The Commodore Story - New trailer released!

Back in April last year, Wavem studios successfully ended their kickstarter campaign to fund "The Commodore Story", smashing their target of £17,500 by nearly triple. An ambitious project to chart the rise and fall of Commodore in book, documentary film and chiptune CD form, looks to be a worthy addition to tell the story of Commodore. Thankfully while we wait we've already had a promised video diary of clips of interviews that will go into the final film. Now with a final edit that has taken place with preview screenings, we welcome the official trailer that has been released in preparation of the final release. And it's a cracker...

Kaizo Trap - This is some seriously awesome animation!

Usually we bang on about games and music videos related to gaming, but this might be unlike anything you've seen before! Created by Guy Collins Animation, ' Kaizo Trap ' is a full on animated video showing what could possibly happen if your other half was trapped in a NES video game and you had to save him. Not only is the animation of high quality, but everything about this video will make your jaw drop from both the level design and music by Leslie Wai. Watch as she dies again and again, but just keeps on going, just as you and I would with a handy push of the continue button!

Dragon’s Lair: The Movie - An incredible game classic aims for an animated movie Kickstarter success!

Originally released in 1983 was an epic laserdisc video game that many people still remember today, and that game was Dragon's Lair, which was originally published by Cinematronics. It was so special, in the fact that not only was it a game, but it allowed you to play in an interactive experience in a cartoon animation. You didn't just watch a cartoon, you played it! What would be a simple of task of selecting the right actions at the right time, was usually met with certain cartoon death. But today's news is a very special Kickstarter announcement, as Don Bluth and Gary Goldman are coming together once again to bring the classic arcade game Dragon's Lair to the big screen.

Pixels Official Movie Trailer - Historic games invade Hollywood flick!

The American movie industry certainly knows how to entice the retro gamer, what with major characters such as Bowser and the Zombie showing up in Disney's Wreck-It Ralph! But unlike that movie, the recently announced 'Pixels' is going one step further. Starring Adam Sandler, and directed by the same creator from Home Alone 'Chris Columbus', this movie tells the story of a bunch of aliens who see's our NASA's human capsule with games contained within as a declaration of war.

Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years - A retro documentary Kickstarter success

Another positive note for retro gamers, especially those of you who remember the Amiga. As Nicola Caulfield & Anthony Caulfield's latest Kickstarter of 'Bedrooms to Billions : The Amiga Years is a kickstarter success raising £50,142 pledged of a £50,000 goal. The Amiga years will feature over 90 minutes worth of documentary footage that will explore the influence of the Commodore Amiga and how it took video game development, music and publishing to a whole new level and changed the video games industry forever!

From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years film teaser

So what do you do when you've done a successful kickstarter for a film, shot so much footage that cutting it down to a 5 hour long film was hard enough and there also just so happens to be a massive re-surgence in amiga nostalgia and hype around the 30th anniversary of the Amiga? Make a separate movie just about the Amiga of course in 'From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years'.

It Came From the Desert Motion Picture set for 2016 release!

After much wondering, Cinemaware has finally come forward and properly announced the release for the 'It Came From the Desert' motion picture; a motion picture adaptation of the classic 80's game It Came From the Desert. According to Cinemaware, the development comes from Iron Sky producer Tero Kaukomaa who is filling an executive producer role on a Finnish backed, English language big screen adaptation of classic 1980s game. To go with this latest news they have recently released a debut trailer!

Cinemaware goes to the movies - Pre-Production Of “It Came From the Desert” Motion Picture!‏

Call us Cinemaware fans if you so wish, but one thing can be said about the company, they are certainly unique in development as they've gone from some fantastic retro games such as Defender of the Crown, Wings and It Came From the Desert to a just announced “It Came From the Desert” Motion Picture!‏ Although I was hoping for an animated version of the hit classic, today's announcement sees the game company Cinemaware entering a partnership agreement with Roger! Pictures for the development of a motion picture based on the company’s cult-classic game.

It Came From The Desert - Cinemaware's next big tease!

Back in 1989 Cinemaware released one of the greatest action-adventure games ever made. It had a strong Hollywood B movie vibe as you tried to prove that giant ants were real and convince the mayor to call upon the national guard to fight. Featuring a mix of adventuring, arcade and shooter game play and ported to a multitude of systems such as the Amiga, many gamers are still playing it even today. But the big tease coming from Cinemaware is just this one poster which mentions an ant invasion beginning on Jan 16th. According to the Facebook group page it looks to be a Film, perhaps an animated cartoon? Who knows, we will just have to wait until that date to find out!

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The Blues Brothers - The Company.pl returns with an Amiga-PC classic!

After a very long hiatus "The Company.pl" has released the latest Amiga PC portable edition of another Amiga classic "The Blues Brothers". First released in 1991 by Titus Software you play as the Blues Brothers and must avoid the police in order to make it to a blues concert. Thankfully the use of boxes can be thrown at enemies or put down for you to stand on, just watch out for the granny in the trolley as she's not to be messed with.

Terrordrome - Battle it out with gorish well known characters (Free Game!)

Game Type : Fighter
Game Info Quote : Terrordrome is a PC fan game with a professional quality level, a homebrew that's free and it's totally fan oriented. Based on a one on one 2D fighting game, Terrordrome features the most popular horror movie characters from the 80's till now. An encounter between the most frightening and imposing killers for the biggest pleasure of fans from both horror games to movies. You choose your favourite character and fight against others in the roster.
Systems : PC
Release : Now(FREE)

From Bedrooms to Billions - The story of the UK Video Games Industry but with a kickstarter

This is a rather cool project for a Kickstarter and one that I've not seen before. Unlike most Kickstarters we've featured here have been games, this is oh so slightly different. This Kickstarter, which has already gone way past it's goal, is going to be a two hour feature length documentary featuring some of the best game developers of our time, going way back to 1979! It's also a true story of the British Video Games Industry and how a small number of great individuals shaped this industry.