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27  mars     08h37
F29 Retaliator for Atari ST: a flight sim for folks who don’t play flight sims?
   F Retaliator, developed by Digital Image Design better known as DID in their later years and published by Ocean, is a flight sim that keeps things relatively uncomplicated and easy to understand. Those who just want to get a cool plane up in the air and blow some stuff up with minimal fuss will...
24  mars     22h55
Exolon for Atari ST adapts an 8-bit classic with mixed results.
   Exolon is best known as a Spectrum and C game by Raffaele Cecco, but it got a bit port to ST and Amiga that makes a few changes most notably to the level design. While it presents players with a near vertical difficulty curve, repeated play does gradually reveal its charms... and its...
20  mars     10h28
Dynamite Düx for Atari ST is a chilled-out take on the beat ’em up.
   Yu Suzuki’s Dynamite Düx more commonly just spelled Dynamite Dux, because no one can ever remember the Alt code for an umlaut is a cartoony twist on the beat ’em up with a deliberate pace and some fun ideas. The Atari ST port, while not quite arcade perfect, is a decent adaptation for the...
17  mars     12h27
CarVup for Atari ST beats City Connection at its own game.
   CarVup is a release from Core Design, a company that really made a name for itself in the UK bit home computer game market before shooting to international stardom with the Tomb Raider series. It’s a fun take on the format of Jaleco’s City Connection, combined with the aesthetics of...
13  mars     11h58
B Squad for Atari ST is an unfinished game that is better than some commercial titles.
   B Squad by Richard Hansell is an Atari ST demo game that was clearly a passion project. Developed over the course of two years, it’s a tactical strategy game with plenty of depth. Although unfinished, it’s well worth playing even in this demo incarnation. If anyone knows whether or not Hansell...
10  mars     12h22
Axis for Atari ST is a PD puzzler worth pondering.
   Atari ST A to Z is back We kick off with an quot;A quot; game: Axis, a colourful public domain puzzler developed in STOS Basic by a prolific creator named Ross McNaughton, aka Serious Software. I am too stupid to solve the easiest level in the ish minutes available, but perhaps you can do...
02  mars     19h44
Let’s chat (and play Anarchy)
   I’ve been away for a few weeks, so let’s talk about some stuff while playing an old game
21  janvier     13h25
Star Trek Resurgence is the interactive Trek episode I always wanted.
   Ever since narrative centric games became a thing, I’ve always wanted to see interactive adaptations of my favourite TV shows. And Star Trek Resurgence for PC, PS , PS and Xbox shows it’s a formula that can really work.
12  janvier     18h05
The Atari 8-bit is back with The 400 Mini - 16 out of the 25 included games revealed
   If you want a convenient way to play or discover Atari bit games, The Mini looks like being a good option. Set to release in March , it’s an emulator in a box similar to the C and A Mini, and includes built in games plus the ability to load your own from a USB stick. Atari bit...
08  janvier     20h55
Death end re;Quest 2 is a horror RPG that knows its audience.
   Death end re;Quest from Idea Factory and Compile Heart’s Galapagos RPG label is an unashamedly Japanese horror game for PC, PlayStation and Switch. Following the tale of Mai Toyama, an abused teen who murdered her father, the game weaves a mysterious narrative sure to intrigue whether or not...
17  décembre     14h51
MS DOS games I always wanted to try. #doscember
   For DOScember I try out five games that I always wanted to play back in the day, but which I never had the opportunity to, for one reason or another. : Welcome : Ken’s Labyrinth : Lost in Time : MegaRace : DreamWeb : Al Qadim: The Genie’s Curse : Conclusion
11  décembre     18h41
3 intriguing DOS gaming discoveries. #doscember
   I like MS DOS games. And I particularly like learning about new MS DOS games. Here’s three titles that I never played back in the day, but which caught my interest for one reason or another in recent times. : Welcome : Legends of Murder : Lexi Cross : Lethal Tender : Wrapping up
02  décembre     20h29
5 of the best early FPSes. #doscember
   While I’ve fallen out of love with modern first person shooters, I still love the early days of the genre, from the early to mid ’ s. So here’s of my favourites from this classic era of MS DOS gaming, all in time for DOScember . : Intro : Spear of Destiny : The Catacomb Abyss : ...
19  novembre     13h14
Super Woden GP 2, and why older approaches are still valid.
   Developers in the indie sector have long been champions of gameplay styles that the mainstream has cast aside. The excellent Super Woden GP, for example, brings back isometric perspective arcade racing and marries it to a Gran Turismo esque structure. And Lord, does it ever work well. Buy the...
15  novembre     20h29
My all-time favourite adventure game, bar none.
   LucasArts’ Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis from is a shining example of the point and click adventure at its absolute finest. It blends a solid story and mostly sensible puzzles to create a video game that betters anything Indy ever did on the silver screen post Last Crusade. It’s...