Super Conquerors - 80's and 90's tribute platformer aims for a greenlight success

Ghouls 'n Ghosts or Ghosts 'n Goblins but without the frustration factor is what most people are saying about the latest Steam Greenlight campaign for 'Super Conquerors'. A 2D platformer inspired by the classics from the 80's and 90's which features a Spanish Conquistador on a quest to unveil the mysteries of an unknown and dangerous island. You'll be battling through several retro visualised

Backwards Down the Dick's Friday Line. By Greg Heffelfinger

It seems like Phish always like to end the tour on a high note. So as we roll into Dicks's, let's take a journey theough the past.

In 2012, after the "S" show of 2011, not everyone was expecting something yet. This is the show that really made the Dick's tradition take root. The band wanted to make something happen for the fans. So they went deep down into the catalog and pulled out "Fuck Your Face". They also decided that they had to spell it out as well. Here is where the spelling tradition started. From 2012, here is the much-vaunted "FYF" show. Enjoy!

Never released Defender of the Crown for the ZX Spectrum revealed!

One game I remember so fondly, one that will be in my mind till the day I pass, is Cinemaware's fantastic medieval game ' Defender of the Crown ' from 1986. It was released for multiple systems including the Amiga, DOS, NES, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, C64, Macintosh and the Apple IIGS in 1988 with a CD-i version released later. A grand game with jousting, rescuing damsels in distress, conquest and

WinUAE 3.4.0 beta 4 - Amiga emulation with even further updates

Another week another Amiga emulator beta and this time Toni Wilen has updated WinUAE to WinUAE 3.40 beta 4. We decided to skip 1 to 3 purely because a number of users had issues which needed to be fixed and we felt it best to give it time to mature some more before we mentioned it here. This latest release isn't a big update compared to earlier, but does include extra support such as IVS

How to easily play Amiga games on a Raspberry PI thanks to Dan Wood

I for one am a huge Amiga gamer, I have an Amiga 500, Amiga 600 and an Amiga 1200 each one ready for playing the best Amiga games either through a floppy drive or a CF card. The problem is however, the prices for these retro computers are forever going up and up, thanks largely to the Vampire which gives the Amiga a massive performance boost capable of even playing DOS games. But what if you

Individual Computers GmbH and the rebirth of Commodore!

We were a bit late on this one so you've probably seen the news by now, but after all these years that famous branding name Commodore is back in action. Yes indeed the glory of the C64, is bringing back the nostalgia but this time as a Commodore PC. Thanks to individual Computers GmbH, based in Germany they have licensed the rights of the Commodore trademarks from Polabe Holding N.V. Oh and if

The Future of Caren Exclusive - What's to come for Caren and the Tangled Tentacles (C64)

For many months now pretty much as soon as it was announced for the F64GC 2015: Adventure competition, we have been discussing the brilliant Caren and the Tangled Tentacles on the C64. It was released as a downloadable 1.1 version, and then later as an exclusive limited Caren and the Tangled Tentacles V1.3, the Commodore 64 - A Visual Commpendium 2nd edition kickstarter EasyFlash-cartridge.