Battle Princess Madelyn – Ghouls ‘n Ghosts inspired spectacular, December 6th for Switch, XB1, PS4 & PC!

On By Neil G

In 1988 Capcom released one of the finest Arcade games ever to grace the gaming scene, and that game was the incredible Ghouls ‘n Ghosts which appeared on lots of different systems. It is a game that if you haven’t played it, you are seriously missing out! So as an […]

Starquake for the Commodore Amiga – Ltd Edition available for order!

On By Neil G

In 2016 we were the first to announce another of Chris Wilkins Kickstarters regarding The story of the Commodore Amiga in pixels, which as always was a resounding success hitting a very respectable £60,890 goal. Well fast forward to this week however and although this article isn’t so much about […]

Caren – Thank You Edition 2018 – A truly great adventure game for the C64!

On By Neil G

Through many months of writing, pretty much as soon as it was announced for the F64GC 2015: Adventure competition, we have been discussing the brilliant adventure game Caren and the Tangled Tentacles on the C64. It was released as a downloadable 1.1 version, and then later as an exclusive limited […]

Game 309: Sandor (1989)

On By CRPG Addict

This game alas has nothing to do with Sandor Clegane.        Sandor Germany Motelsoft (developer and publisher) Released 1989 for Atari ST Date Started: 10 November 2018 Sandor is another game from Motelsoft, the developer that previously brought us Seven Horror’s (1988), a game I didn’t hate but couldn’t figure […]

Death Strike – A demo of a rather cool looking shoot em up by Darkbits

On By Neil G

Don’t worry Shoot em up fans we haven’t forgotten you, as in our search for something fresh rather than platformers, we have come across a game you might just like. Titled as ‘ Death Strike ‘ this early work in progress game developed by Darkbits, is an old school horizontal shoot […]

Thio’s Odissey – A Wonder Boy clone is coming to the Intellivision

On By Neil G

When I was a wee lad spending all my money down at the Arcades, one such game I used to love was that fantastic platformer ‘ Wonder Boy ‘ designed by Ryuichi Nishizawa. Instead of those later Wonder Boy games which became more of an adventure platformer with RPG elements. […]

Aviator Arcade II – An awesome C64 shoot em up preview, final release due soon via RGCD and Psytronik

On By Neil G

RGCD are back with another brilliant C64 tease and unlike their previous shooters, this time it’s a top quality preview for their upcoming shoot em up game ‘Aviator Arcade II’. The first version of Aviator Arcade was released in 2014 as a three level 16kb cart game for the RGCD […]

CPCRetroDev 2018 – Amstrad CPC Game Creation Contest, now with 41 games to play!

On By Neil G

Throughout this year we have been featuring the CPCRetroDev 2018 competition; a competition whereby Amstrad developers from around the world could come together to show off their games to hopefully win the top spot and blow us away with their talent. Well as the competition had finished and we told […]

Impossible Mission – Atari XL/XE conversion of a famous game gets a tech demo

On By Neil G

Not to be confused with Mission Impossible, of which I have done many times in the past, but we have recently been told by Saberman that Impossible Mission has appeared on the Atari XL/XE as a tech demo by Gonzo. This game was originally released on multiple systems in the […]

CPCRetroDev 2018 – Amstrad CPC Game Creation Contest is over and the winner is….

On By Neil G

This year’s CPCRetroDev 2018 has been mouth watering for the Amstrad CPC as throughout the competition we have seen many fantastic entries announced such as Jarlac, Legend of Steel, Operation Alexandra, The Adventure of Timothy Gunn, OPQA vs QAOP, Crimson Knight Adventures and many many more making a grand total […]

OLD TOWER – RetroSouls aims to impress with their new ZX Spectrum game

On By Neil G

From the same team who brought you TWINLIGHT, TOURMALINE, LIRUS, MULTIDUDE, ALTER EGO and other brilliant games, comes a new ZX Spectrum title that is sure to impress. Welcome to ‘ OLD TOWER ‘, a brand new game by RetroSouls as the first multicolored scroller for the ZX Spectrum whereby […]