The final results of the ZX Dev MIA-Remake compo and the winner is......

It's a time to rejoice ZX Spectrum gamers as we've just been told that the latest ZX Spectrum competition called ZX Dev MIA-Remakes is now over and the results have been announced. This competition which had its first announcement in June of last year, blew us away with so many entries as not only did we have games to try such as Sophia 2, Tiki Taca, Booty the Remake and Old Tower to enjoy, but there were other great games included in the 21 entered such as Redshift, ZX Larry and even Maze Death Rally X. But with all that said there is one that gathered the top end of points and it just had to be...

Crownland - High grade homebrew platformer is getting an Amstrad CPC conversion

Way back in 2007 a platformer by the name of Crownland was released for the Atari 8bit by LaResistance, which came second place in the ABBUC Software Contest and blew us away with high quality graphics and superb platforming game play. Well fast forward to this month however and this highly enjoyable game is back in the news, as it will be making its way to the Amstrad with smooth scrolling parallax!

Antstream - A retro game streaming subscription service is a Kickstarter success

Great news if you were supporting the Antstream Kickstarter; a crowd funding campaign for a retro gaming based streaming service. As we've recently been informed through our twitter feed, that not only is it a Kickstarter success but the pledges are still increasing and it's now beyond £50,000! For those of you didn't follow our previous article, Antstream is being developed as the brainchild of CEO Steve Cottam and inspired by his involvement in 3DO development, this service features a lovingly curated selection of games from a catalogue of thousands of fully licensed titles!

The Awakening - Oniric Factor teases a new Action Adventure game for the MSX2

For those of you looking for some great MSX 2 news, then look no further! As just moments ago we were contacted by one of our friends in the MSX community of a brand new game coming to the MSX 2 called ' The Awakening '. This early tease showing multiple screens worth of top down combat in a fantasy setting. Is from a game that is soon to be released within a few months for the MSX 2 with 128KB ram, and will be developed by Oniric Factor, developer of Lost Wind, Spring Warrior and Dribol.

Rade Blunner Weon Kolalski's Memories - Episode 1 of a new ZX Spectrum platformer

Putting aside the C64 news this evening as now we look towards the ZX Spectrum for our retro kicks, as we've been told by Saberman that Iadvd has released the first episode of a ZX Spectrum game called ' Rade Blunner - Weon Kolalski's Memories ''. Now if you like platformers as I know many of you do, well you'll pleased to know not only Rade Blunner a nice little platformer, but it was also coded using the La Churrera engine by The Mojon Twins!

Frantic Freddie II - A highly enjoyable unofficial C64 sequel to a 1980's classic

With so much being released on the C64 last week, you'd think the scene would take a break for a little while, sitting down having a cool drink on a warm day going " Ahhh time to relax " but not so! As on arrival back to writing, we were informed over the weekend of a release called ' Frantic Freddie II ' for the C64; a game coded by Oziphantom, music by nm156 and graphics by Graham Axten, Hend and nm156.

Aliens: Neoplasma - An Aliens game arriving on the C64 by Digital Monastery

ZX Spectrum version released 28th Feb

While I was having a nice break this weekend I came back to some super duper news, as we were contacted by Eric Majikeyric that Digital Monastery will be bringing the ZX Spectrum homebrew game of ' Aliens: Neoplasma ' over to the C64. This game originally released in Feb on the speccy by Sanchez Crew, will now be coded by Majikeyric, graphics by ER and music by Mibri, with a top quality release most likely due this year.

GET EM DX - A one or two player maze-based arcade C64 game released!

We have certainly been flooded with C64 news this month, what with Super Mario Bros, 1337 Karage, Rivarly, Mashed Turtles and Panzer gracing our Commodore screens. But now it looks as if another game is ready to be enjoyed, as we've just been contacted through our twitter page that RGCD has released GET EM DX; a previously discontinued C64 cartridge game that was developed in house by Georg Rottensteiner, Ilija Melentijevic and Sean Connolly.

