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Dan Dare Remake

Ovine by Design has made remake of the C64 version of Dan Dare. Ovine by Design has made many retro remakes before and this one looks excellent. Great graphics and atmosphere + spooky sci-fi music really add to this one. Check out the video and …

Dizzyage 2008 compo

Dizzyage is an engine that allows people to make retro platform adventure games in the style of the classic Dizzy games that were so popular on the Spectrum and Commodore 64.

[photopress:dizzy1.png,thumb,alignleft]Every year there is a competition for people to design adventure games using the engine, and this …

Heavy Weapon

I must have played Heavy Weapon over 2 years ago now, but I always wanted to write a review of it because it’s great!

It’s a retro style game that reminds me of a classic arcade game called Silkworm, which I thoroughly enjoyed on the Amiga in …

Skin and Bones

Skin and Bones is a lovely looking platformer from Addictive247. It’s another of those games that has grabbed me because of it’s wonderful use of pixel graphics and simple gameplay.

The name of the game is also the names of the characters. Skin is a young boy, easy to kill …

Top games of 2007: List-tastic!

I’ve been meaning to write this for about a month, so sorry it’s a bit late ;-)

In December and January you always get people making Top 10 lists of their favourite games and I built up a collection of links to some of them as follows:

Arcade Town

ArcadeTown has made a …

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