Pedro Bermejo has just released his “kind of” version of Prince of Persia for the Commodore VIC 20, and it plays pretty good. It does require a +35k expansion if you’re playing on the real deal, but it also plays nice in emulators. Bermejo says: “Prince of Persia was one of my favourite games when … The VIC gets its own version of Prince of Persia!
Plants vs Zombies is a tower defence game that was originally launched by Popcap in 2009. The game made its way to a variety of platforms such as Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, iOS and Android, and Popcap was eventually acquired by EA. Once platform it didn’t launch on was the Commodore 64. Well, that’s changed … Plants vs Zombies… I mean, Veggies vs The Undead comes to the Commodore 64
Myst, famous for being the “killer-app” that convinced everyone they needed a CD-ROM drive, wouldn’t be the first choice of game you’d think of as an ideal candidate to port to the Atari 2600, but that didn’t stop Vince Weaver from giving it a go. Weaver asked himself “How much of MYST can you run … Myst gets a demake on the Atari 2600
You may have come across Wordle – a web-based word game created by Josh Wardle in 2021 and since acquired by the New York Times. The idea is simple. You have six guesses to guess a five-letter word. If a letter you guess is in the word but in the wrong place, it is highlighted … Wordle Retro-Clone Round-Up
Coder, Paul Hammond, has launched a port of Bubble Bobble for the PICO-8 ‘fantasy console’. The ‘demake’ features 90 levels and, like the original, can be played as a two-player game. The Pico-8 game can be played here: lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=37748 https://pahammond.itch.io/bubble-bobble Hammond is no stranger to PICO-8 demakes and conversions having also coded versions of Frogger, … Bubble Bobble gets unofficial Pico-8 ‘demake’