Tutankham - A Pico8 port of Tutankham is in development, an arcade game developed by Konami in 1982.

Thanks to an early morning heads up via Twitter, we've just been told that if you enjoyed the classic game of 'Tutankham'; an Arcade game developed by Konami in 1982. Then at some point in the near future @paulhamx will be releasing a port of the game for the Pico8. To coincide with this news, the creator has released not just one video showing the gameplay, but also a second video showing the title screen and the music.

King's Valley - Konami's platformer is being developed for the Amiga!

Thanks to a heads up from a friend of ours in the Commodore Amiga group, we've been told ' King's Valley '; which is a port of the MSX version first released in 1985, and also as an appearance via MS-DOS in the 80's and as an unofficial port in 2009 on the ZX Spectrum by RetroWorks. Will be coming to an Amiga near you thanks to the hard work of Toni Gálvez, Narcisound, and coding of M.A. Soft/JC.

Silent Hill - Playstation game of Horror reviewed by Cola Powered Gamer

Developed in 1999, near the end of the PS1 age, Silent Hill uses an established formula of survival horror and changes it to make something different. Silent Hill uses a psychological horror, rather than an action approach and visceral horror seen in games like Resident Evil.

Castlevania 30th anniversary NES facelift patch by KYA gets another improvement!

Glorious Thursday news as we've just been told that Kya199 has announced that the Castlevania 30th anniversary facelift patch which celebrates the original games release since 1986, graphically overhauling the classic NES game, has been improved even further with a HDPack! This pack updates the NES version of the game with Konami-authored graphics as well as graphics taken from the third generation of Castlevania for mobile phones.

Bomberland - Classic game as a clone for the C64!

When I was growing up there was a game I used to love playing with friends, whereby your task was to drop bombs and either blow up other enemies or your very best friend(s) in a maze like game screen. That game was Bomberman also known as Dynablaster, which was actually first released way back in 1983 by Hudson Soft and then published by Konami, with multiple ports appearing through the years. This latest news however is in relation to this awesome game, as after a period of waiting RGCD have released Bomberland as a free download for the C64!

Pooyan Remake - 1980's Arcade game remade for the Pico-8 ( Online Playable )

We haven't featured many Pico-8 or browser based games lately so to change all that here's a lovely little gem developed by David called ' Pooyan Remake '. Now if you haven't heard the name Pooyan before, you'll probably be interested to know it was an Arcade game released in 1982 by Konami, and featured Mamma Pig defending her home and rescuing her baby piglets(Pooyan) from menacing wolves that in the first stage are floating down to get you using balloons.

Scrambler - Classic 80's Arcade fun via your Android device!

It's not often I say this but I think I may have found a rather decent Android clone in Chrawfish Interactive's Arcade Shoot em up ' Scrambler ', which is a clone of the 1980's Arcade title Scramble ; a game originally developed by Konami and distributed in North America by Stern Electronics. For those of you who have never played this game before all those years ago, it was a classic early horizontal shoot-em-up where you had to blow up ground targets and missiles with bombs or bullets and navigate increasingly difficult terrain. It was so popular, it spawned many home computer conversions!

King's Valley - Konami's platformer is coming to the C64, with new preview footage!

More hot news for you C64 lot, as we've just received new preview footage of an in development C64 game ' King's Valley ', which is a port of the MSX version first released in 1985. Although the game did appear via MS-DOS in the 80's and as unofficial port in 2009 on the ZX Spectrum by RetroWorks, this game is being developed by rebitmagazine, and will once again put you in the shoes of an adventurer on a quest to collect gems while also avoiding angry mummies and other such deadly monsters!

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.

Gyruss - Konami's fixed arcade shooter gets an enhanced cartridge port for the MSX

Something for everyone this week as we now turn our attention towards the MSX with GDX's port of the 1980's Konami fixed arcade shooter ' Gyruss ', which is available for purchase as an enhanced cartridge by Eric Boez. This game was first seen in the Arcades and was later distributed as conversion kits, with Parker Brothers releasing contemporary ports for the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit family, Colecovision, and Commodore 64. In fact, it's the Colecovision which this MSX port is actually based on and is enhanced by the embedded SN76489, so original sounds and music are preserved.

Highway Fighter MSX2 - Konami Road Fighter clone will be available on digital format on April the 2nd

In the late 80's Konami released their very first racing game 'Road Fighter' in the Arcades as well as on a number of systems such as the MSX and the NES. In the game your goal as the driver of a rather speedy car was to reach the finish line without hitting other cars or running out of fuel, although hitting certain cars did give you more fuel just in case you were a little bit low. A decent game for its time which is also the reason for our write up, as Kai Magazine 2017 have announced their Road Fighter clone of 'Highway Fighter', will be released for the MSX 2 and 2+, 2nd of April.

