Archive for April, 2018

Star J2 is a new work in progress game for Sega Genesis / Mega Drive.

The Retro Hour is your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news, views and interviews from the UK.

Star Ark is a science fiction game being developed for the Sega Genesis. The game is set on an interstellar colony ship. The player is a member of the crew who must put down a mutiny and set the ship back on course.

Save Your Damsel Self is a PICO-8 game by samurailink3. It's a small platforming game released under CC-BY for assets and MIT for code. Made by 72 Pin Connector for Pixel Weekend Jam #3.

Amazeball Dudes by Pigmeat is a 1-2 player beat em up based on the NES version of Bad Dudes with a bit of Mighty Final Fight mixed in.

st1ka interviewed the developers of Tanglewood. The game was funded successfully through Kickstarter and is a cinematic platformer in the vein of games like Flashback, Another World / Out of This world and Limbo.

This is a quick review of Ed Mandy's Freeplay CM3 by Mike Hoang. It's a lot faster than its Freeplay Zero counterpart and a lot easier to assemble, you can check out more information from https://www.freeplaytech.com/product/freeplay-cm3-diy-kit/.

Froggie is a PICO-8 game by Sophie Houlden. If you are familiar with the concept of Frogger, there is nothing much to explain. Guide your frog and keep him safe!

Retro Asylum #182 is here!

Blackout is a PICO-8 game by Bibiki. Blackout is a game with a simple core mechanic. You cannot see. You will have to pick up some items around, but you will have to do it only with the help of the sounds around.