Popeye - Atari 5200 arcade improvement and an 8-bit port!

Now here's a blast from the past and no it's not the Amstrad version of Popeye, but an arcade Atari 5200 improvement and 8-bit conversion to the original Atari 5200 arcade port of a Nintendo platformer by Parker Bros, released way back in 1983. In a similar vein to Donkey Kong albeit not as good, you play as Popeye and must collect hearts, musical notes and the letters H-E-L-P that the lovable character Olive drops from the top of the screen. But be warned, just like the cartoon, Brutus will get in your way with the help of the bad Sea Hag!

The Hunt for the Red Cthulhu - HQ Action blasting shooter in a game boy style

Not long ago we gave you the heads up over a brand new Gameboy Jam 4 (#GBJAM), in which people around the world were given the opportunity to create any game they wish, as long as it looks like a Game Boy game. Well that is now over and an incredible 181 games were entered into the competition from action blasting games to puzzlers and platformers (each one a joy to play). But with all of those games, our attention was pulled in by the 6 place ranker of 'The Hunt for the Red Cthulhu'; a free action shooter by gumustdo that is just all out brilliant.

MegaSphere - Action sci-fi and impressive pixels gets a demo

After our previous feature of Anton Kudin's epic looking pixelated action sci-fi of 'MegaSphere', the developer hasn't just announced the availability of a PC/MAC/Linux demo, but the game is also available to pre-order with early access release on Steam! Featuring oodles of pure blasting action, a mighty upgradable weapon, tough AI enemies, randomized levels, physics based platforming and robotic enemies, MegaSphere is all about the sci-fi and damn does it look good!

Eaten Alive - Pegi 18 adventure Steam Greenlight campaign

Back to Basics Gaming has informed us of the Steam Greenlight campaign for their Pegi 18 game 'Eaten Alive; which is a point and click adventure horror, with puzzle and mystery game-play elements. Playing as Mia six years after the apocalypse, you must explore Boston, find and help other survivors (You can kill them too) and gather loot such as powerful weapons while avoiding being eaten alive by the un-dead.

Harrier Attack - Amsoft classic coming to your PC - Gets new footage!

To our amazement just last week (link) we found out some very special news related to the PC remake of the 1984 Amsoft classic 'Harrier Attack'. Originally one of the greatest games I have ever played, with the concept of the game to fly a British Harrier Jet across the landscape on bombing runs destroying both enemy buildings and aircraft. Has now received another YouTube update and this time it doesn't just have sound, but it looks smooth with clouds animation, moving planes and big explosions!

I Can't Escape: Darkness - Creepy Dungeon Crawler gets a gameplay trailer

After a very successful Steam Greenlight campaign and scary game teasers, Fancy Fish Games have now announced the latest release date for 'I Can't Escape Darkness'. This is the spiritual successor to the 2013 hit game "I Can't Escape" in which over 250,000 people tried to escape the deadly depths of a horrifying dungeon. To coincide with the news of a PC, Mac and Linux release on September 17th, 2015, the developers have also released a new scary game play trailer teeming with game locales, items, and characters.

Roland of Sherwood - Carnivac's Amstrad CPC styled colorful game update!

Through these last few months we've been giving you the heads up over a great looking Amstrad CPC styled action platformer game of 'Roland of Sherwood', which is being developed by our friendly CPCwiki user, Carnivac. Well that same game has received another update today in the form of the picture above and a whizzy little gif. For those of you who didn't read our previous article, Roland of Sherwood is an update of the Roland in Time/Space pics with his time travelling phone booth having landed in medieval England.

Bethesda joins the GOG digital service with great deals! ( Doom-Quake-The Elder Scrolls)

After blowing us all away with the Forgotten Realms digital premiers, which contained great classics such as Eye of the Beholder and Dungeon Hack. GOG has once again announced the joining of Bethesda to the GOG digital service. That's right ladies and gentlemen, the incredible publisher Bethseda and many of it's classics such as; The Ultimate DOOM, DOOM II + Master Levels for Doom II + Final DOOM, Quake including Mission Pack 1 and Mission Pack 2, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind  - GOTY Edition, The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard  (premier) and The Elder Scrolls: Battlespire - (premier) are now available to buy at 33% off. But wait there's more!

Simon : 2015 Flashlights - Winning wild C64 compo entry

This C64 release came out really late for UK residents but that doesn't mean it's any less good, as it's from none other than our friends, Genesis Project. Created by Flashlights as a wild winning compo entry from the Swedish party Gerp 2015, 'Simon' is their latest arcade game that doesn't just have a great soundtrack, but it's probably one of the most difficult games we've played this year on a C64

Aaron White's - C64 To Amiga Chiptunes Volume 7 is here!

It's nearly time for bed but that doesn't stop us from announcing Aaron White's latest Amiga chiptune album; ' The C64 To Amiga Chiptunes Volume 7'. Week after week it seems as if this musical guru never takes a break, as once again he's released lots of fantastic C64 tracks that have been put through the Amiga musical blender. What I would class as the most upbeat of all the retro gaming chiptune albums so far, also has some cartoon classics such as Hawkeye, Hong Kong Phooey, Shao-Lins Road, The Wombles, Quick Draw Mcgraw, James Pond, Count Duckula, Scooby Doo, Sanxion and Turbo The Tortoise. That's 10 tunes to keep you occupied throughout tomorrow and possibly beyond!

Links : 1) Twitter 2) Download ( Select download through your browser )

Evoland 2 - Time travelling RPG sequel now on GOG/Steam!

It's incredible to think that the original and brilliant RPG of 'Evoland' first appeared on Steam Greenlight based on a Ludum Dare winner of 'Evoland classic' way back in 2013/4, yet here we are mentioning the release of Evoland 2, which is now available to buy on Steam and GOG. Developed by Shiro Games, Evoland 2 once again takes us through the history of action adventure gaming in a new time travelling storyline named as ' A slight case of spacetime continuum disorder '

SpaceMerc Liberation - Turn based homebrew shooter set for release 1st Sept!

Searching through the Russian ZX Spectrum forums we've just come across a first person shooter that looks to be a mash up of the DOS based game of BlakeStone but in a turn based grid movement style to that of a dungeon crawler. Titled ' SpaceMerc Liberation ' and set for release 1st September, you'll be moving through tight corridors, fighting enemies with different weapons, picking up items and checking the auto-map incase you get lost.