SkillGrid - A wicked AGA Shoot em up released for the Commodore Amiga

Even more Amiga news for this week and one I think you'll agree is pretty damn awesome! As we've just been told by RGCD that the previously work in progress Shoot em up called ' SkillGrid ', has just been released and can be purchased through the RETREAM and or RGCD website. This game of which we have featured before, is an endless score-attack vertical shoot 'em up that has been in development by RETREAM and works on an Amiga 1200/4000 and cd32!

Rygar AGA - Tecmo's Arcade game as an upcoming Amiga port looks better than ever

Last year we told the retro community that Tecmo's 1986 Arcade game of ' Rygar the Legendary Warrior ', was unofficially coming to the Amiga after having been released for systems such as the C64, ZX Spectrum, NES, and yes even the Master System. Well fast forward to today and Mcgeezer has just teased a brand new work in progress video, which shows not just how far development has come, but also the developer discusses the latest bug fixes in his upcoming Amiga port of Rygar.

Courier of the Crypts - Illuminating Dungeon Crawler gets a Steam launch

We've just been contacted by Emberheartgames that they have recently announced the release of their Illuminating dungeon crawler of ' Courier of the Crypts ', which is available to buy on Steam for the PC. In this pixelated adventure, you play as a courier on a mission to finish a delivery through dark and dangerous crypts with only a magic torch to light your way! Illuminate the path ahead, defend yourself from darkness, and solve dangerous puzzles throughout the crypt!

HOT NEWS : Michael Parent joins PixelGlass, New Amiga game hinted!

Another day and another hot news announcement! As we have just been told in our inbox from Pixelglass and the team behind Worthy (i.e. John Tsakiris and Alex Brown ), that a super awesome and talented professional pixel artist named as Michael Parent of Bit Beam Cannon, has joined the team to create awesome Amiga games. As noted by the EAB post, Michael has been active in the scene for many years now, however recently stepping up his activities doing such things as live streams and game making, he is also currently involved in various fantastic, new Amiga game projects, which is shown in his new Youtube channel below.

Could the Laser Disc version of Dragon's Lair be coming to the C64 or is this really JUST FOR FUN?

Now I remember Dragon's Lair very well, from the Amstrad version with the jumping of platforms or trying to stay on the spinning disk without being blown off, or the interactive animated version which appeared as a laserdisc in which you needed to press a specific direction at the right time to survive. Both were simply brilliant games, but what has surprised me today is Antonio Savona has shown the possibility of Dragons Lair Laserdisc working on the C64 albeit in Black and White.

Panzer - Strategy game released by Sputnik World for the C64

Moving away from the platformers and shoot em ups, we now look towards Sputnik World for our C64 goodness. As unlike those genres, this one is a strategy game set in World War 2 called 'Panzer'. This game released just recently, pits your tanks against other tanks as you move around the map area to take control of a multitude of enemy bases to complete the mission.

Eight Dragons - Fighting homage to games such as Target Renegade now on Steam

Today just gets better and better, as we've recently found out that Extend Mode's fighting homage of ' Eight Dragons ', is now available to buy on Steam through Early Access! This game of which we have mentioned last year thanks to a great write up by @GamesInBits, is a new entry to Steam that's classed as an old-school side-scrolling fighting game that takes the classic beat-'em-up action from the eighties and pushes the gameplay and story to a whole new level!

Lumberjack Platform - Tree chopping Amiga game is now a charming platformer!

Some time back we mentioned Megastyle & Protovision's C64 homebrew game of ' Lumberjack ', which put you in the mighty boots of a Lumberjack, chopping down trees as fast as he can, without being bashed by the big branches above. It was a highly addictive game on the C64 that was later ported over to the Amiga as a fantastic enhanced version thanks to Cobe and Lemming880. So why are we mentioning this awesome game again? Well as of today you can play Lumberjack Platform; a new Amiga platformer based around that very enjoyable title, with design by Lemming880, graphics by Koyot1222, support by Cobe and music by Tommy/Android.

