January 2019 – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Dog Walk – Clean up Dog poop 48k ZX Spectrum game!

On January 31, 2019February 1, 2019 By Neil G

I for one am not a fan of picking up dog poo. I try to avoid doing at every opportunity even if my girlfriend tries to persuade me other wise as it just makes me gag! Thankfully I don’t have to put up with any of those nasties in @P_Malin’s […]

Nucleo 447 – SEUCK Compo C64 2019 Entry #1

On January 31, 2019January 31, 2019 By Neil G

The Official C64 SEUCK Compo 2019 has begun and what a great way to enjoy it than the first entry to play with Nucleo 447; a brand new C64 vertical scrolling shoot em up developed by Leonardo Vetorri, with a stunning soundtrack by Richard Bayliss. Now if you like your SEUCK developed games […]

LAETITIA – A fabulous speccy game from Jaime Grilo and team!

On January 31, 2019January 31, 2019 By Neil G

It might be a late one here at 1am but this was just too good not to miss, as not long ago we were contacted in our email of a new ZX Spectrum game that is sure to excite many in the ZX Spectrum community. This game titled as ‘LAETITIA’, […]

Eagerly awaited Quest for Glory inspired game ‘ Mage’s Initiation ‘ has been released!

On January 30, 2019January 31, 2019 By Neil G

Way back in 2013 we announced the Kickstarter success of Himalaya Studios most eagerly awaited Adventure game ‘ Mage’s Initiation ‘; a game from a team who wanted to recreate the similar style and feel to previous adventure titles the company has worked on and was touted as being somewhat of a […]

Interview with Brian Cody, Co-Creator of Fooblitzky

On January 30, 2019 By Ilmari Jauhiainen

By Joe Pranevich From time to time, it has been our pleasure to not only play and explore the classic games, but to discuss them with their creators. We’ve spoken to game designers and game illustrators, but I am pleased to have been able to spend some virtual time with […]

The Seventh Link: Making a Living the Old Hard Way

On January 29, 2019January 30, 2019 By CRPG Addict

Approaching a dungeon. For this screenshot, I’m using an odd option to toggle the color palette. For whatever reason, I didn’t give up on this game. I kept playing and grinding for an hour here, an hour there, running around trying to find monsters to fight, fighting them, and […]

Bits Rule Games announces a new game for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive

On January 29, 2019January 30, 2019 By Neil G

Owners of the Sega Genesis or the Sega Mega Drive might be interested in this piece of news, as earlier today we came across a tag from our good friend Aaron Hickman, that Bits Rule Games have done a first announcement of a new game they are developing that is […]

SimCity – DarkwyndPT takes a look at multiple versions of Sim City in this BIG review!

On January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 By Neil G

And again we’re going to take a look at not just a true classic game, but also a highly influential title that helped define an entire genre, spawned several clones and influenced several other titles. I’m talking about the one and only SimCity. SimCity is a simulation/managerial game developed by […]

Magical Diary: Wolf Hall Crowdfunding Campaign

On January 28, 2019January 29, 2019 By Rampant Coyote

Man, I kinda miss the days when game devs would make a game, and THEN people would buy it. Of course, that requires people, you know, BUYING games. We’re getting to the point where crowdfunding is often as much of a marketing and sales tool as a funding tool. But […]

Phantomas 2.0 – Upcoming overhaul for the Amstrad CPC due Friday 1st Feb!

On January 28, 2019January 29, 2019 By Neil G

In 1986 Dinamic Software released the Spanish game of ‘ Phantomas 2 ‘ for the Amstrad CPC, C64, ZX Spectrum and later the MSX with an international release name through Codemasters under the title of ‘ Vampire ‘. This rather creepy game with a mix of adventuring and platforming containing […]

Alley Cat – Atari/DOS cat classic as a 128k ZX Spectrum demake, gets a fab alpha update!

On January 28, 2019January 29, 2019 By Neil G

It’s time for even more ZX Spectrum news as we have just been told that Jordi has released an alpha update to his in-development Alley Cat Demake, which is coming to the ZX Spectrum via the ZX-Dev MIA remake competition. This game was originally released on the Atari 8bit in […]

The Last Ninja Ninjakul 2 – A fabulous platformer makes its way onto the ZX Spectrum 128k

On January 28, 2019January 29, 2019 By Neil G

The ZX Spectrum is doing very well so far, as not only do we have Melkhior’s Mansion (Atic Atac Remake ) coming to the PC and ZX Spectrum next, but we also have some fabulous art work from the ZX Spectrum shown on the C64 as a nod to that famous […]

ZX Art C64 – A tribute to the ZX Spectrum on the C64

On January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 By Neil G

When Andy Green contacts us it’s usually about his ZX Spectrum art work that he has done for the latest homebrew game, or much older ZX Spectrum titles that needed a damn good touch up. But not this time! As earlier today he contacted us, to let us know Hokuto […]

Melkhior’s Mansion – In Dev Ultimate Play the Game ‘Atic Atac’ remake tease!

On January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 By Neil G

Remember when we gave you the heads up that Ultimate Play the Game’s famous classic Atic Atac, was not only being remade for the PC but it was also being remade for the ZX Spectrum Next? Well there’s great news for today, as after checking their tweeter feed we’ve come […]

Matt Chat 415: Aeon of Sands with Marco Pedrana

On January 27, 2019January 28, 2019 By Matt Barton

Revisiting: The Game of Dungeons (1975)

On January 27, 2019January 27, 2019 By CRPG Addict

Hey, look who’s at the top of the list! The Game of Dungeons United States Independently developed in 1975 on the PLATO mainframe at the University of Illinois PLATO lesson name dnd is sometimes given as the name of the game Date Started: 24 February 2012 Date Ended: 25 […]

Rex Nebular – Meet Mr. Chainsaw

On January 26, 2019January 26, 2019 By TBD

Rex Nebular’s Log: Stardate – Later That Afternoon.3: I’ve been captured by a group of women. One of the woman keeps referring to me as scum – which is strange because usually people spend at least a few minutes with me before realising I’m scum. It seems the women want to […]

Documentary – The SInclair ZX80, ZX81, and Timex Sinclair 1000

On January 25, 2019January 26, 2019 By The 8-Bit Guy

Dru(i)darium – Action platformer for the Atari XL/XE gets a skeleton mod

On January 25, 2019January 26, 2019 By Neil G

Title typo still hasn’t been changed! Zbigniew ‘Saberman’ Zielinski has once again contacted us with more retro gaming info, as he has told us a skeleton change mod has been released for KK’s action platformer ‘Druidarium’, which was released for the Atari XL/XE. This game which can also be called Drudarium […]

This Week on The Analog Antiquarian

On January 25, 2019January 26, 2019 By Jimmy Maher

“The Pyramids of Giza, Chapter 2: The Mystic and the Measurer”