RetroMadrid will take place on the 14th of March, in Madrid (Spain). RetroMadrid, formerly known as MadriSX & Retro, is one of the biggest fairs in Europe specifically dedicated to vintage computers, consoles and games. In its 14th edition, MadriSX & Retro changes its name to RetroMadrid to reflect the support for the whole range of classic computers. RetroMadrid will include competitions, sales zone, demonstrations of new software and devices, for vintage consoles and computers. Exhibitors from Spain and from other countries of Europe will show their latest releases.

Thanks to slaanesh for the hint!

http://www.retromadrid.es/index_en.html

We’ll be updating the PDRoms code base soon… it’s yet unkown when we will fully accessable again, but the news service will be going on in the meantime. In worst case you just need to read the backlog 🙂

Retrogaming Times Monthly #57 is available. RTM is a retro magazine, sometimes with focus on homebrew things.

Content of this issue:

01. Attract Mode
02. Notes From Our Webmaster
03. NES’cade – Excitebike
04. RTM Idiocy Part 2
05. Apple II Incider – Stargate
06. The Thrill Of Defeat: Zaxxon In 1K? Oh My!
07. Old Wine in New Bottles: Retrogaming on Modern Hardware
08. Videological Dig
09. Game Over

http://my.stratos.net/~hewston95/RTM57/RTM57.html

Runes are little stones that have been used to look into the future since the dark ages. Each rune has it’s own name, and it’s own meaning. There are 25 runes – each was once a letter in an ancient Germanic alphabet. This program does all the reading of the stones for you. All you have to do is follow the messages that appear onscreen.

RGCD is a new downloadable CD-ROM based magazine containing the very latest retro reviews, features and developer interviews, providing its readers with an essential one-stop resource for all their retro gaming needs. RGCD’s main focus is on the new releases for 8/16-Bit computer platforms, but we also dedicate a good percentage of our reviews and feature space to retro look-and-feel PC-based remakes and independent games, so if that’s what you’re into then you are in the right place.

Release notes:

RGCD Issue #05 / On The Road Again!
5th March 2009 by James Monkman

It wasn’t supposed to be available online until after the weekend (we’re officially releasing it at the Byte-Back retro gaming event on the 7th), but I’ve finished packing and had a few hours to kill today – so here it is two days early, the long awaited 5th issue of RGCD!

We’re back on the road with RGCD tomorrow, driving up to Stoke-On-Trent with approximately 300 other retro enthusiasts to spend two full days drinking, socialising and playing on a huge variety of vintage and modern gaming systems, and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a tiny bit excited. Our RGCD stall will feature (from my collection) a rare 4160 STE complete with modified PSX controllers, PC optical mouse and a hard disk full of games, a CD32 with keyboard and PSX controllers, my (somewhat retro) desktop PC for showcasing modern indie games and a C64 with MMC-RR cart and, you guessed it, PSX controllers. We’ll also be selling C64 cartridges (including two new titles not available from our shop), back issues of RGCD and a handful of Atari ST(E)/Falcon specific adapters allowing you to replace your battered old joysticks with PS2 dual-analogue pads (with built in mouse support)…

…As some of you may already know, we’ve been busy behind the scenes working with Paul Willingham and Alison Challis to create PSX adapters for our favourite 16/32-Bit machines; Paul has created one specifically for C= hardware (including the CD32), and Alison has developed an adapter designed for the Atari series – although both also work with several other consoles/home computers and there’s a degree of crossover. We’re in the process of negotiating and setting up shop entries for these, so check back soon for an update and if you’re at Byte-Back this weekend come and try them out for yourself!

We’re also just about to launch a CD32 side project (which we’ll also be working on at the event) – again, more details on this will follow soon.

Anyway, I really hope you enjoy the issue and I’ll be back with more news and updates next week.

Thanks to James Monkman, the publisher himself, for the news!

http://www.rgcd.co.uk/

Esperanto-Russian-Esperanto dictionary for Pocket PC. Based on Esperanto-Russian dictionary by E.A.Bokarev revisited by Jury Finkel and Igor Galichsky ( http://esperanto.mv.ru/ESP/vframe.html ).

Brakken just published his Unofficial User Guide for the I-Touch DS. This is an unofficial user guide on how to setup, configure and use the I-Touch DS Nintendo DS entertainment, development and backup unit. It’s aimed at novice users who aren’t familiar with using “flashcards”.

http://www.tehskeen.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=3413

Byte Back 2009 is a two day retro gaming event that will be taking place on the weekend of 7-8th March 2009 at Bidds Live Music Club in Stoke-on-Trent. Stoke is less than an hours journey from Birmingham, Manchester, East Midlands and Liverpool airports.

There will be a bunch of people with rank and name, so don’t miss it if you are living closeby.

Thanks to James ( http://www.rgcd.co.uk/ ) for this interesting news hint.

PS: Y0 Baggers 😉

http://www.byte-back.info/

As a friendly note to one of the staff members of GBAtemp did not change Minox_IX’s behaviour about crediting, we might point out, that Minox_IX should learn how to do so. Otherwise we might consider to “forget” credits for GBAtemp too, when required.

Of course the homepage of an author could be seen as “source”, but if you grab news from somewhere else, they probably (not basically talking about PDR only, but in general) also want their honorable plug too.

We would not rant about it, but it happend few times already…

The new digital retro games magazine “RetroAction” is here.

Features:

reviews and previews of new games on retro platforms
features and articles on classic retro games
interviews and articles with people in the retrogaming scene
fully interactive links: website, email addresses, bookmarks, and other links at the click of a mouse button
a logical digital PDF layout and design
a global collective team of retrogaming enthusiasts

http://www.retroactionmagazine.com/magazine/