Category: PC
One of the most significant advances in computing technology during the early 1990s was, undoubtedly, the proliferation of CD-ROM technology. The transition to optical media meant that software and games developers suddenly found themselves with an enormous 650 MB of storage capacity at their disposal, exceeding anything even remotely practicable with floppy disks or ROM-based cartridges. The arrival of CD-ROM…
If you’re a regular reader of Vintage is the New Old, you will know that we mostly feature old and new games for Vintage computers and game consoles. We sometimes share News about Retro Game remakes and also on the odd occasion, Indie Retro Games. Today I would like to share some News about a new game by Langford Productions….
The corpse of the interactive movie is set to be resurrected in suitably gruesome style this Halloween when Attic Door Productions aims to release it’s new crowd-funded game, The 13th Doll. Although not strictly a true sequel, the developer has licensed the rights to that of developer Trilobyte’s classic mid-90’s interactive CD-ROM title, The 7th Guest. For those unfamiliar, The 7th…
If you’re a fan of classic point-and-click adventure games like we are, here’s something to brighten your day! MojoTouch have been hard at work in putting the finishing touches to remasters of classic AdventureSoft titles: Simon the Sorcerer: 25th Anniversary Edition Simon the Sorcerer 2: 25th Anniversary Edition These games were certainly two of my favourite adventure games growing up,…
Checking our inbox today, we received an email from Marco, announcing some lovely News that Tower 57 has been released for AmigaOS 4.1, MorphOS and AROS! Previously the game was a Kickstarter success which was also released on PC. “In a dystopian, dieselpunk world, where Megatowers are the only enclaves of civilization, a group of extraordinary individuals is sent to…
The Wing Commander series is my favourite action game on PC as I remember spending many hours playing them, sometimes attempt to complete a mission and failing countless times. While browsing my news feed this morning I saw that The Digital Antiquarian has published another extensive article about Wing Commander II which got me very excited! If you haven’t read…
This Morning Stefano Buonocore over on Amiga Friends Facebook group shared a nice point and click Adventure game called “The Secret of Middle City. Inspired by classics such as Monkey Island and Broken Sword, The Secret of Middle City is an adventure that takes place in a typical North American mountain town and sees the protagonist, the goofy and clumsy…
Joshua Reichard emailed us today about a new game he coded with his 12 year old daughter. The game is called Stranger Things, and is based on the hit American science fiction-horror web television series you all know and love! The project was created on old hardware running FreeDOS and Microsoft QuickBASIC 4.5. The game game consists of just under…
A lot of people out there that celebrates Christmas like to have their own traditions that are repeated religiously every year. Blake Patterson from Byte Cellar has also jumped on the tradition rituals bandwagon and once more published a post showing off retro Christmas demos. The 2017 demo collection consists of 16 demos across 13 platforms, including the CoCo, ZX…
As every year, Scene World has also had a booth at the biggest game fair in Europe: Gamescom! AJ, Martin Ahman and Joerg have a look at the experiences and interviews Scene World had this year. Check it out at https://scene.world/gc2017pc Video version: See the full interviews with everybody at gamescom at your Gamescom 2017 playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFSso4eV-9U73fX9DMmPLu46VSRtA-xpv #gamescom #gamescom2017, #sceneworld,…
