Not content with giving us the amazing ZX Spectrum title Terry the Turtle, Purple Unicorn Software have released screenshots to RGC of their forthcoming Terry the Turtle – Vektor. From what we can see it looks stunning and the new title will be based on the Yellow and Cyan versionsContinue Reading
Background Purple Unicorn Software is a small software developer run by Steve ‘JammaJup’ Dixon, coinop enthusiast and also the man behind the excellent www.jammajup.co.uk. Another wildlife themed game ensues, following on from his fantastic Pip The Pipistrelle (see the review here), this time Steve has opted to get down toContinue Reading
These new figures look fantastic, see the official Press Release below. [This unedited press release is made available courtesy of RetroGamesCollector.com and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource GamesPress.] First 4 Figures Presents SEGA All Stars: Ryo Hazuki May 1st 2013- First 4 Figures is extremely proud to announceContinue Reading
We were excited to hear news of a new book released by former Amiga Computing writer Dan Whitehead about the golden era of British game design and the part the ZX Spectrum had to play in it. As we know, Sinclair’s little machine did more than most to inspire anContinue Reading
It looks like we will be getting a new console this year after all. SNK Playmore have just announced the December 2012 release of their new NEO GEO X GOLD entertainment system. The system comprises of a stand-alone handheld unit, a base station and an arcade stick. The base stationContinue Reading
A brand new ‘hub’ for retro gamers has gone live. Formed by Eric Bailey of Nintendo Legend fame and app developer and graphics guru Andrew Carreiro, 1 More Castle will be a collaborative base for retro gamers from all corners to come together and share their experiences and news. WeContinue Reading
For the purposes of this review I have used the iPad version of this book, but it needs to be noted that there are also Kindle and printed versions to be purchased, although the iPad version has the added benefit of gameplay videos which we will come to shortly. TheContinue Reading
A little background info… This is the latest English language translation of a release from Pix’N Love Publishing, an independent French based company who specialise in gaming related publications. Luckily for us, with their British branch now in place they have taken to translating some of the 25 French languageContinue Reading
I’ve been waiting for a while now to review this app on my iPad, waiting because I dearly wanted to review it on my iCade and sadly, it wasn’t compatible. Lo and behold a few days ago I got the news that with the latest update they had added iCadeContinue Reading
Background The brains behind this release from the newly formed Purple Unicorn Software is Steve ‘JammaJup’ Dixon also the man behind the excellent www.jammajup.co.uk and arcade game enthusiast. When I first downloaded Pip the Pipistrelle and noticed that it had been based upon the Jet Set Willy engine using JSWed,Continue Reading