It’s not often you get homebrew for the Memotech MTX or the Microbee. Nor the Sord M5 or SpectraVision SV 318. Well now a new puzzle game reaches some normally un-loved platforms, as well as some more common ones too. Vexed is a puzzle game where you must match the blocks to remove them from … Memotech MTX, Microbee and Sord M5 get some homebrew-love with puzzle game Vexed
Two recent Amstrad CPC homebrew releases are getting a physical release on cassette tape. The games are Penguin Attack and Deep, Deeper, Deepest. In Penguin Attack, which was launched digitally last year by Pat Morita, you play as Pinwi the penguin, an expert snowball thrower, who must rescue your girlfriend Ninwina, who has been … CPC games, Penguin Attack and Deep, Deeper, Deepest to get physical release
The latest issue of Amstrad mag, Amtix, is available now. The new issues features reviews of Juan J Martinez’ shoot-em-up Hyperdrive, as well as Tenebra, Darkula 64, Missile Command for the GX, Guntus, Panda Raid II and Ramiro IV. The issue also features an interview with Sakis Kaffesakis, who had made several CPC text adventures … Lastest edition of Amstrad magazine, Amtix available now
Retro Virtual Machine, which previously emulated the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC, has added support for a bunch of Z80 systems: MSX, Colecovision, Master System and SG-1000. The updated emulator has also added support for the Amstrad CPC Plus and the GX-4000 console as well as ZX Spectrum clones such as the ZX Pentagon, the … Retro Virtual Machine emulator adds support for MSX, Colecovision, Master System and SG-1000
We’ve updated our mega list of Antstream games, with the latest games added to the retro-game streaming service. The new games included Loaded – the first PlayStation game added to Antstream. The line-up of newly added games include: Amiga Fire & Forget II Amstrad CPC Cybernoid II: The Revenge Splat! Who Dares Wins II Arcade … Latest games added to Antstream Arcade, including first PlayStation game for the system, Loaded.
Update July 2023 – Antstream now lists all the games on their platform on this page here. When we first looked at Antstream Arcade three years ago, it featured just over 500 games across C64, Spectrum, Amiga, Megadrive, and Arcade platforms. Since then the platform has grown to include additional platforms (MSX, DOS, Atari Lynx, … List of games available on Antstream Arcade (Updated August 2022)
Shahid Kamal Ahmad is working on a follow-up to his classic 8-bit game, Chimera. The original game was developed on a ZX Spectrum and ported to the C64, Atari 8-bit, Amstrad CPC – and for some reason*, the Watara Supervision. In the original game you must explore a spaceship, which is on target to destroy … The game I should have made 36 years ago instead of Pandora – Shahid Ahmad is working on Chimera 2
We had a brief chat to ChinnyVision about his popular Youtube channel. Based on your Twitter posts you have a lot of affection for the Amstrad CPC – was this your introduction to computing? Yes. First got to use a CPC 464 at some point in 1985 and we got a CPC 6128 for Christmas … A Chat with ChinnyVision
In 2020, Amstrad coder Abalore released their Amstrad port of Toaplan’s arcade shooter, Slap Fight. If you act fast, you now have the opportunity to purchase the game as a cartridge for the GX4000 and CPC Plus models. (If you don’t have a cartridge port on your Amstrad then Abalore also sell a device … Alcon 2020 (Slap Fight) available to buy as cartridge for Amstrad GX4000 and CPC Plus
Here’s a brief run down of recent ports, home-brew and indie games from the last few weeks. Check out the video at the end, and if you’ve made a game for a retro machine that you’d like us to cover please let us know Beethoven’s Revenge (ZX Spectrum) Check out our news article here Blockman … Awesome Retro Homebrew and Indie games from May 2022