Bomb Jack DX C64 - C64 classic overhauled is looking seriously good

Seeing as my brain hasn't completely shut down I can still remember in the late 80's on my Amstrad CPC 464 playing the brilliant Arcade port ' Bomb Jack '. It is a game that required you the player to high jump and float about getting rid of all the bombs on the screen before they are used to blow up historic places of interest, which is made more difficult by the enemies on screen. It was

Raiden - Atari STe owners get ready for a wicked shooter update!

In 1990 and onwards the epic scrolling shooter game 'Raiden' by Seibu Kaihatsu, made its appearance on many different systems such as the Atari Falcon, Atari Jaguar, Atari Lynx, DOS(PC), PC Engine and even the PlayStation. In fact there was even a prototype of the game released as a demo on the Commodore Amiga, which sadly never appeared as a full release. But don't get your hopes up too much

Pong Clone 2017 Preview 2 - Pong into the year 2017 on the C64 with an update

In the 1970's Bushnell and another guy called Alcorn released a Pong prototype at a local bar named Andy Capp's Tavern, yet it wasn't until 1975 and through a long history that Pong actually appeared in our homes, and on my very own Atari 2600. Yet fast forward to today in 2017 and here's another release by Genesis Project and development by Nielsf on the C64 'Pong' Aka 'Pong Clone 2017

Bomberman Cx - Play as Black Bomberman and more in this great NES hack!

When I was growing up there was a game I used to love playing with friends, whereby your task was to drop bombs and either blow up other enemies or your very best friend(s) in a maze like game screen. That game was Bomberman also known as Dynablaster, which was actually first released way back in 1983 by Hudson Soft and then published by Konami. It was and still is a fantastic game that can

Graftgold : The Complete Amiga Works - A top notch unofficial Amiga CD32 release!

Well that's enough of the C64 for the time being, as we now look towards the Amiga CD32 for our news with a rather special release from Amiga Jay ' Graftgold : The Complete Amiga Works '. Announced earlier today, this is a fully packed CD of many of Graftgold's most popular games, an independent game developer that began in the 1980s, producing and publishing a number of computer games on a

Hera Primera - Juno First clone on the Vectrex looks awesome!

I have a bit of a soft spot for the Vectrex ever since I played one some years ago at the GEEK event in Margate, so you can probably see why I'm just that little bit excited for Peiselulli's latest shoot em up ' Hela Primera ', that is in development for the Vectrex. Now if you've ever played Juno First by Konami in 1983 then you know what to expect with Hela Primera, as this rather cool

Jr. Pac-Man - Bally Midway's Arcade game is coming to the Intellivision

Lots of gaming news to get through today and the first one is a well known classic Arcade game called ' Jr.Pac-Man ', which is coming to the Intellivision this year by the publishers Intellivision Revolution. This game was first released by Bally Midway way back in 1983 and is based on a child like version of Pac-Man that also has to eat dots in a maze style gaming screen while also avoiding

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Rescue-Palooza! - Another great looking 80's beat em up! (Early Access)

Just recently I gave you the heads up for Zvitor and Maru's rather cool looking beat em up ' Marvel Infinity War ', which was developed using OpenBOR and made available for the PC. But now it's time to move away from Marvel and look towards those hugely popular characters 'The Teenage Mutant Turtles'. Once again using OpenBOR and again a beat em up, this one is called ' Teenage Mutant Ninja

Famicom Grand Prix II : 3D Hot Rally - An entertaining Famicom racer fully translated

Super Mario Kart wasn't the only classic Nintendo racing game that Mario and Luigi star'd in, but way before that in 1988 in Japan they also appeared in the enjoyable racing game ' Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally ', which only recently has been fully translated into English on the Famicom system by AgentOrange and team. Playing in a similar style to that of Rad Racer with a flavour of

Handy Harvy - New Sega Genesis-Megadrive game inspired by Fix-it Felix Jr!

Good morning gamers yes I know it's a Monday, so to brighten up a rather dull day here's a wicked Arcade homebrew that is in development for the Sega Genesis/Megadrive ' Handy Harvy ' by Dra600n. Influenced by Fix-it Felix Jr, Handy Harvy revolves around two characters that have to repair the windows on many of the floors that are being blown up by the nasty guy on the top floor. Once you've

Pong C64 - Pong cloned into the year 2017 on the C64!

