A challenging yet high quality game has made appearance for the ZX Spectrum 128k called 'FloppyVerse' by JuanGM. A game in which you need to not only transfer recovered floppy disks spread throughout many different levels to your spaceship, but you have a limited amount of moves to do this, while also avoiding enemies within the allotted time. To coincide with this news, provided below is the full story for the game, as well as some of the levels being shown in the gameplay footage.
Over the past few years we've had a number of quality releases by JOTD for the Amiga. We've had games such as Ms Pacman, Hyper Sports, Elevator Action, US Championship V'ball, Tetris 1200, Lock'N'Chase, and even my personal favourite Xevious 1200. Well while we wait for the upcoming Jail Break conversion that is soon to be finished, JOTD has announced he is now working on Dig Dug 2. A 1985 action video game developed and published by Namco for Japanese arcades as a sequel to the 1982 hit game Dig Dug.
With all the games I've featured you'd think the news would slow down, but not so! As after already featuring a number of games for the ZX Spectrum since last week, along comes 'Ziona Quest 2 (Part 2)' by IAMAI Creation to keep you company. A frantic platformer where skill, strategy and quick reactions are essential if you are to complete your mission! To coincide with this news, thanks as always goes to Saberman who has done another video showing the game being played.
Well this is brilliant news and one I didn't think would happen so soon after the recent release of MUSKETEER. As the team behind that game who we know as Griffonsoft, has now made available another game for your Commodore 64 called 'Sherwood (C64 Collector’s Edition)'. A game whereby you play as the legendary Robin Hood, and must fight with bow and arrow after being exposed at an archery contest. To coincide with this news, the full details of the incredible looking game have been provided below.
I have a bit of a soft spot for the Sega Mega Drive, especially with my ever growing collection of great games, such as FINK, Golden Axe, Mickey Mania and my personal favorite Comix Zone. So to find out that Marco Ughetta was aiming to port the Sega Mega Drive game of 'Phantasy Star II' over to the Commodore Amiga, this certainly caught my interest. Sure, it's still in an early stage of development, and at one point I wasn't sure if it was going to go any further at all, but we are pleased to show you the latest demo footage.
No sooner had I featured the hot news story of Sonic the Hedgehog coming to the Amiga 500 and Amiga 1200 than I found out through Facebook that Csabo, KiCHY, and The Sarge has released Stab'N Dash for the Commodore Plus/4. An overhauled version of Green Beret developed with top-notch coding, graphics, and high quality music. To coincide with this news, provided below is the full details of this release with some gameplay footage
Do we have some great retro gaming news for you, as that legendary game character Sonic from the Sonic the Hedgehog game series, which appeared on multiple systems such as the Sega Master System, Sega Mega Drive, and Sega Game Gear. Will be coming to the Commodore Amiga 500 1mb, and Commodore Amiga 1200 with the hard work of Reassembler , the same creator who released the vastly superior version of the OutRun Amiga Edition. To coincide with this news, albeit late considering I just found out today.. Yeh, thanks for telling me yesterday! There's some new footage provided below.
Submarine Attack wasn't the only game released by Camden Town Games this week, as another game they made available for the Amiga 1200 and Sega Mega Drive was called 'Tank Attack'. A 2 Player death match Tank Game that has similarities to other classics from 8bit systems such as Battle City and Combat. In light of this news, provided below is further details about the game as well as some gameplay footage.
If you have an Amiga or Sega Mega Drive and looking for another entertaining game to play through this weekend, then you can do no wrong by checking out Camden Town Games new Commodore Amiga and Sega Mega Drive game called 'Submarine Attack. A game that the creator says is " An update of the arcade classic game Depth Charge". To coincide with this news, Saberman has done a short gameplay video provided below.
It's nearly Christmas! So to give you that Christmas feeling we have a nice little game for you to play that has recently been released called 'Santastic' by Tukinem for the Commodore Amiga. A game whereby you play as Santa and must deliver presents to children throughout a snowy landscape. To coincide with this news, Saberman has provided some footage of the demo that can be downloaded below.
I have a soft spot for shoot 'em ups on the Amiga, especially games such as the fantastic Banshee, or my personal favorites Project-X and R-Type. Well thanks to another heads up from the developer known as Roartj(Roar Tjørhom), we've been told that the eagerly awaited WW1 Shoot 'em up called 'Wings of Fear' has come out of beta and has been released into the wild. A high quality game developed using Earok's Scorpion Engine, that will have you hooked for hours!
Only just recently I was talking to a few friends about the original David Braben's 8-bit space combat trading simulator of Elite, and how we've seen a few fan based remakes appear as well as improvements and ports to different 8bit systems. But this latest news may interest you, if you have an Atari XL/XE however, as reifsnyderb has released a demo update of a port to the Atari XL/XE. A version of the game you can see being played in the footage below.
While new game announcements have been in short supply these last couple of days from myself (blame ill health), I wanted to at least mention this new single screen arcade game for the C64 by Commodore Spain called 'Lunadia'. A game whereby you must avoid falling asteroids while trying to recover broken pieces of the lunar research before time runs out. If that sounds like your sort of game that was created with Garry Kitchen's GameMaker (published by Activision in 1985), then make sure to check it out below the latest footage.
Another ZX Spectrum game worth checking out is the recent release of Jtpl's fast-paced first-person action game for the classic ZX Spectrum 48K called 'World of Spells'. A game that the creator says "you can watch in amazement as our silly rubber wonder pumps out a Wolfenstein 3D-like, full 360 freedom of movement action, with >50 frames per bleeding’ second. It simply has to be seen to be believed" To coincide with this news, Saberman has provided a video showing it being played via 48k emulation.
Our good friend Tom has just given us the heads up for the updated version of the high quality Arcade Platformer called 'Max Stone : The Secret of the Great Pyramid' for the ZX Spectrum which is available to download via itch io. A nod to Indiana Jones in which you play as Maximiliano Piedra aka Max Stone, on his first adventure to reveal The Mystery of the Great Pyramid. To coincide with this news, there's a bit more about the game as well as a video from Saberman... Just listen to that great soundtrack!