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Konami's Maze-Action Game 'Tutankham' Arrives On Switch & PS4 This Week

Time Extension about 12 days ago

The game was originally released in arcades back in 1982.Konami's maze-action game Tutankham is heading to Nintendo Switch & PS4 on May 9th as part of Arcade Archives (h/t: Famitsu!).The game, which sees players take on the role of an explorer navigati …

Formula V20 1985 - A nod to Pitstop II and Pole position for the Commodore Vic-20 +24k

Indie Retro News about 20 days ago

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Prince of Persia has been converted over to the Commodore Vic-20 and it's well worth a play!

Indie Retro News about 1 month ago

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Over 40 Years Later, William Shatner Still Loves The Commodore Vic-20

Time Extension about 4 months ago

"The Commodore VIC-20 was THE best personal computer of the 1980 for the price".Back in the 1980s, William Shatner was the star of several commercials promoting the Vic-20 — most of which saw the Star Trek and TJ Hooker actor comparing Commodore's classi …
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Jeff Minter's udderly amazing The Llamasoft Story coming 2024

Portable Gaming Roundup about 6 months ago

Jeff Minter is one of gaming's forces of nature and his trippy experiences, let's not be rude and call them mere games, have sound-tracked and lit-up many of our digital lives. That story will be told in full on "modern systems" soon with a release in …
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FRGR #15: The Complete Works of Simo Ojaniemi (Amersoft, 1984)

Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog about 6 months ago

For this year's Finnish Independence Day celebratory blog post, I decided to take a closer look at all four games by Simo Ojaniemi, who is one of the pioneers in Finnish game developing. He started out developing games on his brother Juha's Commodo …
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Moon Patrol clone

Games That Weren't about 7 months ago

1985 Oliver Ridler Platform: Commodore VIC-20 If you consider that the Commodore 64 essentially put an end to the VIC-20’s commercial life perhaps a bit prematurely, there are likely many titles out there which never saw the light of day … Cont …
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Survivor Run

Games That Weren't about 8 months ago

1983 Creative Software Platform: Commodore VIC-20 Survivor Run is an original game that Creative Software were due to release back in 1983 – an original creation by Steven Yaeger that he had sold to the company. The aim of the … Continue readin …
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Retro Arcadia Weekly Spotlight #101

Retro Arcadia about 8 months ago

Back again for our regular Sunday roundup of quick-fire reviews and impressions of everything under the spotlight at Retro Arcadia this week, old and new and a bit of both… I am still playing Starfield more than anything else but last time out I …

FS/FT: Atari 2600 through Virtual Boy

Digital Press about 8 months ago

- Don't hesitate to ask if you want pictures or more details of anything. - All prices are negotiable, and I'm happy to do trade/cash combos. - Want list provided upon request. Atari 2600: Keyboard Controllers, pair (boxed) $15 Alpha Beam with Ernie (ma …
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Top Ten Favourite Horizontally-Scrolling Shoot ‘Em Ups

Retro Arcadia about 9 months ago

As regular readers will know, I do like a list and I do like a shoot ‘em up, so I thought it was high-time I combined these two passions and came up with my top ten shoot ‘em ups, although as I write we’re not quite there yet! Number one and two are …
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Retro Rewind: August 1982 in Computer & Video Games – Pilot Episode!

Retro Arcadia about 9 months ago

You join me, dear reader, for a bit of an experiment! I started collecting Computer & Video Games magazine in earnest in early 1985, buying every issue every month until the middle of 1992 when, at 20-years old by then, a combination of falling behind …
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Discovering Tower of Evil on Commodore VIC-20 (and the June 1984 Issue of C&VG!)

Retro Arcadia about 10 months ago

My own collection of Computer & Video Games magazine began in April 1985, and apart from the following month’s issue, I didn’t miss one until well into the nineties when, in my early-twenties, my limited magazine budget had moved on to lads’ mag …
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General Topics • New Release: Komoda & Amiga Magazine #23

VIC-20 Denial about 10 months ago

Hi, we have just released the latest issue #23 of our Komoda & Amiga magazine (a magazine about everything Commodore computer related). This issue contains among other things some reviews of new games for the Commodore VIC-20 (VIC Strip, Murderize all …
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My Life With… Eddie Kidd Jump Challenge on ZX Spectrum

Retro Arcadia about 12 months ago

As regular readers will know, I often refer to my sad top lists for everything – obviously, the big list of about 200 favourite video games, all in order, often comes up because it usually dictates what we’re looking at here, but we’ve also cove …
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Hunchback (Century Electronics, 1983)

Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog about 2 years ago

Developed and released for the arcades by Century Electronics in 1983.Commodore 64 conversion written by Jon Steele, and published by Ocean Software in 1983.Tangerine Oric-1 & Atmos conversion written by Philip Hulme, and published by Ocean Software in …