Category: Commodore Amiga
Defined by the developer, VergeWorld: Icarus Rising is a sci-fi shoot’em up, racer game with exploration elements. However the game is still in development, Retro Bones has released a playable demo. In this demo version, you have to pilot Icarus trying to beat the Death Run challenge, which is a race against the time through one of the planet’s canyons….
Holger tells us about his time publishing and writing books and software for the Amiga under Data Becker and later on other publishing houses. He talks a lot about the atmospheres and little stories and background about the times of computer book / software publishing in the 90s and throughout his book publishing today including the books for the C64…
Back in the late 80`s there was a phenomenon about to launch in the UK, (No i`m not talking about shell suits) i`m talking about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (In the UK the Ninja was replaced to Hero Because…you know….reasons). Konami released one of the greatest arcade games ever into the arcade in 1989, the 4 player simultaneous play…
The last week of April brought to great and completely different games for the Commodore Amiga. The first one will satisfy that urge of a quick arcade gaming session where you can jump in, play one or two matches, and move on with your life. Tiny Invaders is a nice version (homage?) of Space Invaders developed by Pink (Abyss) that…
The Digital Retro Park is one of the premier museums of digital culture. Falk Heinzelmann and Stefan Pitsch are the guys who started it all, and they’ve taken some time to talk to AJ and Joerg about the museum, as well as take us on a virtual tour while we’re all stuck at home! (interview starts at 10:05) https://scene.world/drp
There’s no doubt that Motorhead are legendary, with their influence felt across a broad spectrum of pop culture. The band’s fast, overdriven bass lines were only overtaken by their now sadly departed frontman’s even faster living, like being kicked out of Hawkwind for getting busted with the wrong drugs or getting lip service from an enthusiastic female fan on stage….
As Ronald Reagan’s tenure as American president was coming to an end in 1988, The Cold War was cooling, Pinochet was defeated and The Naked Gun unleashed its comic capers on cinemas. In terms of the Amiga, games were still yet to push the system as far as we know it could go but we still received a good amount…
This week we delve deep into Rainbird’s descent into the human subconscious with their 1989 release, Weird Dreams The game itself is aloof where it comes to the set-up as the player falls into limbo but the accompanying novella, which doubles up as copy protection, and written by Rupert Goodwins of Sinclair User fame, details the manipulation of our protagonist…
Back in the days when a few quid could net you a new game, budget titles in your local newsagents were a god send. In most cases, it came down to the battle of the box art as to which one to choose. Future Bike Simulator’s promise as “The Ultimate For Speed Freaks”, along with the art work showing a…
Psytronik Software is currently taking pre-orders for their release of Rotator, a new commercial grade release for the Commodore Amiga. Developed by Timothy Gilbert with some assistance in level design by Shaun Watters, the objective of Rotator is to carefully maneuver your craft through various challenging landscapes collecting diamonds whilst trying to stay above an ever-rising flood waters and avoiding…
