Monthly Archives: November 2010

Silverlight Apps For The Xbox Live Arcade? They May Come Soon.

Posted on November 24, 2010 by 8bitsteve

Earlier this year we predicted that Microsoft would start to focus Silverlight on their own platforms as it loses ground to HTML5.  Well, this recent story on Wired.com points to towards that predictions becoming a reality.   Tim Carmody or … Continue reading →

Posted in Silverlight | 4 Comments

What Can Be Made In 16K? Atari 5200 16K ROM Games

Posted on November 23, 2010 by 8bit_admin

Here is some 16K inspirations for you.  The following are videos of some Atari 5200 games made in 16K or less.  The ROMs for these games fit on a 16K cart.  the games used the plethora of hardware features available … Continue reading →

Posted in Atari 16K Contest 2010, Atari Navel Gazing, Atari Nerd, Contests | 16 Comments

Indie, Web , Flash, Retro Game Development Interweb Mash-up

Posted on November 20, 2010 by 8bitjeff

Here is the “mash-up” for this week. I have had a little time to visit some of my favorite blogs, magazine sites, retro message boards and more. There are some reviews of games and our second ever portal review (at … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash Game Development | 3 Comments

The Mac / Flash Develop / Parallels decision…sort of

Posted on November 19, 2010 by 8bitjeff

For the last 30 days (according to the Flash Builder 4 trial countdown) I have been trying to get FB4 on the Mac (in conjunction with Flash CS5) to work as well as my Flash Develop / Flash CS3 in … Continue reading →

Posted in 8bitrocket History, Flash Game Development | 7 Comments

Announcing the 8bitrocket 16K Retro Re-make Contest ** Small Rule Update

Posted on November 19, 2010 by 8bitjeff

Note (12/8/2010): The Prize package has been extended and the end date moved to December 19th at 11:59Pm PST. Note (11/19/2010): We have modified the rules slightly to help with file size issues. The HTML wrapper file will not longer … Continue reading →

Posted in Atari 16K Contest 2010, Contests, Uncategorized | 54 Comments

Review: Atari Greatest Hits Volume 1 For The Nintendo DS

Posted on November 14, 2010 by 8bit_admin

Playing retro games is much adu about nuance.   If the little things do not feel “right”, the overall game is usually failure, no matter how much effort went into recreating the past.  Nuances are much more than graphics: they … Continue reading →

Posted in Atari Nerd, Game Reviews, Mid-Core Gamer, Reviews | 9 Comments

Active.Tutsplus HTML5/RIA Roundup Includes Our Thoughts

Posted on November 9, 2010 by 8bit_admin

Active.TutsPlus.com recently ran an article about HTML5 that rankled a few feathers among developers.  Their intentions were good, but the result was not what they intended. Instead of crying foul, or simply defending themselves, they went out and asked some … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Microsoft Kinect Day 4: Lightsaber Dreams

Posted on November 8, 2010 by 8bit_admin

So I have to admit, one of the reasons I bought a Wii on release day was the because I thought it would be a perfect platform to finally play a Star Wars game with a lightsaber. Ever since I … Continue reading →

Posted in Mid-Core Gamer | 5 Comments

Kinect Day 3 : 5:00 AM Workout, plus Detecting All sizes

Posted on November 8, 2010 by 8bit_admin

So I’m on to day #3 of my Microsoft Kinect adventure (not to be confused with Microsoft’s Kinect Adventures, the pack-in game).    I got up at 5:00 AM this morning to test out my ability to make use of … Continue reading →

Posted in Mid-Core Game Reviews | 4 Comments

8bitrocket Flash, Indie Game, Retro Interweb In-Box Round-Up

Posted on November 7, 2010 by 8bitjeff

I have been sunk deep into a couple projects over the last couple weeks and during that time I have not had time to post. There are some cool new things going on that I have had the pleasure to … Continue reading →

Posted in 8bitrocket History | 7 Comments

Microsoft Kinect Day 2: Punching And Kicking My Way to 180 lbs With No Excuses.

Posted on November 6, 2010 by 8bit_admin

Day 2 of Microsoft Kinect has been spent playing Ubi Soft’s “Your Shape Fitness Evolved” which would be the most metrosexual game imaginable if it was not for all concentration on hitting stuff.  There might be all kinds of workouts … Continue reading →

Posted in Mid-Core Game Reviews | 5 Comments

Microsoft Kinect: It Sees My Feet!!!

Posted on November 5, 2010 by 8bit_admin

I’ve had my microsoft Kinect for excatly 1 hour now, and i’m totally hooked.  All of the things that frusted me about the Wii have been fixed.  Sports games are amazing on this thing, mostly because it can see your … Continue reading →

Posted in Mid-Core Gamer, Uncategorized | 4 Comments