Tag: Homebrew Games
Many years ago the army of dark forces crossed the border of the Land of Winds. Most of the population have been killed, others have escaped to the Northern Lands. Among them there was a girl named Jane. Soon she gave birth to a son, Alexander. Jane told him the sad story. And when he became an adult, he went…
The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor is an award-winning interactive horror from Stefan Vogt, the acclaimed author of Hibernated and The Curse of Rabenstein. Take on the role of novelist Thomas King and his wife Cora as they move into a remote Scottish manor house, just days before Christmas 1986. Seeking inspiration for his next book, Thomas begins to explore the…
Earth has become a hot and dry place. The struggle for food and water has led to a breakdown of civilization and caused devastating wars and destruction. From the ashes of modern society, the survivors have organized themselves into tribal structures and are fighting each other for survival in the barren wastelands. Devolution – Global Warming is a real-time strategy game…
The mandarin has been hired for a new mission, General Limoncello has stolen the plans for a new space station under construction and without them it is impossible to finish it, find them and kill General Limoncello. Reports from our spies place the plans at a hidden enemy base on the planet Erial. Once you have recovered them and if…
The world seems to be falling apart, ravaged by disease, war and famine. It is time to take a step and bring the order predicted in the ancient manuscripts. As a member of the Esoteric Order of Dagon, you are tasked with awakening one of the Ancients. Your submarine Derleth’ is heading towards Y’ha-nthlei, the sunken island. Your journey seems…
ParaZXland is a ZX Spectrum game by Massimiliano Arca (Cagliari, Italy) entirely coded in Boriel ZX Basic for the ByteManiacos Concurso Basic 2023. The Story. In an unlikely mission, a volunteer parachutist has been chosen to save the world by dropping from an unstable helicopter onto a tiny island where the ultra-secret codes to save the world from destruction have been hidden. The island is protected…
Stefan Vogt aka @8bit_era on Twitter recently announced a new horror text adventure is coming to various vintage home computers. Bookmark his itch page here, we’ll keep you updated with more News. My brand new #Infocom style Horror #adventure "The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor" is due to be released soon for all major home computers of the #80s. Here are…
From time immemorial, there are two castes on Earth, in secret from people: Guardians who live outside time and stand on the defence of life on Earth, and Marauders who follow the Guardians through epochs and unceremoniously take everything they want. They fought a war against each other, ensuring a balance of Good and Evil. But a terrible thing happened:…
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…