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

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. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more

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/. Read more

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! Read more

Retro Asylum #182 is here! Read more

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. Read more

One Circ. One job. Nullify the Rects. This is NEST by Dóczi Dominik. Read more