Literally minutes after clicking publish on our TheC64 Mini review where it is mentioned that playing your own game is a bit of a pain at the moment, I found this neat solution. Minimount is a neat little utility that will automate the process... Read more
Nostalgia. The more we age, the more we miss those events, items and people who were part of our earlier lives. It takes just a small trigger to begin a nostalgic journey. A forgotten song, a photograph or even a smell can transport us back to... Read more
You may remember that Retro-Now looked at the Amiga Works documentary a few years ago (if not you can read about it here). Some good news wings its way to us from Paul Bridger, the creator of this documentary as well as executive producer on... Read more
Birthdays seem to come round quicker and quicker as you get older, time just relentlessly marches on. For the Sinclair ZX81, it’s time to celebrate its 37th birthday – I wonder if it is getting worried about the big four zero?... Read more
I’m hoping to travel to Japan later this year for a holiday so like many people I’ve turned to YouTube for research, which has turned into an addiction to one series of programs. I stumbled across the “Japanology”... Read more
With the ZZap! 64 Kickstarter looking to kick off in the middle of April – we can start to let you good readers know of some of the perks that you can look forwards to to pledging on during the campaign. Today we can let you know... Read more
Guess who is coming back to Revival? Mr John Romero will be attending Revival in May on the Saturday afternoon (19th) to give a talk on Doom then taking questions from the floor. He will then be up for a bit of Deathmatch Doom and Quake... Read more
Update – The article below was written a few days ago before the announcement that Maplin had gone into administration. It is very sad that so many people are facing an unknown future and we wish them well. Maybe something can be saved... Read more
Had you been reading the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics you could not have failed to notice the front cover. Featuring a picture of a strange box with many light and switches, this was the first ever showing of the... Read more
Being British, we here at Retro-Now can’t help but be a little obsessed with the weather. With the forecasters recently implying snowmageddon is on its way then what better way to warm up than hitting the game rooms and playing some... Read more
Whilst crawling around the deep dark recesses of the Retro Internet world we were lucky enough to stumble across two more projects that you will love. Let’s dive right in…. Everyone has heard of Pong, it’s the... Read more
A little while ago I posted images of my new ‘Eleven’ carded figure from Stranger Things. Yesterday I got Chief Hopper in the post. I’m never actually going to open these figures – who knows my kids may benefit... Read more
Great news for all current and future owners of the Spectrum Next with the launch of a new website that aims to create a central database and repository for software released on Spectrum Next. “World of Next” has been created by a... Read more
What does the Manhattan Project, nuclear nonproliferation and a ballistics computer all have in common? Surprisingly, they are the forerunners of every video game ever made. Ask most people who invented video games and you may get a... Read more
The team behind TheC64 have just released another big update on the progress of the console and with just over 5 weeks until we can get our hands on a unit, it’s looking like they are well on track. Legendary programmer Jeff... Read more
With the annual now announced, we can let you know that the compo prize for this year is a THEC64 mini and a THEC64 JOYSTICK to plug in so that games like Armalyte can be played with a friend. Thanks to Paul Andrews and to all those... Read more
Great news! Stuart Williams has confirmed via Twitter that he will again be writing his Adventure Trail column for the upcoming Crash 2019 Annual aka Crash issue 100. We look forward to seeing what new gems Stuart can find to review. As... Read more
As you can probably guess, we do like our gaming music and today is no exception. After sharing a fantastic arrangement of Wizball and the PPoT remix of an Outrun classic, today it is time to roll out the big guns. We have two medlies... Read more
In what is turning into a fantastic day for retro gaming fans, Chris Wilkins has not only announced the Crash 2019 Annual he has now also just revealed that the long rumoured Zzap 64 Annual will also be coming soon. Chris broke the news... Read more
Great news for all fans of Crash and the Sinclair Spectrum. After the huge success of the Crash Annual 2018, Chris Wilkins has just announced that he has the green light to start production of his next annual. Crash Annual 2019 will be... Read more