The updated Vega still has several weeks to go, but it’s already smashed its crowdfunding target. Retro Computer Ltd was asking for £100,000 in order to fund its second edition of the Vega and it’s smashed the target effortlessly. It’s currently on £252,000 and shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, we wouldn’t be […]
Archive: February, 2016
Streets Of Rage II Soundtrack Set For Vinyl Re-Release Via Data Discs
If you have an old record player gathering dust in the loft, get read to give it another spin. Soundtrack supremos Data Discs are back with yet another retro re-release on vinyl, this time with the hard hitting euro-beat inspired Streets of Rage II.
[Event] GameBlast16 (26 – 28th February – Online)
GameBlast16 is a charity event run by you! Yes you! Calling all internet streamers and players – gamers’ charity Special Effect want you to join up with them between 26-28 February to help raise money for gamers with disabilities. They supply people with the equipment and means so they can do what we take for granted […]
History of Sonic Panel With Yuji Naka, Takashi Iizuka and Others to be held at SXSW
As you might have noticed, on one of the boards at Tomy’s booth at Toy Fair 2016 a “History of Sonic” panel that’ll be held at SXSW was mentioned. And it turns out that the SXSW event schedule website includes details about who’ll be there and what it’s about. The panel will be held on March 19th […]
New Sonic 25th Anniversary Event/Release Details From Toy Fair
Because SEGA decided that they’re no longer releasing new Sonic games annually to give developers more time to properly finish the games, there hasn’t been a big new Sonic game in the past year. The Sonic fanbase doesn’t seem to be used to not having a new game to complain about play for longer than a year, […]
[Game in development] Scourge of the Underkind
The coders youtube channel with his current and past productions; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Tn857z2qXg EAB thread; http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=80838 Graphics artists youtube channel; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1hK…drhrp2mi14bxho
Tetrix "the next generation" game
I have a version of Tetris called Tetrix the next generation. It’s a great version to play as it supports two players at the same time. My copy recently started getting some buggy gameplay/graphics (must be run in PAL mode). So I downloaded a new adf of the game and put it on a new […]
Sinclair Spectrum Vega plus – first thoughts
As many of you are aware, I was less than impressed with the first Spectrum Vega offering from Retro Computers Ltd (a partnership of Sir Clive Sinclair, Chris Smith, Dr. David Levy and Paul Andrews). It looked cheap and ugly and the whole concept of replacing a Spectrum with what was nothing more than emulation […]