Boxx Trilogy CD32/SX32 - Lemming880's Boxx bonanza on the Amiga CD32!

As an Amiga owner and a fan of homebrew releases I was pleasantly surprised by how enjoyable Lemming880's platformer ' Boxx 2 ' and ' Boxx 3 ' was on the Amiga system, especially with added bright and bold colourful detail. Both of these games were developed using backbone and required you the player to collect as many coins as possible, avoid deadly traps, kill bad bosses and finally reach

Foggy's Quest to Narg and Back Again - John Blythe‎'s ZX Spectrum game is nearly here!

Usually it takes developers a number of weeks or months to get a ZX Spectrum game out in the wild, but it looks as if John Blythe's ' Foggy's Quest to Narg and Back Again ' is actually coming soon. Developed using the very popular software Adventure Game Designer, this game puts you in control of Foggy, who is on a quest to find the lost crystals stolen by the evil NARG's from his very own

CASTLE CAPERS - Save the Dream Fairies in Gabriele Amore's new ZX Spectrum game

Even more speccy news now, as after much teasing during the development stage, Gabriele Amore has finally released a brand new ZX Spectrum game called ' CASTLE CAPERS ' for playable on real hardware and online. Once again developed using AGD and again a platformer, you are on a mighty rescue mission to rescue the Dream Fairies who have been kidnapped by an evil mouse king and his menacing

Blasphemous - Adventure creators The Game Kitchen announce a brutal platformer!

The first time I heard of The Game Kitchen was when I played their brilliant pixelated horror adventure game ' The Last Door '. It was a game that turned into a series, which had me hooked right from the very beginning, and that wasn't just because of the story but also the characters, the tiny pixels and the dark menacing overtones. Well that same team behind that game, has just announced '

Foggys Quest - John Blythe‎'s ZX Spectrum game gets new screenshots!

As many of you already know John Blythe had turned his attention away from the BBC Micro and Electron, and towards the ZX Spectrum with a new game called ' Foggy's Quest '. This upcoming game which is still in development using Arcade Game Designer, is a charming looking platformer and a far cry from his recent adventure horror game ' The Darkness of Raven Wood '. Although there's still a long

A new Monty Mole game by Andy Johns is in development!

Only just recently many of us had the pleasure of playing Andy Johns brand new Monty Mole game 'Montys Honey Run'. It was one of Andy's very first games developed using AGD and put you in control of that classic character Monty but on a personal quest to recover some honey pots stolen by Bee's. It is a fantastic ZX Spectrum game to play and impressed us even more so that it was his very first

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

Rick Dangerous - An all time favourite game gets an Atari 8-bit port update trailer!

Atari 8-bit owners prepare yourselves for a great update, as the classic platforming game ' Rick Dangerous ', which was developed by Core Design and published by Firebird in 1989 for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and DOS, is still coming to the Atari XL and Atari XE! Yes you heard that right, a game that has lived on in the hearts of many and a gem in the retro

Fire Breath - Lost in the Attic for 26 years finally released for the C64

Software developer Erik J. Hooijmeijer has released an old title he tried to release in 1990 on his alternative software development website: Ctrl-alt-dev. Sitting in his attic for 26 years, this fully playable platform game - inspired by my two favourite games: Bubble Bobble and Creatures - can be downloaded for free from his website, and not one, not two, but three trained versions from The

Chuck Rock - Another C64 Game that Wasn't... Case Closed!

One of my favourite pieces of news to do write ups on are the reports from "Games That Weren't" ... A dedicated investigative news website which delves into the histories of C64 games. Especially ones which were either left unfinished, or mysteriously vanished at some point, usually between magazines' reviews, and actual release day. Last year saw some high profile Hi-Tec and Warner Bros

Boxx 3 - A brand new colourful platformer for the Amiga

It's time to put the Intellision and Vectrex aside and look towards another retro system, as earlier today Lemming880 released his latest Backbone platformer ' Boxx 3 ' for the Commodore Amiga. In this colourful game you play as a green guy who has to collect all the coins, avoid deadly traps, kill nasties and jump from platform to platform to reach the end exit. Once he's done all that, it's

Alwa's Awakening - Charming looking retro style platformer coming this Jan to Steam

Next up in our list of goodness and one I think most of you will be looking forward to playing, is Elden Pixels retro inspired PC platformer ' Alwa's Awakening ', which is going to be released this month Jan 2017. In this game you play as Zoe, a heroine sent from another world to bring peace to the land of Alwa. You must use your magical staff against all manor of strange beasties and big

Metroid - Rogue Dawn - Unofficial NES prequel to the original Metroid game released!

Another great release today and this is for all you NES gamers across the globe, as Grimlock, Optomon, snarfblam and team have released ' Metroid : Rogue Dawn ' version 1.10; the unofficial prequel to the first Metroid game released way back in 1986. This rather eye opening prequel shows the events that unfolded before Samus's famous Zero Mission on planet Zebes, it puts you in control of Dawn

Lala The Magical - The Mojon Twins releases another great game on the NES

The Mojon Twins are back in the gaming news this week as once again after all the games they have released previously, they've gone and released another as ' Lala The Magical ' on the NES. In this platforming homebrew, you plays as the bored Lala who is on a personal quest to find a Magical Wand that has the power strong enough to cope with the perils hidden inside the Sky Palace for three

FOGGYS QUEST - John Blythe moves over to the ZX Spectrum for his next game

John Blythe has moved away from the BBC Micro and Electron with his horror 8bit adventure The Darkness of Raven Wood, and has come over the ZX Spectrum with a brand new in development platformer called ' FOGGYS QUEST '. Announced only recently on Facebook with the help of Andy Johns , FOGGY is being developed using Arcade Game Designer and will have detailed rooms, enemies, items to pick up

Montys Honey Run - Andy Johns first ZX Spectrum game is here!

Way back in the 1980's Gremlin Graphics released the very first Monty Mole game in the series for the ZX Spectrum and C64. This lovable character that looked like a cross between a human and a mole, star'd in his very own adventure as ' Wanted : Monty Mole ' , which from then on spawned a number of other famous sequels on different 8-bit systems such as Monty on the Run and Auf Wiedersehen

Tcheco in the Castle of Lucio - A Steam Greenlight success is coming to the NES!

In 2015, Marcelo Barbosa released his action platformer through Steam after a very successful Steam Greenlight campaign. It was made available for all PC gamers yet it had the look of a NES homebrew with graphics and sounds inspired by the 8-bit era spread over 65 rooms of progressive difficulty. That same game which was highly regarded with decent scores overall has appeared in our news feeds

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

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

Twin Dragons - Charming platformer in development for the NESdev compo 2016

As a heads up by RVG a brand new NES game is in development for the NESdev compo 2016, and it's called ' Twin Dragons ', developed by Glutock. This is a charming looking side-scrolling platformer that will feature decent animations, physics, moving platforms, items and power ups and much more to make this a worthy sounding game indeed. According to the developer at its current stage of