There are a great many superb arcade conversions available on the ZX Spectrum, but one of our favourites is this stunning port of Irem’s hit shoot-’em-up that came out in 1988. Programmer Bob Pape recently revealed the creation of his epic conversion in an online book called It’s Behind You: The Making Of A Computer […]
Author: Masamune The more video games I play, the more I can see how developers like to borrow ideas from each other. Take the original Super Mario Bros. for example. It’s the classic paragon of what a platformer should be. Off the top of your head think of some … Continue reading
For many retro gamers, the 90s was a wonderful era packed to the brim with exciting new developments and technological advancements. Despite the rise of the Internet and other forms of getting our gaming fix delivered daily, one dedicated service we all know and loved remained on the most basic form of communication still around […]
A NEW Amiga game has been released today, just before Christmas. 🙂 It is called Love Dungeon and it is a platform game. Read more here: The graphics are also very nice indeed and shows great attention to detail, from the ladders to the backgrounds and character. However as a gameplay standpoint, I found the […]
new amiga game love dungeon
If you’ve run short of games to tackle on your Amiga then look no further. The questionably named Love Dungeon is the latest title to hit Commodore’s home computer, an arcade platformer drawing inspiration from the 1984 release Bruce Lee – one which is ready to take your Amiga to second base and beyond.
Just days after discussing how few festive titles are out there for retro gamers, it would appear that a scrolling shooter starring the much loved Santa has just blasted onto the PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16. Built using the same engine as the homebrew hit Atlantean, the pun-errificly titled Santatlantean is now available as a free to download […]
Apologies if this has been posted before but I’ve only just stumbled across it. Snippet: Quote: Today it’s hard to imagine game development without the mighty web. No one had even heard the word internet at the time. With the absence of YouTube’s tutorial videos, the learning curve for mastering a program was quite steep. […]
Several months ago it was announced that one of the biggest Lemmings fan sites online was compiling a book on the history of DMA Design’s puzzler and the many different ports it received. Although the book was originally set to seek funding via Kickstarter, it would appear that the author has jumped right ahead and […]
Over the last few years Krikzz has single-handedly revolutionised the way we get our retro fix. With a large selection of flash cartridges for just about every system emerging from his development lab, there can’t be that much left for the Ukrainian to create? Think again. Further proving his love for the Mega Drive, Krikzz […]
Lemmings has to be one of the most widely-ported videogames in history, with official versions appearing on a huge variety of platforms, from the low-powered likes of the Game Boy to the PlayStation and beyond. Now, in the lead-up to the game’s 25th anniversary in 2016, a book has been produced comparing every version of […]