Frank Klepacki’s soundtrack for the RTS classic Dune 2000, developed by Westwood Studios and released on PC in 1998, is nothing short of epic. Dune II was one of my favourite games on the Amiga. So, when I finally submitted … Continue reading Upload: Dune 2000 soundtrack
The title sequence for ‘Allo ‘Allo! Cartoon Fun! on the Commodore Amiga. ‘Allo ‘Allo! Cartoon Fun! is a side-scrolling platformer based on the classic 1980s BBC sitcom ‘Allo ‘Allo! The game was developed by Steve Metcalf and David Trolley and … Continue reading Upload: ‘Allo ‘Allo! Cartoon Fun! intro music (Amiga)
Greetings Interstellar Travellers! First off, the awesome Commander Chanurr has translated my entire Elite: Dangerous beginner’s guide into Spanish. Even though he used DeepL to help him out, reviewing and correcting all the mistranslations, inaccuracies and quirks must have still been a … Continue reading Spanish translation, update on my Elite: Dangerous beginner’s guide
Satoe Terashima’s fabulous Vampire Killer, which is the track that plays during the first stage of Castlevania on the NES/Famicom. Castlevania is a gothic-horror themed action-platformer developed and published by Konami for the Famicom in 1986. It reached the American … Continue reading Upload: Vampire Killer music from Castlevania (NES)
The Mute City track music from F-Zero on Super Nintendo. The soundtrack was composed by Yumiko Kanki and Naoto Ishida. F-Zero is a fast-paced racing game developed by Nintendo and was one of the launch titles for the SNES/Super Famicom, … Continue reading Upload: F-Zero Mute City music on SNES
The intro sequence to Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf on the Amiga. Desert Strike is an isometric helicopter shoot ’em up developed and published by EA. It was originally developed for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, launching in 1992. Ports … Continue reading Upload: Desert Strike intro on Amiga
In my sporadic “Do you remember…” series, I whack on some rose-tinted specs and wax lyrical about specific aspects of the classic and not-so-classic games of yesteryear. Today, it’s the intro from the MS-DOS version of Dune II. Ah, Dune II! … Continue reading Do you remember… the intro from Dune II (MS-DOS)
I’ve revised my in-depth Elite: Dangerous beginner’s guide to reflect changes introduced with the controversial January 2020 update. Continue reading Elite: Dangerous beginner’s guide update – Jan 2021
I first encountered the cloning-obsessed 2D platform-puzzler Overloop in spring 2017 when it was called Infinity Inc. George Kobyakov, the solo indie developer behind the game, was trying to get it funded on Indiegogo and had put out a playable demo on Game Jolt. After having a go … Continue reading Overloop demo – a follow-up preview
VirtuaVerse is a retro-styled point & clicker set in a cyberpunk future. As you might expect, it’s absolutely drenched in early 90s nostalgia, particularly for old school adventure games but also for vintage tech and the cracking and demo scenes of the Commodore 64 and Amiga Continue reading VirtuaVerse – Review
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