Tag: Gremlin Graphics
When it comes to retrogaming, “everything old is new again” is a phrase that seems especially fitting given the current predilection for remaking and remastering classic video games for today’s gaming audience. With interest in the titles of yesteryear becoming ever more mainstream, most days herald the announcement of a yet another classic game receiving an update, remaster or re-release…
Bounder, the classic 8-bit bouncy platform game originally developed and published by Gremlin Graphics back in 1985, is now available for iOS platform via Apple App Store. The iOS version of Bounder includes the C64, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC versions all lovingly re-created to a high standard so it looks, feels and sounds like the original computer versions but…
We only just announced “Monty’s Honey Run” and Andy Johns has already started work on a sequel! Currently the title of the new game is ‘Monty and the Temple of Lost Souls” (Subject to change). From the few screens Andy has shared with us so far, the game looks to be set in ancient Egypt. As you can see, the colour…
Monty Mole is the title character from the series of video games from Gremlin Graphics. He was created by Peter Harrap. Monty is a miner by trade and sports a monocle throughout the series, up until Impossamole, which features a completely different rendition of the character. There are six games in the original Monty series. Wanted: Monty Mole (1984) Monty is Innocent (1985)…
Sheffield in 1983 was a city swamped in the gloom of recession with her trade and manufacturing industries withering in economic decline. Against this bleak outlook, the dawn of affordable home computers would lead two entrepreneurial retailers, Ian Stewart and Kevin Norburn to open a small shop on Carver Street. Just Micro would become a mecca for a generation of…
