Adventure – The Retro Gaming Treasury

The Funny Boneyard – A zany Adventure game gets a demo

On December 7, 2018December 8, 2018 By Neil G

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 Day […]

Voodoo Castle (Adventure International game, Vic 20, 1979)

On December 7, 2018December 7, 2018 By Neil G

We had better start by getting the obvious out of the way. The Vic 20 was not a powerful machine. Your average Vic 20 game had to be programmed in less than 3,583 bytes. To put that into context, a modern mobile phone with sixteen gigabytes of storage has approximately […]

Infested – An NES style graphic adventure

On November 26, 2018November 26, 2018 By Neil G

In the 8-bit days, the adventure games that came before the animated style made popular by Lucasarts SCUMM games (Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island) were much simpler affairs. In a lot of cases barely more than text adventures but with added still pictures to help you visualize the room you […]

From Beyond – Prologue – Horror adventure inspired by games such as Shadowgate!

On November 23, 2018November 24, 2018 By Neil G

Great news if you loved games such as Deju Vu, Uninvited or even my personal favourite Shadowgate, as we’ve just been told through our Game Dev : RetroGaming Facebook group, that SuckerFree Games will be releasing a game of similar style to those games called ‘ From Beyond – Prologue ‘. This […]

Back to the Future Part III: Timeline of Monkey Island – Adventure fan demo gets a release

On November 23, 2018November 23, 2018 By Neil G

It wasn’t long ago now that we gave much excitement to the retro community that a demo was coming which blended The Secret of Monkey Island and Back to the Future as an adventure game with glorious inspirations. Well there’s good news today as just moments ago the developer Daniele Spadoniin […]

Back to the Future Part III: Timeline of Monkey Island – Amiga fan demo, due soon?

On November 21, 2018November 22, 2018 By Neil G

The Amiga games just keep on coming, but unlike the homebrews and ports we announced through this month such as Starquake, The Real Brus Lii, Barbarian Plus and Uwol Quest For Money we now look towards a new adventure demo which may or may not come before Christmas. Titled as The Fan Game […]

Caren – Thank You Edition 2018 – A truly great adventure game for the C64!

On November 13, 2018November 13, 2018 By Neil G

Through many months of writing, pretty much as soon as it was announced for the F64GC 2015: Adventure competition, we have been discussing the brilliant adventure game Caren and the Tangled Tentacles on the C64. It was released as a downloadable 1.1 version, and then later as an exclusive limited […]

Ten Great Adventure-Game Puzzles

On November 2, 2018November 3, 2018 By Jimmy Maher

This blog has become, among other things, an examination of good and bad game-design practices down through the years, particularly within the genre of adventure games. I’ve always tried to take the subject seriously, and have even dared to hope that some of these writings might be of practical use […]

Return of the Obra Dinn – First person adventure from Papers, Please creator Lucas Pope

On October 19, 2018October 19, 2018 By Neil G

Welcome to "Return of the Obra Dinn", a first person ghost ship adventure game from Lucas Pope, creator of that fine Indie title "Papers, Please". Developed through a very unique art style of which I haven’t seen since the old Mac days, you play as an insurance adjuster for the […]

Unofficial CD32 Release – Point & Click Adventure Games… Simon the Sorcerer and more!

On October 18, 2018October 18, 2018 By Neil G

The Amiga games just keep on coming, but unlike the homebrews we announced earlier this week, we thought it time to announce this very special release from Amiga Jay the ‘ Unofficial CD32 Release – Point & Click Adventure Games ‘. Yes indeed Adventure gamers from around the globe will […]

Dank Tomb – Pico8’s biggest adventure yet!

On October 9, 2018October 10, 2018 By Neil G

Pico-8’s biggest adventure game yet is an absolute cracker! Beautiful lighting effects… Check! interesting puzzle element? Check! Sprawling map… Check! This game is so good I’m not even sure if it is legally allowed to be on Pico-8 😉 Dank Tomb is a kind of Rick Dangerous meets tomb raider […]

Captain Disaster in Death Has A Million Stomping Boots – Retro inspired adventure with a demo!

On September 28, 2018September 28, 2018 By Neil G

Unsung Warriors Prologue – 2D action adventure playable in co-op! ( Demo )

On September 27, 2018September 28, 2018 By Neil G

Just a short write up before I return tomorrow, but if you’ve got nothing to play this evening then how about playing the latest demo of ‘ Unsung Warriors – The Prologue ‘, which is available for PC, MAC and Linux. This game is a 2D action adventure set in […]

The Beast Of Torrack Moor – 30th Anniversary Edition – Coming this November!

On September 5, 2018September 6, 2018 By Neil G

Throughout the last few years we’ve featured a number of text based adventures, games such as the upcoming unnamed Pirate themed C64 adventure, The Pawn Remastered, The Marlo Files Remastered Edition, and Goblin Towers to name but a few. But there’s another game that’s due to be released in November, and […]

Upcoming text based C64 adventure features Pirate text!

On August 24, 2018September 4, 2018 By Neil G

Text Adventures were many of our first forays into video gaming. Similar to the Adventure stories we would get as books each adventure was usually a unique, and fulfilling story combined with puzzles, traps, loot, and enemies. Thankfully many still see this as a rather unique story telling experience, and […]

Lancelot’s Hangover: The Quest for the Holy Booze – A crazy adventure wishlisted on Steam

On August 23, 2018September 4, 2018 By Neil G

As someone who is a huge fan of the Monty Python series and more especially the movies such as ‘ Monty Python and the Holy Grail ‘, it’s not often we come across games that are like this with its witty charm, brain teasing humour and foot squashing antics. But […]