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New retro gaming book, Blast Annual 2020: Vol 1 is now live on Kickstarter. The focus of Blast Annual 2020: Vol 1 book is all about community, coding, computers and consoles. Inside backers will find a wide collection of retro gaming articles covering a variety of retro gaming platforms including Atari 2600, Commodore Amiga, Amstrad […]
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BLAST ANNUAL 2020: Vol 1 Retro Gaming Book Live on Kickstarter
March 1st, 2020 
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Posted in Amstrad, Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 800 XL/XE, Atari Lynx, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, Console, Master System, NES, Nintendo, ZX Spectrum 
Tags: #16bit, #Atari2600, #gamedev, #zxspectrum, 8bit, amiga, amstrad CPC, c64, GAMES, msx, nes, retro, retro gaming, retro gaming magazine, sinclair zx 
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Want More Storage on SNES Classic Mini? Now You Can
December 25th, 2017 Carl Williams We all knew it was coming at some point. The mods for the SNES Classic Mini. They have come fast and hard so to speak. Well, not hard, the methods of implementing them are straightforward, almost like Nintendo didn’t even bother locking out fans (a stark difference to their corporate policies since, well, they started […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Tags: hack, nintendo, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, SNES Classic Mini, SNESClassicMods.com, super nintendo No Comments »
Stranger Things Retro Game Created by 12 Year Old Programmer Using QBASIC
December 23rd, 2017 Carl Williams What did you do at 12 years old? I remember playing a lot of 8-Bit Nintendo, doing some type-in programs from Compute! and Compute!’s Gazette, and generally skipping school whenever I could. The programmer behind Stranger Things Retro Game is a 12-year-old girl whose father wanted her to have opportunities opened to her via S.T.E.A.M. […]
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Posted in Comp, News, Windows Tags: dos, fangame, Netflix, QBASIC, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, Stranger Things 1 Comment »
View Heavenly Bodies on Atari 2600 with Astronomer
December 13th, 2017 Carl Williams 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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Posted in Atari 2600, Console, News Tags: 2600, Astronomer, Astronomy, atari, AtariAge, batari basic, homebrew, independent, indie, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming 2 Comments »
Unreleased Sega Saturn Game Sold on eBay Auction Service (Updated with New Information)
December 11th, 2017 Carl Williams It is not all that often that we get news that a Sega Saturn prototype has surfaced. Armed, an unreleased game by Point of View who was developing it for Interplay, is a 2D side scrolling action game. Everything seems to feature pre-rendered graphics (you either love the style or hate it), some parts are […]
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Posted in News, Saturn, Sega Tags: 1990's, Aftermath, Armed, interplay, Point of View (company), retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, saturn, sega, sega saturn No Comments »
Lara Croft: New Sales Details Reveal Retro Gaming Icon is in Rude Health
November 30th, 2017 Carl Williams It says a lot about how quickly technology and the gaming world have evolved that a character which first hit our screens just over 20 years ago can be placed in the pantheon of much-loved retro gaming icons. However, the adventures of everyone’s favorite Tomb Raider Lara Croft have been such an important part of […]
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Posted in Dreamcast, News, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, PSOne, Sega, Sony, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One Tags: lara croft, retro, retro gaming, Rise of the Tomb Raider, square enix, tomb raider No Comments »
The Arcade Game Designer Interviews #1: Douglas Bagnall
November 2nd, 2017 CPC4EVA Arcade Game Designer (or AGD), created by Jonathan Cauldwell, is a programming tool for coding games on 8-bit computers, specifically the Sinclair Spectrum and Amstrad CPC computers. It allows anyone with or without coding experience to learn how to code and create a game on these early 8-bit computing systems. I have been fortunate enough to […]
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Posted in Arcade, News, ZX Spectrum Tags: #gamedev, #indiedev, #retrodev, #sinclair spectrum, 8bit, homebrew, programming, retro, retro gaming, ZX81 No Comments »
Karatian Retrospective
October 29th, 2017 CPC4EVA Beyond the great hill and to the north, there was once a great man who guarded the five belts. You have to fight against your friends and the lurking evils to get these belts. Only then will you be able to leave this land where strange creatures dwell.
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Posted in Amstrad Tags: 8bit, amstrad, amstrad CPC, barbarian, CPC, ik+, retro gaming, VIDEO GAMES No Comments »
8-Bit Adventure Anthology Volume One Features Point and Click Classics
October 12th, 2017 Carl Williams The world of adventure games is a wild one. Especially when you venture into the computer side of the equation where point and click adventures used to battle with text adventures and role-playing games alike. On consoles, it was a different story – text adventures were non-existent and role-playing games only picked up steam as […]
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Posted in NES, News, Nintendo Tags: Deja Vu, playstation, PS4, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, shadowgate, steam, Uninvited, Xbox One 4 Comments »
Nickel News – Solving The Mystery Of Love, Thimbleweed Park Heroes Ray And Reyes Wed
October 12th, 2017 Brandon Weicks Thimbleweed Park – Finally answering the question of will they or won’t they, federal agents Ray and Reyes were married today at the Edmund Hotel.
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