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Rambo Remake
Everyone has seen the original Rambo film and played the original game from Ocean, right? Seeing as the film was remade, why not the game as well? Well, worry no more, because the Rambo remake is here, courtesy of Mick Farrow, based on the Speccy version of Rambo: First Blood Part II. You can get the game here and join in on the remake discussion here.
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With the agonising demise of CPC Zone, and no clear sign of a revival, The CPC Wiki is becoming more and more the place to go for Amstrad CPC users. The CPC Wiki is "dedicated to all things related to the Amstrad CPC 8-bit computer series." There are pages on CPC hardware, software, peripherals, games, programming, books, fanzines, magazines, service manuals, emulators, and much more. The CPC Wiki also hosts many Amstrad magazine scans and fanzines including Amstrad Action, Amstrad Computer User, Amtix, Computing With the Amstrad, and CPC Attack! If you're a CPC fan then why not drop by and contribute or just pop into the recently expanded Discussion Forum for some CPC related chatter?
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----------- Factory Daze released on ZX Spectrum
Previewed in issue one, Factory Daze from Bob Smith is now complete and free to download. The game which involves controlling a toy factory - in a similar way to LucasArt's Night Shift - as you have to meet your order quota. Back then, we thought that the game looked "promising, and definitely one to look out for when it is released as a free download." Now, it's definitely a must see. You can download the game here, and get a bit of background info on the game at Factory Daze's page at Bob Smith's website.
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------------- Retrogaming Times Monthly issue 63
Issue 63 of Retrogaming Times Monthly is now online and it's another big one. Content includes:
- Show Report: California Extreme 2009
- High Score Monthly Profile
- All Eyes On Blaster Master 2
- RTM Idiocy: Blissful Ignorance And Dangerous Knowledge (Act 3)
- Apple II Incider - Marble Madness
- The Thrill Of Defeat: The Ugly Duckling
- Modern Retro - Bionic Commando: Rearmed
- Old Wine In New Bottles: Capcom Classic Collection Volume 2
- Videological Dig - The Vid Kid
- Laughing Pixels
- Gaming Advertisements
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--------------------- Ghost N Zombies available to pre-order
Ghouls 'n Ghosts is one of my all time fave arcade games, so it's great to see anything related or inspired by it. Ghost N Zombies is a ColecoVision game developed by J-P Meola (a.k.a. youki) and is slated for a Fall 2009 release. The game can be pre-ordered by visiting the Collectorvision website, where you can find more details about the game and other ColecoVision titles for sale or in production. Hurry though, because there is a limited production run of 45 games (upped from its initial 25), packaged in the official CBS-ColecoVision European style copies. There's also an excellent interview with youki over at UnNamedGaming, which is where I discovered this little gem of a game - cheers, triverse.
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I'm sure I posted this news a few days ago, but here it is again. After reporting on the fantastic Orion Prime teaser in issue 2's news pages, it has been announced that the game is now finished and available to purchase on 3" or 3.5" disk from the Orion Prime website. Although, the game is in French, there are plans to translate the game to English, Spanish, and German.
There's been a lot of excitement building up around various forums and gamers will be hoping that the developers (Arkos and Les Sucres en Morceaux) can live up to their successful teaser and the website's tagline: "The best Adventure game ever made on the Amstrad CPC!"
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What is C64 Forever? Well, why try to explain when the official site does it so well? "C64 Forever embodies an intuitive player interface, backed by a built-in database containing more than 5000 C64 game entries, and advanced support for the new RP2 format, dubbed the 'MP3 of retrogaming'." If you've seen the Amiga Forever package - which you can also get at the C64 Forever site - then you will be familiar with what's on offer here.
The C64 Forever package comes in two flavours: a downloadable ISO image (which you can burn to CD), or the Boxed+Download package (which comes in a slick looking DVD case, plus you get the option to download the ISO as well. Excellent stuff. The Download package comes in at £12.20 GBP ($19.95 USD €14.06 EUR) and the Boxed+Download package is £15.25 GBP ($24.95 USD & €17.58 EUR). Sound good? Then head over to C64Forever.com where you can find a full rundown of features, FAQ, screenshots, and place and order.
