Showing posts with label commodore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label commodore. Show all posts

Sunday, April 19, 2020

Kayleigh's Retro Isolation - Day 27

Kayleigh's Retro Isolation - Day 27
Sunday 19th April 2020

Space Pilot for the Commodore 16 & Plus 4


"I love this game. A solid 8½ / 10" - Kayleigh

Saturday, April 18, 2020

Kayleigh's Retro Isolation - Day 26

Kayleigh's Retro Isolation - Day 26
Saturday 18th April 2020

Icicle Works for the Commodore 16 & Plus 4


"Hard but fun.  6/10" - Kayleigh

Friday, April 17, 2020

Kayleigh's Retro Isolation - Day 25

Kayleigh's Retro Isolation - Day 25
Friday 17th April 2020

Chuckie Egg for the Commodore 64



"Fun but I found the bouncing when jumping annoying! 6/10" - Kayleigh

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Kayleigh's Retro Isolation - Day 24

Kayleigh's Retro Isolation - Day 24
Thursday 16th April 2020

Pinball Fantasies AGA for the Commodore Amiga 1200


"I like this game. Partyland is my favourite! 7 / 10" - Kayleigh

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Kayleigh's Retro Isolation - Day 23

Kayleigh's Retro Isolation - Day 23
Wednesday 15th April 2020

Head Over Heels for the Commodore 64


"I really like this game but the controls are hard, and I wish two players could play at the same time. 8½ / 10" - Kayleigh

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Kayleigh's Retro Isolation - Day 22

Kayleigh's Retro Isolation - Day 22
Tuesday 14th April 2020

Trailblazer for the Commodore 16 & Plus 4


"It was ok. A very hard game unless you memorize the courses. 5/10" - Kayleigh

Monday, April 13, 2020

Kayleigh's Retro Isolation - Day 21

Kayleigh's Retro Isolation - Day 21
Monday 13th April 2020

Number Builder for the Commodore 16 & Plus 4



"He is very hard to control but I really liked this game. It makes maths fun! 8/10"

Sunday, March 29, 2020

Kayleigh's Retro Isolation - Day 6

Kayleigh's Retro Isolation - Day 6
Sunday 29th March 2020

Pac-mania for the Commodore Amiga.



"I really like this game, but I have played it before so I knew what I was doing. 9/10" - Kayleigh.

Sunday, November 03, 2019

Retro Gaming Trekkie Dad (Episode 1) - Castle Master for the Commodore Amiga

The first of (hopefully) many new videos from me, reviewing/playing old and new computer games, with the occasional smidgen of Star Trek thrown in here and there. 

This episode is devoted to the classic 3D adventure game Castle Master by Incentive Software.  Released back in 1990 by Domark Software, it was the fourth game to utilize the revolutionary Freescape solid 3D system and is an excellent example of early virtual reality on home computers.  So be prepared to spend the next 1 hour 30 minutes watching me wandering aimlessly around Castle Eternity, getting lost, destroying spirits, and getting even more lost before finally defeating the evil Magister once and for all.

 

Sunday, September 15, 2019

Giving the Amiga a clean!

So yesterday, I decided to give the Amiga 500 a clean.  I tend to use my A1200 more for general use, so this has been the first time I've fired up the A500 in quite a long time.  Glad the GVP A530 is working fine and the hard drive still contains lots of graphics, music (and very basic 3D renders and objects) I created in the mid-1990s.  Ahhh, the memories.

The case wasn't too yellow, so no need for retrobrite, however, I was able to blow out a considerable amount of dust, dirt, and lint from under the keys and on the motherboard.





Friday, August 09, 2019

Game Covers - Knightmare (Commodore 64)

Welcome to the game....

This is the Time to end Time
This is the Time out of Mind
This is the Game out of Time
And the game to blow your Mind!

Knightmare - The Cover

Knightmare - The Inlay

Knightmare - The Tape


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Game Covers - Dan Dare Pilot of the Future (Commodore 64)

One of the most famous comic strip heroes ever comes vividly to life in this superb arcade adventure.

With your faithful companions, you must defeat the Mekon and save the Earth.