Mashed Turtles - A surprisingly enjoyable Frogger inspired C64 game

It's time to put aside the controversial Super Mario C64 news, which is *ahem* still available throughout the globe just not on one particular site ;). As we have come across a rather enjoyable Frogger inspired game called 'Mashed Turtles', which has been released for the C64. This game originally developed by Fandal+PG for the Atari 8bit, is a multiplayer port by Angelsoft, with spirtes by Dorndof that supports up to 8 players of turtle squashing fun.

Whipseey and the Lost Atlas - Family friendly Kirby inspired platformer, coming soon!

Trawling through many of the games found on the Steam coming soon list, there was every chance of finding a damn fine game that not only looked charming but had a high enjoyment factor that anyone in the family could pick up and play. Thankfully one such game called ' Whipseey and the Lost Atlas' fit both of those categories. As not only could it be described as a cute Kirby platformer, but the focus in this game is to traverse through many beautifully created levels while fighting cute and cuddly enemies!

Planet Cloudius IX - 90's inspired Commander Keen game gets a release!

I'm sure many of you remember that awesome game that is ' Commander Keen '; a game released by id Software and publishers Apogee software in the 90's for MS-DOS as a fun platformer using EGA as a pioneer for graphics at the time! But did you know Roobar released his Commander Keen inspired game called ' Planet Cloudius IX ' for modern platforms? You didn't? Well there's good news, because this game is available and looks well worth playing even as an inspiration!

Splat! - A ZX Spectrum game reviewed by Florinthedwarf.

Argh! A spider! Nah, it's our hero Zippy! (No, not that one.)

SPLAT! Now that I've got your attention, let's talk about this game. Maze games can be a little repetitive, left, right, right, right, left, left etc. pick something up, get stuck, turnaround, right, left - you get the picture. But what if I told you that this was a maze game with a difference? 'You lie!' you cry; but alas this time, I'm not. What if there was a maze game where the walls moved around as well as you. 'That would be crazy!' you would say. Well, welcome to Crazyland*.

Excalibur: Sword of Kings - Text based adventure game remade and ready to be played online!

Throughout the last few years we've featured a number of text based adventures, games such as The Pawn Remastered, The Marlo Files Remastered Edition, and Goblin Towers to name but a few. But there's another game that might be worth a look on this lovely Tuesday afternoon, and that's Adventuron's online remake of a text based game called ' Excalibur: Sword of Kings '.

Atari: A Visual History - A Visual History Compendium book about the Atari 8-bit!

While the crowdfunding platforms are being flooded with projects for retrocomputing greats such as the C64 or Spectrum, the scene has been a little light on products for the Humble Atari 8-bit. Seemingly unloved by people targeting the frothing hoards of retro fans of other 8bit systems which has been getting a treasure trove of memorabilia to drop your wad on. Well Darren Doyle wants to change all that, as he has launched a Kickstarter for the Atari: A Visual History - A Visual History Compendium; a book about the Atari 8-bit home computer and its third party software titles from the 1980's and beyond.

Rivalry - Bombastic experience of a C64 demo by multi scene gurus!

As you probably guessed by now from our previous post it was already going to be an awesome Monday, going by the fact we had a number of Amiga games released and of course the all important Revision 2019 suppling that retro extra goodness! Well if you've been following this truly great event over the weekend that went on through this Easter, then you'll also be pleased to know the winner of the oldskool demo compo, was of course 'Rivalry' by Censor Design, Fairlight, Bonzai, Genesis Project and Offence!

Revision 2019 was incredible, and EON on the Amiga blew us away!

This weekend I was watching the latest Amiga intro's from creators around the world being shown at the Revision 2019 demo party. This is a place that features lots of competitions, events, music acts, seminar's and much more that makes it the place to be to see some of the most jaw dropping creations, such as this one from The Black Lotus. The name of this brilliant piece of work, is none other than ' EON ' for the Amiga. An incredible demo showing, which makes it even more amazing is the fact it was running on a Commodore Amiga 500!

