October 2018 – Page 3 – The Retro Gaming Treasury

KTRL CD32 – Third party gamepad for the Amiga / Amiga CD32 goes wireless

On October 22, 2018October 22, 2018 By Neil G

In the early part of this year we mentioned MickGyver’s third party Amiga CD32 controller the ‘ProCon KTRL CD32’ was coming as a replacement to the original controller with a SNES style design at a much much lower price to that of the "Amiga CD32 Competition Pro Joypad Controller “Honey Bee” […]

Kipper2K pre-orders for Cherry MX keyboards for the A500, A600 and A1200

On October 22, 2018October 22, 2018 By Neil G

It was only just last week we announced much to the delight of the retro community across the internet, that Kipper2K was going to be launching Cherry MX keyboards for the Amiga A500, A600 and A1200, as a modern keyboard setup that replaced an old unreliable keyboard, with a much […]

Chibi Akumas! ZX Spectrum Review & Amstrad Plus Longplay

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

Back in 2016, a comic-horror bullet-hell shooter by the name of Chibi Akumas made it’s way onto the Amstrad CPC to great aplomb. It’s author Keith Sear didn’t stop there however, and continued his love affair with the bloodthirsty titular Chibiko and released a sequel the following year, introducing her […]

TOAW IV Revisited

On October 21, 2018February 19, 2020 By Casey

10/22/18 – RTFM has been spouted. I’ve RTFM. Am returning after reading some 3rd party guides that seem to be more helpful. My argument still stands, but I really want to like this game. It started in Finland. June 29th 1941. A narrow peninsula was held by Russian troops threatening […]

TOAW IV Revisited

On October 21, 2018 By Casey

Missed Classic: Deathmaze 5000 – WON! and Final Rating

On October 21, 2018October 21, 2018 By Ilmari Jauhiainen

By Will Moczarski Adventurer’s Journal #3: I finally found a secret passage that got me out of my previous conundrum – I got to kill the monster eventually and even found a sword. When I thought that I was in for the home-run the monster’s mother came out of the […]

Alien 8 – Ultimate Play the Game classic is coming to the C64!

On October 20, 2018October 21, 2018 By Neil G

Possibly the best news of the day unless something even better gets announced, as we have recently come across a post from Steven Day, that the Ultimate Play The Game classic ‘ Alien 8 ‘, will be coming to the C64 as from next year 2019! This port is being […]

Missed Classic: Deathmaze 5000 – Telephone for Van Gogh

On October 20, 2018October 20, 2018 By Ilmari Jauhiainen

By Will Moczarski Adventurer’s Journal #2: This maze really gets to me. I have been stuck in the strange trap for quite a while before getting my throat ripped out by a vicious dog, starving to death and getting mauled by a foul-smelling monster. Someone or something continues to resurrect […]

Crusaders of the Dark Savant: Danelaw

On October 20, 2018October 25, 2018 By CRPG Addict

My map of the game world so far. I don’t know if I’ll ever get to stuff in that middle area, or whether I can just fill it with a solid color. What has become clear–and what might have been clearer earlier, if I’d paid more attention to the […]

F.E.A.R. – First Encounter Assault Retrospective

On October 19, 2018October 20, 2018 By LGR

The Sierra Discovery Adventures

On October 19, 2018October 20, 2018 By Jimmy Maher

Among the most rewarding hidden gems in Sierra’s voluminous catalog must be the games of the Discovery Series, the company’s brief-lived educational line of the early 1990s. Doubtless because of that dreaded educational label, these games are little-remembered today even by many hardcore Sierra fans, and, unlike most of the […]

Mink Gold Return – Enhanced version of a 2015 homebrew Amiga game

On October 19, 2018October 20, 2018 By Neil G

In 2015 Piotr and team released the AMOS arcade puzzle game ‘ Mink Gold ‘ for the Amiga in which the task was to collect all the gold coins on the level, avoid the ghosts and finally grab the key to open the door for the next level. Fast forward […]

Assembloids 2600 – Fast-paced reaction puzzle game, PAL and NTSC binaries this weekend

On October 19, 2018October 20, 2018 By Neil G

Atari 2600 gamers you may be interested in this news update, as we’ve just been told by Martin Wendt that the fast paced action reaction puzzle game of ‘ Assembloids 2600 ‘ which was made by Martin restricted to just 4k, will be available in binarie form PAL and NTSC as […]

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 […]

Missed Classic: Deathmaze 5000 – Conference of the Byrds

On October 19, 2018October 19, 2018 By Ilmari Jauhiainen

By Will Moczarski Adventurer’s Journal #1: So I entered the five story building with the ominous name Deathmaze 5000 although everybody had warned me about it. I figured that escape rooms are for pansies and I’d need more of a challenge to get my righteous adrenaline fix. The maze was […]

Amiga’s best gaming idle animations montage

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

Games can be very addictive! You load it up, play for what you think is an hour, and suddenly half a day is gone and wonder what the hell you are doing with your life ;). But sometimes it’s good to have a break, and when you do walk away […]

The Atari ST and The Creative People Vol. 3 – The third in the Atari ST book trilogy gets a crowd funding campaign

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

Great news Atari ST owners as if you’ve been backing Marco A. Breddin’s ‘The Atari ST and The Creative People’ book crowd funding campaigns and had already received them, you’ll be pleased to know he has launched a new campaign for the third in the trilogy as The Atari ST and The […]

Missed Classic 59: Deathmaze 5000 (1980) – Introduction

On October 18, 2018October 18, 2018 By Ilmari Jauhiainen

Written by Will Moczarski One of the creepiest gaming experiences of my childhood was called Asylum, a downright crazy text adventure with graphics scaring the hell out of me back then. As I never actually managed to complete the game it has kind of stuck with me over the years […]

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 […]

Aeon of Sands – The Trail – A dark and twisted dungeon crawler is coming December 4, 2018 on Steam!

On October 17, 2018October 18, 2018 By Neil G

Don’t get me wrong I love dungeon crawlers, Eye of the Beholder, Lands of Lore and even Dungeon Master. But I’ve always wanted something with a much more darker tone, something that really gives the genre a much needed shake up. Thankfully it looks as if Two Bits Kid in […]