2017 – Page 2 – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Guild of Dungeoneering – Playing through a Quest

On October 26, 2017September 9, 2018 By Nikola

Guild of Dungeoneering is one of those relatively simple, but also relatively fun to play indie RPG/Card Games. It has good style, good humor and good mechanics. I got it in a humble bundle sale before they apparently sold out (just playing, don’t really have an opinion about the recent […]

Command Modern Air Naval Operations : Lua Repository #5 Conditions

On October 21, 2017February 5, 2019 By Casey

Using conditions in Command Modern Air Naval Operations can be kind of tricky. Unlike triggers, which are pretty obvious, or actions, which can be dead simple, a condition is more complex. In a nutshell we use Lua to check something and return true or false. If true the action will […]

Skyrim Day 078 – All Eyes On Me

On October 16, 2017September 5, 2018 By Raifield

4 Sun’s Dusk, 4E201 Winterhold After squelching about underground in Blackreach for most of yesterday Serana and I found one of our Scrolls and the inscribed cube for Septimus Signus. I was too tired to walk back to Winterhold and spent a surprisingly comfortable night outside of Alftand. I am not […]

Below the Cut: Dungeon Explorer II (TurboGrafx-CD)

On October 15, 2017September 4, 2018 By Zenic Reverie

Dungeon Explorer II – Rating(8 RPP)1) 2 – Character Advancement: practice/experience based advancement, stat or level increases, multiple classes or characters, customize characters2) 3 – Combat: character stats used for combat, additional combat options, turn based3) 0 – Items and Equipment: store to buy and sell, equipment decisions, item decisions4) […]

Acheton: Victory!

On October 10, 2017September 4, 2018 By Nathan P. Mahney

When last I left you, I had found 49 treasures and was preparing to gather them and see how close I might be to wrapping Acheton up. I had some minor fears about how difficult it might be to get all of the treasures before my lamp ran out, but […]

Command Modern Air Naval Operations : Lua Repository #4 Random Traffic

On October 10, 2017February 5, 2019 By Casey

Every so often you meet a script that’s beautiful. My first script moment was when I saw the differential equation for a moon shot rocket as it loses fuel, gravity drops, velocity rises, and… well you get the idea. The below script, courtesy of Apache85, is a script like that. […]

Command Modern Air Naval Operations : Lua Repository #3 – Weather

On October 8, 2017February 5, 2019 By Casey

Weather in CMANO is one of those things you don’t think about until suddenly you can’t attack a target. Then you realize that the world is alive below you. As a scenario designer it’s one of those things that can really fill out your scenario and bring it to life. […]

The Strategy Gamer Podcast #5 : Graviteam Tactics Mius Front

On October 7, 2017February 5, 2019 By Casey

In today’s episode we’ll be discussing Graviteam Tactics : Mius Front. This simulation is one of the most detailed company-platoon level war games on the market. It features a tactical and an operational level that really set it apart. My guests for today’s show is Phi230 and TortugaPower. The game […]

Command Modern Air Naval Operations : Lua Repository 2

On October 7, 2017February 5, 2019 By Casey

This is another entry in my Lua Repository for CMANO. (Find the first one here) I have a large and ungainly notepad++ document with notes, ideas, scribbles, and even a bit of Lua. To start with we’ll run down what I currently have, later we’ll look at other functions from […]

Cruiser X-79 Update #12

On October 7, 2017September 4, 2018 By Richard_of_TND

7th October 2017 This is a just a quick update. You may remember a couple of days ago, I mentioned about having trouble getting the tape loader to work using multi-load, and the game crashed. I finally managed to get my way around this problem, simply by not triggering RTS […]

Game #72: Ninja Boy 2 (Game Boy) – Ninjas vs. Pirates, In Space! (Finished)

On October 6, 2017September 4, 2018 By Zenic Reverie

I had planned to use this color palette,but forgot when it came time to play Game 72 Title: Ninja Boy 2Released: April 1993 (November 1991 JPN)Platform: Game BoyDeveloper: Culture BrainPublisher: Culture BrainGenre: Action RPGExploration – Top-downCombat – Action (turn-based bosses)Series – Super Chinese (Japanese name) So, we’re stuck with the default […]

Cruiser X-79 [UPDATE 11] – Not much … Or is it?

On October 5, 2017September 4, 2018 By Richard_of_TND

5th October 2017 I really should have back dated this Friday+Saturday last week, as nothing had been done today. I’ve been running late. Anyway, last week, I was doing some brain storming, and slight of hand updating of the game code. Originally Cruiser X-79 used a 3xIRQ interrupt, but since […]

Dragon Warrior IV: Chapters of the Chosen – Nintendo NES – 1992

On October 1, 2017September 4, 2018 By Wingnut

Here is another RPG I have completed, but is not one of my favourite games. It started off well enough and I enjoyed it but lasted too long and eventually became a chore to play…. Hot on the heels of Dragon Warrior III, we have Dragon Warrior IV: Chapters of […]

Acheton: I Get By With A Little Help From My FAQs

On September 23, 2017September 4, 2018 By Nathan P. Mahney

Since my last post, I’ve made all sorts of progress with Acheton. Some of that progress is legitimate, and some of it… Well, let’s just say that I consulted some walkthroughs. I’m only human, and even my patience has its limits. (I’m probably more patient with CRPGs than adventure games, […]

Skyrim Day 077 – Turned Around Underground

On September 20, 2017September 5, 2018 By Raifield

2 Sun’s Dusk, 4E201 Serana woke me up impatiently an hour or so before dawn. She had not slept, as usual, and was eager to complete our task at Alftand so that we could return to her family’s castle. Her hope was that she would be able to speak with […]

Acheton: Steady Progress

On September 9, 2017September 4, 2018 By Nathan P. Mahney

One difference I’ve noticed between CRPGs and adventure games, in general, is that it’s easier in the former to gauge how far you’ll progress within a certain timeframe. For the most part, CRPGs are pretty straightforward, and progress is often a simple matter of making your character stronger. With adventure […]

Skyrim Day 076 – Winter Hideaway

On September 6, 2017September 5, 2018 By Raifield

1 Sun’s Dusk, 4E201 Winterhold Fort Dawnguard does not advertise itself as comfortable for the waylaid traveler from the outside and does nothing to change this once you enter. Dexion finished the reading of Serana’s scroll at around two in the morning, but within the entire fortress there was no free […]

Dragon Warrior III – Nintendo NES – 1992

On September 3, 2017September 4, 2018 By Wingnut

Dragon Warrior is a long running series of RPGs dating back to the mid-eighties and still going strong today. The first game in the series, Dragon Quest, was released in Japan in May 1986. It predated both Final Fantasy and Phantasy Star making it one of the first (and arguably one […]

Unreleased ‘Cloud Hopper’ ZX Spectrum game released

On September 2, 2017September 8, 2018 By fgasking

Happy weekend everyone! Thanks to developer Adrian Longland and Retro Gamer magazine regular Paul Drury, we are pleased to present a complete and unreleased game for the ZX Spectrum called “Cloud Hopper”, as part of an upcoming interview with Adrian in Retro Gamer issue 172, due in a few weeks […]

Acheton: Like Chipping Away at a Mountain

On August 27, 2017September 4, 2018 By Nathan P. Mahney

Given that it’s been three months since my last post, you might think that I’d have made a lot of progress. After all, that’s like 100 days – plenty of time to finish most games that aren’t Moria or The Game of Dungeons v8 (or Fate: Gates of Dawn, for […]