Wasteland - Journey through the Wasteland in this rather cool Atari XL/XE game

We've had a lot of platformers and text based adventure games lately on the Atari XL/XE, so to change all that, we are pleased to announce as thanks to Saberman, the release of the Atari game 'Wasteland' by Michael Jaskula (mike). Yes indeed if you're looking something fresh on the Atari XL/XE then look no further than this game, as traversing the dangerous Wastelands you'll come across uniquly designed areas, as you try to escape this hellish landscape using your escape pod!

1337 Karate - Fight the competition in this Karate game released at Revision 2019.

Yet another Saberman heads up and no not an Amiga game, is this C64 karate based preview called ' 1337 Karate ' by Abyss Connection which pits you against the computer or another player in a multitude of karate competitions. Yes indeed if you loved playing games such as International Karate, IK+, or even Street Fighter, then read on as I think you'll agree this game could almost be described as a blend of those games rolled into one.

Cyberwolf - Super smooth Amiga first person shooter preview

BioJet wasn't the only game to came back to this Monday afternoon, as Saberman was also kind enough to tell us about the latest preview release of Cyberwolf, which was shown off at the Revision 2019 demoscene event.  This Amiga game with development by britelite, bracket, dodke, spiikki, oasiz and chb/kalms, is a first person shooter that at its current stage of development, is very unomptimized and may bevave weird on anything else than a regular A500 without accelerator!

BioJet - Flying platformer as a first release for the Amiga community!

On our return to writing game news, Saberman was kind enough to send us some Amiga updates, as he has just told us Roy Schneider and team have released the flying platformer of BioJet. Now if you've not heard of this game before, that's because it was only just released on the Aminet file website, and is using the graphics of a previous game called Cybergene. Which was released on the MS-DOS platform in 1997 as a project drawn on serveral Amiga's.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit DOS review by DarkwyndPT

Well, it’s Easter again and to celebrate this holiday, we’re going to take a look at an adaptation of perhaps the best live-action and cartoon crossover movie ever made (that also features a rabbit BTW). We’re talking about Who Framed Roger Rabbit! - Who Framed Roger Rabbit is an action game developed by Silent Software and published by Buena Vista. It was originally released in 1988 for the Commodore Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and DOS.

Star MIG - Blast away enemies in space in this SEUCK Compo C64 shooter

I know many of you are still calming down after finding out that the C64 version of Super Mario Bros was not fake but the real deal, but you might also be interested in playing this fine little shoot em up that was released recently called ' Star MIG '. Now unlike the platforming fun of Super Mario Bros, this one is a top scrolling shoot em up developed by VG VOX, with music by Richard Bayliss and SEUCK Version standard by Sensible Soff

Another World Survival - Pico-8 Demake of Another world with a twist.

Pico-8 is a wonderful platform for de-makes of classic games and now it's Another World turn (Out of this world in some countries) to get the treatment!

Tube Runner - Pico-8 gets a tube racer with a wicked soundtrack!

Here's a treat for the Pico-8 crowd. Tube runner is, as you may have guessed, a tube racer in multi-coloured vector square tubes. Tube Runner gives not just a great impression of speed but also a cracking sountrack to boot.

HOT NEWS! Super Mario Bros has been released on the C64!

Possibly the best news for this evening and one I really think is going to get those jaws dropping *AGAIN*, is the fact that thanks to a mighty heads up by Jammet, we have been told the C64 version of Super Mario Bros by ZeroPaige is now available for ALL to enjoy! Yes indeed one of the most eagerly awaited games to come to the C64 as announced some time ago possibly as far back as 2013, has been released and freely available.

External CD drive for the Amiga 1200? Take my money now!

