Ilmari – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Gobliins 2 – Final Rating

On February 8, 2020February 8, 2020 By IndieRetroNews

By Ilmari I am a bit torn about Gobliins 2. I began playing it with great expectations. The second game in the Gobliins-series showed clear improvements over its predecessor, being easier to play and fairer, while still retaining the wackiness of the first game. The more I played, the more […]

Gobliins 2 – Won!

On February 1, 2020February 1, 2020 By IndieRetroNews

By Ilmari Prince is auditioning for the role of Arthur Fleck (BTW, notice the picture showing wizard goblin with his friends from the first game) Last time, Prince had just been possessed by a demon, and the wizard goblin suggested using water from his fountain. The water did separate the […]

Gobliins 2 – Gotta Stop (Messin’ About)

On January 25, 2020January 25, 2020 By IndieRetroNews

By Ilmari Prince, if you’d just come down, this would be all over All things come to an end, but some things just don’t know when to end. Last time I had led goblins to a giant beanstalk, which magically transported all the goblins near the village where I started. […]

Gobliins 2 – Meatballs of Happiness

On January 18, 2020January 18, 2020 By IndieRetroNews

By Ilmari Last time I got the impression I would start this section instantly from the throne room. Alas, my journey from the subterranean sea ended somewhere else. In the kitchen Still, throne room wasn’t far away, so let’s move there for a while. Note the pepper pot, it will […]

Gobliins 2 – Floating castle

On January 12, 2020January 12, 2020 By IndieRetroNews

By Ilmari I am probably overthinking it, but I have a hard time understanding the geography of the game. The world outside the castle shows no sign of a sea nearby. Still, under the castle is what the manual calls a sea passage. In fact, it is so big a […]

Gobliins 2 – Pass Me the Mayo

On January 6, 2020January 6, 2020 By IndieRetroNews

By Ilmari Last time the goblins had just infiltrated the castle grounds and found a friendly dwarf who had promised to help them, if they just brought him an imprint of a lock in a chest. Target: the chest with the fish Courtyard was full of sleeping guards. Except for […]

Missed Classic 81: The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole

On December 31, 2019December 31, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

By Ilmari Let the year 2020 begin! I considered saving my take on this game as an April’s Fool post. I would have pulled a trick on you readers and published my previous Adrian Mole -post second time, with just some necessary modifications. It would have been a faithful reflection […]

Missed Classic: The Price of Magik – Won! (With Final Rating)

On December 29, 2019December 29, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

By Ilmari Underground Last time, I had just explored a house from top to bottom and defeated a giant slug with some salt. Beyond the slug opened up a completely new playing field. It seemed the game was funneling me towards some direction, since there were so many one-way connections […]

Missed Classic 80: The Price of Magik (1986) – Introduction

On December 21, 2019December 21, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

By Ilmari It’s again a time to celebrate the start of a new year with a round of Missed Classics. Just as 2010s are changing into 2020s I am about to come to an end in my own Level 9 marathon by playing, first, The Price of Magik, and then, The […]

Gobliins 2 – Magic Mushrooms

On December 21, 2019December 21, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

By Ilmari Last time, I had just arrived at the castle, where the titular Prince Buffoon was held as a prisoner by demons. My first task was to get rid of a guard in front of the entrance. Luckily a nearby tower held important provisions. Bombs! My my, he’s gone […]

Gobliins 2 – Making an Omelette

On December 15, 2019December 15, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

By Ilmari I am happy to tell that so far Gobliins 2 has been mostly a positive experience. Lot of my positive feeling is due to an improved interface, so let’s begin with that immediately. The game interface has clear similarities to that of Ween: The Prophecy, which is somewhat […]

Game 114: Gobliins 2: The Prince Buffoon (1993) – Introduction

On December 7, 2019December 8, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

By Ilmari That’s pretty big guarantee! Could I play the game to completion, come to the conclusion that some small detail didn’t satisfy me and get a new game? What a better way to begin a new year of gaming, but with – not one, but – two Coktel Vision […]

Inca – Final Rating

On August 26, 2019August 26, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

By Ilmari Sometimes we beat games, sometimes games beat us. Inca definitely did that for me. At first it forced me to lose my dignity and rely on cheat codes to get even started. Then, after this irreparable error of dishonest gaming, I didn’t even manage to get to the […]

Inca – Demolished

On August 20, 2019August 20, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

By Ilmari Fifteen second later all the space conquistadors passed out from a lack of oxygen Any theories how this contraption flies? In modern terms: romance gives you more energy than booze It finally happened – I faced an action sequence I could not pass, not by crook or by […]

Inca – Devastated

On August 9, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

By Ilmari I wonder how a Shoot’Em’Up Addict could retain the interest of readers through couple of posts? “And then another orc came running from the left. And I shot it! Another one followed it. I shot that one, too! And yet another, blast, good riddance to orc number 45! […]

Inca – Lost!

On August 4, 2019August 4, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

By Ilmari I’ve had enough of this! What I predicted in the previous post has come to pass – the space flight is really beyond my skills. I do have five lives to try, but if I use up all of them at the beginning of the game, do I […]

Game 110: Inca (1992) – Introduction

On July 27, 2019July 27, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

By Ilmari Every family has its weird uncle, and mine was no exception. I’d really like to know, if anyone can guess the relevance of this beginning with the game I am supposed to be playing I was probably ten or eleven, when my parents were forced to visit the […]

Missed Classic: The Archers – Won or Lost? (With Final Rating)

On July 4, 2019July 4, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

By Ilmari Last time I managed to complete two of the four parts of The Archer. Now, it’s time to try the two remaining ones. Part three: Eddie Grundy Trevor Harrison, the voice of Eddie Grundy After a droll old conservative and a love-sick teenager it’s time to let the […]

Missed Classic 70: The Archers (1986)

On June 25, 2019June 25, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

By Ilmari As far as national anthems go, God Save the Queen is one of the most monotone, dreary and depressing. It is no wonder that a movement, started by the comedian Billy Connely, has long spoken for a jollier and more spirited song, which you could well imagine humming, […]

Missed Classic 66: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ (1985)

On April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

By Ilmari “I have decided to be a poet. My father said that there isn’t a suitable career structure for poets and no pensions and other boring things, but I am quite decided. He tried to interest me in becoming a computer operator, but I said, ‘I need to put […]