ZX Nostalgia - Adventure edition vol.4

Having already blogged about the pretty excellent vol.1 of the ZX Nostalgia Adventure edition, the one containing the Balrog's classic Zenobi text-adventures, I thought I'd let you know that ZX Nostalgia has gone on and released three more adventure filled compilations, with the latest -obviously- being the aptly named ZX Nostalgia - Adventure edition vol.4. Here's the App Store link for the thing. The app costs less than a dollar/euro/pound and includes an excellent and constantly updated ZX Spectrum emulator and ten more classic Zenobi text-adventures. Retro gamers and lovers of interactive fiction should grab it immediately. They will, after all, be getting the following:

Cloud 99
The Dogboy (Parts 1 and 2)
Lightmare - The Village of Delvhorn
Meltdown
One Of Our Wombats Is Missing
Phoenix
Stranded
The Golden Sword Of Bhakhor (Parts 1 and 2)
The Islands Of Sinbad
The Lost Temple
The Mapper + Guide
Why Is The World Round Anyway (Parts 1 and 2)

Xperia Plays Minecraft

Minecraft, the indie, world-crafting phenomenon, will apparently and according to Game Set Watch make its handheld debut on Sony's Android-powered Xperia Play today. Though the game wont sync with its excellent PC version, the button-rich and powerful Xperia should make for a most authentic experience. Oh, and if you never heard of Minecraft before, well, here's a link to help clear things up.

GBA Berzerk

I've been browsing the excellent GBADEV.org Game Boy Advance homebrew site and happily discovered a lovely Berzerk remake for Nintendo's classic handheld. Arcade lovers should download it by clicking themselves over to Berzerk GBA. It's a happily freeware offering. 

Spectaculator iOS

Spectaculator, the best ZX Spectrum emulator on the PC for quite some time now, has finally been ported to iOS and is now available via Apple's App Store. For less than 2 pounds you can now have a full emulator on your phone, complete with some excellent 8-bit games, a built-in hint system, fully working BASIC and a ton of most impressive features. To grab it, follow this oh-so-aptly named link: Spectaculator iOS; the app runs on iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch devices. Oh, and you can enter POKES too!

As for them bundled games, they include (among others of course) classic 3D space-shooter 3D Starstrike, Tau Ceti, Dynamite Dan and a selection of Jonathan Cauldwell's more impressive offerings. You might also want to take a look at the Spectaculator official site.

Mission FaileD (Wiz)

Ah! A new freeware shmup for the Wiz, is it? Well, it quite frankly is and its name is Mission FaileD. It's quite enjoyable, freeware and intriguingly sports a ton of ripped sprites from more than a few classic shoot-'em-ups, including Axelay, Gradius and R-Type. Grab it! 

The Free iOS Candy Train

PopCap Games, the casual gaming behemoth that has given us such addictive mega-hits as Peggle and Plants vs Zombies, has gone on and released one of its older games for them iOS devices. Apparently, one of the company's programmers loved Candy Train so much that simply had to come up with a version for iOS. In her very own free time. The game, a lovely, colorful, action puzzler is now available for free. Where? There.

The Invasion of the Blobs

If you are into free, simple and happily mindless games to brighten up that commute, well iBlobs should be a most interesting proposal. You can grab it here for free and enjoy it on any iOS and Android device. 

Custom Batman Returns Lynx

Excellent gaming blog Game Set Watch just discovered an astonishingly beautiful Atari Lynx and, well, Gaming on the Go is very happy indeed. It is after all a luxuriant and quite sizable Lynx Mark I that sports top quality custom artwork based on the  Batman Returns game. You can see more pictures of the thing over at Oskunk's blog.

Wonderswan Color Emulator

The Wonderswan and the Wonderswan Color didn't set the handheld gaming world on fire, though they probably should have. They were excellent consoles, with more than a few great games and an incredibly sensible price-tag. What's more, you can now find out what all the fuss was about on your PC and Win CE machine with the help of the excellent, freeware Cygne emulator.

101-in-1 Games free for Android

100-in-1 Games, the tongue-in-check iPhone hit compilation, has finally made it to Android. It apparently not only retains its 100 mini-games glory, but is also very free to grab/download. Expect to enjoy more than a few spoofs of well known games and a fine selection of genres. Get it here.