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Author: Tasha - Published: 10 October 2017, 8:43 pm
Wizardry: Crusaders of the Dark Savant is the seventh chapter in the fantasy RPG series Wizardry. It was developed and published by Sir-Tech in 1992 for MS-DOS. In 1996, a remake was published under the title Wizardry Gold for Windows and Macintosh. If you want this Gold version, follow the link below.
The story ties directly to the previous installment, Wizardry: Bane of the Cosmic Forge. Picking up where that story left off, you are now chasing after the creatures that stole the Cosmic Forge from your grasp. Certain things in the story differ depending on your choices in the previous game, such as whether you should choose to import your party. In keeping with the earlier games, Crusaders of the Dark Savant retains the races, classes, turn-based combat, and magic schools. There are also familiar skills, as well as a few new ones.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 7 October 2017, 12:59 am
The Activision Decathlon, or simply Decathlon, is a sports simulation created by David Crane initially for the Atari 2600 and published in 1983. It was then ported to MSX, Colecovision, Atari 5200, and Commodore 64.
You can compete in several events: 100 meters, Long jump, Shot put, High jump, 400 meters, 110 m hurdles, Discus throw, Pole vault, Javelin throw, and 1500 meters. David Crane could put all ten sports in the limited capacity of the 8-bit machines.
Decathlon was very popular in the 80s, also thanks to Konami's arcade Track & Field, which was released the same year. Although the graphics of the arcade is better, the two games look pretty similar.
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Author: Tasha - Published: 5 October 2017, 1:11 am
Virus 2000 (a.k.a. V2000) is the remake/sequel to the 1987 David Braben game, Zarch (later Virus). It was developed by Frontier Developments and published by Grolier Interactive in 1998 for PlayStation and Windows.
If you don't remember, David Braben is the author of Elite and Frontier: Elite II.
Like its predecessor, in Virus 2000, you are a fighter pilot on a mission to stop aliens from spreading a virus.
Your goal is to fly around and destroy the virus-spreading aliens while rescuing civilians who can build your weapons. Each world has lots of shooting and hidden tidbits to discover. You can unlock new ships by earning trophies for saving worlds.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 3 October 2017, 12:34 am
Pitfall!, also known as Pitfall Harry's Jungle Adventure, is a legendary platformer designed and programmed by David Crane. It was released in 1982 for the Atari 2600.
In this game you are Pitfall Harry, a hero vaguely inspired to "Indiana Jones", that will have to explore a jungle in search for treasures. He will have to avoid several obstacles and hazards, including rolling logs, quicksand, pits (of course) and dangerous animals like scorpions and crocodiles. With the limited hardware of Atari 2600 David Crane made a sort of miracle to able to show multi-colored sprites and fluid animations, as well as 256 levels on 4K of RAM.
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Author: Tasha - Published: 29 September 2017, 10:09 am
Prophecy: Viking Child (aka Prophecy I: The Viking Child) is a fantasy platform game developed by Imagitec Design. It was published by GameTek in 1990, initially for the Amiga and Atari ST. It was ported to a few other platforms within the following two years.
Playing as Brian (the Viking child himself), you go off on an errand to retrieve some herbs, but when you return home, it’s destroyed. Odin comes to you to tell you that you must defeat Loki to get your loved ones back who are floating around in Valhalla. Brian has a perpetual smile on his face as he jumps and shivs every enemy in his path using his dagger. There are several shops to discover where Brian can purchase items to help him on his quest. Coins to spend in the shops can be found in multiple places worldwide.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 26 September 2017, 1:16 am
Gloom is famous for being the first Doom clone to be released for the Amiga. It was developed by Black Magic and released by Guildhall in 1995 for Amiga with AGA chipset.
Despite the look and feel, the game is more a shoot'em up than a full 1st person shooter. Gloom didn't reach the complexity of the game it was trying to copy. Despite this, the developers could create a fun and memorable game, fast enough on an A1200 that you can also play in co-op with a friend. Not exactly Doom, but something enjoyable on the Amiga. The SFX are taken from the movie Alien and they are the base of a fun mini-game. The action, the atmosphere, the music all contribute to a nice experience.
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