Thanks to Commodore Free magazine for bringing this news to us.
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The Commodore dedicated magazine issue 31 is now available to download for free from the Commodore Free website. Contents this issue includes:
- Editorial
- Readers Comments
- NEWS
- Interview with Martin Piper
- Game new review MANKY
- Interview with MANKY creator
- Interview with Rob Snyder
- Meeting Users through The Mail
- Interview with Pasi Ojala Vic Coder
- Programming: C (Part 2)
- Confessions of a BBS Sysop Addict
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---------------------------------- Your Sinclair #94 (2004 tribute special) now available online
If you don't know what Your Sinclair is then head over here. The YS tribute issue #94 was originally given away with issue 9 of Retro Gamer in 2004 and hasn't been seen since. That fabulous Your Sinclair tribute website has pulled out all the stops to make this special issue available online. Not only have the special YS issue DTP archives been converted to PDF - available to download - but unreleased and bomus material are available as well. But that's enough chatter, you want to read YS #94 right now, so head over to YSRNRY.
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After finishing third in the MSXdev'08 competition and being featured at the recent RetroMadrid, the MSX version of La Corona Encantada has been tweaked, improved, and unleashed onto the retrogaming world with a glorious new download. Yes, these are now the final versions of the game and both the MSX and Spectrum versions can be downloaded from Karoshi Corporation's website.
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If you read Retroaction issue 1's Retro Remakes 2008 competition feature, then you should know all about Kung Fu II - we featured it as one of the games to look out for from the 50-odd games entered into the competition. Well, now the game's programemr, Gary Gasko, has finished the game and has released a final version for all to download from The Games Page.
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Everyone knows what Sudoku is. The Amstrad CPC 6128 game Sudoku Master, however, has been in development since my days on the Amstrad Action tribute magazine. It featured in our news section and in an interview with Olivier Floquet (a.k.a. eliot), the main man behind it all. Well, the game has finally been completed and is available to purchase in 3.5” disk format from Binary Sciences' website for €6.00EU plus postage fees. A download version will become available on July 25th.
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Volume 3, Issue 7 of the monthly ezine, Nintendo Age, is out now. Gaming GoodNESs:
* Mario's Right Nut revisits Link's adventures
* Limbofunk interviews the programmer of Swamp Thing
* Robin Mihara ties up some loose ends in Disneyland
* Jonebone takes some stock in the NES market
* The return of Faegly!
To download the issue, visit Nintendo Age's website.
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Quote from website:
"Sango Fighter is a vivid, high energy versus fighting game for the PC. Set in the Three Kingdoms period of ancient China, the game features a storyline and characters specific to this historical era. Sango Fighter was also made available for the Super A'can, a 16-bit game console released exclusively in Taiwan.
Developed by Panda Entertainment in Taiwan, Sango Fighter was originally a commercial game sold in Taiwan and exported in English. However, after Super Fighter Team acquired all legal rights to the game it was officially reclassified as freeware. As a result, it is now available for free download."
Game plot details, instructions, and downloads are available at Sango Fighter's home page. As Sango Fighter is a DOS game, you will need DOSBox to run it, which is available at DOSBox.com. Don't know how to use DOSBox then check out our excellent emulator guide in issue one.
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The very first issue of Game Informer has been released over at Retromags. The 16 page premiere mag, which was scanned by Phillyman and edited by triverse, was recently acquired via eBay for $65.50. Games reviewed in this issue include Decap Attack and NHL Hockey for the Sega Genesis (Mega Drive), and Micro Machines for the NES. Being a small issue, it's also a small download, so there's no excuse for not taking a look. You can find Game Informer #1 at Retromags' download section.
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ZX Shed has returned with a new look, a new editor, and a new bi-monthly release schedule. As you'd expect, ZX Shed Reloaded covers all things ZX Spectrum as well as other Sinclair platforms. Issue 1 includes reviews, previews, interviews, tutorials, programmer's Diary, features, and more. If you are a Sinclair fan, or just a retrogamer in general, then you really should check it out. You can download issue 1 PDF for free at this website. Also, keep an eye on the WoS ZX Shed forum and ZX Shed website for further news.
