Category: Retro Gaming
Finnish development studio Kamina Dimension has launched a Kickstarter campaign for it’s new action-adventure game, MindSeize. In this new indie title, players assume the role of a private investigator on the hunt for members of a criminal organisation known as ‘The Ascended’, an enigmatic cult that intends to transcend the boundaries of mere mortality. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1708957978/mindseize?ref=project_link In a bid to bring an…
Mattias Gustavsson recently shared some interesting News on Facebook about a game called Afterworld. Even though this is the first time I have heard about this project, after a bit of investigating, it seems that this isn’t new News at all, as Mattias started work on the project way back in 2014. The game is much inspired by an old…
Back in June Nogalious was released for Windows PC. A successful Kickstarter project from 2017, Nogalious is a retro platformer, much in the style of many 8-bit video games of yesteryear. The evil Darama has kidnapped your daughter Mariet with a dark purpose that goes beyond ruling Russadir. You must cross different worlds until you reach the castle of Darama,…
I’m sure many of you have played Psytronik’s awesome Soulless on the Commodore 64 by now, a fantastic platform adventure with massive maps to explore, stunningly detailed graphics & animation, plus some very atmospheric soundtracks. For those of you that aren’t aware, a sequel is in the making. It was announced in May that the cavern level of the game…
After a good read through Chris Wilkins new Retro Game magazine Fusion, it’s time to pre-order issue 2. Each issue is packed with no less than 52 pages of Retro Gaming content including Indie games, hand-held gaming, Arcade and even some info about current gaming too! The magazine is A5 in size and printed using high quality silk paper. For…
Gamers looking for some old-school, hardcore run and gun shooting action would do well to take a look at Blazing Chrome, a new indie game title in development by Joymasher. Inspired by such quintessential run ‘n gun shooters as Contra III: The Alien Wars and Metal Slug, Joymasher certainly appears to be distilling the essence from some of the genre’s…
Anyone self-respecting Commodore Amiga owner must surely be familiar with Graftgold, arguably one of the most prominent and talented British software houses during the 1980’s and 1990’s. Among the talented programmers and artists to work alongside Steve Turner was Andrew Braybrook, author of critically acclaimed Uridium for the Commodore 64, and many other titles; he runs and maintains a personal…
For this retrospective, let’s dial back the clock to 1998, one of the most significant years in the history for video games and for good reason. Valve Software would raise the bar with the seminal Half-Life, a first person shooter that broke the mould in terms of storytelling, narrative and flow, whilst Epic MegaGames would release the visually stunning Unreal,…
Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe, originally developed by Bitmap Brothers and released back in 1990, is a futuristic cyberpunk themed sports game that combined elements from both Ice Hockey and Handball, resulting in one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful sports game of the early 90s era. In a shining example of what positive outcomes can be produced by…
I recently received an email from one of our readers who asked us… “Why don’t we feature more Indie Games?” This is a good question, and in the past we have in fact featured a few Indie titles and Steam releases we thought were fitting. However, over time, these kinda got pushed to the back of the queue. As most…
