Blaze Entertainment have announced two new cartridges for their Evercade platform: Toaplan Arcade 2, and TheC64 Collection 2. Both cartridges are due to launch in April, with pre-orders open later this month. Toaplan Arcade 2 Fire Shark Shoot ’em up One of Toaplan’s most notoriously challenging shoot ’em ups comes to Evercade. Take on the … Two new Evercade carts announced: Toaplan Arcade 2, and TheC64 Collection 2
The Jaguar CD was an add-on for the Atari Jaguar video game console that allowed the console to play CD-ROM games. The add-on was released in 1995 and included a double-speed CD-ROM drive, as well as a digital audio output. Just 13 games were released for the system in its lifetime. Emulating the Jaguar CD … OMG! There might actually be a Jaguar CD emulator on the way!
Cloudpilot is a web-based Palm Pilot emulator written by Christian Speckner. It runs as a PWA (progressive web app) on supported desktop and mobile devices, and there is an embedded build that allows to add virtual PalmOS devices to your website. The emulator has support for Palm’s handwriting recognition function, Graffiti, and works well on … You can now pretend your Smartphone is a Palm Pilot
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
The Backstory In The late seventies, toy giant Mattel was eyeing up Atari’s VCS and decided they wanted a piece of the video game pie. After dabbling in some hand-held electronic LED games, the company decided the time was right to launch a console. In January 1979, Mattel’s Intellivison (“Intelligent Television”) was announced at the … How not to launch a console: A brief history of the Intellivision Amico
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
Resident Evil was supposed to be scary. My heart skipped a beat when zombie dogs crashed through a window. Likewise, when playing the original Tomb Raider, that T-Rex scared the absolute crap out of me. But I’d had games scare me senseless for a lot longer than that… We present, in chronological order – my … The Scariest moments in 8-bit Microcomputer games
In Net Yaroze Month, we are playing every Net Yaroze game featured on the UK Official Playstation Magazine, and ranking them all in the order we liked them. You may have other opinions as to the ranking, which is awesome. To learn more about Net Yaroze, read our introductory article here. Time Slip is a … Net Yaroze Month: Time Slip
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!