Last Action Hero - An enhanced(hack) version of a 1994 brawler via AmigaLive!

While I do try to avoid writing on weekends, this was too good not to spread the word! As thanks to both Earok and Saberman letting us know earlier today, they have told us that AmigaLive has made available a hack of the Amiga version of the 1994 game 'Last Action Hero'. As in the words of Earok "AmigaLive did a hack of the Last Action Hero awhile ago, I got permission to repost it here. It features a raft of gameplay balance tweaks to improve on the notorious film tie in."

The Maze of Galious as an enhanced version for the MSX2 is spectacular!

If you remember the 1987 MSX game of The Maze of Galious, then you might like this news story that has just reached our inbox. As we've recently been informed by a good friend of ours on Twitter, that Victor Martinez, David Madurga, Toni Galvez and team have released the latest update to their previously released enhanced MSX2 version of The Maze of Galious. To coincide with this news, not only can you view the latest compared screenshots below, but the game is playable online through a browser via The File Hunter.

Nemesis - An enhanced Gradius blasts its way onto the MSX2

You may have played this sidescrolling shoot-em-up under the game's alternative title: "Gradius". It was a fairly faithful conversion of the Japanese coinop that was first released in 1986 and ported over to a number of systems such as the MSX. The game is classed as a side scrolling shoot em up, and puts you in control of the spaceship Vic Viper on a mission to destroy waves of enemies with a power-up system at your disposal. That same game has appeared in our news feed, but this time as an enhanced version available for the MSX2, that is also playable through your browser.

The Untouchables SE - 1989 Game movie tie in re-released as an enhanced version

In 1989 Ocean released ' The Untouchables ' for the Amiga, as well as many other platforms as a movie tie in, in which you play as The Untouchables, Elliot Ness, who is going after the ruthless Mafia boss Al Capone. Based on the movie of the same name, and featuring multiple levels and a variety of weapons to pick up, the game is regarded as marmite with some liking the game and others not so much. So how do you improve a game that isn't that great? Well you enhance it, and that is exactly what Earok has done with the latest ' The Untouchables SE ' released for the Amiga today.

Prince Of Persia - Hit classic is audio and performance enhanced on the Atari STe

From 1989 onwards Brøderbund released the hit classic action platformer game 'Prince of Persia' on a multitude of systems such as the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST and MS-DOS. A true brilliance for its time and still worth playing today, featured many platforming levels and high danger which was usually met with falling floors, sword wielding enemies, crashing grates and at worst deadly spikes. This incredible game however has again appeared in our news feeds, but this time thanks to a heads up by AtariCrypt has been audio-enhanced by Peter Putnik for the Atari STe.

Sonic 2 ReMastered - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 enhanced on the SMS by MrCat

Do we have some great retro gaming news for you, as that legendary game character Sonic from the Sonic the Hedgehog game series, which appeared on multiple systems, especially the Sega Master System based in our feature today has been given a short enhanced release by MrCat. Released via the SHC2016 website, this remastered hack takes the original Sonic the Hedgehog 2 game from 1992 and instead has 3 all-new zones, complete with new layouts and artwork!

Giana Sisters: Special Edition - Enhanced edition for the Amiga gets a 2nd update!

Bit of a late one this, as I was very busy at the time, but Earok, who does those damn fine CD32 releases, has once again teased the ' Giana Sisters: Special Edition ', which is an Enhanced edition for the Amiga that is currently in development. A revamp of the very well known platformer of 'Great Giana Sisters', from 1987, is getting a bit of a make over, as not only will it be using graphics ported from the DS version, but as this latest progress 2 update shows, a lot of original graphics and palettes from an artist known as Tsak.

Donkey Kong - Atari 8-bit Arcade HACK & Atari 5200 conversion updated!

Not long ago we mentioned Darryl1970's Atari 8-bit Arcade hack and Atari 5200 conversion of Nintendo's 1981 original classic ' Donkey Kong ', in which you played as Mario that must avoid obstacles across a number of platforms, with sometimes a hammer in hand to save a damsel in distress from a giant ape called Donkey Kong. Both versions were tweaked and enhanced including colour changes of the original classic. But just last month Darryl released the latest 7.4 version with even more improvements.

The Abbey of Crime Extensum - Full PC remake gets a Steam Greenlight campaign

In March of this year, we were one of the first news sites to give you the heads up for the excellent PC, Mac and Linux remake of Opera Soft's rare Amstrad and ZX Spectrum classic of, ' The abbey of crime ', also known as ' La abadía del crimen '. Regarded as one of the best video games for the 8-bit system with a high level of detail, a decent plot, good mapping, sound and much more which made it a worth while game to collect. The enhanced remake developers which released it as a free download have announced it will hopefully appear on Steam, when it receives enough of your Steam Greenlight thumbs up!

