The Dame was Loaded – Another adventure classic gets a BIG review by DarkwyndPT!
Monday, 14 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Hello again and welcome back to another requested review. One literature genre that translates pretty well to adventure games seems to be mystery tales, especially detective stories. There’s something special about solving a mystery, even better if it’s in the shoes of a hard-boiled detective. I’m talking about The Dame Was Loaded. The Dame Was
- Published in PC
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DarkwyndPT, Labels: Adventure, PC, PC Gaming, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, REVIEW, REVIEWS
Blackthorne – DarkwyndPT takes a look at a very good classic action game!
Monday, 14 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Well, like I promised last time, today’s review is from a GOOD action PC game and it’s also one of the first games produced by a famous game developer. I’m talking about Blackthorne. Blackthorne (AKA Blackhawk in Europe) is an action/platform game developed by Blizzard and published by Interplay. It was originally released in 1994
- Published in SNES Indie Game Releases
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DarkwyndPT, DOS, Game Boy Advanced, GAMES, GAMING, GOG, Labels: BLACKTHORNE, PC, PC Gaming, PC-98, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, Sega 32x, SNES
Syndicate – Action/strategy classic by Bullfrog gets a DarkwyndPT review
Monday, 14 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Well, this retrospective sure is going slow, isn’t it? Sorry for taking so long, but because of recent work issues, I no longer have a lot of free time. And it happened all of a sudden, without notice, so I couldn’t cancel anything or plan around it. Anyway, today’s review is probably of my favourite
- Published in SNES Indie Game Releases
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BULLFROG, DarkwyndPT, DOS, GAMES, GAMING, Labels: Amiga, MAC, megadrive, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, REVIEW, SNES, syndicate
SimCity – DarkwyndPT takes a look at multiple versions of Sim City in this BIG review!
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
And again we’re going to take a look at not just a true classic game, but also a highly influential title that helped define an entire genre, spawned several clones and influenced several other titles. I’m talking about the one and only SimCity. SimCity is a simulation/managerial game developed by Maxis and published by Infogrames.
- Published in ATARI
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AMSTRAD CPC, atari, ATARI ST, BBC MICRO, c64, CDTV, DarkwyndPT, Labels: Amiga, Macintosh, MS-DOS, PC, PC Gaming, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, REVIEW, SIMCITY, SNES, Zx Spectrum
King’s Quest – The first graphic adventure ever made for the IBM PC and Sierra’s first big hit reviewed!
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
We can’t make a Sierra games retrospective without beginning with the first graphic adventure ever made for the IBM PC and Sierra’s first big hit: King’s Quest: Quest for the Crown. As I mentioned in my Sierra historical retrospective, IBM needed a game to promote their new computer, the PCjr, and approached Sierra to finance
- Published in ATARI
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Amiga, Apple II, atari, DarkwyndPT, GAMES, IBM, King's Quest, Labels: Adventure, MAC, PC, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, REVIEW
Pirates! – DarkwyndPT’s BIGGEST retro gaming review yet!
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Ahoy there mateys! Welcome back to Retro Freak Reviews. And before ye all send me down to Davy Jones’ locker for not posting a review during the entire summer, let me redeem my sinner soul by offering ye this fine review in this finest of International Talk Like a Pirate Day. I’m talking about Pirates!
- Published in ATARI
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AMSTRAD CPC, Apple II, atari, ATARI ST, c64, DarkwyndPT, DOS, GAMES, Labels: Amiga, MICROPROSE, nes, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, REVIEW