Haunted Lands – Burial Grounds – An awesome action platformer homage to classic DOS games
Monday, 14 August 2023
by HAS Admin
It’s the middle of the week and it’s time for some fresh news to be announced! The first one up that comes highly recommended and has had a recent update, is Alevgor’s action platformer ‘Haunted Lands – Burial Grounds’. A game that isn’t just a PC homage to classic DOS games such as Commander Keen, Dangerous
- Published in PC
Tagged under:
Dangerous Dave, DOS, FREE GAME, Haunted Lands, Haunted Lands Burial Grounds, Labels: Action, MS-DOS, PC, PC Gaming, shooter
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
Wing Commander – An incredible space sim gets a BIG Cola Powered Gamer review
Monday, 14 August 2023
by HAS Admin
When talking about space sims, sooner or later someone will mention Wing Commander. Developed by Origin Systems, Wing Commander can be considered one of the best and influential space sim ever created. Wing Commander had a different take on the then established space sim formula, bringing the game and space combat to the levels of
- Published in SNES Indie Game Releases
Tagged under:
Amiga, Cola Powered Gamer, DOS, FM Towns, GAMES, GOG, Labels: 3do, Origin Systems, PC, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, REVIEW, SNES, SPACE SIM, WING COMMANDER
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
The Great Escape – Ocean classic coming to the Atari 8-bit!
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
We’ve just been informed by Alex from Retro For Sale that the 8-bit classic ‘The Great Escape’ by Ocean Software, is being ported over by mariuszw of the Atariage forums to the Atari 8-bit system. Originally developed for the ZX Spectrum, C64, Amstrad CPC and DOS in the 1980’s, this work in progress release is
- Published in ATARI
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AMSTRAD, AMSTRAD CPC, atari, c64, DOS, Great Escape, HOMEBREW, Labels: Altirra, MariusZW, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, The Great Escape, Zx Spectrum
Antstream – A retro game streaming subscription service is a Kickstarter success
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Great news if you were supporting the Antstream Kickstarter; a crowd funding campaign for a retro gaming based streaming service. As we’ve recently been informed through our twitter feed, that not only is it a Kickstarter success but the pledges are still increasing and it’s now beyond £50,000! For those of you didn’t follow our
- Published in ATARI
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AMSTRAD, Antstream, atari, c64, DOS, Kickstarter, Labels: Amiga, nes, PC, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, Sega Mega Drive, SNES, Zx Spectrum
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
Tagged under:
AMSTRAD CPC, Apple II, atari, ATARI ST, c64, DarkwyndPT, DOS, GAMES, Labels: Amiga, MICROPROSE, nes, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, REVIEW