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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.

September 29, 2026
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A Love Letter to the ZX Spectrum Next

September 29, 2026
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Dizzy retrospective: Philip Oliver on how an egg became a British gaming icon

September 28, 2026
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Dig Dug and Mario Bros get new Amiga ports from TjLaZer

Dig Dug adjusts its screen layout to suit PAL and NTSC displays, while Mario Bros. includes dual-joystick play and the…

Oct 16, 2026
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Mickey Mouse fan game Forest of Illusion moves from Amiga to Neo Geo

New images accompany the platform change, with Ansimuz supplying level graphics and DomKid aiming to finish development before the year…

Oct 16, 2026
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The Addams Family’s missing Amiga backgrounds return in a new fan release

Code already inside Ocean’s original game provided the starting point, while a change to Gomez’s sprite resolves a longstanding display…

Oct 16, 2026
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Without Frontier adds planetary landings in new Amiga space sim preview

Trade, take bar jobs and encounter police across a Solar System stretching from Earth orbit to Pluto.

Oct 15, 2026
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Kwyll passes Kickstarter goal for Spectrum Next game creation tools

The campaign supports six months of development, with digital licences and a boxed USB edition among the rewards.

Oct 15, 2026
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Wizball’s Spectrum overhaul gets help from its original graphics artist

Colour-cycling bullets and Purple Blazor shots reach the Spectrum, alongside changes to enemy collisions and power-up controls.

Oct 15, 2026
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Moonstone AGA targets a free Amiga 1200 release

Original-versus-AGA comparisons show the visual changes, while the developers outline Fast RAM requirements and their plans for the soundtrack.

Oct 15, 2026
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Toki physical editions planned for Mega Drive, Neo Geo and Amiga AGA

The team aims to preserve the arcade game’s graphics, animation and soundtrack, with development footage and packaging details still to…

Oct 14, 2026
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Phil Searching for Mort arrives on ZX Spectrum Next

The isometric rooms recall Head Over Heels, while Phil’s rescue mission involves a petrified partner and a professor with the…

Oct 13, 2026
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Anbernic RG DDS takes its design cues from the New Nintendo 3DS

Different screen proportions mirror Nintendo’s handheld layout, while two analogue sticks, active cooling and a dedicated AI button join the…

Oct 13, 2026
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Ash prototype brings Norwegian folklore to the Amiga 500

Try the forest test area while development continues on a companion system involving stone eating, flight and temperature changes.

Oct 13, 2026
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Super Mario 64 fan port demonstrated on Atari Jaguar

Emulator footage and a separate hardware demonstration show the project’s progress, but its creator has no plans to release a…

Oct 13, 2026
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THE 800XL brings back Atari’s keyboard, cartridges and BASIC

USB software loading, save slots and rewind join the familiar keyboard computer design, with two extra games unlocked by an…

Oct 8, 2026
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The Oliver Twins are bringing Dizzy back for his 40th anniversary

Platforms and release dates remain unconfirmed, while Philip and Andrew explore how the egg-shaped adventurer should look and play.

Oct 4, 2026
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Rescue on Fractalus! is finally making the jump to Amiga

More than 40 years after its 8-bit debut, Rescue on Fractalus has reached the Amiga in a new port built…

Sep 14, 2026
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Snapman 20 squeezes arcade-style Pac-Man into a 35K VIC-20

The VIC-20 has a new Pac-Man conversion from Beamrider, written in assembly and built for expanded PAL machines.

