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Homebrew Extra - Retro Gamer 271
We were sad to learn of the passing of Tony Kingsmill in February 2025. Tony had returned to programming with the update of his 1992 BBC...
andrewrfisher
Jul 813 min read
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Homebrew Extra - Retro Gamer 270
We have covered many different formats over the last three years of this revived homebrew column, and we checked out a new one this time...
andrewrfisher
Jun 1216 min read
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Homebrew Extra - Retro Gamer 269
We have sad news to share, with the death of New Zealand-born programmer Mark Sibly in December. Mark was responsible for the original...
andrewrfisher
May 1316 min read
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Homebrew Extra - Retro Gamer 268
QUICK LINKS: INTERVIEW WITH TAKAYUKI KOMABAYASHI NEWS BYTES CHAMPION CODER - BRIAN VAUGHN DATABURST - REVIEWS PROCESSING - ROGUE-ISH 64...
andrewrfisher
Apr 199 min read
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Homebrew Extra - Retro Gamer 267
QUICK LINKS: ALLAN'S MIDNIGHT MAGIC NEWS BYTES CHAMPION CODER - TONY WARRINER DATABURST - REVIEWS PROCESSING - SUPERDAN PREVIEW Halloween...
andrewrfisher
Apr 1614 min read
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Homebrew Extra - Retro Gamer 266
It’s more than 40 years since most of the hardware we enjoy playing homebrew on was developed. After the success of 2023’s event, MSX2...
andrewrfisher
Mar 1714 min read
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Homebrew Extra - Retro Gamer 265
Featuring the "revival" of Tengen Games, Champion Coder Jon Day, and a preview of FASTER for Atari STE. QUICK LINKS TENGEN TAKE TWO NEWS...
andrewrfisher
Jan 2015 min read
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Homebrew Extra - Retro Gamer 264
QUICK LINKS: ELECTRIC ENTERTAINMENT NEWS BYTES CHAMPION CODER - SHANE MCAFFERTY DATABURST - GAME REVIEWS PROCESSING - JURL (MULTIFORMAT)...
andrewrfisher
Dec 18, 202446 min read
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Homebrew Extra - Retro Gamer 263
Shortcuts: MADCAP MANSION NEWS BYTES CHAMPION CODER REVIEWS PROCESSING Kickstarter has become an important way for homebrew developers to...
andrewrfisher
Oct 25, 202414 min read
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Homebrew Extra - Retro Gamer 262
BIGGER BYTES - BYTE OFF IV INTERVIEW WITH JOE GRANATO What got you interested in hosting a competition for NESmaker games? Joe Granato...
andrewrfisher
Oct 4, 202415 min read
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Homebrew Extra - Retro Gamer 261
Timo's Castle - Interview with Roman Werner What got you into programming C64 games? Roman: I spent my teenage years in the boom time of...
andrewrfisher
Sep 3, 202421 min read
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Homebrew Extra - Retro Gamer 260
VENGEANCE AND VICTORY Michael Monaghan of Nalua Studio interviewed on Vengeance Hunters When did Nalua Studio form? Nalua Studio was...
andrewrfisher
Jul 17, 202419 min read
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Homebrew Extra - Retro Gamer 259
EL LOCO LOCOMALITO Interview with developer Locomalito What got you interested in programming your own games? Like many, I fell in love...
andrewrfisher
Jun 18, 202416 min read
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Homebrew Extra - Retro Gamer 258
MEGACOPTER MAYHEM Interview with Gabe Miller & Nick Hunter of Pizza Bear Games What first inspired you to create a game based on the...
andrewrfisher
May 24, 20249 min read
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Homebrew Extra - Retro Gamer 257
DRACULA DONE RIGHT Interview about Dracula Dark Reign for Game Boy Color. Taking part - Chris McAuley (writer), and Chris Beach...
andrewrfisher
May 13, 202410 min read
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Homebrew Extra - Retro Gamer 256
TRANSFORMING TOKI Interview with artist &co-ordinator Davide Bottino: 1. Why did you decide to remake the C64 Toki graphics? This needs a...
andrewrfisher
Apr 4, 202415 min read
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Homebrew Extra - Retro Gamer 255
VALIANT VECTORS - VECTREX ACADEMY 2023 https://bit.ly/vectrex2023 INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR PEER JOHANNSEN When did you first use a...
andrewrfisher
Mar 8, 202418 min read
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Homebrew Extra - Retro Gamer 254
GRIND - INTERVIEW WITH JOHN TSAKIRIS (TSAK) How long have you been programming the Amiga? I've been involved with game development on...
andrewrfisher
Feb 4, 202412 min read
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Homebrew Extra - Retro Gamer 253
With thanks to Nick Thorpe for helping complete the column while I was in hospital after surgery. SLOANYSOFT INTERVIEW - Davey Sloan What...
andrewrfisher
Jan 30, 20247 min read
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Homebrew Extra - Retro Gamer 252
THE WILD WOOD - JOHN HENDERSON INTERVIEW When did you start making C64 graphics? I started making C64 Graphics quite late, my first C64...
andrewrfisher
Jan 28, 202422 min read
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