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.
It looks like the emulator ZEsarUX is to add support for the MSX system, as can be seen by the Youtube video below: The emulator by Cesar Hernandez Bano, currently supports Sinclair and ‘sinclair aligned machines’ such as Amstrad CPC Jupiter Ace and Sam Coupé. ZEsarUX runs on multiple platforms such as Windows, Linux, MacOS, … Emulator ZEsarUK to add MSX support
Did you know you can play some ZX81 games on your iPhone? We speak to Kevin Palser about his ZX81 emulator for iOS devices. We assumed that Palser grew up with a ZX81, hence writing the emulator, but that wasn’t the case at all! “I never owned a ZX81 whilst growing up” says Palser. “The … “When watchmakers made computers” – an interview with Kevin Palser on his iOS zx81 emulator
As part of Sega’s 60th Anniversary celebrations, the company have launched a tiny, tiny version of the Game Gear handheld console – well four tiny versions to be precise. The Game Gear Micro comes in four colours – Black, Yellow, Blue and Red – and each device comes with four games. Sadly this means you … Sega to launch tiny, tiny game gear to celebrate the company’s 60th anniversary
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’
Legendary game designer, Sid Meier, has written an autobiography to be launched in September. Meier is one of the world’s most influential game designers, having created games such as Pirates!, F-15 Strike Eagle, Railroad Tycoon, Alpha Centauri and Civilization. Civilization (MS-DOS) Pirates! (Commodore 64) The book, entitled Sid Meier’s Memoir!, tells the story of the … Civilization creator, SiD Meier, to release autobiography
Evercade have announced its latest cartridge for its upcoming handheld games console. Atari Lynx Collection 2 features eight Lynx games including California Games, Chips Challenge and Blue Lightning. The full line-up is as follows: California Games Chips Challenge Checkered Flag Todd’s Adventures in Slimeworld Electro Cop Gates of Zendocon Zarlor Mercenary Blue Lightning In February, … Evercade add second Lynx compilation cartridge to its line-up