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Roland in Retroacalant – A single screen homebrew celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Amstrad CPC 464
It’s back to the Amstrad CPC for this news story, as we’re informed by XeNoMoRPH a few days ago, that the previously teased Amstrad CPC game of Roland in Retroacalant by CapaSoft, has been made available as a digital download. A single screen Arcade homebrew that celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Amstrad CPC 464. To coincide…
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NES High Score – by 8-Bit Steve
When people hear the name Donkey Kong there are many thoughts that might enter into their minds. The most obvious thought might be the arcade game that was released in 1981 that became Nintendo’s first arcade smash hit selling over 170,000 units and generating over 2 billion dollars in revenue from 1981 through 1983. Maybe…
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New On Antstream This Week: Centipede & The Lords Of Midnight
An arcade shooter and a retro strategy/RPG hybrid join the library this week. Another week means yet more games added to the Antstream library. This time we have the classic arcade shooter Centipede (Atari 8-bit) and the just as classic strategy/RPG The Lords of Midnight (Spectrum) Previously a VCS exclusive, the Atari 8-bit version of…
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Halo Megabloks Game for Xbox 360 Returns from the Dead
Way back in 2017, the general gaming public first learned of a Halo game made based on Mega Bloks thanks to an asset release by Past to Present Online. The original video can be seen here, and discusses, among other topics, how Mega Bloks merchandise with Halo characters first started to appear in 2009. At…
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Nintendos War on Retro Gaming: How Its Hurting the Community and Stifling Game Preservation
Nintendos aggressive copyright strikes against YouTube creators like Russ from Retro Game Corps are raising concerns about the future of game preservation. As creators bridge the gap by educating fans about legal retro gaming and emulation, Nintendos refusal to embrace these efforts is alienating their fan base. Learn why Nintendos control over its legacy content…
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A History of Atari, Part 2 – by Leonard Herman
From late 1975 and throughout 1976, work proceeded on Atari’snew programmable home system.Bushnell and Atari’s president, Joe Keenan, hoped to release it in time for Christmas 1977, but realized they didn’t have the finances to do so. Bushnell wanted to take the company public but his underwriter believed that that wouldn’t raise as much as…
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Ami Robbo 2 – Another game announcement as Atari XL/XE puzzler is coming to the Amiga
If you don’t have a Sega Mega Drive but an Amiga then this news should cheer you up. As we’ve just been told by Saberman, that tukinem is working a new game for the Commodore Amiga called ‘Ami Robbo 2’. A game that is based around the classic 1980’s Action Puzzle game which was released for…
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Hyper Wings – Geldo79 announces version 1.0 of an in-dev Amiga space shooter
The last news story from me unless something major comes out, as the previously announced Amiga shooter of ‘Hyper Wings’ by Geldo79 has been made available as version 1.0. An Asteroids and Star Control mash up which is still being developed in ASM. To coincide with this news, Saberman has also provided a gameplay video. Just be…
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Mega Splatterhouse – 1988/89 Arcade Splatterhouse is coming to the Sega Mega Drive!
With the Caffeine just about kicking in and a HOT news story that’s well worth a mention. We’ve just been informed by the Scorpion Engine creator Earok, that Monster Bath Games Inc is working on bringing the epic and very gory side scrolling slasher of ‘Splatterhouse’ to the Sega Mega Drive as ‘Mega Splatterhouse’. As in…
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Ruff in Trouble – A high quality nod to RUFF N TUMBLE is coming to the Atari XL/XE
Another nod to a classic, as thanks to Saberman letting us know through Facebook, he has told us that at some point after the ABBUC Software Contest 2024 is finished, shanti77 will be releasing the RUFF N TUMBLE inspired Atari XL/XE game of ‘Ruff in Trouble’. A nod to a game first released for the Amiga by…
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