The first completely new Dizzy Adventure from the Oliver Twins in 28 years was released Friday 18th December 2020 for ZX Spectrum! The twins teamed up with the team who made the 2017 Crystal Kingdom Dizzy remake to create the game. Wonderful Dizzy is inspired by L Frank Baum’s book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz … Oliver Twins launch new ZX Spectrum Dizzy Game: Wonderful Dizzy
Fractalus is a fan-made remake of the classic Lucasfilm game, Rescue on Fractalus! Rescue on Fractalus! was originally launched on the Atari 8-bit in 1984. The game involves rescuing pilots while avoiding turrets and aliens. The new game has been written for Windows, Mac OS and Linux by Luke Arnold – a software developer based … Fan remake of Rescue on Fractalus! launched
Our friend FOX was one of the many people who backed the Atari VCS Crowd Funding Campaign when it launched in 2018. It’s finally arrived and here is the first impressions! So here we are, the day I thought would never happen – my Atari VCS 800 Collectors Edition finally (after originally backing it in … Atari VCS – First Impressions
Protovison, the publisher of retro homebrew games such as Soul Force and Sam’s Journey are seeking funding for a multi-button controller for Commodore 64 games, which will also work for Atari and Amiga. The controller, named the Protopad, will have 8 buttons, and joy upon joy, one of the buttons is pre-programmed as Up, so … Protovision seeking funding for new 8-button, 9-pin controller
Overthrown is a new game for the Commdore VIC-20 where you play as the soon to be ex-President of a corrupt state. Leave your palace, grabbing as much money as you can, escape by armoured car, and then get on your private plane to reach your private island. The game starts at the presidential palace … New VIC-20 game: Overthrown – play as a mad president and escape to your private island!
The Commodore Plus/4 didn’t get a great deal of love in its day. Most game publishers just made games for its 16K sister, the Commodore 16. The Plus/4 had a whopping 64K but barely anyone took advantage of it. Times have changed and now lots of clever coders have made some awesome games that take … Twenty Great Commodore Plus/4 Home-brew games
Other features include: A dedicated bitmap screen and music for each level Seven in-game bonus items to collect Four individually upgradable weapon systems General ship upgrades Lots of boss fights Four difficulty settings Password and flexible save game system Progress automatically saved to cartridge Fully PAL & NTSC compatible You can see some gameplay in … Sarah Jane Avory’s C64 Shooter, Soul Force available for Pre-Order
Evercade have announced the latest cartridge for their handheld console. The new cartridge was teased on social media last week with the tag-line ‘The next cart is BIG” Teaser promo for the new cart. Worms was originally released on the Amiga in 1995 by Team17, and then ported to pretty much every single platform you … Evercade announce cart #18: Worms Collection
It looks like a previously unknown Vectrex prototype may have been found! The game is called A Crush of Lucifer and appears to be a 3D shooter game. The find was announced on the Reddit forum r/retrogaming by user keytarin. According to his post, the game was found amongst a collection purchased from an ex-employee … A Crush of Lucifer: Lost and unknown Vectrex prototype game found?
Available later this month is Acorn – A World In Pixels, a book showcasing the games history of the BBC Micro and Electron. The book contains 476 pages and featured a foreword by Richard Hanson of Superior Software, and cover illustration by Ste Pickford. Television and radio presenter, Iain Lee also contributes an article ‘Life … New Book: Acorn – A World In Pixels