Here's a game many of you oldies may remember, depending how far back you go, it's the game called Pong. Now this is one seriously old game, going way back to the early 1970's when it first appeared by Bushnell and another guy called Alcorn as a Pong prototype at a local bar named Andy Capp's Tavern. In actual fact it wasn't until 1975 and through a long history that Pong actually appeared in

Sam's Journey - The first two-minute gameplay trailer for this gorgeous looking C64 platformer

Right from the word go we have always kept you up to date with Knights of Bytes in development C64 platformer titled as ' Sam's Journey '. What began as a single gif and the words April Fools by many who viewed it as way too impressive of the C64. Where taken back by the countless updates showing screenshots and video teasers of this little character using his special powers, exploring hidden

Outrun New Year Music Demo 2017 - Blasting away those classic Outrun tunes on the Atari ST

I thought it time to mention a bit of Atari news for tonight, much to the delight of AtariCrypt. As in celebration of a new year, Peter Jørgensen (bionic nerd) has made available an exceedingly good music demo on the Atari ST called 'Outrun New Year Music Demo 2017'. Yes you guessed it, that classic racing game known as Outrun which was a huge hit in the 1980's in the Arcades and ported over

HeliCommander - Action game inspired by Choplifter coming to the Atari 8-bit

The above screenshot might not like much (it is only from a 240p video the developer uploaded), but this is the first tease for a new game peteym5 is developing called ' HeliCommander ' inspired by the arcade version of Choplifter and the Activision game Chopper Command. According to peteym5 this side scrolling shooting game will be coming to the Atari 400/800/XL and XE and will be available

Cybernoid CD32 Compilation - A pre 2017 treat on the Amiga CD32 by Hungry Horace

When I was contacted by Earok earlier today, I just knew a new Amiga CD32 release was coming, and sure enough here we have the ' Cybernoid CD32 Compilation ' by Hungry Horace. These are two fantastic games on the Amiga and more especially the first one Cybernoid, as it was first released way back in 1987 by Hewson Consultants for the Amstrad CPC, C64, ZX Spectrum and later the Amiga. In fact

GENIUS +7D Into the Toy Warehouses - Apple II game comes over to the C64

Not long ago Daniele Liverani released the beta version of a new game called ' GENIUS - Into the Toy Warehouses ' for the Apple II. Apparently this first part in the trilogy was inspired by the Genius Rock Opera, which he created way back in the early 2000's. Yet fast forward to the end of 2016 and Hokuto Force has released the trainered C64 version, which not only makes it much easier to play

Frogger Arcade for the C64 - Hokuto Force ports a classic for Christmas

It is almost Christmas day and as a special release by Hokuto Force they have finally released the port remake of the Konami classic from 1981, ' Frogger '.  Now known as ' Frogger Arcade ' and remade for the C64 by Inyaksa, with music by Snabel, Graphics by Alias Medron, Inyaksa and linking by The Overkiller is now more in line with the Arcade version unlike the original game. It features

The Bear Essentials - Family friendly C64 platformer is now available for FREE!

We've already mentioned this game before pre-release but today as a Christmas Eve special, Graham Axten with publishing by Pond Software 2016, has released The Bear Essentials for the C64. If you have a young family or just want something charmingly cute to play, then check out this game and play as a lovable bear. Your task is to help the big bear collect all the fruit before winter begins.

Easter Egg - Enjoyable high grade platformer updated for the Amiga

The games just keep on coming and more so Amiga ones, as Per-Ola Eriksson has contacted us about a rather lovely looking game called Easter Egg that has been updated for 2016. Developed in backbone with soundtrack by Andrzej Drozd and graphics by Czeslaw Mnich, Easter Egg is an enjoyable yet challenging 2D arcade game where you play as the role of a chick through 31 levels, collecting eggs and

Barbarian - A head chopping review on the ZX Spectrum

As it's Christmas, what better to celebrate the festivities by looking at a game where the main character looks like Jesus? Albeit with rather large sword in hand rather than that bread he made once. Not only is the Jesus reference valid, but also what better way to relate to Christmas than with a bit of violence? There's always a war film on at Christmas, a Bond film or failing that,