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The MSX gaming computer never made a significant impact in North America but over in Japan, it had quite a following. Enough support that Microsoft released a follow up computer called the MSX2, and a few other variations. Interesting that the MSX ran an extended version of Microsoft BASIC and yet still, developers were able […]
Posts Tagged ‘homebrew’
MSX Receives Ghost, a 2D Side Scrolling Action Adventure, Beta
July 24th, 2017 
Carl Williams 
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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Tags: 2600, atari, atari 2600, AtariAge, batari basic, homebrew, independent, indie, Space Cactus Canyon, World War 
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Haunted Halloween 85 and 86, Horror Homebrew Games for NES
May 29th, 2017 Carl Williams It is not all that often that I get to cover something really cool. I know, a lot of you have already gotten, beaten, and probably shelved Haunted Halloween 85 but what about Haunted Halloween 86? This article is more for the people new to homebrew/independent development of games, those that are old hats in […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo Tags: 85, 86, action, Cashinculture.com, Halloween, Haunted, homebrew, independent, nes, platform, Retrotainment Games No Comments »
Monty Mole and the Temple of Lost Souls Released on ZX Spectrum
February 12th, 2017 Neil Reive Back in the 1980s heyday of the ZX Spectrum, Gremlin Graphics enjoyed huge success with a series of games featuring their Monty Mole character. The series has recently been resurrected with the release of Monty’s Honey Run in January 2017, and now its follow up, Monty Mole and the Temple of Lost Souls, is here.
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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 »
New Atari Lynx Shooter Weltenschlachter Completed
December 14th, 2016 Carl Williams The Atari Lynx is the recipient of a new side scrolling shooter called Weltenschlachter, say that three times fast, which reminds us of Yar’s Revenge.
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Posted in News, Portables Tags: atari, hand held, homebrew, lynx, side scrolling shooter, Weltenschlachter, Yar's Revenge 2 Comments »
Lala The Magical Arrives on the Nintendo Entertainment System
December 1st, 2016 Neil Reive Back in 2010, The Mojon Twins released a cute little platform game called Lala Prologue on their long favored 8-bit computers, the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC. Now, the twins have worked their magic, renamed the game slightly to Lala The Magical, and converted it to the Nintendo Entertainment System.
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Bandit Gaming – Aventura Updates Classic Adventure for Sega Genesis
October 24th, 2016 Carl Williams The classic Adventure on the Atari 2600 was one of those games that you either loved or hated. For many they loved it. It was so different from what was available for the Atari, or any console, back then. For me, I was too young to enjoy it early on so I was not aware […]
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Posted in News, Sega Tags: adventure, atari 2600, Aventura, BasiEgaXorz, Devster, forums, genesis, homebrew, independent, Landeel, sega 2 Comments »
Ghosts n Goblins Amstrad GX4000 Port Debuts, Work in Progress
October 4th, 2016 Carl Williams Back in the late 1980’s there was this thing gamers visited on a regular basis. Arcades. In those mystical buildings, sometimes just rooms inside, were collections of some of the best games you could want to play at the time. One such game was Ghosts n Goblins by Capcom. This was a nail bitingly intense […]
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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 »
