Bomb Jack Remake - Arcade classic is getting an Amstrad CPC remake via Anthony Flack

I can still remember in the late 80's on my Amstrad CPC 464 playing the brilliant Arcade port ' Bomb Jack '. It is a game that required you the player to high jump and float about getting rid of all the bombs on the screen before they are used to blow up historic places of interest, which is made more difficult by the enemies on screen. So why is this game getting another mention? Well we've just been contacted by XeNoMoRPH via our inbox, that this great game from back in the day, is getting an Amstrad remake by Anthony Flack!

Paco Time Attack - A new Bomb Jack inspiration arrives thanks to Physical Dreams (MSX)

The retro gaming news just keeps on coming, as if the announcement of Druid and Droid, Oh Chute!  and Minekart Madness wasn't enough to whet your appetite, then you might be interested to learn as of today thanks to a heads up by @ArnaudDeKlerk, you can now download or play online the latest MSX release of Paco Time Attack by Physical Dreams; an MSX nod to Bomb Jack in which you need to collect all the bombs to clear the level.

Bomb Jack Beer Edition - An incredible enhanced Amiga port of an Arcade classic gets a great update!

I should be going to bed but this was too good not to pass on by, as recently GeezerGames has announced through his website, that the previously released game of 'Bomb Jack Beer Edition', which was my personal choice for game of the year for the Amiga, has been given a very special update! Yes indeed if you loved playing this unofficial version of the game which was almost as good as the Arcade. Then it now features far better audio, and game play tweaks such as the speed at which Jack moves which is now closer to the arcade game.

Bomb Jack - A brilliant version of a classic developed by ManuFerHi for the N-GO and ZX Spectrum Next

I can still remember in the late 80's on my Amstrad CPC 464 playing the brilliant Arcade port ' Bomb Jack '. It is a game that required you the player to high jump and float about getting rid of all the bombs on the screen before they are used to blow up historic places of interest, which is made more difficult by the enemies on screen. Thankfully if you too remember this game and have a ZX Spectrum Next or N-GO, you'll be pleased to know that as of just recently you can download this classic, which has been made with Nextbuild and ZX Basic Boriel by ManuFerHi.

Gacek - A Bomb Jack port for the Atari XL/XE (+VBXE) is finally here and it's fab!

In the late 80's I played the brilliant Arcade port ' Bomb Jack '; a game that required you the player to jump and float about getting rid of all the bombs on the screen before they are used to blow up historic places of interest. It was such an awesome game that as of today you can download the final version of the excellent Bomb Jack port of 'Gacek' for both the Atari XL/XE and +VBXE by Shanti77. To coincide with this news Saberman has done a new video for you showing the gameplay of this new game.

Gacek - A Bomb Jack port for the Atari XL/XE (+VBXE) gets another teaser!

In the late 80's I played the brilliant Arcade port ' Bomb Jack '; a game that required you the player to jump and float about getting rid of all the bombs on the screen before they are used to blow up historic places of interest. It was such an awesome game that a new version looks to be in the works and this one is called Gacek and developed by Shanti77 for the Atari XL/XE (+VBXE). To coincide with this news, a new gameplay video by Saberman has been done of both versions which can be viewed as per usual via Indie Retro News!

Gacek (VBXE) - Another Bomb Jack port for the Atari XL/XE gets a downloadable teaser!

I can still remember in the late 80's playing the brilliant Arcade port ' Bomb Jack '; a game that required you the player to jump and float about getting rid of all the bombs on the screen before they are used to blow up historic places of interest. It was such an awesome game that even though a fan port of the game was released on the Atari XL/XE coded by Krzysztof Gora in 2008, another version looks to be in the works and this one is called Gacek and developed by Shanti77. To coincide with this news, the game has not only got a new downloadable teaser, but a there's a new gameplay video by Saberman as well.

Gacek - Another Bomb Jack port for the Atari XL/XE gets a second tease

I can still remember in the late 80's playing the brilliant Arcade port ' Bomb Jack '; a game that required you the player to jump and float about getting rid of all the bombs on the screen before they are used to blow up historic places of interest. It was such an awesome game that even though a fan port of the game was released on the Atari XL/XE coded by Krzysztof Gora in 2008, another version looks to be in the works and this one is called Gacek and developed by Shanti77. To coincide with this news, the game has got another teaser as an entry into the ABBUC Software Contest 2021.

Gacek - Another Bomb Jack port for the Atari XL/XE gets a tease

I can still remember in the late 80's on my Amstrad CPC 464 playing the brilliant Arcade port ' Bomb Jack '. It is a game that required you the player to high jump and float about getting rid of all the bombs on the screen before they are used to blow up historic places of interest, which is made more difficult by the enemies on screen. It was such an awesome game that even though a fan port of the game was released on the Atari XL/XE coded by Krzysztof Gora in 2008, another version looks to be in the works and this one is called Gacek and developed by Shanti77.

Bomb Jack Beer Edition - The enhanced Amiga port of an Arcade classic is finally here!!

It's rather bleak outside but who cares as just moments ago Graeme Cowie has just announced through the main Commodore Amiga Facebook group that his work in progress enhanced Amiga port of 'Bomb Jack' , as ' Bomb Jack Beer Edition ', has been finished and ready for Amiga gamers around the world. A game that has been in beta for some time with numerous bug fixes and changes is now in a good enough state to be enjoyed by many!

