It's Tetris, with friends on tetrisfriends.com, amazing versions on the classic gameboy game, with even a blackandwhite version

Tags: Gameboy

Just look how beautifiul that screen looks.
It is from a game,with a 50s look
It is not retro but looks and feels that way
Stewarddesses aboard planes you have to land.
Many airplanes.
And then they crash.
Then it is over.

Maybe it is because i was born so near Schiphol
But It's more addicting than crack, flight control
My profile is here
5/5

Tags: iPhone

As promised, but the issue for some reason only reached me this week, the interview about MacRetro in Retro Gamer issue 59. Issue 60 is out now too, with a special about Mario Kart
(click for a readable version)

The people at cowboy rodeo made Amiga classic pinball dreams for the iPhone!



Other tips for classic games: iShoot (scorched Tanx/Worms) , GW Helmet (free one in a series of Game & Watch clones), Bomber online (Bomberman) and MacMan (jailbreaked Pacman CE)

Tags: iPhone

Rick Lindeman is interviewed in Retrogamer 59. Scans Soon!

Retrogamer had an Atari ST special last month (58). Please note that the best game on the Atair ST according to them, Oids, was developed for the classic Mac as well. An OS X version was made too by Xavagus.

I created a special page for emulation on the iPhone, it works lovely, especially for Advance Wars,

Tags: iPhone

C16 special, as predicted 2 weeks ago
Feedback thread

I bought an iphone, so expect a working I phone section soon, GBA and Nes emulation are great.

jailbreaked my iphone this morning after upgrading to 2.1, then installed gpSPhone using the Cydia app provided, then connecting via SFTP and putting the bios in and then gameboy advance ahoy, i just connected my mac to 192.168.0.my-iphones ipnumber and can copy roms over, it works far better then i though, just been playing metal slug advance

Tags: iPhone

Retrogamer asked me to tell something about emulating the C16, commodores failed semi follow up (better basic, less mem) to the C64

I think there are three ways.

1. you can download macmess (at macmess.org called messmenu)
you have to download a c16 bios, and leave that as a zipfile in the rom directory of mac mess (just like mame)
e.g. here: http://www.planetemu.net/index.php?section=roms&dat=638&action=showrom&id=846225

d64 files work*, do select the box with load floppydisk, (i've got an older version which actually is easier which is called mess.carbon.
*the file format is d64, the c16 shares the diskstructure with the c64

2. there has recently been a build of a windows c16emu remade for intel macs, see here http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=192837&package_id=244400

3. you can play lots of c16 games online here: http://plus4.emucamp.com/playonline.htm

Tags: Commodore

There is a great new way to play old speccy games on your Mac. MySpeccy adds an online dimension, with global leaderboards and stuff. It is almost Xbox live. It works with Java emulation, but really speedy.



My profile page: Romanista

Tags: Spectrum

It's spring, so let's have more blue skies in games

Blue skies campaign on UK Resistance

I added a Dreamcast page, as there might be DC emulation soon.

Congrat RG on your 50th issue.

This time about the Dreamcast. There is no good Dreamcast emulator for the Mac yet. Still LXDream, a Linux based Dreamcast emulator is working on OSX support (probably intel macs only though)




The Dream Machine: Find out why Sega's innovative console didn't stop the Japanese giant from crashing out of the hardware race.
The history of... Grand Theft Auto: one of gaming history's coolest franchises charted.
The making of... Retro Gamer: Martyn Carroll looks back at the making of the original version of the magazine.
Reader special: your favourite gaming moments.
Zombie Nation: Sega's popular series, The House of the Dead, investigated.
Desert Island Disks: Celebrity special!
The making of... Gunstar Heroes: Retro Gamer talks to Treasure about one of its most influential 16-bit shooters.
The big interview: Roger Dean, cover artist for many classic Amiga titles, designer of the Tetris logo, and more, talks to Craig Grannell about his work.
The making of... Great Giana Sisters: Manfred Trenz talks about the C64 game that made Nintendo very angry indeed.

Top 25 beat 'em ups: Retro Gamer reveals the greatest brawlfests of all time. SF II fans, prepare to get very upset.
Top ten racers you've never heard of: Peeved by the selection in the recent top 25 racers, Stuart Campbell retaliates by revealed the best ten racers you've never heard of.
The making of Medieval: Find out how the creator of James Pond went from 2D to 3D
The making of Skweek and Super Skweek: He's the cutest character to come out of France. Find out about the genesis of the two Skweek games.
Complete history: Might and Magic: After 22 long years, Might and Magic remains as popular as ever. Discover what all the fuss is about.
Retroinspection: Best of British: Martyn Carroll proudly hoists the Union Flag and celebrates some of Britain's finest 8-bit computers.
Company Profile: Epyx: It was behind some of the best 8-bit sports games and also created the Lynx. Join us for an Epyx adventure.
The making of Pastfinder: Shoot 'em ups were ten a penny on 8-bit computers, but seldom did they match the brilliance of Pastfinder.
The making of Wizard: Discover what happened when a director who hated videogames teamed up with Nintendo.
And much, much more!

