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. Well if you remember this fine game ( I know I do! ), you may be interested to know that Al Nafuur has not only released a work in progress demake of the game for the Atari 2600 developed in Batari Basic, but it looks mighty impressive indeed!
We've featured many Atari 2600 to C64 and Atari XL/XE conversions and ports throughout the years, from Spider Fighter, to Keystone Kapers and even our personal favorite Frostbite. Well here's some more good news to get us through this Tuesday which has been developed by Glurk, is the Atari 2600 to Atari XL/XE conversion/port of Freeway; a video game written by David Crane for the Atari 2600 and published by Activision in 1981, in which you need to get your chicken(s) across the road as many times as possible for a high score.
We've featured many Atari 2600 to C64 conversions and ports throughout the years, from Spider Fighter, to Keystone Kapers and even our personal favorite Frostbite. Well here's some good news to get us through this Friday which has been developed by H4plo, Marukpa and Richard Bayliss, is the Atari 2600 to C64 conversion/port of Seaquest; a video game written by Steve Cartwright for the Atari 2600 and published by Activision in 1983, in which playing as a submarine you need to shoot at enemies and rescue divers.
Yet again Arlasoft is in the retro gaming news, as checking our emails we've just been given the heads up direct from the website, that Arlasoft has released the Atari 2600 to C64 conversion/port of Ruffcorn and Telesys 1982 game of Fast Food. Yes indeed another game is upon us for the C64, and unlike the previous ones mentioned, this one is an endless food eating game whereby you need to eat as much food as possible, while avoiding the spicy pickles!
We've featured many Atari 2600 to C64 conversions and ports through the years, from Spider Fighter, to Keystone Kapers and even our personal favorite Frostbite. Well here's some good news to get us through this Monday which has been developed by Arlasoft, is the Atari 2600 to C64 conversion/port of Freeway; a video game written by David Crane for the Atari 2600 and published by Activision in 1981, in which you need to get your chicken(s) across the road as many times as possible for a high score.
If however you don't have a ZX Spectrum but instead an Atari 2600 then you might like this piece of news, as trawling through Facebook, we've just come across this awesome looking racing game for the Atari 2600 called Turbo Arcade. Although the game isn't due to be released until 2022, Champ Games have at least released a demo for you to try which gives you an early look at this upcoming racing game which when complete, will feature 99 rounds and hundreds of scenes to race through.
Waking up just moments ago, we've just been told via Facebook, that if you want to play the latest in Atari 2600 remakes on your C64, then you might want to play the C64 action shooter game called 'Spider Fighter'; A remake of the Atari 2600 game which was originally designed by Larry Miller for the Atari 2600 and published by Activision in 1982. The same designer behind the Atari 2600 racing game Enduro, which was later released in 1983.
