Now this is how you run a Kickstarter. The campaign for the 2026 annuals covering legendary magazines like ZZAP! 64 and CRASH didn’t just meet its £15,000 target—it absolutely smashed it, and with 18 days left to go! Clearly, the passion for these classic 8-bit magazines is alive and well.Read More →
A brand new open-source FPGA recreation of the Nintendo Game Boy, GBC, and GBA is currently looking for funding on Crowd Supply. Game Boy style handhelds are ten-a-penny these days. If it’s not a reconditioned and seriously souped-up Game Boy, it’s an emulation unit, or a DIY Game Boy withRead More →
Aiming for PC and console release, Necrofugitive has great retro style graphics and is inches from its Kickstarter target! Launched a couple of weeks ago on Kickstarter, Necrofugitive looks like the sort of game you really want to play, regardless of what playform it is on. Developed by four-piece teamRead More →
Launching soon as a Kickstarter, the Time Crisis AI lightgun is one of several similar devices that are promising to revolutionize FPS games. Like many people my age, I had a job when I was younger. Post college, I worked in a few local pubs, and had a misguided fancyRead More →
If you owned a Nintendo Entertainment System console in the 1980s or early 90s, The NES-ential Celebration might be the tribute book for you. Here’s a fact that regularly baffles Americans: hardly anyone in the UK owned a console until the SEGA Mega Drive came out. While a few outliersRead More →
80s/90s game development legends Tony Warriner and Stoo Cambridge are collaborating on UrbX Warriors, launching on May 28th as a Kickstarter. The game is planned to release on the Spectrum Next and PC. I’m a big fan of crowdfunding, although I can’t really think of any that I’ve backed thatRead More →
Mega Cat Studios and Clever Cat Games are producing a non-feline 8-bit adventure, Echoes of the Unread. The Kickstarter has launched, and already hit its £11,173 target in just 24 hours since launch. But while those 185 backers should feel pretty pleased about the prospect of a digital copy orRead More →
