What is Retro Gameforce?

Retro Gameforce is an independent retro gaming publication, platform encyclopedia, and modern cassette publisher covering classic video games, original vintage computer and console hardware, cycle-accurate FPGA implementations (such as MiSTer), homebrew software, and physical release verification for legacy systems.

What platforms and classic computers does Retro Gameforce cover?

Retro Gameforce documents 209 vintage systems across the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, specializing in 8-bit and 16-bit home computers and consoles including the Commodore 64, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, NES, SNES, Sega Mega Drive, Game Boy, MSX, PC DOS, and MiSTer FPGA cores.

How does Retro Gameforce score retro game reviews?

Every game review features a 100-point composite scorecard evaluating Graphics, Sound, Gameplay, and Fun Factor on authentic hardware or cycle-accurate FPGA chips, providing honest critiques without nostalgia bias.

Where can I find modern physical cassette editions for Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum?

Fire Dragon Interactive publishes brand new physical cassette tape releases and digital packages (PRG, D64, D81, TAP) verified on authentic Datasettes and hardware, available in the Retro Gameforce Store.

Which languages are supported on Retro Gameforce?

Retro Gameforce supports 13 major languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, and Arabic (with right-to-left layout support).

Passione Amiga Day 2026 Brings New Games, Awards and Amiga Corporation to Spoleto

The Amiga community has gathered in Spoleto, Italy today for the sixth Passione Amiga Day, an entire event dedicated to keeping Commodore's famous 16-bit computer family active rather than merely nostalgic. Running from 10:00 until 18:00 on 6 September at Piazza Garibaldi 31, the event offers free admission and combines commercial exhibitors, a second-hand market, talks, gaming stations and presentations of genuinely new Amiga software. The official programme makes today's edition particularly interesting. Following the morning opening and welcome, visitors vote in the Passione Amiga Awards, which are open to previously unreleased Amiga productions including games, utilities, demos, music disks, slideshows, disk magazines and compilations. Eligible entries can target classic or next-generation Amiga environments and must run on at least one of AmigaOS 1.3, 3.0 or 4.0. The afternoon programme moves from history into current development. Nicola Morocutti discusses Passione Amiga magazine, while Perifractic contributes a greeting from Commodore's CEO. Fabrizio Farenga is scheduled to discuss a career stretching from Genias to Team17. Paolo D'Urso is presenting a new Amiga game from Darkage Software, followed by Amiga Corporation CEO Michele Battilana discussing the company's present and future. Francesco Dardari then presents another new game from Dardari Bros, before Colin Vella showcases Hyper Runner. That mixture captures why the Amiga remains unusual among vintage computers. Its community is simultaneously preserving 1980s and 1990s history, running original hardware, developing new operating-system software, building accelerators and producing completely new games. Hundreds of Italian enthusiasts are expected to attend, with international guests reinforcing the platform's reach beyond its strongest historical markets. The event is organised by Passione Amiga, the Italian print magazine distributed internationally. Plenty of machines from the Amiga era survive in collections. Far fewer retro platforms can still fill an event programme with unreleased software, new hardware discussion and competing modern productions. The Amiga, apparently, remains stubbornly unwilling to become a museum piece.