Review: Return To Blacktooth: A Head Over Heels Adventure (Amiga) – A Joyous And Deeply Challenging Sequel To A Britsoft Classic

A sequel 40 years in the making.

More than 35 years ago, in 1989, Colin Porch finished programming the Amiga and Atari ST versions of Jon Ritman and Bernie Drummond’s 1987 classic Head Over Heels and immediately began work on a sequel, which is only now being released, almost 40 years later. Return To Blacktooth is finally here, officially approved by rights holder Atari, and remarkably, playable on real Amiga and Atari ST hardware.

After decades of work, and with support from British indie publisher Thalamus Digital, Porch has delivered a sequel that is nothing short of a love letter to the fans who grew up with Head Over Heels in the Eighties. On the one hand, it is faithful to the vision of the original classic, but on the other hand, it adds fresh ideas that are perfectly in keeping with that vision.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

A sequel 40 years in the making.

More than 35 years ago, in 1989, Colin Porch finished programming the Amiga and Atari ST versions of Jon Ritman and Bernie Drummond’s 1987 classic Head Over Heels and immediately began work on a sequel, which is only now being released, almost 40 years later. Return To Blacktooth is finally here, officially approved by rights holder Atari, and remarkably, playable on real Amiga and Atari ST hardware.

After decades of work, and with support from British indie publisher Thalamus Digital, Porch has delivered a sequel that is nothing short of a love letter to the fans who grew up with Head Over Heels in the Eighties. On the one hand, it is faithful to the vision of the original classic, but on the other hand, it adds fresh ideas that are perfectly in keeping with that vision.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

 

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