July 2019 – Page 2 – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Game 337: Treasures of the Savage Frontier (1992)

On July 27, 2019July 28, 2019 By CRPG Addict

The game almost immediately reveals its title to be a double-entendre. Treasures of the Savage Frontier United States Beyond (developer), Strategic Simulations, Inc. (publisher)Released 1992 for Amiga and DOS Date Started: 20 July 2019 Settling into a Gold Box game is like going back […]

Dungeon Hack – A classic Dungeon Crawler reviewed by DarkwyndPT!

On July 27, 2019July 27, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Confession time: I never really got into tabletop RPG. I’m not saying it’s bad or something. I’m simply stating that I’ve never had the patience for it. However, I do love RPG videogames, whether they’re western computer style or eastern console style. And my introduction to computer RPGs was also […]

Game 110: Inca (1992) – Introduction

On July 27, 2019July 27, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

By Ilmari Every family has its weird uncle, and mine was no exception. I’d really like to know, if anyone can guess the relevance of this beginning with the game I am supposed to be playing I was probably ten or eleven, when my parents were forced to visit the […]

Let’s Play Eye of the Beholder III (Blind), Part 6: Warriors Tomb

On July 26, 2019July 27, 2019 By The RPG Chick

Exploring the Sierra On-Line "Super-Junior" Computer

On July 26, 2019July 27, 2019 By LGR

Let’s Play Enderal – Forgotten Stories (Skyrim Mod – Blind), Part 5: Spider Hell

On July 26, 2019July 27, 2019 By The RPG Chick

Let’s Play Eye of the Beholder III (Blind), Part 5: Forest Ghost

On July 25, 2019July 26, 2019 By The RPG Chick

Let’s Play Baldurs Gate EE (Blind), Part 6: Ambushed!

On July 25, 2019July 26, 2019 By The RPG Chick

Batman Returns – World’s Greatest Ichthyologist (Won!)

On July 25, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Written by Joe Pranevich He is the terror that flaps in the night. He is the baloney sandwich that sits too long in the office refrigerator of crime. He is… someone else entirely. But where were we? Oh, right: Batman Returns, a completely different type of night-flapping terror. Last time […]

Grelox – Action platformer with a retro vibe gets a PC release!

On July 25, 2019July 25, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

It was only last year that we featured a really cool looking game called ‘ Grelox ‘; an upcoming game by Sunteam, that’s not only an action platformer, but it has the retro feel of an old Master System Game with inspirations to ZILLION and using the Master System Palette. […]

Game 336: The Dragon & Princess (1982)

On July 25, 2019 By CRPG Addict

Many thanks to Laszlo and NLeseul for making this possible! The Dragon & Princess Japan Koei (developer and publisher) Released in 1982 for PC-88, 1983 for FM-7 Date Started: 10 July 2019 Date Finished: 11 July 2019 Total Hours: 8Difficulty: Easy-Moderate (2.5/5)Final Rating: (to come later)Ranking at time of […]

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom – Wonderboy in Monster World spiritual successor releases today!

On July 24, 2019July 25, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

The developers FDGGames have just announced that their spiritual successor to the Wonder Boy in Monster World series as ‘ Monster Boy And The Cursed Kingdom ‘ which has been in development for 4 years. Will finally be released today on the PC much to the excitement of many Wonder […]

Inviyya – In development Amiga Shoot Em Up looks super cool!

On July 24, 2019July 25, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

The Amiga is coming in hotter than the weather for this month, as after already mentioning Athanor 2, and Earok’s work in progress Scorpion Engine, along comes another video update for the in-development Amiga shoot em up ‘Inviyya’. This game being developed by TigerSkunk, Triace and Premium for the Amiga […]

Let’s Play Eye of the Beholder III (Blind), Part 4: Nasty Woodbeasts

On July 24, 2019July 25, 2019 By The RPG Chick

Let’s Play Enderal – Forgotten Stories (Skyrim Mod – Blind), Part 4: Forgotten Temple

On July 24, 2019July 25, 2019 By The RPG Chick

The Lord of Dragonspire – Previously announced C64 RPG in final testing

On July 24, 2019July 25, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Great news if you were a specific backer of the Zzap64 2020 annual kickstarter or a follower of the psytronik website, as we were recently told through Facebook that Icon64 will be bringing the RPG game of ‘ The Lord of Dragonspire ‘ to the C64 at some point soon. This game […]

Let’s Play Eye of the Beholder III (Blind), Part 3: Delmair Rallyhorn

On July 23, 2019July 24, 2019 By The RPG Chick

Let’s Play Baldurs Gate EE (Blind), Part 5: Of Rats and Shanks

On July 23, 2019July 24, 2019 By The RPG Chick

Nippon Safes Inc. – The Adventures of Mister Bean

On July 23, 2019July 23, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

By Torch After tackling the problems of Doug Nuts (the smart) and Donna Fatale (the sexy), time has now come to meet Dino Fagioli. Yes, the stupid. And boy is he ever! But more on that later. Dino’s chapter doesn’t start outside the prison like Doug and Donna’s, but rather […]

Endless Forms Most Beautiful 64 – A fantastic Arcade C64 experience

On July 23, 2019July 23, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Even more great games to play through July, as thanks to a heads up by Saberman we’ve been told Rikib80 and team have released the Arcade styled platformer of ‘ Endless Forms Most Beautiful 64 ‘ for the Commodore 64. This game released much to the surprise of the community, is […]