The Abbey of Crime Extensum - Full PC remake of "La abadía del crimen"

In 1987, Opera Soft released ' The abbey of crime ' also known as ' La abadía del crimen ', which was regarded as one of the best video games for the 8bit system such as the Amstrad 6128, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC 464 and MSX.  It had a high level of detail, a decent plot, good mapping, sound and much more which made it a worth while game to collect. It's just a shame it was never officially released outside of Spain. But as a special treat and a heads up by Program Bytes 48k, you can now download ' The Abbey of Crime Extensum ', which is a NEW remake of La abadía del crimen, as a Windows, Mac OS X and Linux version, with enhanced detail and lots of bugs fixed

Jet Set Willy : The Nightmare Edition - Timeless classic enhanced for the ZX Spectrum

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. But it was only just last year that jswmm released the bug fixed edition but now Jet Set Willy is back with a refreshing wave of new challenges and surprises in the latest ' Jet Set Willy : The Nightmare Edition ' for the ZX Spectrum!

Super Carling the Spider : C64 - Exclusive preview of Psytronik Software's new game!

Psytronik Software who are a software label and publisher are certainly no strangers to us or the retro gaming scene. They have been devoted to releasing games for many different classic systems such as the Amstrad, C64, C16 and VIC-20. In fact according to them they have over 40 titles available including the epic C64 game Knight 'n' Grail, the excellent game Sub Hunter (voted 2008 game of the year for the C64 by Micro Mart), Darkness (featuring graphics and amazing packaging designed by Trevor 'Smila' Storey) and many more! So it will come as no surprise to you to see why we were just that little bit excited to play their latest game ' Super Carling The Spider ' for the C64, which is due very soon!

The Chaos Engine - An Amiga hit is on sale for PC, Mac and Linux at 90% off!

The original Chaos Engine was an incredible game released in 1993, and developed by the very famous Bitmap Brothers. It was a well known title that at it's core, was for the Amiga in which one or two players battled in a top down shooter genre against the evil creations of the titular Chaos Engine. With four landscapes to traverse and weapons to use it was an extremely popular game on any system. But today's news is from Mastertronic as they are now selling the enhanced PC, Mac and Linux version at 90% off with enhanced features and Steam achievements!

R0X EP - Enhanced remake of RGCD and NoExtra’s 2009 Atari STE Shoot em up!

Developed by RGCD, R0X EP is a brand new shoot 'em up developed for the PC that features that little bit more than your usual blaster action packed game. According to the devs, R0X EP rewards you for taking risks and flying dangerously, such as grazing rocks, bullets and enemies. The more dangerous you fly through space, the more your score increases.

Messed-Up Mother Goose : Enhanced - A free Adventure that's just a bit too rude!

Game Type : Adventure
Developer : ReVenture Games
Game Info Quote : Fairytale Land is shaken by the return of “Old Mother ****-up”, aka. Mother Goose. She aims for children, placing them in her abstract world full of lazy asses that can’t fix anything themselves. You are Goose, her not-so-faithful companion…slave. Your job is not to help anybody, but to **** up things even more!
Release : Today, Free
Systems : PC

STALKER: Call of Pripyat - A most epic of Misery Mod!

Game Genre : First Person Shooter Mod for Stalker: Call of Pripyat
Developer : True Zone
Developer Quote : Full concept modification of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat that touches every game aspect including textures, sfx, music, weapons, AI, items, weather difficulty and much more.
Game Info : This is going to be an incredible mod that overhauls STALKER: Call of Pripyat to possibly the most amazing first person shooter you'll ever play this year. From new factions and weapons, enhanced graphics, stunning weather effects, difficulty and much much more. I'm sure that if this was released as a full commercial product it would receive a huge accolade as such it's already been awarded mod of the year 2012.
Release : JULY 31st
Systems : PC

Baldur's Gate 1 - Enhanced Edition has been Released!

A grand day for Baldur's Gate fans, the Epic rpg which many of us have close to our gaming retro hearts, has been released with an almost complete overhaul, thus it became the Baldur's Gate 1 Enhanced Edition. We are not talking about High Def graphics here but New quests, new characters, retooled cleric/Mage spell tables, new classes, more voice actors, Improved Multiplayer, New Cinematics and an Enhanced Interface for much bigger resolutions. Just check out this Enhanced intro, certainly gives me those nostalgic memories.

Baldur's Gate II Enhanced Edition Next Year

An interview on Rebull has basically hinted that the Baldurs Gate HD enhanced version is only weeks away ( no delays please ) and I'm sure many of us on this planet are eagerly awaiting this Enhanced version. Will it be better than the original with it's tons of mods? who knows!. Not just that, in the interview they have also mentioned that they will be working straight into BG2 and hopefully we will see the sequel in 2013.

With release just weeks away, it’s nearly at it’s end, but Oster plans to get stuck straight into revamping the sequel, Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows Of Amn, which came out in 2000. “We are committed to doing Baldur’s Gate 2: Enhanced Edition,” he says. “The instant Baldur’s Gate is completed most of our team is ready to start work on [it], with a couple holding back to continue to add features and support the fans...We're planning on shipping [it] in 2013, hopefully before the end of summer. I want to enjoy some sun this year - 2012 was a write off.”

I seriously cannot wait!

http://www.baldursgate.com/