Another Amiga game to talk about this week, as if you loved playing SEGA’s classic puzzler called Columns, you'll pleased to know that Ceonello is working on bringing over the Game Gear version to the Commodore Amiga with the help of AI. Because the creator no longer owns a physical Amiga 500, development is relying on emulation, meaning the current work-in-progress version is limited to keyboard inputs.
If you enjoyed games such as Columns or Tetris, then come and check out the very latest Columns/Tetris YRGB competition entry of 'Kubanoid' by Stardust for the ZX Spectrum. A new game that the developer describes as, "a very simple game in which you must connect colored cubes in a row to make them disappear". To coincide with this news, provided below is both the latest gameplay footage, and details from the website.
Vector5 Games who was behind titles such as Space Station 23, Laserscape, Jump Out, and our personal favorite Santa's Workout has recently released a new Commodore 64 game of 'Zookeeper'. A Columns/Match 3 style of game that has you matching the required amount of animals in a Zoo to complete the level. In light of this news, as always provided below is the latest gameplay footage and details.
Another Amstrad news story for you all as they just keep on coming, as thanks to a heads up from our good friend XeNoMoRPH through our Indie Retro News inbox. We've been told that if you really enjoyed the 1984 game of Tetris or the 1989 game of Columns, then as of right now you can enjoy Amstrad ESP(ESP SOFT) latest Columns based game of 'CPC Jewels' for the Amstrad CPC. To coincide with this news, you can check out the latest footage of the game viewable below which has also been provided by XeNoMoRPH.
Another Amstrad news story for you all, as thanks to a heads up from our good friend XeNoMoRPH through the cpcwiki forums. We've been told that if you really enjoyed the 1984 game of Tetris or the 1989 game of Columns, at some point in the near future, Amstrad ESP(ESP SOFT) will be releasing the Columns based game of 'CPC Jewels' for the Amstrad CPC. To coincide with this news, you can check out the latest footage of the game viewable below.
Another C64 news story for you all and one I think many in the community will be interested in, as if you loved the 1984 game of Tetris or the 1989 game of Columns, you'll pleased to know that as of today you can download a brand new puzzler inspired by those games for the C64 called 'Pillars' developed by Arlasoft; a game whereby you need to clear gems by matching three or more of the same colour horizontally, vertically or diagonally while creating cascading combos to significantly boost your score!
If you loved the 1984 game of Tetris or the 1989 game of Columns , you'll be pleased to know a brand new puzzle game inspired by those games has been released for the ZX Spectrum. This game named as 'Pillars' is a puzzle game developed by Under4mhz and comes with all the features you would expect of a cool looking Column inspired game. It has all the coloured jewels you could ever want and even a lovely speccy soundtrack.
