrad B. Hart awakens on Titan, a colonised moon of the planet Saturn. His enemies and kidnappers are snapping at his heels. He must … Flashback currently on GOG for free
We had a brief chat to ChinnyVision about his popular Youtube channel. Based on your Twitter posts you have a lot of affection for the Amstrad CPC – was this your introduction to computing? Yes. First got to use a CPC 464 at some point in 1985 and we got a CPC 6128 for Christmas … A Chat with ChinnyVision
After 27 years of Internet Explorer, Microsoft has finally retired the ageing browser, which has been replaced by their new browser, Edge. Microsoft commemorated the life of the browser, with this tweet below, which shows the Internet Explorer on an Amiga: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1537149896662339584 Internet Explorer was originally released in 1995 as first part of the add-on … Microsoft thinks Internet Explorer ran on an Amiga
If the click buttons in your Neo Geo CD joypad are no longer working as they should, then Laser Bear Industries are producing a new repair kit. The original buttons were a 9x9mm button that are no longer available for purchase, this kit replaces the top cover of the button mechanism with one that will … Neo Geo CD control pad repair kit now taking pre-orders
Drew Roller’s documentary tells the untold story of one of gaming’s most important, celebrated titles – GoldenEye 007. The feature-length documentary focuses on the untold story of the creation of iconic first-person shooter GoldenEye 007, and its remarkable legacy. Viewers will learn how a young and inexperienced team at UK development studio Rare were handed … GoldenEra – a documentary telling the untold story of Rare’s classic N64 game, GoldenEye 007
Retro gaming platform Antstream Arcade has today announced a deal with video game publisher Irem, which will see dozens of iconic hits from the arcade era added to Antstream’s library of games. Games to be included include American football game 10-yard Fight, platformers like Lode Runner and Spelunker and beat ’em up Kung-Fu Master will … Antstream to add Irem games to its streaming platform
50 Years of Text Games is a new book exploring the history of the oldest video game medium – text. The book, by Aaron A. Reed, is currently being crowdfunded on Kickstarter, and has smashed through it’s initial goal. As well as the obvious classics such as Adventure and Zork – the book also features … 50 Years of Text Games: From Oregon Trail to A.I. Dungeon – upcoming book
Those of you with an Oculus Quest 2 can play a version of the ZX81 game, 3D Monster Maze in VR. You can see a video made by the author, Stephen Smith, below. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1534993746470879254 3D Monster Maze was originally launched for the ZX81 in 1982 and was programmed by Malcolm Evans. The game has retro-actively … ZX81 classic, 3D Monster Maze, gets unofficial VR upgrade