THE HOMEBREWER'S KIT
ARCADE ATTACK
Your monthly guide to everything happening in the homebrew scene
Classic arcade games continue to interest homebrew creators across different formats, with new conversions and titles inspired by classic coi
[ZX Spectrum] Gabam’s Moon Ranger reproduces the legendary Moon Patrol, right down to the bouncing tyre
Jonathan Cauldwell with his ZX81 (top) and Luca Carminati (below
The C64 is having another stellar year with multiple releases as it celebrates its 40th birthday, but other formats are doing well too. The MSXDev 2022 is shaping up nicely, the Spectrum (also 40) shows no signs of slowing down and the console homebrew scene is thriving. Keep reading this column for more reviews, interviews and news on what is happe
The ZX81 recently received Zeddytron 2081 by Walter Rissi (Robotron: 2084) and Zonkey Kong by Don Crawford & Dave Spinnett (Donkey Kong).
Jonathan Cauldwell turned his attention to the system too, with Zedi Blaster (based on Bomberman) and Big Baps. “I thought it would be fun to test myself on a more-limited machine and see if I could create something that would be fun to play; it would be all about raw gameplay and nothing else. I’d seen plenty of Spectrum Burger Time conversions and they all stopped the game while the burgers dropped, and I wanted to create a ZX81 game that didn’t do that.”