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Commander Keen: side-scrolling platformers

22nd February 2020retro game spotlight

In the 90's PCs weren't exactly popular as a gaming system for platform games. The whole Commander Keen series was an exception. Created by a trio of talented designers (John Carmack, John Romero and Tom Hall), Commander Keen games - side scrolling platformers - contributed to put PCs under the platformer's fan spotlight.
Pipe Mania: a liquid puzzle game

15th February 2020retro game spotlight

Pipe Mania (also known as Pipe Dream is a tile-matching (sort of) puzzle game about flowing liquids developed by The Assembly Line in 1989. You must build a path made of pipe pieces to let a green liquid (sewer goo?) flow. It's simple, original and addicting, that's why Pipe Mania was cloned a number of times.
David Braben: an Elite game designer

8th February 2020companies and designers

David Braben is a British game developer and designer, also founder and CEO of Frontier Developments plc. He's best known for co-creating Elite in 1984 (with Ian Bell), the space trading and exploration game that started a whole genre. Name: David Braben Born on: 02/01/1964Occupation: game designer, programmer and entrepreneurKnown for: ...
Old school forgotten RPGs from the past

1st February 2020retro game spotlight

RPGs are a strange animal when it comes to old-school PC gaming. If you exclude huge hits and successful franchises, the games that remains are often obscure RPGs, sometimes so awful that playing them is a pain in the keyboard. There are of course exceptions: underdogs that somehow were a ...

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Naval simulation: Archimedean Dynasty

Released in 1996Naval simulation

Naval simulations are vehicle simulation games where you take command of one or more ships, boats or other similar watercraft. Usually, gameplay involves some kind of strategic aspect, but they are all vehicle simulations at the core.
Sandbox RPG: The Magic Candle 1

Released in 1989Sandbox RPG

In sandbox RPGs, the player has a huge amount of freedom in terms of gameplay. Sandbox RPGs are open world: you can go anywhere anytime, there are no or little to the freedom of movement. The typical world of a sandbox RPG is very large and full of different locations (cities, planets, etc.) and a variety of encounters (random monsters, NPCs, etc.).

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To abandonware or not?

Where does the love for old abandoned games comes from? Our childhood, perhaps. What's left of that age? What do we miss so much? The long afternoons spent walking in the worlds of Ultima or the hours passed impersonating Duke Nukem. Here we are now, slightly aged, eager to pay homage to all those wonderful DOS games.

After all, it's about passion and remembering.

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Commander Keen: side-scrolling platformers

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David Braben: an Elite game designer

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Naval simulation: Archimedean Dynasty

Sandbox RPG: The Magic Candle 1

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