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Welcome to SpriteFountain, where old hardware still has new stories to tell

SpriteFountain is a new home for 8-bit and 16-bit gaming, combining old favourites with the machines, remakes and brand-new games keeping retro hardware alive.

August 28, 2026
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Space Pizza brings cave-flying chaos to the ZX Spectrum Next

August 28, 2026
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A Love Letter to the ZX Spectrum Next

August 28, 2026
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Command & Conquer is somehow running on the Atari ST

A 1995 PC strategy giant is being squeezed onto Atari hardware, and Jonas Eschenburg’s work-in-progress port is already running on…

Aug 28, 2026
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The Secret of Monkey Island Retrospective: Why Guybrush Threepwood Still Wins the Fight With Words

Lucasfilm Games’ pirate comedy still feels sharp because its best puzzles, jokes and characters were built around language, timing and…

Aug 28, 2026
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Manic Miner remake hits AI backlash before it even launches

An authorised return for one of the ZX Spectrum’s defining games should be cause for celebration. Instead, its AI-assisted trailer…

Aug 28, 2026

About SpriteFountain

We love retro games, old machines and the stories behind them. SpriteFountain is our place to celebrate the games we grew up with, revisit forgotten favourites and share the things that still make classic gaming worth talking about decades later.

We run the site in our spare time and pay for it ourselves. If you enjoy what we do and have a few pennies to spare, you can buy us a coffee and help keep SpriteFountain running.

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Command & Conquer is somehow running on the Atari ST

ColinAug 28, 20268 min read

A 1995 PC strategy giant is being squeezed onto Atari hardware, and Jonas Eschenburg’s work-in-progress port is already running on real ST machines.

The Secret of Monkey Island Title Screen - Atari ST
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The Secret of Monkey Island Retrospective: Why Guybrush Threepwood Still Wins the Fight With Words

ColinAug 28, 202611 min read

Lucasfilm Games’ pirate comedy still feels sharp because its best puzzles, jokes and characters were built around language, timing and charm.

Welcome to SpriteFountain, where old hardware still has new stories to tell
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Welcome to SpriteFountain, where old hardware still has new stories to tell

ColinAug 28, 20264 min read

SpriteFountain is a new home for 8-bit and 16-bit gaming, combining old favourites with the machines, remakes and brand-new games keeping retro hardware alive.

Manic Miner remake image
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Manic Miner remake hits AI backlash before it even launches

ColinAug 28, 20264 min read

An authorised return for one of the ZX Spectrum’s defining games should be cause for celebration. Instead, its AI-assisted trailer has left retro fans asking what went wrong.

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Space Pizza brings cave-flying chaos to the ZX Spectrum Next

ColinAug 28, 20265 min read

Gary Pinkett’s Space Pizza turns interstellar takeaway delivery into a fast arcade challenge, with online leaderboards and a soundtrack from DJ H0ffman.

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