Just as I was about to sit down and have dinner, another news story just broke which I just had to mention, and it’s a new level 2 demo for the Commodore Amiga game ‘Electroman’: An Alpha version of a game port that was originally released by Messrs, Janusz Pelc and Maciej Miąsik for the…
Developed by former Atari staffer, Jeff Milhorn. The unreleased Atari 8-bit game Psyclotron has been made available for download almost 40 years after it was abandoned. Developed by Jeff Milhorn, Psyclotron is heavily inspired by Robotron: 2084 and is unique in that it offers a simultaneous two-player mode – something that wasn’t all that common…
As I fend off endless assaults from the mysterious Sea Peoples’, neighbouring factions happily cross into my borders to raid me for resources, and my rivals in the Royal Court seek to tarnish my name. I realise at this point, with my head in hands, that I have much to learn in Total War:…
Before the Lobotomy. Bringing cult classics to a more modern, updated platform can be a risky proposition. What, if anything, do you change, and what do you keep the same? When the game you happen to be porting originated on the DS, a certain degree of change is inevitable given the shift from a two-screen…
Category: Games How Zoo Tycoon Became a Fully-Licensed Xbox Board Game Joe Skrebels, Xbox Wire Editor-in-Chief Published October 11, 2023 “It sounds crazy but, even as a 10 year-old boy, I started to design my first zoo board game.” Zoo Tycoon: The Board Game might be a new project – both for designers Marc Dür…
I might have a personal soft spot for Baldur’s Gate 1, but it’s impossible to deny that Baldur’s Gate 2 is far more influential. It’s tectonic: a game that codified a model of RPG making whose influence is still felt today, and it’s in large part down to how it handled its companion characters. Where…
He’s got manners, at least. Super Mario Bros. Wonder is just around the corner, launching on the Switch on October 20th, 2023. As such, Nintendo is ramping up its marketing campaign with adverts left, right, and centre, making sure that everybody and their Nan are aware of the upcoming title. The latest ad is a…
If you want to track down all Enigmas and their rewards in Assassin’s Creed Mirage then you’re in the right place. You’ll find Enigmas dotted around ninth-century Baghdad, and figuring out the solutions will reward you with cosmetic rewards such as dyes or talismans. Perfect if you’re a completist who just likes to collect everything….
“Eventually, a good Bubsy game needs to be made”. Atari’s been splashing the cash recently, acquiring not just Nightdive Studios but also Moby Games and AtariAge. As part of this process of hoovering up assets, the company has also picked up the rights to hundreds of games from Micropose, Infogrames and Accolade – and Bubsy…
“Here it is anyway!”. Dreamcast hacker and translator Derek Pascarella has just released an English language patch for Triangle Service’s shmup, Trizeal. Published on the Dreamcast in 2005, Trizeal is one of the last games to be officially released on the console. It was also published on the PlayStation 2 in 2006. Trizeal Remix was…