Another top quality announcement has hit our inbox, as moments ago we found out through the Commodore Amiga Facebook group, that a developer by the name of Marc G. Falconer is working on an external CD based device for the Commodore Amiga! Yes indeed with the unreleased CD1200 not making an appearance in our homes and hacking the internal Amiga not to everyones liking. Marc G. Falconer aims to please with his external CD Drive through IDE and custom based case.

Vegetables - A colorful C64 Match 3 game, written for the RGCD 16k Competition 2019.

We have certainly been flooded with C64 news this week, what with the upcoming Super Mario Bros, Wormwood Preview and Neutron that have recently been announced. But now it looks as if another game is ready to grace our screens, as we've been contacted through our twitter page of the availability of an arcade puzzle game called ' Vegatables ', which has been developed by Mike Richmond for the RGCD 16k Competition 2019!

Neutron - Awesome looking C64 Shoot em up in dev by Sarah Jane Avory gets a wicked teaser!

As many of you know by now, the ex-SEGA game developer and author: Sarah Jane Avory is working on a fabulous RPG for the C64 called ' Briley Witch Chronicles ', which by all accounts isn't just a good looking game, but will have lots of interesting features that is sure to whet your appetite. Sadly this isn't an update about Briley which is still in development, but the good news is she is working on another game, which looks to be an awesome looking Shoot em up called ' Neutron '.

1942 - Browser based C64 shoot em up inspired classic

In 1984 a great shoot em up was released for the Arcade by Capcom and that game was 1942. A game in which you had to shoot down enemy planes, avoid being shot out of the sky and performed awesome rolls while collecting power ups. It was an awesome game and still is today, but the news of right now is, Bardon Boura has released a rather niftty little browser based inspired version of that Arcade/C64 classic.

ZX VGA Joy - New hardware for your Speccy!

...you had me at 'ZX'.

If there's one thing that makes me happy, it's anything with word 'Speccy' in it. Failing that 'ZX' will give my heart a little flutter too. Adding 'Joy' to either will get me all squiffy and lead to an increased heartbeat, palm sweats and make my eyes all big. (Time to calm yourself down, Paul!) Ok, deep breaths... here we go.

Wormwood Preview - Early alpha version of a randomly generated C64 wormy platformer!

If you've got a C64 and want to play a game that's still in development, then you might be interested to know that Lemonspawn is working on a C64 randomly generated platformer called ' Wormwood ', which they also class as a 16kb classic roguelike action RPG in the spirit of games such as Diablo or nethack. In light of this news, Laxity was kind enough to make available an early preview to play that is still highly enjoyable even at this early stage.

Fruity Pete - Getting fruity with this new Atari XL/XE game!

It's time to get fruity, well not that sort of fruity. As we've just been contacted by Saberman of a new game called ' Fruity Pete ', which is now available to play for all Atari XL/XE owners. This game coded by Fandal with graphics and music by Aki, is a fun for all the family game in which you need to collect all the required fruit items across the game screen without running out of steps!

Grim Earth - 2D platform game inspired by SNES/Amiga era gameplay coming 18th April!

As you all know we feature as many different games as possible from every walk of retro gaming life. Well today is no exception! As thanks to a heads up by George Allan; solo/indie developer who used to write 16-bit games (including Zool on the Amiga, and Pitfall on the Megadrive). He has told us he will be releasing a rather unusual 2D platform/adventure game inspired by Amiga/SNES era gameplay called ' Grim Earth ', which will be released through Steam early access ' 18th April '.

Total Carnage CD32: Special Edition released by Earok

If you've got an Amiga CD32 on hand, or an Amiga Emulator installed then you'll be overjoyed with this news. As thanks to a great heads up by Per-Ola Eriksson, we've been told Earok has released the Total Carnage CD32 Special Edition; which is an enhanced edition of the 1994 game Total Carnage, featuring a decent scope of improvements such as gameplay, bombs, continues, graphical fixes and a new audio addition by JMD!

Night Knight - A new game coming to the MSX from Juan J. Martínez!

