If I was to mention the name “Bitmap Brothers”, I am sure a lot of you will be flooded with fond childhood memories of fantastic games from back in the day such as the mighty Xenon II, the gorgeous Gods and of course everyone’s favourite, the addictive Speedball. I think you will agree with me that most, if not, all…
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…
We covered Clive Townsend’s upcoming Saboteur 3 back in June, which I am sure you are all very excited to hear about. It seems there is more good News on the horizon, with an announcement on Facebook not long ago by SimFabric Studio that Sabotuer will be heading it’s way to the Nintendo Switch console. The Switch version will be…
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,…
