Retro News Round Up - January 2024

This month’s retro news round up includes the discovery of the Eclipse demo, a duck with a shovel, and an interactive odyssey dedicated to Jeff Minter is announced.
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The show even has chapter breaks, so you can watch just the parts you want:
0:11 - The Strange and Unusual
0:49 - Ports and Remakes
1:44 - Hardware and Accessories
1:52 - Homebrew
2:58 - Long Thought Lost
3:18 - Fan Translations
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• January 2024 Retro New...
This video's links:
Eclipse demo video:
• Eclipse - The Demo Tha...
Johnny The Ghost on the ZX Spectrum:
cs.speccy.cz/g...
Arctic Atac Xmas for the ZX Spectrum:
highriser.itch...
Isa Brave for the ZX Spectrum:
tomasiano74.it...
Cursed Castle for the ZX Spectrum:
fransouls.itch...
Rondure Sorcerer for the ZX Spectrum:
jasontaylor.it...
The Mandarin 2 for the ZX Spectrum:
mananuk.itch.i...
The Bark for the ZX Spectrum:
www.zosya.net/...
The Mijadore Vase for the ZX Spectrum:
cajonnostalgia...
Noon30 Shovel Duck for the ZX Spectrum:
ktbproductions...
Forest Saver on the Commodore 64:
csdb.dk/releas...
Delve Deeper on the Commodore 64:
grifonchan.itc...
Fragile Gamebert on the Commodore 64:
frodewin.itch....
Santa's Troubles for the Commodore 64:
lowcarb.itch.i...
Briley Witch Chronicles 2 for the Commodore 64:
sarahjaneavory...
Port of The Secret of Monkey Island for the Commodore 64:
csdb.dk/releas...
MeetBall for the Amiga:
aminet.net/pac...
Planet Rescue Mission for the Atari XL/XE:
www.zzubr.cz/a...
Doomed PETSCII Pacman! For the Commodore Plus/4:
plus4world.pow...
Detonator on the Atari ST:
demozoo.org/pr...
Santa's Workout for the Amiga and Commodore 64:
vector5games.i...
Stuntman Seymour on the Amiga:
www.gamesthatw...
English language translation of Far East of Eden: Ziria for the TurboGrafx-CD:
www.romhacking...
English language translation of Zatch Bell! Electric Arena 2 for the Game Boy Advance:
www.romhacking...

[@Doughty321]

Happy Easter everyone, hope it’s a good one.

[@Evercade_Effect]

Thanks for spreading the word of Evercade!

[@wimwiddershins]

Thanks Simon.
PS: I always get a giggle at the end credits, voice grabs.

[@zubazub66]

Only 11 'Retro News Round Ups' till Christmas 🎅

[@mewpew9357]

These videos makes me happy

[@twokingmick]

What a new year's treat!

[@retr0ricky]

Great video Simon! Already looking forward to the next one.

[@drem_psb]

First like of 2024 for you, Simon. Happy New Year! And thanks for the video, as usual!

[@asdfasdfaew4]

Love these videos😊

[@Marco-00]

Thanks for the round up and happy new year!

[@duxmyman555]

Happy New year 🎉🎉

[@froedlmetallmann4643]

Happy new year!

[@DaneeBound]

Happy new Year.

[@avarisclari]

Good roundup as always, also want to share you did miss some: Project EGG released some PC-88 games on Switch last month under the name "EGGCONSOLE" including Hydlide, Silpheed, and Xanadu.

[@obsoleteworlds]

Are these properly translated? The descriptions on the Switch store are vague.

[@tsartomato]

i wish SNEG would pick up hoffman+associates backlog

[@BillB808]

Cen we get a Monty collection review?

[@tsartomato]

planet x16 came out on steam
tho
does it count if x16 is a 2024(?) computer

[@tsartomato]

i wish digital eclipse didn't bake their stuff into pillar boxing inside letterboxnig inside windowboxing
i managed to launch some 40 anni snk titles on my vertical 3//4 monitor fullscreen but that's through a bug not a feature. toaplan emulators have no enevlopes and just work