Square isn’t known for stepping outside its comfort zone, so many will be surprised to learn that it made this rather excellent shooter in 1997. At first it feels a world apart from Square’s previous work, but you soon realise it’s a typical Square game. It’s most noticeable in the story; a neat, if rather […]
Bitmap Books Returns With ‘Commodore Amiga: A Visual Commpendium’ Kickstarter

After an incredibly successful Kickstarter campaign to immortalise the best of the Commodore 64 in book-form, Bitmap Books has returned to gift the Amiga a similar treatment. Arriving in the same style as the last, the Commodore Amiga: a visual Commpendium has finally hit Kickstarter – and is off with a flying start.
Just In Time For “Pumpkin Flavored Everything”: Holiday ROM Hack Turns Intellivision Homebrew Title “Space Patrol” Into “Pumpkin Spice Patrol”

Ladies and gentlemen, fall is now in full swing, having started just a few short weeks ago. Pretty soon, many areas in the United States will begin turning their clocks back an hour, the weather will start getting chillier, and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Combat School

I won’t lie to you, I had concerns when it was announced that Ocean was bringing Konami’s popular arcade game to home computers. Up until that point I’d only ever played Combat School with a trackball in the arcades, and as my Amstrad and my mate’s Spectrum didn’t come with one, so I failed to […]
Soko4MUI – Sokoban clone with MUI interface

I have written a Sokoban clone with MUI-interface: Download-Links (Aminet): AROS MorphOS OS3 OS4 The following two libraries need to be installed for the game to run: MUIRoyale (Hollywood) AVCodec (Hollywood)
New Television Series Based On Popular CD-ROM Cult Classic “Myst” Currently In Development

One of the most successful titles in the early days of CD-ROM technology was without a doubt “Myst” by Cyan Worlds. During it’s popularity, it was released for nearly every platform that took advantage of the technology. Everything from computers […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