Juan J. Martínez is certainly no stranger to our website, creating amazing games such as The Dawn of Kernel, Magica, Golden Tail, Space Pest Control and Rescuing Orc to name but many of the awesome titles under his belt. But now it looks as if another game is soon to grace our retro gaming screens, as he has recently announced the MSX game of 'Night Knight' ; a platformer with a strong arcade feel that reminds him of classic MSX games from ASCII, Casio or Namco!

HOT NEWS! Super Mario Bros is coming to the C64!

Possibly the best news for today and one I really think is going to get those jaws dropping, as thanks to a heads up by Jim Farley in our C64 Facebook group, is the fact that he has told us Super Mario Brothers may be released for the C64 during this week! Funnily enough when a user way back in 2013 asked if there was ever a port of the original to the C64 and a reply of no, just a sprite hack of Giania Sisters. It came to be that a developer by the name ZeroPaige set out to make his very own C64 port as close to the Nintendo hit as possible, and one you will hopefully see any day now!

Haxor - 2D platformer with old era graphics and 8bit music gets a release

If you can't wait for Shakedown Hawaii and would rather play something action packed right now, then look no further than 'Haxor' developed by Fat Dog Games. This new release for the PC, is a 2D platformer inspired by classic games, in which the graphics look to have an old era about them with flat chip tuned 8bit music, dynamic, demanding action, and multiple worlds to keep you busy!

Shakedown Hawaii - From Retro City Rampage to this spectacular trailer announcement

Vblank Entertainment, the developer behind the action-adventure 8bit styled Grand Theft Auto parody with 80's and 90's pop culture ' Retro City Rampage ', has just announced a brand new trailer for the next line up in the franchise as ' Shakedown Hawaii '. Oh yes indeed it's time to get excited, as the anti-hero is back and he's out of retirement to once again cause complete chaos on the streets in glorious 16bit detail powered up with destructible environments and an arsenal of kick ass weaponry!

Batman: The Caped Crusader DOS review by DarkwyndPT

I’m taking advantage of this opportunity to review a DC Comics licensed game (since I’ve already reviewed Marvel games). And I’m reviewing the first game ever to be released on the PC of my favourite DC superhero: Batman. Batman: The Caped Crusader is an action-adventure game developed by Special FX and published by Ocean in Europe and Data East in the US. It was originally released in 1988 for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. It was re-released the following year for DOS.

Amiga Power: The Album With Attitude - A tune banging retro remix Kickstarter success!

What a great way to start a Monday as we can officially announce that the Amiga Power : The Album With Attitude Kickstarter, is a huge success after we helped pushed it over that last threshold! This new Kickstarter from Matthew Smith, is a serious treat for Amiga game and or music lovers, as it will feature not just a Mighty Booklet, but two discs spanning over 30 tracks of remixes from classic games such as Apidya, Banshee, Blob and many many more!

Cosmic Force - Successfully funded C64 Kickstarter has 3 days left!

A brand new C64 game will be produced by Steven Fletcher and Wavem Studios. After their incredible journey talking to devs, engineers and artists from Commodore's history in the immensely enjoyable documentary: The Commodore Story (2017), Steven has created another successful Kickstarter campaign for Cosmic Force. A brand new C64 shootemup inspired by Galaxian, Defender and Star Wars. The game's stages will be split into 3 distinct game types - each borrowing the key game mechanics from these classic arcade shootemups.

Super Spectrum World - Play through lots of classic Spectrum games as Miner Willy! (Jet Set Willy)

Now here's a game I think most of our readers would have played or heard of throughout the years, is Jet Set Willy. A platform game originally written by Matthew Smith and published by Software Projects for many home computers such as the ZX Spectrum in 1984. It star'd none other than Miner Willy who is tasked by the housekeeper Maria with the cleaning up of items left around the house after a big party. So why are we mentioning that classic game? Well today's news is something special, as thanks to a heads up via our twitter page, we have come across a rather interesting online game(s) called 'Super Spectrum World' by Stephen Smith!