A development-hell port of Dune II: The Battle for Arrakis has finally completed! Rewind to 1996. I’ve finished my (deferred) A-levels and it’s a long hot summer. When I’m not playing guitar or watching Euro 96, I’m playing games on an Amiga 1200 (in the midst of the home PCRead More →
It’s the question almost no one has asked: what if Lego characters could play Elite? Thanks to Twitter user @Okuboheavyind, we now know… A recent tweet demonstrated a vide of Elite running on an Adafruit QtPu and ssd1306 128×64 OLED monitor. While not a playable version, it looks superb. https://twitter.com/Okuboheavyind/status/1406146016508743685Read More →
Kong is a new Commodore 64 game released in 2021. A Donkey Kong Jr. remake for the C64, it’s a game that looks good, but also seems to be a little frustrating. Developed by Sputnik World, with graphics from Rulas International and music by Narcisound, Kong is available as aRead More →
Travel Through Time Vol 1: Northern Lights doesn’t look as though it should run on a ZX Spectrum. But if yours has 128Kb of RAM, it does – and looks amazing! The Spectrum platform has been undergoing a gaming renaissance over the past few years, with a succession of increasinglyRead More →
I’m a sucker for Half-Life 2 themed nonsense, and this one is a classic – a remake of the game which relies on the Quake Engine. Made by Scampi for a Quake Jam Mapping contest, the video shows the game being played and features G-Man, Alyx, and someone posing asRead More →
Well, this is unedifying. Successful new print magazine Amiga Addict has been sent a trademark opposition notification from AmigaKit Ltd. https://twitter.com/amigamagazine/status/1407452211722981386 This has come, it would seem, as something of a surprise. Responses in the thread from AmigaKit Ltd suggest that it is not a malicious action. However, field 5Read More →
Nintendo has announced a brand new Game & Watch console for 2021, this time featuring The Legend of Zelda! Following the success of the Super Mario Bros. system released in 2020 and discontinued earlier this year, the new Game & Watch handheld console will include The Legend of Zelda, ZeldaRead More →
Hot on the heels of the Arduboy FX comes this: the Arduboy Nano, an insanely tiny handheld that is almost impossible to play. Measuring 26mm in height (that’s less than an inch) the Arduboy Nano is available purely in kit form, as a PCB, for $5-$10. WIth a 64×32 pixelRead More →
Arduboy FX, the credit card sized Gameboy clone, is now available to preorder. The latest in the Arduboy series, the Arduboy FX has over 200 games preinstalled and is Arduino compatible (hence the name). Featuring an 8-bit ATmega 32u4 microcontroller, 32KB of flash storage, 2.5KB of RAM, and 1KB EEPROM,Read More →
