We’re already talking about Hacking Contest in 2017? You bet! The Sonic Hacking Contest’s 15th anniversary is upon us all and they need your help in a big way! The early report brings about rule changes and new trophies are being introduced in next year’s contest. New rules are set to enact new “quality control” measures […]
Archive: December, 2016
Dreamcast Exclusive ‘In the Line of Fire’ Hits Kickstarter
There have been a couple of recent Kickstarter projects that have added Dreamcast stretch goals, with the promising Megadrive/Genesis platformer Tanglewood being the latest. Now though, a team based in Denver known as Militia Studios has entered the arena with a brand new game for Sega’s old warhorse of a console; a game that has […]
Ultima fan? C64 user? ya gotta check out this kickstarter
new C64 RPG game Unknown Realm Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects…d-commodore-64
Unreleased Commodore Amiga CD32 Snowboarder ‘Biff Boardin’ Surfaces On eBay With Snowboard Accessory
While the Commodore Amiga CD32 might not be the most popular system around, it definitely has a group of dedicated and loyal fans behind it. With such a limited number of games being made available for the console during its short lived life, the die-hard games devoted to the CD32 will be amazed to hear […]
Newly Announced Commodore Amiga Homebrew ‘Max Knight’ Gets Downloadable Demo Disk
If for any reason you’ve been feeling that your choice of action on the Commodore Amiga was growing stale then look no further. The Polish based development team Pixel Nation recently took to a number of message-boards dedicated to the classic computer to announced their upcoming February 2017 release, Max Knight.
New SNES Fighter Unholy Night: The Darkness Hunter Unveiled
There’s a new one-on-one fighting game coming to the SNES, and there’s some serious retro development pedigree behind it! Foxbat Co Ltd., is a team of former SNK developers with credits on some of the company’s many famous fighting games including Art Of Fighting, Samurai Shodown, The Last Blade, Kizuna Encounter and iterations of the King […]
Maximum Power Up Podcast – Episode 38: Tomb Raider Suite
Tomb Raider is one of the most iconic games for the Sony Playstation, and a series still going today. This year is the 20th anniversary of Tomb Raider and original Tomb Raider composer Nathan McCree has something special planned.
Unreleased ‘Akira’ Nintendo Game Boy Cartridge Discovered & Revealed
As many will tell you, the lack of a decent game based on the cult classic anime Akira is somewhat criminal. While the Japanese did see a text-based adventure game starring Kanedo and Tetsuo on the Nintendo Famicom, Western gamers were stuck with the abysmal Commodore Amiga offering from Ice – one which saw some […]
Former SNK Developer Reveals Brand New Super Nintendo Fighter ‘Unholy Night’
The era in which we started our adventure into the world of gaming is a tough one to let go of. While this may hold true for gamers, it would also appear that there are seveal ‘retro’ developers who are also eager to keep their programming past alive – so much so that former-SNK employees […]
Interview: Matt Phillips, Tanglewood Developer
If you’re a big fan of the Mega Drive, you might have noticed a Kickstarter project floating around online recently by the name of Tanglewood. The campaign is currently about 70% funded, with about £34,000 raised against a goal of £48,000, and has ten days to go. If you want to see the campaign for yourself and […]