Sep 13, 2026
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Retroid prices its dual-screen Pocket Duo and Pocket Duo Lite handhelds

Retroid’s new dual-screen handheld family now has confirmed pricing, memory options and early-bird discounts, alongside footage of Mario Kart 7…

Sep 9, 2026
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The Adventure of Node brings Zelda-style adventuring to the Amiga

Bad Pun Studio’s top-down Amiga adventure has reached what it hopes is the final version of its demo, with new…

Sep 4, 2026
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Fix-It Felix Jr. brings Disney’s fictional arcade game to the ZX Spectrum Next

Broken Bytes has turned the arcade game imagined for Wreck-It Ralph into a native ZX Spectrum Next release, complete with…

Sep 3, 2026
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My Arcade’s Gamestation Retro Go finally gets an October release

After slipping from its original 2025 window, My Arcade’s large retro handheld is finally nearing release with an 8-inch screen…

Sep 2, 2026
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Aonic brings Green Hill Zone to a stock Amiga 1200

Reassembler has released a playable Amiga 1200 demonstration of Green Hill Zone, adapted from a Mega Drive disassembly for stock…

Sep 2, 2026
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Atari ST, Amiga, Mega Drive and Jaguar: one 68000, four very different machines

One processor travelled from 16-bit computers to Sega’s console and even Atari’s Jaguar, but the hardware around it changed almost…

Sep 2, 2026
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Zool Collection will put both games on one Atari Jaguar cartridge

Songbird Productions and Urbanscan are putting two doses of Gremlin’s ninja gremlin onto one Jaguar cart, with further improvements also…

Sep 1, 2026
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Patricia Curtis is lowering the ladder for the next generation of Spectrum developers

From C64 machine code and 16-bit conversions to Sprite Path and TX-Engine, Patricia Curtis is turning decades of development experience…

Sep 1, 2026
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The Story of the ZX Spectrum in Pixels returns with a Gold Edition on Kickstarter

More than a decade after Chris Wilkins first turned his Spectrum memories into a book, a new Gold Edition has…

Aug 31, 2026
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Joe & Mac Retro Collection brings three SNES caveman adventures to modern consoles

Three slices of Data East’s prehistoric SNES history are heading to current systems, complete with modern conveniences and some substantial…

Aug 31, 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 31, 2026
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Return to Blacktooth brings its almost 40-year Head Over Heels story to Atari Jaguar

Colin Porch’s sequel took nearly four decades to reach Amiga and Atari ST. Now Reboot Games has brought the 300-room…

Aug 31, 2026
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ZX Spectrum Next Issue 3 is on the water and heading towards backers

The third ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter has moved a big step closer to fulfilment, with finished machines now on boats…

Aug 31, 2026
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Worms: The Director’s Cut gets a free Amiga expansion nearly 30 years later

Andy Davidson has returned to one of the most distinctive versions of Worms, giving the Amiga exclusive new levels, sounds,…

Aug 31, 2026

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About SpriteFountain

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Dig Dug and Mario Bros get new Amiga ports from TjLaZer
News

Dig Dug and Mario Bros get new Amiga ports from TjLaZer

ColinOct 16, 20263 min read

Dig Dug adjusts its screen layout to suit PAL and NTSC displays, while Mario Bros. includes dual-joystick play and the arcade POW effect.

Mickey Mouse fan game Forest of Illusion moves from Amiga to Neo Geo
News

Mickey Mouse fan game Forest of Illusion moves from Amiga to Neo Geo

ColinOct 16, 20261 min read

New images accompany the platform change, with Ansimuz supplying level graphics and DomKid aiming to finish development before the year ends.

The Addams Family’s missing Amiga backgrounds return in a new fan release
News

The Addams Family’s missing Amiga backgrounds return in a new fan release

ColinOct 16, 20263 min read

Code already inside Ocean’s original game provided the starting point, while a change to Gomez’s sprite resolves a longstanding display problem.

Without Frontier screenshot
News

Without Frontier adds planetary landings in new Amiga space sim preview

ColinOct 15, 20263 min read

Trade, take bar jobs and encounter police across a Solar System stretching from Earth orbit to Pluto.

Kwyll logo
News

Kwyll passes Kickstarter goal for Spectrum Next game creation tools

ColinOct 15, 20263 min read

The campaign supports six months of development, with digital licences and a boxed USB edition among the rewards.

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