The Ancient Art of War (1984) by Dave and Barry Murry of Evryware, published by Brodebund for DOS, Apple II, Atari ST, Amiga, and more. More than a few Broderbund titles recently, hm. This can be considered an early example of a Real Time Strategy game, an ancestor if you will of the likes ofContinue reading “11/18/20 The Ancient Art of War (1984)”
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11/1/20 Locomotion (1992)
Locomotion (1992) by Prestige Softwareentwicklung GmbH, published by Kingsoft GmbH for DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, and Commodore 64. I didn’t expect to like this game so much, but it’s actually a blast. A pretty simple concept, flip the railway tracks to get the trains to their destinations. Even without instruction, it’s easy enough to graspContinue reading “11/1/20 Locomotion (1992)”
10/26/20 Brides of Dracula (1992)
Brides of Dracula (“1992”) by Toast Dept., published by “Gonzo Games” for Amiga, Commodore 64, and Atari ST. I put a lot of things in air quotes because this game was never officially released. You probably haven’t heard of Gonzo Games because they published a snowboarding game, this, and then, in the words of programmerContinue reading “10/26/20 Brides of Dracula (1992)”
10/24/20 Exile (1991)
Exile (1991) by Peter Irvin and published by Audiogenic Games for Commodore 64, Amiga, and Atari ST. Most of the discussion around this game will call it a masterpiece, I don’t really know how to feel about it. Exile sees you as an astronaut on an alien planet on a rescue mission to stop aContinue reading “10/24/20 Exile (1991)”
10/17/20 Wrath of the Demon (1991)
Wrath of the Demon (1991) by Abstrax and published by ReadySoft Incorporated for Atari ST, DOS, Amiga, and Commodore 64. Oh boy, the first Atari ST game I’ve covered! Too bad it’s not that great. Now, to be clear, this game excels in its presentation. I’m a sucker for parallax scrolling, so once the firstContinue reading “10/17/20 Wrath of the Demon (1991)”
10/16/20 North and South (1989)
North and South (1989) developed and published by Infogrames for DOS, Amiga, Commodore 64, Atari ST, and more. I wanted to like this one more than I could. It’s a combined strategy and action game set in the American Civil War, where you take control of the Union army against the Southern separatists. The strategyContinue reading “10/16/20 North and South (1989)”
10/14/20 Pipe Dreams (1989)
Pipe Dreams (1989) by The Assembly Line and pulished by LucasArts (RIP) for Amiga, DOS, Apple II, Arcades, Commodore 64, Windows, and many, many more. Also known as Pipe Mania, this is a good, simple puzzler where the aim is to place pipes for the “flooz” to flow through until the target distance is met.Continue reading “10/14/20 Pipe Dreams (1989)”
10/8/20 Spy vs. Spy (1984)
Spy vs. Spy (1984) by First Star Software, published by Beyond Software, Tynesoft, and Wicked Software for Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Boy, NES, and more. As a longtime fan of Antonio Prohias’ MAD Magazine strip of the same name, I was curious as to how the Black and White Spies’ anticsContinue reading “10/8/20 Spy vs. Spy (1984)”
9/24/20 Spaceward Ho! (1990)
Spaceward Ho! (1990) developed and published by Delta Tao Software for DOS, Amiga, and Mac; later published by Ariton for iOS. This game is quite popular among Mac enthusiasts, and supposedly sits in the Macworld Game Hall of Fame. I say supposedly because I can only find a handful of records of such a Hall,Continue reading “9/24/20 Spaceward Ho! (1990)”
9/22/20 Qix (1981)
Qix (1981) by Randy and Sandy Pfeiffer, published by Taito for the arcade, Amiga, Apple II, NES, DOS, Atari 5200, Commodore 64, and many more. Believe it or not, in the year 1981, this was quite the hit. Developed by a husband and wife duo who dreamt up the concept while in their jacuzzi, QixContinue reading “9/22/20 Qix (1981)”
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