Best of British: see our all emulators list for the emulators of british computers

RG 47 has a special about the Atari 800, so here some instructions

Emulating Atari Micro Computers

(1) Download Rainbow

(2) Find some games, for instance at the Atari 800 tribute

(3) Start, select a game and yeah!

Tags: Atari

They mentioned this site again, so let's return the favour. Official Feedback thread


The Complete History of Elite; It’s one of the most infuential games of all time, but what was the inspiration behind Elite? Retro Gamer investigates…
The Making of Chip's Challenge ;Discover how the talented folks at Epyx created one of the Lynx’s best puzzle games.
Developer Lookback Electronic Arts Part 2
Part two of our three-part feature looks back at what Electronic Arts was up to in the Nineties.
The Making of Berzerk ;We go behind the scenes of one of gaming’s earliest run-‘n’-gun games. Stern’s excellent Berzerk.
In the Chair with Will Wright;Sim Genius Will Wright takes a break from his highly anticipated Spore to talk to Retro Gamer about his contributions to the industry
The Big Feature Fruit Machine Spin-Offs: If you were one of the few people that felt Pinball games had no place in Retro Gamer, you’re going to love our new fruit machine feature. Well, you won’t, but it is really good
The Making of Magic Carpet;We take a look at Bullfrog’s brilliant ahead-of-its-time first-person shooter
Retroinspection : Atari 800XL ;Atari’s underachieving 8-bit home computer, that is still influencing computers today, gets a once over
Top 25 Racers of all time ;Retro Gamer lists the top retro racing games ever. How many have you got in your collection?
And much more including Ristar, Terminator 2, Pokemon Snap, Scramble and some other stuff that I can't check because our copies haven't come in yet.

Updated the Wonderswan page with some tips from RG

1. Judgement silversword..Shmup..in tate mode!
2. Gunpey
3. Mr Driller
4. klonda, platformer with interesting switching perspective from horizontla vertical
5. Rhyme Rider - Rhytm Action, Colourful
6. one piece - 2d fighter
7. Ganso - Arcade ninja classic
8. Rainbow Island Putty's party.. Rainbow islands with a female lead.
9. Tane Wo Maku Tori -Guiding falling raindrop arcade puzler
10. Gundam Operation UC - Scrolling Shooter.

and the Densha de Go version on it sold incredibly well.

I bought an Xbox 360, mainly to play the new Sensible Soccer on XBLA, so visitors,be my friend

 

A new issue of Retrogamer, with special attention for the Vic 20


Retroinspection
Commodore VIC-20
To Emulate it on the mac, use Power 20
It may have sported a low-resolution display, but Commodore's little VIC-20 still had plenty of great games.

Top 25 Atari 2600 Games
Starting up an atari 2600 collection? Want to know what the best games are? All the answers are here
For emulation, use Stella

The Making of…
Rick Dangerous
Forget Lara Croft, it was Rick Dangerous who was Core Designs's first real action hero.
Box of Delights
2-Hot-2-Handle
Some compilations are born for greatness, others have the misfortune to feature 8-bit rubbish like Golden Axe…
Developer Lookback
In the first of a brand new three-part series we take a look back at the publishing behemoth Electronic Arts and find out how its evolved over the past 25 years.
The Making of…
Robocop
It is arguably one of the greatest 8-bit movie conversion of all time, but just how difficult was it for Ocean to turn Robocop into a hit videogame? Gary Bracey has the answers.
The Making of…
California Games
In an effort to shake off the winter cold, Retro Gamer interviews the team behind the excellent California Games
The Big Interview
The Arks of Atari
Some of the 2600's biggest developers chat to Retro Gamer about what life was like at Atari.
The Making of…
Loom
'Professor' Brian Moriarty discusses the creation of Loom and why it stands apart from other adventure games.
Plus much more including
Collector's Corner, Express Raider, Superman, Jackal, Rampage, Chase HQ II, Desert Island Disks, Contra 4, Bulderdash Rocks, Konami Arcade Classics

Tags: Commodore