"Dan Dare is a super cool game which deserves all the credit it gets!"  COMPUTER & VIDEO GAMES

"Dan Dare deserves an immediate Number One Spot".  PCW

Dan Dare - The Cover

Dan Dare - The Inlay
Dan Dare - The Tape


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Sunday, June 30, 2019

Game Covers - Amaurote (Commodore 64)

All alone in a city infested with killer insects - not a particularly enviable position to be in, but you have been selected to sort out the 2500 hi-res screens of the capital city of Paradise.

So get on with it...

JOYSTICK OR KEYBOARD
DESIGN BY JOHN PICKFORD OF BINARY DESIGN

Amaurote - The Cover

Amaurote - The Inlay

Amaurote - The Tape


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Game Covers - Kromazone (Commodore 64)

Pilot a MantaRay class space fighter, through the testing challenges of the "Kromazone".  Only the best pilots can master this fearsome test.  Will you be the "Kromazone Hot Shot"? 

Featuring:  Fast moving action
Stunning three dimensional graphics
Excellent interactive animation

One or two player
Joystick only.

Kromazone - The Cover

Kromazone - The Inlay

Kromazone - The Tape

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Saturday, June 22, 2019

Game Covers - Agent X II The Mad Prof's Back (Commodore 64)

The second encounter between super sleuth Agent X and his old adversary the Mad Professor.  There's no peace.  Even though you foiled the Mad Prof's attempts to kidnap the President, you failed to defeat him totally, and he is back with a vengeance.  No more small fry for him, this time it's total world domination, and beyond!  Only you can foil the Mad Professor!

A thrilling fight against his minions followed by a climactic confrontation for the future fate of freedom.  Long awaited sequel to the classic Agent X

A fun three stage game, featuring an amazing soundtrack, especially on level 1 by Tim Follin

 Main Cover

Inlay (Featuring handwritten codes for the levels!)

The Tape!


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Tuesday, April 02, 2019

Game Covers - Tom Thumb (Commodore 16 & Plus 4)

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Game Covers - Ghost Town (Commodore 16 & Plus 4)

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Monday, April 01, 2019

Saturday, February 23, 2019

Games that remind me of my childhood Number 31 : Total Eclipse (Commodore 64)

As most regular visitors to my blog knows, I have a massive soft spot for the Freescape 'solid 3D' adventure games from Incentive Software.  Released for most 8-bit (and some 16-bit) computers in the late 1980s and early 1990s. the series of games included Driller, Dark Side, Total Eclipse and Castle Master (as well as Total Eclipse II Sphinx Jinx and Castle Master II The Crypt available through the Home Computer Club), not to mention the many Freescape games people made with the awesome 3D Construction Kit, including myself!

Total Eclipse got a massive 94% in Zzap 64 magazine exactly 30 years ago this month, and it's still a great game to play today, providing you don't mind the slow screen redraw.  Moving away from the sci-fi setting of both Driller and Dark Side, Total Eclipse is set on the 26th October 1930, and you must (well, according to the game instructions) reach and destroy the shrine of the Sun God Re at the very top of the Pyramid (should that be Ra?) within 2 hours before the moon eclipses the sun, showering the Earth with massive meteorites and bringing an apocalyptic end to civilisation as we know it.

Virtual Reality - The nearest to actually being there.  It's probably the closest I'll ever come to visiting Egypt!

Inside the pyramid.  Watch out for traps!

Now, for anyone feeling a little pedantic, I've done a little bit of research, and it appears Egypt had no solar eclipse on that date.  There was a solar eclipse on October 21st 1930, but totality was only visible in Niuafo'ou, Chile, and a small part of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. 

ANYWAY, I digress.  Total Eclipse was/is a classic game and a fantastic example of early virtual reality at its finest.

Front Box Art
 
Back Box Art. 
 
Instructions.  I wonder who won the competition to see the eclipse in Hawaii back in July 1991
 
The other side of the instructions.
 
The Commodore 64 cassette.  Total Eclipse was on side 1
 
Side 2 of the cassette featured Total Eclipse II The Sphinx Jinx
 
Zzap 64 review from 30 years ago!  Issue 46 February 1989