Tag: Amstrad
Find two exclusive games coded in 10 lines of Basic Locomotive. They demonstrate the power and effectiveness of this fabulous Basic and its Text mode. Menu and explanation in game. Download here: Jeux10Lignes.DSK Source: vetea.itch.io
In the year 2070, the Earth’s energy resources are not sufficient for the great demand of a booming overpopulation; new technologies and materials have allowed the extraction of energy in the upper layers of Jupiter’s atmosphere. From time to time, accidents occur in the mining-energy complexes that exist around the planet. Your mission is to rescue the miners if necessary. Control the…
Spellbound is a computer game that was designed and programmed by David Jones with music by Rob Hubbard and released in 1985 for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC home computers. It is the second game in the Magic Knight series. Unlike the other Magic Knight games, Spellbound was never released for the MSX system back in 1985, but an authorised version has finally been released by Tracy Lewis…
This game has been developed for the virtual workshop “Knowledge of the Natural Environment and Sustainability”, organized by Asociación Cultural Seis Viñetas / Salón Internacional del Cómic de Huelva, Citizens of the Year Award in Arts and Culture 2014. Help this nice girl find bottles and take them to their respective containers, but the place is full of biting bugs…
Jim the Cabin Boy must make his way below decks to collect various items of booty (automatically picked up when he walks past it) strewn around the ship. When you have collected all the items from the Black Galleon’s 20 holds (screens), you will be given 45 seconds to locate the Bronze key to the next pile of booty. Clearing…
Octopus is a Game & Watch game released as part of the Wide Screen series on July 16, 1981. In this game, the player must get as much gold as they can. However, they must watch out for the Octopus near the treasure because if they touch its arms, they lose a life. Losing all three lives results in a…
Hello have we met before? I seem to be back on Vintage is the New Old! This all feels a little surreal. I can’t believe it’s been nearly six years? Oh how time flies by… Most of you will know me as CommodoreBlog from Twitter. I also run commodoreblog.uk, another website that has recently returned from the dead! Anyway enough…
You always hear about ASCII, ANSI and PETSCII. So why not a special compo for Amstrad ASCII? It’s really time, isn’t it? Join this fun event! Create your own AMSCII art and enjoy the limits of retro computing. This event is held online only. Submission of entries: 27. May – 15. June 2023 (17:59 CEST) Submit your entry here For editing, use Playscii with the Amstrad ASCII Exporter or the new AMSCII…
Rockstar ate my hamster is a cult classic, but why?
Back to the future is an all time classic movie franchise, but how were the games? Lets find out.