---------------------------- BOH - "an original, retro-flavoured game of exploration and action"
While we're predominantly retro here, we're not totally ignorant of indie games, especially if they have a retro feel to them, and BOH certainly fits that description. BOH, which is available on AmigaOS 4, MacOS X, and Windows XP/Vista, is an exploration game, mixing action, puzzles, and adventure excellently. With its realistic field of vision gameplay - by default, you only see what is in front of your character - the game's developer, Simone Bevilacqua, has created a truly unique game, which we don't see often enough. Visit the BOH website to find out more. There are screenshots, trailers, videos, demos, images, themes, and more available to download. And if you like what you see, then why not purchase the game, which comes on CD-ROM (in DVD case) with a 24-page colour manual?
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Issue 62 of Retrogaming Times Monthly is now available at http://www.retrogamingtimes.com/. Highlights include:
* Moonwalking Into Heaven
* Movie's With A Byte: The Wizard
* Lunch With Tim McVey * RTM IShow Report: Funspot XI
* On Parallel Universe Theory And The Art Of Cornering
* RTM Idiocy: Blissful Ignorance And Dangerous Knowledge (Act 2)
* NES'cade - Gun.Smoke
* Apple II Incider - California Games
* Squaring Off: Demon Attack
* Atari Playfield - Michtron
* The Thrill Of Defeat: Hurting The Ones We Love & Making Up For It
* A Next-Gen Blast From The Past
* Old Wine In New Bottles: Capcom Classic Collection Volume 1
* Videological Dig - Moonwalker
* Video Game Confessions - Jungle Hunt (Comic)
You can find all these and past issues at Retrogaming Times Monthly.
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A belated May 2009 issue of Commodore Free has been released.
Contents:
* News
* RGCD Cartridge reviews
* The Kidal Legacy
* DOS65
* Interview with DOS65 creator
* Introduction to CPM
* CPM Operating system
* Worlds greatest menu
* CCC UK Forum post cbm 128
* Introduction to C programming
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--------------------------------- Retro Respect: Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
It’s been a sad week for the entertainment industry, and indeed the whole world, with the passing of Michael Jackson. Paying tribute to MJ, thousands of fans purchased his albums and singles, with most of them re-entering the charts – his Number Ones album has topped the Offical UK Album Chart. Ashamedly, I don’t own any of his albums – I was never really into music in the eighties – but even I can recognise the sheer talent that Michael Jackson had as a singer and a dancer. He truly was an all round performer of the like we will never see again. To pay tribute in some little way, I fired up Moonwalker on the Sega Mega Drive and had a great nostalgic multimedia trip down memory lane...
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The recent PDROMS competition v4.01 has come to an end and the results are now in.
#1 Skipp and Friends (SNES), by Mukunda Johnson, Ken Snyder, Steven Velema and Hubert Lamontagne. 1325 points - Game Card
#2 Factory Bots (GBA), by Nicholas Scheltema. 1225 points - Game Card
#3 Poomania (GBA), by Metalvotze. 1110 points - Game Card
#4 Clem the Retarded Elf 2 (GBA), by Scott Lininger. 1065 points - Game Card
#5 Shunting Puzzle (ColecoVision), by Philipp Klaus Krause. 1030 points - Game Card
#6 GemVenture (Beta) (NES), by Tom Livak. 1000 points - Game Card
#7 Gears Of Fate (Neo Geo Pocket), by Thor. 990 points - Game Card
#8 Droplets (GBA), by Herman Samso. 535 points - Game Card
Expect the majority of these games to be covered in our reviews section in issue 3 of Retroaction.
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A Sideways SEUCK C64 arcade shooter from The New Dimension team (Programming: Anthony Burns, SECUK Redux Code: Martin Piper, and Music: Richard Bayliss). Having been influenced by Golden Axe and Doubel Dragon for their earlier Legion of the Damned series, The New Dimension team have taken inspiration from MERCS this time. The year is 1917 on the Western Front, and you lead a squad of mean across No Man's Land with the mission of inflitrating enemy territory, taking out their bunkers, attacking enemy positions, and strategic posts. Just avoid the hazardous terrain and powerful weapons along the way...
