Game 346: Deadly Towers (1986)
Deadly Towers Also known as Mashou or Mashō (Japanese) Japan Lenar and Tamtex (developers); Irem (Japanese publisher); Brøderbund (North American publisher) Released 1986 for NES Date Started: 4 November 2019 Date Ended: 10 November 2019 Total Hours: 17 Difficulty: Hard (4/5) Final Rating: (to come later) Ranking at time […]
The Curse of Trasmoz Collector’s Edition – High quality ZX Spectrum game ready for Pre-Orders
Oh glorious news indeed Speccy gamers, as just moments ago thanks to a heads up tweet we’ve been told ‘The Curse of Trasmoz Collector’s Edition’ is not only ready for pre-orders, but as 16th of December you’ll be able to play it via cassette & or 3" disc. Although there is […]
Better Late Than Never – Andy Green Pixel Art Book gets a BIG Florinthedwarf review!
Better late than never? Sounds like my train company’s slogan. It’s finally here! Yes, Andy Green (or Sir Andy Green I like to call him – shoe size unknown) has at last put a collection of his amazing pixel art together in book form for us all to enjoy. No […]
Alley Cat – Atari/DOS cat classic is coming to the NES
Probably one of the oldest pet themed game’s on our website is Bill Williams and published by Synapse Softwares ‘Alley Cat’ for the Atari 8bit in 1983 and MS-DOS in 1984. Playing as Freddy the cat, your objective was to perform challenges such as catching mice in a persons home […]
Prince of Persia – A brilliant retro gaming classic is coming to the Intellivision
This year just keeps on giving for retro gaming news, as just moments ago we were told that the all time classic platformer of ‘Prince of Persia’ is coming to the Intellivision as a conversion/port by Matthew Kiehl. This game was originally released in 1989 by Brøderbund for multiple systems and […]
CPCRetroDev 2019 – Miss Input wins overall in the Amstrad CPC dev compo!
With only a few months left before we begin 2020, the #CPCRetroDev 2019 has finished and yet again gone out with a bang with some truely great Amstrad games shown off at the competition held at the University of Alicante. This CPCRetroDev bonanza had 35 Amstrad entries to get through, from […]
Frostbite – Atari to C64 conversion #3 from Chopper Command team gets a release!
Great news for this rather cold and frosty Sunday, as we’ve just been told by Antonio Savona, that the same team behind the Atari to C64 conversion of Chopper Command and the previously released Keystone Kapers. Has now announced the release of the next game in the trilogy line up, as […]
Consulting Detective Vol. II – Murdered Mechanic Made Military Mighty
Written by Joe Pranevich Two cases down and one to go! Thus far in Consulting Detective Vol. II, we’ve solved a pair of murders and it appears that we are going three-for-three. Admittedly, the first case was murder-with-theft and the second was murder-as-a-cover-up, but both involved murder. Some commenters have […]
