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
The Mega 65 Indie software house, Puddlesoft, have announced a new game for the Mega 65. The new game is a sequel to Stefan Vogt’s text adventure, Hibernated. As well as a digital edition, the game is planned to be available as 3.5? floppy disk as well. The Mega 65 is a new microcomputer based … Puddlesoft announce game for upcoming Mega 65
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 : July 2020
Vergeworld: Icarus is a new Amiga game being developed by Retro Bones. The game is described as a sci-fi shoot’em up, racer game with exploration elements. In the demo game you must fly your ship through the canyon to complete the Death Run Challenge. The closer you fly to the planet surface, the faster you … Amiga demo available for Vergeworld: Icarus
Here are three upcoming books that may be of interest to retro gamers – two of them are being funded by crowdfunding, so take action if they interest you. Shareware Heroes Shareware Heroes: Independent Games at the Dawn of the Internet takes readers on a journey, from the beginnings of the shareware model in the … Upcoming Books: Shareware Heroes, Video Games that saved my life, The Games that Weren’t
Golden Wing, a shoot-em-up for the Amiga released by Copper Sky in 2017, is to get a physical release thanks to Bitmap Soft. The game, which takes inspiration from Asteroids and Stardust, has minimum requirements of an Amiga 500 with 512k Expansion.