Assorted gems of retro gaming nostalgia
My love of adventure games is strong, from The Secret of Monkey Island, to The Legend of Kyrandia or even the Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, there’s not an adventure game I would not put aside ( Unless it has too many riddles and puzzles ). So you can […]
Glorious news ZX Spectrum owners as the previously released browser based ZX Spectrum styled game of ‘ Escape From Dinosaur Island DX ‘, is now available for the ZX Spectrum hardware! Yes indeed thanks to heads up by Chris Ainsley. We’ve been told this latest release is a typing text […]
Finding good sci-fi games can be hard, and finding good comedy sci-fi games can be even harder. Fortunately, Sierra developed one of the best comedy sci-fi games ever, Space Quest. Space Quest: Chapter I – The Sarien Encounter, or more commonly known as Space Quest I, was released in 1986, […]
When playing licensed video games, one will for the most of time encounter bad games, but there are exceptions. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis is one such game, that understands its world and characters, and most importantly carries the spirit of the series. Developed by LucasArts, and released […]
My love of adventure games is strong, from The Secret of Monkey Island, to The Legend of Kyrandia or even the Black Mirror, there’s not an adventure game I would not put aside ( Unless it has too many riddles and puzzles ). So you can see why I was […]
If you’re bored of hearing about action games and platformers then listen up, as we’ve just found out Safar Games will be bringing the text based adventure game ‘ Athanor 2 – The Legend of the Birdmen ‘ , to the Atari ST and Commodore Amiga with the game being […]
We can’t make a Sierra games retrospective without beginning with the first graphic adventure ever made for the PC and Sierra’s first big hit: King’s Quest: Quest for the Crown. As I mentioned in my Sierra historical retrospective, IBM needed a game to promote their new computer, the PCjr, and […]
While licensed games or games based on movies have a bad reputation (mainly because most of them are cash grabs), we can’t help but at least glance at games with famous people attached to it. And even after enjoying a playable demo of said game, expectations are naturally high. The […]
Text Based Adventure games are back in fashion it seems, especially with the latest games mentioned such as Excalibur: Sword of Kings and Microfair Madness to name but a few. But now we turn our attention to another text based adventure game that’s worth a look in, as according to msx.org, […]
Wow, almost a month without posting anything! Again, I apologise for the lack of posts and reviews. My professional life has a way of slowly taking over my personal life, which includes all my hobbies (but someone has to pay the bills!) But now I’m back and to make up […]
Something slightly different for this end of the week retro heads up, as we’ve been contacted by Chris Ainsley that he has launched the Adventuron Classroom; a new fun way for parents and children to learn how to code together as a team. Yes indeed, if you remember the very enjoyable Excalibur: Sword […]
27 June 2018, renowned sci-fi writer Harlan Ellison passed away at the age of 84. Ellison is considered one of the most prolific and influential sci-fi writers of the 20th century and today we’re going to take a look at the video game adaptation of one of his most famous […]
Glorious news if you’re an Adventure fan, loving games such as The Secret of Monkey Island or even Simon the Sorcerer, as we’ve just been told Sick Chicken Studios have released their 2D fantasy adventure game of ‘ Guard Duty ‘, which is available for PC, MAC and Linux. Yes […]
Now I remember Dragon’s Lair very well, from the Amstrad version with the jumping of platforms or trying to stay on the spinning disk without being blown off, or the interactive animated version which appeared as a laserdisc in which you needed to press a specific direction at the right […]
Throughout the last few years we’ve featured a number of text based adventures, games such as The Pawn Remastered, The Marlo Files Remastered Edition, and Goblin Towers to name but a few. But there’s another game that might be worth a look on this lovely Tuesday afternoon, and that’s Adventuron’s online […]
As you all know we feature as many different games as possible from every walk of retro gaming life. Well today is no exception! As thanks to a heads up by George Allan; solo/indie developer who used to write 16-bit games (including Zool on the Amiga, and Pitfall on the Megadrive). […]
If you’re bored of hearing about action games and platformers then listen up, as we’ve just found out Safar Games will be bringing the text based adventure game ‘ Athanor 2 – The Legend of the Birdmen ‘ , to the Atari ST and Commodore Amiga. This game that is […]
I’ve always been an Adventure gamer on both my Amiga and PC, and have such fond memories of games such as The Secret of Monkey Island, Simon the Sorcerer, Fable, Kings Quest and even the Quest for Glory series. So to hear that a new Adventure game with a fantasy […]
It was only just last year that we announced the release of the DAAD Adventure Writer; an incredible piece of sotware that was not only recovered and extended after 30 years, but it allowed you to create text based adventure games for systems such as the C64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, […]
Way back in the 90’s Trilobyte with publishing by Virgin Interactive Entertainment released the interactive movie puzzle adventure game ‘ The 7th Guest ‘ on multiple systems including CDI, PC and MAC. It was a first person horror game with adult content, that featured live action video clips and pre-rendered […]