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
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
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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
Puzzle Bobble on the Amstrad CPC – Novabug gives us an exclusive Video review as a release is due today!
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Teased back on February on this very site, the much awaited Amstrad CPC arcade port of Puzzle Bobble will not only be released at some point today, but to get you excited prior to the BIG release thanks to Crazy Piri who sent us the game, I have an exclusive review video to show you
- Published in AMSTRAD
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AMSTRAD CPC, Crazy Piri, GAMES, GAMING, Labels: AMSTRAD, Novabug, Puzzle Bobble, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, REVIEW
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
Space Quest III – A classic Sci-fi adventure sequel reviewed by Cola Powered Gamer
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Space Quest III is one of the funniest and self-aware video games ever. An improvement on almost everything from the previous two games, Space Quest II and it really shows. Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon, developed by Sierra and its duo Two Guys From Andromeda, and released in 1989, it’s simply known as
- Published in ATARI
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Amiga, atari, ATARI ST, Cola Powered Gamer, Commodore Amiga, Labels: Adventure, MS-DOS, PC, PC Gaming, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, REVIEW, Space Quest III
Abu Simbel Profanation – A highly challenging 8bit platformer has been ported to the Atari XL/XE
Sunday, 13 August 2023
by HAS Admin
Prepare to scream profanity at your keyboard because one of the “most difficult games of Spanish Software History” has just been converted to the Atari XL/XE by Felipe De Toro, it’s “Abu Simbel Profanation”. The third in the Johnny Jones Saga which was originally released in 1985 for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and MSX.
- Published in ATARI
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atari, Atari XE, Atari XL, Labels: Abu Simbel Profanation, Platformer, Retro Gaming, Retrogaming, REVIEW, Zx Spectrum