Jail Break - Genre defining Konami shooter fixed for C64s

"Run and gun" games would come a long way in the year or two following the Arcade release of Jail Break by Konami. They would eventually perfect the format 1 year later with the release of Contra in the arcades, and 2 years later saw William's electronics release the excellent Narc, which caught controversy over it's "realistic" digitised sprites and ultra violent theme. However back in 1986, the arcades had not seen anything like this. Even Double Dragon would take another year to reach us. This is Jail break, a pseudo isometric side scrolling shoot em up, where the prisoners have escaped and taken over Manhattan. This release sees the game fixed for NTSC machines and an assortment of handy training modes for The C64 version.

Salamander - Konami's Shoot Em Up improved on the MSX2

The weather is naff outside as it's cold and it's wet but thankfully to warm us up and push our adrenaline through the roof, is the recent improved MSX release of the great shoot em up game ' Salamander ', which was released in the late 80s from the Arcades as a spin off from Gradius by that famous company ' Konami'. Although Salamander was released on many other systems such as the Amstrad, C64 and ZX Spectrum, the MSX version did not feature smooth scrolling and now thanks to Victor an enhanced version with smooth scrolling and bug fixes was released but for the MSX2.

Gradius +2DMFGH - Mayday present classic Konami bullet hell SHMUP on the C64

You may have played this sidescrolling shoot-em-up under the game's alternative title: "Nemesis". It was a fairly faithful conversion of Japanese coinop: "Gradius". Mayday have cracked and trained the version featuring its original title. This release features a new title screen, high score saver, new documentation and cheats disabling collisions and infinite lives. Essential if like me, you could never beat mission 1.  Fans of the game may also be interested to know the excellent NES version will be included in the forthcoming Nintendo Mini NES.

Vampire Killer on the MSX2 gets a Castlevania MSX2 patch

Originally developed in 1986 for the NES, Castlevania by Konami, was a high grade for its time, action platformer, that had you tasked with the defeating of the vampire Dracula. It was a game that also appeared as a graphically impressive fan based game on the ZX Spectrum as Castlevania Spectral Interlude, developed by Sanchez . But today's news isn't so much as a fan based game or even a new game, but a MSX2 patch of the alternative MSX2 version also known as Vampire Killer, which turns the game into Castlevania. They both already share most of the background settings, enemies and music, but this goes much further.

Shoot 'em up Gradius II is coming to the Sega Genesis as a port!

This day just gets better and better as we have just been informed by our good friend Retro Nerd, of a famous shoot 'em up by Konami that is being ported over to the Sega Genesis by Nendo16. That game is part of the Gradius series as ' Gradius II ', which originally appeared as a horizontal-scrolling shooter for the arcades in Japan in 1988, with later developments for the PC-Engine and Sharp X68000. Although it did also appear on the Playstation and Sega Saturn it has never appeared on the Sega Genesis, at least until now!

Scramble - Impressive detail for a classic Shoot em up Atari 2600 port!

In June of this year Thomas Kite, with source trainer by Laxity, released a very nice side scrolling shoot em up C64 port of a much earlier game which was originally released way back in 1983 as Skramble developed by Darrell Etherington. The actual release name was ' Scramble ' which was also the original name of the game released in February 1981 developed by Konami and distributed in North America by Stern Electronics. A game that is a joy to play with lots side scrolling action, has now been given the Atari 2600 treatment by johnnywc with very impressive graphics as a port of Konami's Scramble.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III : The Manhattan Project - A hit beat 'em up on the NES!

If you could choose one Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video game to play for the rest of your life, what would you choose? If you said TMNT IV: Turtles in Time you may need to go back and play TMNT III: The Manhattan Project, perhaps the best beat ‘em up on the NES and I’ll wager the best TMNT video game.

Call of Khafra released free! - Inspired from Konami's 1985 King's Valley.

Game Genre : Arcade, Puzzle, Platformer
Developer : IN|Framez Technology Corp.
Game Quote : Call of Khafra is a puzzle platform game that tests your wits and reflexes as you play the daring explorer in his adventures inside the great pyramid of Khafra. Explore over 20 mysterious and dangerous chambers containing treasure to be found by those brave enough to survive the traps and evil entities that protect Khafra's most precious items. Inspired from King's Valley made by Konami on MSX, this game has many great features beyond cool pixel-art graphics.
Release : Now, Free
Systems : PC