March 2018 – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Matt Chat 402: Steve Ince on Originality in Adventure Games

On March 31, 2018September 6, 2018 By Matt Barton

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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 – Sega Mega Drive – 1992

On March 31, 2018September 4, 2018 By Wingnut

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is the inevitable sequel to the first Sonic the Hedgehog game. Once again it was well received by critics and went on to become 2nd best selling Mega Drive game of all time, beaten only by its predecessor. The plot is pretty much the same as […]

Skyrim Day 082 – The Curse of Immortality

On March 28, 2018September 5, 2018 By Raifield

11 Sun’s Dusk, 4E201 Serana and I left Falkreath later than we had planned, leaving what passes for a gatehouse after the townspeople had started their day. Fortunately for Serana the weather was overcast and we made good time to the fields of Whiterun, at which point the clouds abruptly […]

Matt Chat 401: Steve Ince on Adventure Game Narratives

On March 24, 2018September 6, 2018 By Matt Barton

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Matt Chat 400: Steve Ince

On March 11, 2018September 6, 2018 By Matt Barton

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Library: Anti-Climax!

On March 10, 2018September 4, 2018 By Nathan P. Mahney

Upon further investigation of Library, it appears that the game was never finished. I’ve explored it as extensively as possible and scoured the source code, and I don’t believe that there’s a way to beat it. Maybe I’m wrong, but at this point I’m going to write about the rest […]

Pinball Fantasies – Commodore Amiga – 1992

On March 9, 2018September 4, 2018 By Wingnut

You wait ages for a good pinball game to come along then two turn up at once. Pinball Fantasies is the follow up to Pinball Dreams and was released later in the same year. The game contains four new tables each based around a different theme. The tables are the […]

Skyrim Day 081 – Eyes of the Gods

On March 6, 2018September 5, 2018 By Raifield

8 Sun’s Dusk, 4E201 Serana and I left Fort Dawnguard very early in the morning, both of us desiring to reach the Glade before the afternoon and planning on leaving it at dusk. Predictably another group of vampires assaulted us once we left Fort Dawnguard’s canyon, but an ambush only […]

Game 23: Library [designed using Wander] (1978)

On March 4, 2018September 4, 2018 By Nathan P. Mahney

Wander, as my regular readers may remember, is a programming language designed for creating text adventures that predates even Colossal Cave Adventure. I’ve played two adventures created using this language so far: Castle and Aldebaran III. Both were interesting, and somewhat unusual for their vintage, but ultimately flawed. I had […]

Matt Chat 399: David Craddock on Rocket Jump and Quake

On March 3, 2018September 6, 2018 By Matt Barton

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Pinball Dreams – Commodore Amiga – 1992

On March 3, 2018September 4, 2018 By Wingnut

Pinball games have been few and far between on my shortlist. There have been a few 8-bit games which were fairly primitive in both looks and physics. More recently I’ve played four games in the ‘crush’ series. While good they were designed from the outset as video pinball games and […]