Lands of Lore - The Throne of Chaos - An incredible Dungeon Crawler gets a DarkwyndPT special review!

Wow, more than 6 months without a review. Again, I apologize for this long hiatus but a lot of personal and professional stuff happened (without counting the present crisis). Everything’s more or less fine now, but let’s just say that I had quite the struggle. Anyway, I decided to finally finish and review one of the games I had in my backlog for ages. I’m talking about the 1st Lands of Lore. Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos is a dungeon-crawler RPG developed by Westwood Studios and published by Virgin Interactive. It was originally released in 1993 for DOS and re-released the following year for the FM Towns and again for DOS but in CD-ROM format. In 1995, it was ported for the PC-98.

The CRPG Book: A Guide to Computer Role-Playing Games launches for pre-orders!

Throughout my youth I've always been an RPG gamer, I used to love playing games such as Dungeon Master, Lands of Lore, Albion or even the later style of Fallout, Baldurs Gate and Dark Messiah. Especially when I get to read a grand story of the adventures ahead, while choosing my own legendary hero to battle demon like foes and the hunt for lost treasures. There's just so many RPG's I've played and enjoyed, that it's also why I'm mentioning this latest announcement of 'The CRPG Book'; a gorgeuos Hard Back pre-order containing 500 pages of highly detailed write ups about those classic games, including a mass load of RPG images.

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

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 development dungeon crawler of Aeon of Sands is about to do just that! As according to them this is a post-apocalyptic RPG, set in a dangerously pixelated desert world that eats people, and even has a taste for city clerks such as yourself!

Aeon of Sands - Dungeon Crawling RPG love letter to the 90's gets new footage

As most of you know I'm a huge Dungeon Crawling RPG fan, especially games that hark back to the days of Dungeon Master, Eye of the Beholder or Lands of Lore. Thus it's with some excitement to announce that the work in progress crawler 'Aeon of Sands ' developed by Two Bits Kid, has been shown off with new footage giving us a glimpse at the new magic system, new spell selection and new audio ambient track.

The CRPG Book Update 19 - 528 pages of classic RPG goodness including images!

Throughout my youth I've always been an RPG gamer, I used to love playing games such as Dungeon Master, Lands of Lore, Albion or even the later style of Fallout, Baldurs Gate and Dark Messiah. Especially when I get to read a grand story of the adventures ahead, while choosing my own legendary hero to battle demon like foes and the hunt for lost treasures. There's just so many RPG's I've played and enjoyed, that it's also why I'm mentioning this latest announcement of 'The CRPG Book', which has 528 pages of highly detailed write ups about the games, including a mass load of RPG images.

AEON OF SANDS - A dungeon love letter to classic PC and Amiga games of the 90s.

Grimoire isn't the only game we should be talking about today, as we've also heard from the developers Two Bits Kid, based in Germany, that the dungeon crawler ' AEON OF SANDS ' is basically finished, although 90% of the mazes are in alpha state with all dialogues and graphics. Now for those of you that haven't heard of this game before, this dungeon crawler harks back to the days of Eye of Beholder or Lands of Lore and is a "Dungeon Adventure" story-driven RPG love letter to the golden Amiga, PC classics of the 90's.

MS-DOS Games in 1991 - A retro trip back in time by DOS Nostalgia

When I was growing up I used to love playing games such as Dizzy on my Amstrad and then much later the Amiga spending entire summer holidays on games such as Dragons Breath, Deuteros and Monkey Island on my Amiga 500. What a golden era of gaming, that for its time couldn't be beat, at least not until MS-DOS came about anyway especially with all those incredible titles that were to follow. I mean seriously, getting a 386 or a 486 from your dad with a turbo button and playing Strike Commander or Lands of Lore with fully digitised speech was a joy to behold! Thus in celebration of some of those MS-DOS games, DOS nostalgia has done an hour length video featuring MS-DOS games from 1991.

Lands of TSR Lore - A tiny Ludum Dare Dungeon Crawler inspired by the greats!

A member by the name of Marco, in our Dungeon Crawlers RetroGaming Facebook page, has just shared possibly the coolest little dungeon crawler we've seen this year by far. It may not be a full game, nor is it a big game, but the inspirations stand out like a mile from the Ludum Dare entry developer , Christina Antoinette Neofotistou. This is ' Lands of TSR Lore ', a 2D dungeon crawler with inspirations from games such as Wizardry, Eye of the Beholder, Lands of Lore and Etrian Odyssey, created for the Ludum Dare 34 theme ' Tied: Two Button Controls, Growing '.

The Deep Paths - The latest Dungeon Crawler to appear on Kickstarter!

So far our Dungeon Crawling Facebook group seems to be doing rather well, and if it wasn't for Jehan we would not have seen this awesome looking Dungeon Crawler that's currently going through a Kickstarter campaign. Developed by Steve Jarman, The Deep Paths has inspirations from well known classics such as Dungeon Master, Eye of the Beholder and Lands of Lore with new innovations to give it the more modern edge.

Legend of Grimrock 2 - Now in Beta gets a teaser trailer!

As a huge fan of Lands of Lore, Eye of the Beholder and Dungeon Master, I was pleasantly surprised to see that Legend of Grimrock 2, developed by Almost Human Ltd is now officially in Beta. A sequel to the incredible Legend of Grimrock, which sold well over 600,000 copies world wide, will have all new game features, enemies, new levels and outdoor levels which was an awesome experience in both Eye of the Beholder 2 and Lands of Lore.

Aeon of Sands : The Trail - Dungeon Crawling RPG love letter to the 90's!

As most of you know I'm a huge Dungeon Crawling RPG fan, especially games that hark back to the days of Eye of Beholder or Lands of Lore, and it's with great pleasure to announce Aeon of Sands : The Trail. Developed by Two Bits Kid, based in Germany, Aeon of Sands is a "Dungeon Adventure" story-driven RPG love letter to the golden Amiga, PC classics of the 90's

Retro EA Fans Rejoice! 28 Classic EA Games For $2.44/£1.57 Each + FREE ULTIMA GAME!

DRM-free games specialist GoG are doing a weekend promotion offering twenty-eight classic EA titles for just $68.52 (£44.02), bought as a package purchase, or individually. Individual titles start at $2.39 (£1.54).