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.
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 ask ‘Is the PS2 the greatest console of all time?’ Our Sinclair looks at The … A/V Output: 9 July 2018 – Podcast and YouTube Roundup
The Future Was 8 Bit have launched SD2BBC, an SD card reader for Acorn’s BBC Micro range. The product works with the BBC Model B, BBC Model B+ and BBC Master 128k. A separate version is available for the BBC Master Compact, which plugs in to the joystick port. They say:
Evercade, the upcoming handheld console aimed at retro gamers, have unveiled their first trailer for the system. Evercade is described as “is a brand new handheld console with unique multi-game retro cartridges from leading games publishers and console platforms” The handheld can also be played on a TV via HDMI cable and doesn’t require an … New retro-inspired handheld, Evercade, Launches first trailer
Bitmap Books are continuing their Visual Compendium series with the Atari 2600 and Atari 7800. Like the previous books in the series, the guide will be a visual nostalgia-fest for fans of the Atari consoles. Previous books in the series have included C64, ZX Spectrum, NES, SNES, Amiga, Master System. Pre-orders will start in November … Bitmap Books to launch atari 2600/7800 visual compendium
Popular emulation front-end, RetroPie, has been bumped up to version 4.5. The new version adds new themes, support for grid view, and adds new emulators as well as upgrades to existing emulators. However, the new version doesn’t yet support the newly launched Raspberry Pi 4, and there are currently issues with using composite video out. … RetroPie 4.5 released