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
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
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
Being part of the retro gaming community has really opened my eyes to some of the amazing collections and collectors. Occasionally there are collections that really need to be highlighted to a wider audience. Once such person is Bo... Read more
On Facebook we run and moderate a Facebook group called ‘Retro For Sale’. It was started a few years back in order for me to sell a few items I had in my garage. It’s now grown to over 9k members and can be found here... Read more
A few years ago we ran a small article about the MEGA65 project which aims to recreate the legendary Commodore C65 (or 64D depending on your viewpoint). Since that article in 2016 the team have made some very impressive progress, to the... Read more
Just like a rubber ball, the classic bounce’em Bounder is ..er… rebounding back on mobile devices via a new app. I know what you are thinking…yes this is nothing new as we’ve seen quite a few re-imaginings of old... Read more
I’m a big fan of C64 remix music even though being a Spectrum boy at heart. I remember looking over at the ‘fence’ at the C64 through curiosity – one regular activity was flicking through the latest issue of Zzap... Read more
There is a flourish of great retro themed Kickstarters sprouting up weekly at the moment – one currently coming close to the end of its campaign is SID Waves – A Vinyl Tribute to the Commodore 64 SID Chip. The author of the... Read more
With the Commodore 64 book firmly in the majority of backer’s hands (still a few more to send), it’s time to turn to the computer’s older brother – the Commodore Amiga. With today being International Amiga Day... Read more
Over the years, I have made some great friends in the retro scene and today I did lunch with two of them, Simon Butler of Ocean Software fame, and Mike James from Retro Gaming Roundup ( an awesome long standing retro pod cast that can... Read more
One of the perks for my Commodore 64 Kickstarter was a new game for the C64 called Barnsley Badger. The game comes in two flavours – the cassette version and the disk version. Both come in a presentation box very similar to the... Read more
Just because something gets branded with the label or look of being ‘retro’ doesn’t make it worthwhile. One of the things I love about Retro Now is the opportunity to see the various mods, hacks and games that retro... Read more
A new album called Pixels arrived through the letter box today. That’s not entirely true – 1,500 copies of Pixels landed in my hallway in a number of boxes via a nice courier man. Those who pledged on the Kickstarter for The... Read more
If there was ever a paragraph to get a teenager to buy their game in the 80s, this was it: “Five channel sound which utilizes two separate speech channels with sampled dialogue and effects. Super fast 360 degrees fire power... Read more
Paul Bridger is a big fan of the work of game musician Allister Brimble. So much so that he has put a full documentary together to celebrate the man and this will be put out on social media very soon. I have seen the film, and if you... Read more
We all know the Bitmap Brothers created heaps of great games in their Amiga days, but it’s only a select handful that still hold that cult status amongst the hardcore. Speedball II and, to a certain extent, Xenon 2 are the main ones... Read more
Simply put anyone that knows me or has gotten to do so over the time I’ve been in and around retro games knows just how much I love this game. Even the original editor of Retro Gamer magazine, Martyn Carroll knows how far and wide my... Read more
Today, the samples of the paperback and hardback versions of The story of the C64 in pixels came back from the printers. Check out the video of me talking through each version of the book, and also a flick through of the Reset magazine... Read more