The Ambivalence Chronicles: a Sci-Fi Comedy in 8 Bits

And now for something completely different: The Chip Whisperer - Bit#1 of The Ambivalence Chronicles - is a science fiction comedy story by IRN's occasional Sinclair reviewer, Steve Trower, released as a kindle ebook. The Ambivalence Chronicles: a Sci-Fi Comedy in 8 Bits, is the retrogaming inspired, time-travelling, dimension-jumping tale of an ordinary retro collector who sets out to buy a ZX81 on eBay, and instead finds himself mixed up in the shady shenanigans of the mysterious Assembly of Newly Uplifted Systems.

C4CPC Unboxing, Playtest & 3D Printed Case Assembly

It's been a big 18 months for the Amstrad community. Not only have we been treated to a plethora of great games, emulator updates and hardware mods; the much fabled GX4000 got it's own bit of retro-loving in the form of a flashcart, the C4CPC. Many 8 bit fans already to know of this, so here I take a look at this really neat bit of kit, show you the ropes (Roland style of course) and even take a look at the 3D printed case you can create for it. One of the must-own modifications for Amstrad fans in Novabug's book.

Pinball Dreams CPC Preview - Is the Amstrad port preview of an Amiga classic any good?

Amiga simulation classic Pinball Dreams has made the jump to Amstrad CPC in spectacular fashion. This is an early preview of what we hope will be a complete game, brought to us by the impressive Batman Group (responsible for the Batman Forever demo). For the meanwhile, we have the delights of the BeatBox table to have a bash at, so I take a look into this with very non-biased eyes... erm.. I have included a bit of gameplay from the Amiga original for comparison. It's remarkable.

New Commodore 64 e-bundle available now, 6 days left

It's not too late to grab a few recent Psytronik and RGCD killer titles for use on emulators or real C64 hardware, or the turbo chameleon. As the first digital only C64 bundle ever has 6 days left on sale. The bundle was put together by German retro magazine RETURN with full support for the developers. 7 games including Power Glove, Jam It, Soulless and a SID soundtrack are available in the bundle.

Candy Puzzle - CUBO CD32 Puzzle game makes an appearance on the Amiga CD32

Fresh off the press AmigaJay has announced the release of a rather rare Puzzle game, that is now playable on both original Amiga CD32's and via emulation. This game is called Candy Puzzle and is better known as a CUBO CD32 original, and was released by CD express in Milan way back in 1994. For those of you who don't know anything about the CUBO CD32, it was an arcade machine with CD32 internals hence this game not appearing on the home system, at least until now.

Wacky Wheels HD - An official reboot of Apogee's classic racer for the PC

There's probably not a person out there today that hasn't played or even heard of Nintendo's Mario Kart on the SNES, but have you ever played Apogee Software's 1994 MS-DOS game Wacky Wheels? Well if you haven't, it might be worth your time checking out the official reboot of the game in glorious HD by Ferocity2d, which is available to buy for the PC today. Wacky Wheels HD is an all-new game with unique tracks and features based on the original game and its contemporaries. It draws inspiration from Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Konami Crazy Racers, Atari Karts, and more

OverBite - A charming platformer with a bite gets a Steam Greenlight campaign (+Demo)

Ladies and Gentlemen Dracula is back and this time he's just a little bit annoyed! Developed by Hotdog Laser, Dracula has returned from his grave after a long recovery at the defeat at the hands of the legendary vampire hunter Van Helsing. The problem is what was once a menacing character of evil, has pretty much been turned into a laughing stock, with cartoons, plushies and t-shirts. So it's down to you to remind them who Dracula really was, he's annoyed, he's got a bite and he's in OverBite, which is a charming looking platformer that's aiming for a Steam Greenlight success.

LIZARD WILLY - ZX Spectrum inspired platformer appears on the MSX

A new homebrew for you to play, as this week Sfranck72 released his very first MSX game called Lizard Willy. Developed in assembly and inspired by the ZX Spectrum game Endless Forms Most Beautiful, you play as what looks like a blue ghost who has to traverse through 7 difficult multi-themed levels, avoid lots of different enemies and finally collect all the cracked eggs for a level completion!

Warlock Revenge - A first person shooter inspired by DOS classics aims for a Greenlight success

To be honest although I do play the odd modern day first person shooter such as DOOM or Battlefield 4, I'm still a huge fan of those retro classics such as Blake Stone or even Wolfenstein 3D, which are both playable through Dosbox. So it came as a surprise to me to learn of a new first person shooter aiming for a Steam Greenlight success, that is inspired by those classics but with a dark Gothic overtone. This is ' Warlock Revenge '; a retro look first person shooter that is coming to the PC and developed by Narayan Games.

Twisted Insurrection 0.6 - Command and Conquer fans, don't miss out on this update

I know for a fact there are gamers around the world who enjoyed playing the Westwood Studios epic RTS game Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun, which was released way back in 1999. Well you'll be pleased to know ' Twisted Insurrection '; a standalone RTS total conversion based on the Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun engine that has a new alternate in-depth storyline, has just been upgraded to version 0.6 with a ton of fixes and improvements. To coincide with this news update, the team behind this standalone release have made available a new trailer.

Jail Break - Genre defining Konami shooter fixed for C64s

"Run and gun" games would come a long way in the year or two following the Arcade release of Jail Break by Konami. They would eventually perfect the format 1 year later with the release of Contra in the arcades, and 2 years later saw William's electronics release the excellent Narc, which caught controversy over it's "realistic" digitised sprites and ultra violent theme. However back in 1986, the arcades had not seen anything like this. Even Double Dragon would take another year to reach us. This is Jail break, a pseudo isometric side scrolling shoot em up, where the prisoners have escaped and taken over Manhattan. This release sees the game fixed for NTSC machines and an assortment of handy training modes for The C64 version.

Mini DOOM - First person shooter hit classic transformed into a 2D platformer!

The original hit Doom was developed by id Software way back in 1993 as a first person shooter playing as a space marine fighting hordes of demons and the undead in order to survive. But now a team by the name of Calavera Studio has released a short tribute to that famous game, but this time as a 2D action platformer called ' Mini DOOM'. Developed using Game Maker Studio, you must collect keys and battle your way through 5 stages using classic Doom weapons and power ups against enemies just as you remember them from the original Doom.