Weblink: The Push Gamecard
Direct download: The Push
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A C64 racing game from The New Dimension, created using Sideways SEUCK by Thorsten Schreck, and features graphics done by Richard Bayliss and Michael Koslowski, and Telespielator. Get to those roads and beat the opposition, or you could jsut blast them away with your rocket launchers.
Weblink: Trash Course Gamecard
Direct download: Trash Course
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Starting up this Blogspot page seemed like a good idea at the time, but I've recently discovered that I can install WordPress onto the Retroaction webspace. It seems a bit pointless using a separate blog page when it can be done over at Retroaction. So I've decided to import the old blogs into this fancy new WordPress Retroaction blog which should be found at http://blog.retroactionmagazine.com/ . See you there.
------------------------------------ Retro Respect: Road Rash II
Road Rash II is a brilliant motor biking Mega Drive game with a difference – you don't just get to overtake your competitors, you get to smash their heads in as well. Hurtle down the dangerous courses at suicidal speeds, avoiding traffic, speed cops, as well as other racers. Make your fortune only to spend it all on new and faster bikes, and wear your knuckles down riding alongside your enemies and punching them in the face. Loads of bikes, loads of violence, and loads of stages – this game's got the lot...
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------------------------------------ Legion of the Damned 2
Following on from Legion of the Damned (the fine the Golden Axe inspired sideways SEUCK romp, which gained a very respectable 84% in our second issue, The New Dimension guys have produced a sequel. LotD2 is set one thousand years after the events of the first game where gang warfare is rife. After a particular nasty bloodshed over evil Stryxia's grave, she is resurrected from the dead and is ready to cause even more strife this time around. Only two heroes step forward to stop the evil Queen Stryxia....
Weblink: LotD2 Gamecard
Direct Download: archive zip download
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The New Dimension web page has recently moved and they have quickly got a couple of C64 games developed in the meantime. The first one being a Special Edition release of their 2008 game, Nyaaaaah! 11. Snodge has to traverse across various deadly levels to rescue his friends from the evil ruler. The Special Edition is an extended version and the old SEUCK engine is replaced with the smoother SEUCK REDUX.
Weblink: N11 Gamecard
Direct Download: archive zip download
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Issue 61 of the Retrogaming Times Monthly is now online. This month features even more new authors and more articles in what is perhaps their largest issue yet. Highlights from the June 2009 issue includes:
- Laughing Pixels (Tom Zjaba's VG comics)
- High Score Monthly (NEW)
- Lunch with Paul Zimmerman
- RTM Idiocy - Blissful Ignorance and Dangerous Knowlege
- Apple ][ Incider - Computer Baseball (revisited)
- The Thrill Of Defeat - ZX81 Games that Mostly Rock
- Videological Dig - The Doom phenomenon
- NES'Cade - Arkanoid
- CCAG 2009 Show Report - from Cleveland Ohio
- Who Am I - Name the classic programmer
- How Phantasy Star II Taught Me to Spell
- How I discovered THE SECRET of Missile Command
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---------------------------------------- Knight Lore remade for the MSX2
The original Knight Lore is considered by many as a true classic game, which was the first to use the revolutionary isometric perspective. Developed and released by Ultimate Play the Game on the Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, MSX, and the BBC in 1984, we now have an MSX2 remake courtesy of Retroworks. As with the original game, the remake sees you controlling Sabreman as he treks through the isometric world searching for ingredients to a magic potion. The game features extras and improvements on the original game including different palettes for day/night, in game map that shows locations visited, improved music, torch animation, and much more. The Game Card can be found at the Retroworks' website, where you will find the game ROM download, PDF manual, packaging designs, and a game map. Also check out the YouTube clip to see the game in action. Thanks to Metalbrain for bringing us the news.
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If you want to find out a bit more about the origins of Retroaction's design and look then head over to Just One More Game, where the editor/designer is forced to answer to Cardinal Ximinez in what can only be described as The Spanish Inquisition, which nobody expects. There's also an exclusive never-seen-before pages of an early draft of Amstrad Action tribute magazine, which was the blueprint for Retroaction's design.
