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Atari and Activision are putting 39 classic 2600 games back on cartridges

Pitfall!, River Raid, Kaboom! and dozens more are heading back to physical Atari cartridges, with standard releases and four larger…

Aug 31, 2026
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THEA1200 becomes an official Amiga as Commodore and Amiga meet at Gamescom

A photograph from Gamescom sums up an unusually significant few weeks for the Amiga, with old legal divisions easing and…

Aug 31, 2026
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Manic Miner remake hits AI backlash before it even launches

An authorised return for one of the ZX Spectrum’s defining games should be cause for celebration. Instead, its AI-assisted trailer…

Aug 30, 2026
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UrbX Warriors: The Lost City brings veteran 16-bit talent back to Amiga and Mega Drive

Tony Warriner and Stoo Cambridge are taking UrbX Warriors beyond the ZX Spectrum Next, with new Amiga and Mega Drive…

Aug 30, 2026
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FalconFPGA may bring the Atari Falcon030 back to life

David Dunne started FalconFPGA because an original Falcon had become too expensive to justify. His experiment is already getting surprisingly…

Aug 30, 2026
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Space Pizza brings cave-flying chaos to the ZX Spectrum Next

Gary Pinkett’s Space Pizza turns interstellar takeaway delivery into a fast arcade challenge, with online leaderboards and a soundtrack from…

Aug 29, 2026
Review

Wonderful Dizzy is still a brilliant return for one of the ZX Spectrum’s greatest characters

The promised ZX Spectrum Next-specific version never arrived, but Wonderful Dizzy remains a superb new adventure built for the original…

Aug 29, 2026
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The Secret of Monkey Island Retrospective: Why Guybrush Threepwood Still Wins the Fight With Words

Lucasfilm Games’ pirate comedy still feels sharp because its best puzzles, jokes and characters were built around language, timing and…

Aug 28, 2026

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Dig Dug and Mario Bros get new Amiga ports from TjLaZer
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Dig Dug and Mario Bros get new Amiga ports from TjLaZer

ColinOct 16, 20263 min read

Dig Dug adjusts its screen layout to suit PAL and NTSC displays, while Mario Bros. includes dual-joystick play and the arcade POW effect.

Mickey Mouse fan game Forest of Illusion moves from Amiga to Neo Geo
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Mickey Mouse fan game Forest of Illusion moves from Amiga to Neo Geo

ColinOct 16, 20261 min read

New images accompany the platform change, with Ansimuz supplying level graphics and DomKid aiming to finish development before the year ends.

The Addams Family’s missing Amiga backgrounds return in a new fan release
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The Addams Family’s missing Amiga backgrounds return in a new fan release

ColinOct 16, 20263 min read

Code already inside Ocean’s original game provided the starting point, while a change to Gomez’s sprite resolves a longstanding display problem.

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Without Frontier adds planetary landings in new Amiga space sim preview

ColinOct 15, 20263 min read

Trade, take bar jobs and encounter police across a Solar System stretching from Earth orbit to Pluto.

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Kwyll passes Kickstarter goal for Spectrum Next game creation tools

ColinOct 15, 20263 min read

The campaign supports six months of development, with digital licences and a boxed USB edition among the rewards.

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