Retro games, abandonware, freeware and classic games for PC and Mac
Author: GN Team - Published: 22 February 2021, 10:13 pm
Bombuzal is a cute puzzler released by Image Works in 1988 for the Amiga, Commodore 64, Atari ST. Later it was ported to MS-DOS, SNES, and other platforms. The Amiga version was distributed as a cover disk of the Amiga Power magazine.
The game, that in the US was know with the title "Ka-Blooey", was designed by Antony Crowther (Captive, Knightmare) and David Perry (Disney's Aladdin). The goal is to clean all the 130 levels from the bombs by exploding them. To activate the bombs, our friend Bombuzal must walk on them and use the fire button of the joystick. The problem is, as soon as he moves to go away, the bombs detonate. Sounds dangerous, right? As a matter of fact, only the smallest can be activated safely. The other ones must be eliminated, using chain reactions. In some cases, the chain reaction must be created with some well-plotted movements. This is possible because some of the bombs, the ones placed on rails, can be relocated. To make things more complex, there are also "dissolved" tiles, that disappear once you walk on them (so you can use them only once), "iced" tiles, where you cannot stop, and so on.
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Author: Gustavo - Published: 21 February 2021, 4:04 pm
NARC is an arcade created by Williams Electronics in 1988. It was converted to several home platforms, including Amiga, Atari ST, and Commodore 64, in 1990 by Ocean. It supports a two-player mode.
There is no doubt that playing games with tremendous stories, extensive lore, and impeccable scripts are an indescribable experience. Many games like Final Fantasy, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, or The Elder Scrolls: Arena have such memorable stories that will forever stay in our memories. But let's be honest, as much as we love those games, the cruel truth is that they're exhausting. This is where other titles like NARC come in, which do the dirty work. As much as we can't remember the protagonists' names, the frantic and unjustifiably violent gameplay is all we're looking for, and today we're going to revisit it. Enjoy the ride; it's going to be a violent one.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 20 February 2021, 9:26 pm
Bomb Jack Beer Edition is a Bomb Jack clone created for the Amiga by Graeme Cowie (Mcgeezer) and released in the public domain in 2018.
Unlike the official Amiga port, this edition uses the Bomb Jack coin-op graphics, so the result is a game that is 100% faithful to the original title. The screen ratio is also different from the other computer ports because the arcade uses a vertical screen, which has been replicated here.
This Beer Edition was programmed entirely from scratch in Amiga Assembler, so it's incredibly smooth and uses all the possible features of the Amiga unexpanded hardware. Yes, it runs perfectly on standard Amiga 500s. A normal OCS Amiga can offer an arcade experience if programmed correctly. Great music and sound effects, created by Simone Bernacchia, with a mix of new tracks and others inspired by the original arcade or other fan-made clones.
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Author: Gustavo - Published: 20 February 2021, 1:03 pm
Toki is a platformer arcade created by TAD Corporation and originally released in 1989. Two years later, it was ported to several home computer platforms.
I'm not going to lie. Until recently, I had never played Toki. When I started it for the first time a few days ago, I didn't expect much from it; only the graphics had caught my attention. Today I want to go back a week and slap myself in the face saying, "how dare you distrust this game." That was my experience with Toki, I beat it in one day and enjoyed every second of it, and now I'm going to tell you why.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 17 February 2021, 5:29 pm
Tiny Bobble is a modern conversion for Amiga of the famous coin-op Bubble Bobble. The fantastic work, made by Bartman and Pink of the demo scene group called "Abyss," started in 2018. It was completed in 2020 with the release of Tiny Bobble version 1.0 in the public domain.
The authors' goal was to improve the original Amiga conversion of the arcade Bubble Bobble, made by Software Creations in 1989. In reality, the original conversion was not so bad. Still, it suffered from a bad practice that was common at that time: develop the games simultaneously for Atari ST and Amiga (or develop for ST and then port to Amiga). This means many games, including this port of Bubble, were not using all the Amiga hardware's potential.
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Author: GN Team - Published: 15 February 2021, 5:39 pm
Dragon Breed is a fantasy arcade created by Imren in 1989 and converted to several home computers, including ZX Spectrum, C64, Atari ST, and Amiga.
In this horizontal scrolling shoot-em-up, you are King Kayus, riding a giant dragon named Bahamoot. Armed with your crossbow and, most importantly, the powers of Bahamoot, you have to defeat the King of Darkness, Zambaquou. You can collect power-ups to unlock the dragon's special attacks, such as fireballs, flames, electricity, and more.
GamesNostalgia has packed for you the Amiga version, released in 1990. Arc Developments made the porting, and it's considered the best conversion of Dragon Breed. According to some players, it should also be listed amongst the best shooters available for the Amiga. Great animations, especially regarding the dragon, and intense in-game music.
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