-------------------- Classic Video Gamer Magazine premier issue
A new retrogaming magazine has been unleashed onto the internet in the form of Classic Video Gamer Magazine. The magazine is available to download in PDF, for a small fee, or purchased in print format at the Classic Video Gamer Magazine website. The 20 page issue crams in articles on classic games and looks at some of the current homebrew offerings. For an in-depth review of the premier launch, check out triverse's write up over at Retromags.com.
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------------------------ Electronic Games Magazine issue 1 on Retromags.com|
The rare first issues of retro mags keep coming in for Retromags.com. This time we have the very first edition of Electronic Games Magazine, the first video gaming magazine published in the United States, which ran from 1981 to 1985. Scanned, edited, and compiled by Kitsune, the CBR (Comic Book Reader archive) can be founr at the Retromags website.
Contents:
Switch On (Editorial)
Readers Replay (Letters)
Inside Gaming (News)
Holiday Gift Giving for Gamers
Test Lab
O&A
Strategy Session
Programmable Parade (Console Game Reviews)
Computer Playland (Computer Game Reviews)
Insert Coin Here (Arcade Game Reviews)
Stand-Alone Scene (Electronic Game Reviews)
Own Your Own Arcade Game
...and more.
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-------------------------- Biniax 2
Nanako is tired of the constant fighting over the land around her, so she decides to seek advice from the ever-knowing Oracle on what to do. The Oracle tells Nanako that, rather than having the land around her suffer further bloodshed, she can resolve the problems by having the leaders take part in an ancient game created by the Gods themselves. The Kings and Queens will therefore abide by the rules and the outcome of the game.
Swiftly following on from their recent Amstrad CPC version of Nanako in Classic Japanese Monster Castle, The Mojon Twins have released their ZX Spectrum 128k interpretation on Biniax. Be careful though, as Nanako can lose items of clothing if she loses.... The Spectrum tape image and the source code can be found on The Mojon Twins' website.
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Having been available on the Spectrum for at least a year, Nanako in Classic Japanese Monster Castle finally makes it to the Amstrad CPC, thanks to The Mojon Twins. The story follows Nanako and her quest to rescue her younger sister, Mya, who has got herself into a bit of bother involving dark magic and an evil tower. Tweny five levels of platforming fun can be found at the Motjon Twins' website.
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------------------------------ Computer Gamer & Electronic Fun with Computers and Games premiere issues
Computer Gamer was a UK multi-format magazine published in the 1980s by Argus. It's content included the usual review, previews, tips, guides, letters pages, and covertapes, but was unfortunately lost in the over-saturation of games magazines springing up in the mid to late eighties. The rare first issue has been scanned by an anonymous user, edited by triverse, and uploaded to Retromags, which you can find here.
Issue 1 of Computer Gamer includes Adventure Reviews, Approaching Adventures, Celebrity Corner: Paul Daniels, Coin-Op Connection, Into Games, On the ROAD, US Scene, Type In Programs. Reviews include Alien 8 (Spectrum), Archon (Commodore 64), Castle Quest (BBC), Chaos (Spectrum), Everyone's A Wally (Spectrum), MS. Pac-Man (Spectrum), Pole Position (BBC, Spectrum), and many more.
Admittedly, I hadn't heard of Electronic Fun with Computers and Games, so the download of its first ever issue - which can be found here - is all the more intriguing. This rare first issue from November 1982 was scanned, edited, and compiled by Kitsune.
Content of EFwCaG issue 1 includes reviews of the Vectrex (and launch games), Atari 5200 (and games), Raiders of the Lost Ark (2600), The Empire Strikes Back (2600), Communist Mutants From Space (2600), Megamania (2600), Microsurgeon (Intellivision), Omega Race (Vic-20), Jupiter Lander (Vic-20), and more.
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------------------------ Retroaction issue 2 out now
Retroaction issue two, along with a full rundown of contents, is now available at http://www.retroactionmagazine.com/magazine. The usual formats include PDF, or ZIP (the ZIP format, besides being 1mb smaller, contains the same PDF with no underscores as spaces in the filename). The ISSUU version - which allows viewing of the magazine online - will also follow soon. Do let us know what you think of the issue. Happy reading.