Tag: Retrogaming

Of all the games I owned for my Commodore Amiga, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, remains one of the most memorable. Based on the character of Elvira – portrayed by Cassandra Peterson – the game follows in the footsteps of the 1988 comedy horror film released a couple of years earlier, although the game’s story is completely separate to that…

Classic 90’s platform-adventure game Flashback has been released for the Nintendo Switch in a new 25th Anniversay edition. Famous for it’s breathtaking rotoscoped animation and gorgeous visuals, the game launched on the majority of 16-bit consoles and systems of the day, with special mentions going to the Mega Drive and Amiga releases. More importantly, this release remains true to it’s…

Francisco Téllez de Meneses is currently working on Prisoner of War, a new game for the MSX series of computers. The game’s existence came to light at the beginning of June when Meneses posted a request for assistance in creating the game’s music over on the MSX.org forums. Having been captured and imprisoned in a high-security military facility, the player…

In today’s retrospective, we’ll be looking back at one of the most memorable games from my childhood, The Adventures of Robin Hood. Developed by Steve Grand and Ian Saunter for MS-DOS PCs and converted to the Amiga by Alan McCarthy in 1991, this was one of the very first games I ever got to experience on my Amiga 500. As you…

Eagle-eyed forumites over at CPCWiki have spotted early signs that a conversion of TAD Corporation’s Toki could be set to receive a conversion to the Amstrad CPC. AmstradGPP, a duo of French developers, recently uploaded a series of images to their Twitter account to showcase progress that they have made on the game. According to the post, despite being amateur…

Fresh from this year’s Schlimeisch party in Frystak comes Schlimeisch Mania II, a competitive multiplayer game by Unreal. With support for 2 to 8 players, the game is definitely guaranteed to put any friendship to the test as you seek to outwit your opponents in this party version of the classic Snake arcade game. The objective of the game is guide…

One of the most significant advances in computing technology during the early 1990s was, undoubtedly, the proliferation of CD-ROM technology. The transition to optical media meant that software and games developers suddenly found themselves with an enormous 650 MB of storage capacity at their disposal, exceeding anything even remotely practicable with floppy disks or ROM-based cartridges. The arrival of CD-ROM…

Of the many Dungeons and Dragons games released over the years, one that continues to hold a special place in many gamer’s hearts is Eye of the Beholder. Developed by Westwood Associates (of Command & Conquer fame) and selling in the region of 130,000 copies, the title proved incredibly popular and would go on to spawn a number of sequels,…

It’s been a while since we posted an update regarding the homebrew gaming database, but we’ve been working as hard as ever in curating the very best freeware titles from around the web. With 100 new titles added, update 7 is by far the largest we’ve published since the section went live earlier this year and we have no intention…

Of all the games development studios to emerge during the late 1980’s, Bullfrog Productions was undoubtedly one of luminaries of the British games development scene. Responsible for a string of critically acclaimed strategy and simulation titles that include Populous, Theme Park and Dungeon Keeper, the Guildford-based studio would build an enviable reputation for quality, engaging game design, not to mention considerable…