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Manic Miner – If you loved this classic from 1983 on the ZX Spectrum, then make sure to check out Deeper and Down!
We’ve recently been informed through Facebook that the all time classic of ‘Manic Miner’ by Matthew Smith, which was originally released way back in 1983, has been re-released as Manic Miner: Deeper and Down 1.1 for the ZX Spectrum. A new version of the game which doesn’t just feature 20 levels from The Deeper Caverns, but…
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The Lost Pixel – A PC platformer from 2022 is coming to the Commodore Amiga va Amiga Factory (+Demo)
Imagine if you could play a character throughout the history of gaming, instead of loading up Emulator after Emulator, that character could be played through all the historic levels, as if it were those good old days. Well you sort of can with this latest game from Amiga Factory! Welcome to The Lost Pixel; an…
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50 Years of Boss Fights – new book published
50 Years of Boss Fights celebrates the history of video game bosses, starting from the first boss in 1974. The book features interviews and insights from the developers who helped to make the bosses as memorable as they are, including those who created the first ever boss, Golden Dragon in D&D, as well as those…
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King’s Bounty: Putting the “Heroes” Into “Might and Magic”
Released in 1990 on PC and 1991 on the Sega Genesis, King’s Bounty is a strategy/RPG that even the most hardcore of gamers may have missed when it was originally hit shelves. However its place among the greatest strategy/role-playing games of all time should never be questioned. The spiritual predecessor to New World Computing’s massively-popular…
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Mega Cat Studios just launched their Kickstarter project
ZPF is a new game being developed for the good old SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis game consoles, made by the designer and developer of Tänzer. The game can be best described as being a good old fashioned horizontal shooter. Known in the community as a horizontal shmup (or STG). The intent is to release the game as a physical release…
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Ninja Carnage – A great adventure game first released on the Amstrad, C64 and ZX Spectrum is now available for the Amiga
Well this came as a complete surprise to us, as trawling through the EAB forums, we have just found out that an awesome looking game has been released for the Commodore Amiga OCS called ‘Ninja Carnage’. This game available to download for free via the pouet.net website, and also available for the Amstrad CPC(2020) and…
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Breakout & Kung-Fu Master Join The Antstream Library
Brick breaking and side-scrolling martial arts action are on the cards for retro game fans this week. This week, Antstream players can enjoy Breakout (Atari 2600), the game that launched a million bricks at walls, and fight for love in the side-scrolling beat ‘em up Kung-Fu Master (Arcade). Also, players can give the “Life, Duty…
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HOT NEWS as Prince of Persia has been converted over to the Commodore Plus/4!
We’ve just come across a hot news story via the Plus/4 world website, that the all time classic platformer of ‘Prince of Persia’; a game which was released for many different systems back in 1989 by Broderbund. As well as a more recent homebrew port for both the Atari XL/XE, Commodore Vic-20, and Sega Mega…
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PETSCII Wizard of Wor – A classic Arcade game in PETSCII for the Commodore Plus/4, C64 and CBM PET
Commodore owners are going to love this news story that we’ve just come across on Facebook.. As if you remember playing and hopefully enjoying the 1980’s Arcade game of Wizard of Wor, which also appeared on the Atari 8-bit, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Bally Astrocade and C64. Then you’ll be pleased to know that Kornél…
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Sire Fire – Another adventure conversion is now available for the Commodore 64 & Plus4
We have just found out through the plus4 website, that Ready64 and Plus4World has announced the release of the command/text adventure game of Sire Fire for the Commodore 64 and Plus/4. As in the words of the website for Sire Fire, "Converted by Carmine Migliaccio (TSM), Spectrum original by Gian Battista Aicardi and Tony Aicardi…
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