The Atari VCS or the 2600 belongs to the oldest squadron of gaming consoles. It had been launched in 70’s and it was a big commercial success. It had color graphics chip able to display lots of colors, good sound and, obviously a plenty of cool games. The hardware is very limited, though, and all […]
Wroom, wroom! Get on, start the engine, gear up, ready for the green light, release the brake, start! That’s what a good motorcycle race should look like at the beginning. In Super Cycle by Epyx it’s almost exact. Let’s talk about it more. What It Is About The game has been made by the American […]
I can’t say I don’t like games that have been made in editors. There appeared several game editors during last years on the Spectrum. The most well known is probably AGD, the Arcade Game Designer by Jonathan Cauldwell. I’ve seen many games that have been produced in this software and some of them aren’t really […]
Uhm… Have I heard this name somewhere already? I think… actually i might! Ninja Gaiden, that’s the name of a Japanese blockbuster with errm.. a ninja. The Japanese word Gaiden (外伝) means Side Story by the way. This game was originally released in 1988 by Tecmo and has been ported to a wide range of […]
Puzzle games never get boring until you remember all levels that you’re able to complete with covered eyes. The newest one for the Spectrum is called Stepping Stones and it’s made by guys around the SinDiKat club from Slovakia. Though, the original game idea and level design had been created by Emiel de Graaf. The […]
For a long time, I was living in the conviction that Atari games were ugly, boring, and lame. Then I got to know a local Atari community, and they showed me games that are absolutely fantastic. No matter that their release year is quite low. The playability of those games is brilliant, and one even […]
In the early 1980s, Atari’s 8-bit computers were an extremely popular gaming platform. Every important game of that time (as well as most of the unimportant ones) had its Atari 400/800 version. However, that changed dramatically sometime around the middle of the decade. Suddenly the 8-bit Atari lost its appeal for the nascent gaming industry. […]
A brand new game for the Commodore 64 in 2017? YES! Protovision, todays’ only software house producing exclusive C64 games has, among others, released a new shoot’em-up game based on the aged Galaga: Galencia by Jason Aldred. But why the hell did he do a Galaga clone in 2017? Because he could. And because Galaga […]
Wait… Cookie? I’ve heard this before. Oh yeah, I remember! I played it as one of the very first games on my Spectrum. One of the Ultimate Play The Game’s early 16K games. Excellent game on the Speccy. Cool graphics, very good sound, and superb playability. I spent long hours with Cookie; also because it […]
Just in case you’re a visitor from another galaxy, have discovered the world of 8-bitters just recently, or have been on a platform the game never made it to: Jet Set Willy is a part of the 8-bit family jewels. It’s a sequel to Manic Miner, also an outstanding game where Willy the miner must […]