This September sees the 25th Anniversary of the launch of Sony’s PlayStation in the Europe. I didn’t get one straight away, but had read a lot about it prior to it’s Japanese launch in Edge magazine. At this point I was still plodding along with my Amiga 500. But come late 1997, after most of … We’re Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the UK PSX Launch with Net Yaroze Month!
Sew 8-bit, who create plushes of a range of game characters have announced the launch of a new cuddly version of Alfred Chicken. Alfred Chicken was a platform game launched in the nineties on a variety of platforms including the Amiga, SNES, PlayStation and Game Boy.
Fans of the recent Mega Drive / Genesis game Tanglewood, will be able to get their hands on a limited edition of 300 vinyl version of the soundtrack. It will go on sale tomorrow (15th August 2020) at 11am EST. The record will be created by Respawned Records, and features the music written for the … Tanglewood OST available on Limited edition Vinyl – goes on sale tomorrow
Seven Squared, the T-shirt maker specialising in apparel featuring retro games designs have added a limited edition collection of tees featuring everyone’s fave retro footy game, Sensible Soccer. Sensible Soccer (or Sensi to its friends) was developed by Sensible Software and published by Renegade in 1992. Starting off on the Amiga and ST, the game … Seven Squared get Sensible! (…Soccer t-shirts)
There’s a whole bunch of retro-game related croud funding projects being crowd-funded at the moment – here are a few of our picks. The ones nearer the top of the article are ending soonest, so act fast if you’re interested. Bear in mind that when you contribute to a crowd-funding campaign, there is no guarantee … Round-Up of retro-gaming crowd funding projects : August 2020
If you had a Commodore Plus/4 then you probably played Icicle Works at some point. It was created by young programmer, Doug Turner, who also went on to make a handful of other games (Fingers Malone, Prospector Pete). Turner is about to launch his first Plus/4 game in nearly 35 years: A sequel to Icicle … Interview with Icicle Works programmer Doug Turner, plus new Plus/4 game!
Intellivision have pushed back the launch date of their Amico console to April 2021. The console was originally set to launch in October 2020, but has been pushed back due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Intellivision CEO, Tommy Tallarico says “Despite unprecedented challenges, the accomplishments and progress made by our internal team, plus our incredible network … Amico launch date pushed back, and new games announced
Kick Off Dino Dini, the creator of influencial footy series Kick Off, releases his debut single in September. The song title is I Only Want to Sing the Blues and can be heard at Dini’s website here Dino Dini’s I Only Want to Sing the Blues Dini’s latest Kick Off game is Kick Off Revival, … Kick Off creator, Dino Dini, to launch music career!
Shadow of the Beast is a platform game that was released for the Amiga in 1989, and ported to a variety of platforms since, including the ZX Spectrum, Atari Lynx and Mega Drive. The game was most recently remade for the PlayStation 4 in 2016. The Amiga original version Now Intellivision and Atari 2600 owners … two Shadow of the Beast ‘demakes’ in the works
The Evercade is a handheld games console which was launched earlier this year. Unlike most modern consoles, there’s no digital downloads (you can’t even connect it to the internet), and it doesn’t play the latest games. Instead you play games by inserting different cartridges, which contain licensed versions of retro games from companies such as … Hardware Review: Evercade