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If you think “all” ideas for games have already been done, then you have not tried Astronomer on the Atari 2600. Yep, you read that right. An independent developer is working on an Atari 2600 game that is based on astronomy. You can even play it online right now. Link after the jump, of course.
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View Heavenly Bodies on Atari 2600 with Astronomer
December 13th, 2017 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Atari 2600, Console, News 
Tags: 2600, Astronomer, Astronomy, atari, AtariAge, batari basic, homebrew, independent, indie, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming 
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New Jaguar Game in the Works Called JagZombies
November 16th, 2017 Carl Williams Do you know what you get when fans figure out how to make games for their favorite consoles? You get stuff that is unique, often quite different than what was released commercially. Take for instance JagZombies, a work in progress title for the Atari Jaguar console. This is a lightgun style game pitting you against […]
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Posted in Atari Jaguar, Console, News Tags: atari, homebrew, independent, indie, jaguar, JagZombies, light gun, shooter, Work in Progress, zombies 4 Comments »
Space Cactus Canyon Enters Beta on Atari 2600
July 23rd, 2017 Carl Williams Life as a cactus is not exactly a life of action. You pretty much stand there in all the heat all day and soak up what little water you can. That is a normal cactus. The last cactus on Earth, who just happens to be the star of Space Cactus Canyon on the Atari 2600, […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: 2600, atari, atari 2600, AtariAge, batari basic, homebrew, independent, indie, Space Cactus Canyon, World War No Comments »
2016 – A Monster Year for New Amstrad CPC Games
December 30th, 2016 CPC4EVA What a year 2016 has been for new Amstrad CPC game releases. A poll being conducted on the Facebook group page Amstrad Classic Gaming and Demos provides an estimated figure that there has been a whopping 73 individual games created and developed for the Amstrad 8-bit computer this year. That’s finished games, game demos, unfinished […]
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Posted in News Tags: amstrad, amstrad 6128+, amstrad CPC, amstrad cpc464, amstrad cpc6128, amstrad cpc664, amstrad games, amstrad gx4000, computer games, homebrew, indie, retro, retro gaming, VIDEO GAMES 1 Comment »
BOMB on BASIC City Review
October 4th, 2016 Jason Santuci Besides making Atari 2600 and Genesis games I also collect new titles. Bomb on BASIC City was a special treat as it was actually made in BASIC. The game cut scenes allude to a rivalry between C programmers and BASIC coders which is sometimes true. Those who “graduate” to assembly and C often forget quality […]
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Posted in Console, Reviews, Sega Tags: basic, demo rom, genesis, homebrew, independent, indie, role playing game, Second Dimension, sega, sega master system, Studio Vetea No Comments »
Nintendo Ends Fun for 600+ Indie Fan Games and Fans
September 5th, 2016 Carl Williams Nintendo has been on a rampage against their fans lately. Awhile back they took on the Youtube crowd by blocking ad revenue sharing on Nintendo owned games being played. Then more recently they took down Project AM2R and the Pokemon game and the Nintendo Power issues on Archive.org just to name a few things. Now, […]
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Posted in Comp, News, Nintendo Tags: Archive.org, Cease and Desist, console, fan, Github, Github.com, homebrew, independent, indie, launch, legend of zelda, link, mario, nintendo, Nintendo Power, NX, pokemon, Project AM2R, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming 3 Comments »
Wizard of Legend is Coming to Scratch Your Retro Itch
September 5th, 2016 DanielAlexander Wizard of Legend is an upcoming game by Contingent99 slated for release in 2017. It is a retro style game featuring action heavy spell slinging combat, and procedurally generated dungeons. At first glance the game looks amazing.
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: action, Contingent99, dungeon crawler, Hack'n'Slash, indie, kickstarter, procedurally generated, snes, steam, Steam Green Light, super nintendo, Wizard of Legend No Comments »
Avadon 3: The Warborn Launching Soon
September 4th, 2016 DanielAlexander Avadon 3: The Warborn is an epic fantasy CRPG releasing on September 14. It is the final installment in Spiderweb Software’s legendary Avadon series. For the uninitiated, Spiderweb Software was founded in 1994 by Jeff Vogel. He has manned the company largely solo ever since. From the beginning he has described his games as old […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: baldurs gate, CRPG, demo, Fallout, Icewind Dale, independent, indie, Pillars of Eternity, retro, retrogaming, rpg, shareware, Spiderweb Software, Wasteland No Comments »
Balanced Diet Limited Run on Game Boy Advance
June 25th, 2016 Carl Williams New Game Boy Advance games are not as common as they are for Atari 2600 but they are just as cool. The homebrew/indie scene constantly comes up with new game ideas that would probably have died early on in a corporate environment. One such new title, Balanced Diet for the Game Boy Advance probably has […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo, Portables Tags: Balanced Diet, game boy advance, homebrew, independent, indie, puzzle, Sebastian Mihai No Comments »
Game Boy Receives Cowboys Game Guns and Riders
June 14th, 2016 Carl Williams The old west is a place that many wish we could go back to. While I am not sure why, it is a popular time period. Gamers have barely touched the genre thanks to not many developers and publishers making games based in the old west. Sure, we got Gunsmoke on the Nintendo (zapper game) […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo, Portables Tags: flappy bird, game boy, Guns and Riders, homebrew, independent, indie, old west, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, romhacking.net, shooter, wild west No Comments »