Bomb Jack Beer Edition - WIP enhanced Amiga port of an Arcade classic is nearly complete!

It's a late one but by Jolly is this a good announcement, as Graeme Cowie has just released the latest beta version of his in development enhanced Amiga port of ' Bomb Jack '. Yes indeed it is time to shout out from the retro zone as Beta 7a of ' Bomb Jack Beer Edition ' has made an appearance and if anything according to the creator, it isn't just better but the game is nearly complete for a May release!

Bomb Jack Beer Edition - Another fabulous Arcade beta for all Amiga gamers!

Rejoice Amiga gamers as we've just been told through our twitter feed from the developer himself Graeme Cowie, that he has released the latest beta 5A of his in development Bomb Jack Amiga enhanced ' Bomb Jack Beer Edition '. Now if you followed the previous release, you would've experienced a much better game overall from its earlier showings, but now it looks as if this enhanced version isn't far off from a complete game!

Bomb Jack Beer Edition - WIP enhanced Amiga port of an Arcade classic looks better than ever

I should be going to bed but this was too good to pass up, as recently Graeme Cowie looks to have released the best beta version yet of his in development enhanced Amiga port of ' Bomb Jack '. Yes indeed version beta 4A of ' Bomb Jack Beer Edition ' has had a bit of a face lift, as not only has there been a huge change with memory management, but it runs from a hard drive, game area has been moved more to the right, and a bug has been fixed where intermittent slow downs would occur (thanks to Le Caravage).

Bomb Jack Beer Edition - Classic game enhanced gets a WIP AMIGA Debug Build 3E

It's still raining outside and making most brits feel naff, but at least there's games to play and more so with the latest beta release of ' Bomb Jack Beer Edition ' by Graeme Cowie. Now before you get too excited and think this latest version is going to be a big hit, I'm afraid not. As according to the creator this version is mainly a Debug Build which will help him pin down why his enhanced work in progress game keeps crashing on Amiga AGA computers.

Bomb Jack Beer Edition - Enhanced classic WIP for the Commodore Amiga reaches beta 2D

Yet again Bomb Jack has appeared in our news feeds; a classic Arcade game from 1984 which required you the hero to collect all the red bombs on the screen to save historic places of interest while also avoiding deadly enemies such as birds and mummies! As we said before that same game which also had many different ports including the less than great Amiga port, has once again been overhauled to Bomb Jack Beer Edition but this time as version 2D!

Bomb Jack Beer Edition - Amiga WIP version enhanced gets a new AGA beta build

This is a short and sweet update as we've been contacted by Graeme Cowie that his work in progress enhanced version of Bomb Jack as Bomb Jack Beer edition, has been updated to beta version 2C. Now some of you may be wondering what exactly could've been done in such a short time from the previous version, well the developer has told us this version now works on AGA chipsets! So yes Commodore Amiga's such as the A1200 can now feel the Bomb Jack love!

Bomb Jack Beer Edition - An enhanced classic WIP for the Commodore Amiga reaches beta 2!

Well this is glorious news for a Monday as over the weekend we were contacted by Graeme Cowie, that his work in progress overhaul of Bomb Jack for the Commodore Amiga as Bomb Jack Beer Edition, has reached beta version 2! This game which we featured previously as one of many ports of the original Arcade classic, is being overhauled as close to the Arcade version as possible. Also as an added extra there will be added backgrounds from famous landmarks of his favourite drinking places such as Newcastle (Angel of the North), with each round having different beers to collect

Bomb Jack Beer Edition - An enhanced classic WIP for the Commodore Amiga gets a beta!

Once again Bomb Jack has appeared in our news feeds; a classic Arcade game which required you the player to jump and float about grabbing all the bombs on the screen while also avoiding some rather strange yet nasty enemies who would constantly get in your way just to stop you from saving historic places of interest! That same game which also had many different ports including the less than great Amiga port, has since been released as an overhauled beta version and titled as Bomb Jack Beer Edition.

Bomb Jack Beer Edition - An enhanced classic WIP for the Commodore Amiga

Ah good old Bomb Jack, a game which required you the player to jump and float about grabbing all the bombs on the screen while also avoiding some rather strange yet nasty enemies who would constantly get in your way just to stop you from saving historic places of interest! It was a fabulous game for all the family, going right back to the days of the Arcades and lots of ports to follow such as the Amiga, which sadly was not as good as it could've been, at least until now... Welcome to Bomb Jack Beer Edition; an enhanced WIP Bomb Jack for the Commodore Amiga!

Super Bubble Bobble Boy - A mix of classics teased in this wip ZX Spectrum game

Gabriele Amore is certainly no slouch in the area of ZX Spectrum development, as so far he has released games such as Castle Capers, Chunk Zone, Popeye(Conversion), GOOD NIGHT KANGA and even the ZX arcade port of Donkey Kong Jr. But this week as a very early tease and once again developed using Arcade Game Designer ( AGD ), he has now shown off another game in development and this time it's the Bomb Jack and Bubble Bobble mix of ' Super Bubble Bobble Boy '