Atari

Atari Legend is having a fantastic run-up to Christmas by releasing something special every day throughout December. It wasn’t until the 7th when they released a hdd-patched version of Ultima 5 did I become interested. For some reason, I’ve not played any Ultima but this one looks especially interesting so …

MandelST is a new fractal generator developed in GFA Basic by Manos Kantzos (thanks to GeoAnas for the heads-up). I love messing about with funky fractals and this program is a cinch to use – which is a good thing for me! Mandelbrot/Julia productions can be generated within moments but …

Do you remember the excitement when Lupo Alberto was released back in 2015? Well, today I’ve taken another look because I was contacted by Luca Stradiotto who supplied a cheat code that enabled me to get much deeper into this *difficult* game. Otherwise, I’d have never stood a chance! However, …

Magic Bytes released Clever & Smart back in 1987 which is a peculiar puzzler based on the original Spanish comic strip. We’re in an odd city and appear to play as two special agents – who are controlled at the same time. Okay, they’re hardly Mulder and Scully but these …

Another World was released by Delphine Software back in 1991 and I feel this 16-bit legend is groundbreaking and something everyone will fondly remember? Gameplay feels like a cross between Prince Of Persia with dollops of Dragon’s Lair thrown in, which isn’t something this old retro gamer would normally be …

Many of us enjoy the gorgeous chipmusic from games like Out Run, Flying Shark, Vixen, Starquake and Overlander. These and others were all created by Jason C. Brooke and are also some of my most favourite tunes from the 80s. I found Jason lurking on twitter so it wasn’t long …