Manic Miner comes to Playdate

Eighties-8-bit legend, Manic Miner has been converted to Panic’s Playdate handheld. Manic Miner was originally launched on the ZX Spectrum by Matthew Smith in 1983. In the platform game, you play as Miner Willy and have to go through twenty caverns, where you need to collect all the objects before moving to the next cavern. Manic Miner comes to Playdate

Augmented-Reality Space Invaders game comes to mobile phones

Square Enix and Taito, in collaboration with Google, have launched Space Invaders: World Defense which incorporates Google’s Streetscape Geometry API. In the new mobile game, you can earn points by exploring your neighborhood and defeating the Invaders you encounter. Players can unlock special power-ups, participate in area-specific rankings, and share gameplay images and AR selfies Augmented-Reality Space Invaders game comes to mobile phones

How high can you PET? Donkey Kong comes to Commodore’s 1977 computer

Jim Orlando has recreated Nintendo’s classic platform arcade game, Donkey Kong, for the Commodore PET, as PETSCII Kong. He says “Move your character around four different playing screens. Jump all the obstacles that Kong throws your way. Reach your princess. For the Commodore PET/CBM 2001, 3032, 4032, 8032. Uses its monochrome screen and PETSCII graphics. How high can you PET? Donkey Kong comes to Commodore’s 1977 computer

Seven Squared add new California Games T-Shirts to range

Retro-themed T-shirt retailer, Seven Squared, have added two new California Games t-shirts to its collection. California Games is a sports video game developed and published by Epyx in 1987. It was released for several platforms, including the Atari Lynx, Commodore 64, Apple II, Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, and many others. California Games was part Seven Squared add new California Games T-Shirts to range

Site update

We’ve moved the site back to WordPress after a few years of being on Xenforo – (I thought it would be fun to have a forum, but no-one seems to use forums any more, so back to WP! If you do use forums, we’ve made a big list of retro computing/ retro gaming forums here) Site update

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: Find out more, and pre-order here Related posts: 20 great Vic-20 homebrew games 20 MORE great Vic-20 homebrew games An Interview with Andrew Gwynne MP, Shadow Minister for Public Health and VIC-20 lover! The Top Twenty Best Net TFW8bit’s Penultimate+2 cartridge for VIC-20 available to pre-order