Category: Reviews
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…
Synergistic Software’s 1990 SHMUP, NY Warriors, is set in 2005, or 2014 dependent on whether you read the US or European instruction manual. Terrorists known as the Church of the Third Coming, or the catchy C3C for short, have planted a nuclear device in the now ill-fated World Trade Centre. As per most action genre titles, only one man, well…
Who Dares Wins for MSX2, a remake of the ’86 game Who Dares Wins 2 by Alligata, was launched in 2017 as a physical copy. If you haven’t had the chance to purchase or simply don’t have a real machine, you can now download the game for free. Retroforce has announced the great news at the 56th Barcelona MSX meeting, which…
Released in 1997, KKnD is an old-school RTS with a wry sense of humour. Discover what we thought in our new retrospective!
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and if that’s the case, 1996’s Wendetta 2175 is the SHUMP equivalent of a decent cover band, it hits all the right notes, but you’ve seen it all before. However, being the bastard child of Team17’s Project X and Super Stardust is not necessarily a bad thing, especially when the small…
Although it is not unseen to have games developed in a short period of time, it is easy to make a really good game in less than one week. One game that falls in that category is Yazzie, developed by Denis Grachev for the competition Yandex Retro Games Battle 2019, which happened at the beginning of last month. Yazzie is…
Winners don’t do drugs. The slogan adorned many an arcade for the best part of a decade and is rather apt for Eugene Jarvis and Williams’ hyper-violent run ‘n’ gun, NARC. After blasting its way to coin-ops in 1988, it arrived in unsuspecting homes in 1990, chased by a bunch of angry parents and holier-than-thou media outlets. Set Up Playing…
We go back to 1988 and check out Silmarils’ drug-busting beat ’em up for Amiga and Atari ST!
In the 1980s everyone wanted a Commodore 64. However, a lot of families, like mine, could not afford one. I owned the C64’s cheap and cheerful little sister, the Commodore Plus/4 (connected to a black and white portable TV). The Plus/4 along with its brother the Commodore 16 were Commodore’s entry-level replacement for the ageing VIC-20. Unfortunately, despite popularity in…
