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Dan Dare

StuC — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:00:50 +0000

Dan dare the original Super Hero was being featured on the Earth Broadcasting Corporation “This is you Life” programme. The invited guests who spoke glowingly of Dan’s achievements, his bravery and compassion, included . . .

His faithfull friend Digby who had shared so many of Dan’s adventures, Professor Peabody, Space Fleet Commander Sir Hubert Guest, Sondor the Venusian ambassador along with his equivalent from every planet in the known universe.

It seemed the whole world had turned out to honour Dan. Dan Dare, embarrased but deeply moved by these accolades, stepped forward to speak, suddenly the picture on every vid screen in the solar system changed into a series of horizontal lines, slowly clearing to reveal none other than the evil green face of the Mekon.

The Mekon proceeded to tell of his dastardly plan to propel a hollowed out asteroid the size of a minor planet on a collision course with Earth . If the powers that be did not give into his terms Earth would be eliminated.

If they agreed the asteroid would be harmlessly detonated, Earth would be safe and the Mekon would take over as commander of the universe.They could not give in to the Mekon’s threats but what was the alternative?

In the studio the assembled gathering turned their gaze to one man, Colonel Dan Dare knew what he had to do.

To run Dan Dare in a window -
create a shortcut and add /W at the end of ” target”.

Widescreen users:- By default ascpect is left square.

To use a streeeetch screen create a shortcut and add /STRETCH at the end of ” target”.

Nameless

StuC — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 08:00:15 +0000

A remake in the spirit of the classic game Exile. An all new game world and physics based challenges.

Total Eclipse

StuC — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:30:43 +0000

Content to add.

Driller

StuC — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 08:30:34 +0000

Content to add.

Cholo

Andy H — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 08:00:25 +0000

The surface of Cholo smolders and glows, no oceans, no trees, no life… only post nuclear fallout and instant sun tan. The days pass slowly in the confines of the bunkers and shelters beneath Cholos ravaged surface.

About

You pass away your pointless life, working at a terminal and listening to the committee reports from Cholo topside. One piece of software is very popular : “RAT” a computer game guiding robots and roving eyes in and around a shattered city, a city similar to the ones that scatter the surface – maybe too similar.

Could you really be in contact with topside? and if so where is the lethal radiation which is reported in the official committee bulletins?

The original

The original game had stark wireframe which by today’s standards is very poor. However the game sucked you in and at the time this was the cutting edge of 3D games. There were versions for the BBC, Amstrad, C64 and Spectrum and all were almost identical with only speed and colour differentiating them.

The remake

In remaking CHOLO we have decided to make a number of improvements. The original has a very simple 3D wireframe view, this will be improved immensely for starters (see screenshots of our early 3D view). But also the gameplay, with more hacks, programs and the ability to enter more or less every building.

The visual design is very specific. We are trying to create the view through the eyes of a robot, hence the colours, textures and TRON-like style. Even video feedback and distortion! So far our trials are giving good results. The screenshots to the right on my lowly Radeon 8500 are giving an average of 80 frames per second updates, and we now have a fair few triangles in the 3D world.

Imogen

Andy H — Tue, 23 Dec 2003 16:00:22 +0000

A classic BBC Micro puzzle game. Cartoon humour and fiendish puzzles. Guide your wizard around the many rooms, using your powers to transport into a monkey and cat to help you along the way. A comedy in game form!

Instructions

IMOGEN is an animated adventure game in sixteen sections containing a number of puzzles based on a particular theme (usually comic and funny). It is not possible to be killed off although the number of times you can change character has been limited. The number of permitted changes is given at the top-right of the screen.

The goal of the game is to solve the puzzle on each level and collect the spell fragment. When you have all sixteen, you can complete the game.

Full details on the Imogen website.

Sacred Armour of Antiriad

StuC — Thu, 14 Aug 2003 16:01:55 +0000

One of our entries for first Retro Remakes games competition. An epic game from the classic Commodore 64.

Instructions

You are Tal, the last hope for mankind’s successors in a post-apocalyptic world which has been destroyed by the invasion of a hostile alien race. The legendary sacred armour of Antiriad, an advanced anti-radiation suit, is the only weapon available to overthrow them. You have to find the suit and its components that are strewn about the landscape and then to use it to free your people.

This is a popular game from the 8-bit computers, and we feel we have done a faithful remake. However, it is not an easy game and exploration and learning is essential. If you are stuck, do a search on Google for Antiriad and you will find plenty of maps and solutions. If you are really stuck, try our getting started video 2Mb (Windows Media file)

Remake Details

So many rave reviews about this one – we just had to attempt a remake of it. The main code has taken a little over a week to complete. The graphics elements of the game will be recreated in a hybrid style of spectrum/c64 and Amstrad – all in glorious 32 bit colour.

Each 8 bit version has its own merrits – each of which will be recreated into an “easier” game than its original.

Now completed I can also tell you that we improved the gameplay slightly by allowing TAL (when not in his suit) to throw his little rock with a varying throwing arc. This is accomplished by pressing up/down whilst holding the fire button.

We sprused up the sfx by having the suit announce its status rather than just having it scroll across the status bar.

Game Background

Original game publisher : Palace Software (UK) 1986

The Burps

StuC — Fri, 01 Jan 1993 09:00:25 +0000

Atic Atac with Sheep! A classic Spectrum game originally remade for MS-DOS. Chose one of three hero’s in this massive quest.

Instructions

A remake of a classic Spectrum game called Atic-Atac.
We took the principle of the game but changed the graphics and the Map Design to make THE BURPS. You can read a review here.

Its an older game of ours – which is designed for DOS systems. Yea, its that old! Its been tested in Windows 98/ME/XP and found to still work -seems the sound routines I used back in those days dont like the windows environment.

The object of the game is to collect the correct three parts of the treasure key using one of three characters. Each character can access its own secret passage ways.

RAYMOND can access the Clocks
WALTER can access the Bookcases
FLOSSY can access the Casks

You can only carry 3 objects at any one time.

Collect the correct coloured keys to open the doors to further your quest.

The three parts of the key must be placed in your inventory in the correct order. Once completed find the treasure room and unlock the door.

Choose your hero, each with its own weapon and access to their own secret doors to aid you in your quest.

Use the cursor keys or the joystick to move

TAB / Button 1 – Pick object up

Q / Button 2 – Fire Weapon

P – Pause

ESC – Quit game

Ovine by Design » Adventure

Dan Dare

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Total Eclipse

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Driller

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Cholo

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Imogen

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Sacred Armour of Antiriad

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Remake Details

Game Background

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The Burps

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