Some retro news (C64 & Atari 2600)

Blastopia DX is a new shmup for Commodore 64 out now.

That Galaga for Atari 2600 I rambled about earlier is now known as Galagon (I think the name change is for copyright reasons) and available to download for both PAL and NTSC machines. The creators state: PLEASE NOTE: If you plan on playing this in an emulator, you must use the latest version of Stella (6.0.1) or Stellarator.  The game works on the Harmony (and Encore) with BIOS 1.0.5 or higher.

Vacation update number 2

I'm two weeks into my vacation with two weeks to go. But the news keeps coming!

1. I hope you got your order in for a copy of the Vasara Collection this weekend because it sold it quickly, all platforms. There is a japanese physical release coming by the end of the year, but only for PlayStation 4.

2. Galaga is coming to Atari 2600. It's a homebrew, but still!


3. Shmups on Switch has a review up for Pawarumi.

4. M2 is working on a new game in the Aleste series, Aleste Branch.

Scramble for Atari 2600(!) gets reviewed

It's a homebrew, modern-day port and very impressive:



I know i'm on the wrong side of history here but since I first played Scramble on Vectrex that's the only version that looks just right to me.