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The Amazing Adventures of Rumble
Posted by Andy H in Arcade / Action on Tuesday 8th June 2010 | No Comments
Rumble, or to give its full title, The Amazing Adventures of Rumble, was one of the few games I got around to completing many years ago on my Atari ST. Essentially it is a Boulder Dash clone with some new twists and an optional two player co-op mode where you play split screen.
This version has original...
Armalyte
Posted by StuC in Arcade / Action on Tuesday 5th January 2010 | 2 Comments
Our first commercial outage is in the form of a remake of the classic c64 horizontal shooter called Armalyte. Its taken over 10 months of work to finish but its been worth the effort.
Smila has done an excellent job at mapping the enemy pattens and his graphics are from what we expect from him. The...
Ultimate Bruce Lee
Posted by StuC in Arcade / Action, Featured Games, Platform on Friday 2nd January 2009 | 25 Comments
An opulent, mysterious, and perilous fortress is the setting as Bruce Lee seeks to claim infinite wealth and the secret of immortality from the wizard who dwells within.
You begin your search for the wizard at the entrance to his fortress. This chamber, and each chamber here, is sealed off from the...
Whack-a-Mole
Keep an eye out for those pesky moles. As soon as they pop their heads up use your mallet to make them go back into the ground.
Watch out for those RED moles, they will make you loose a life!
ARCADE
Race against the clock to hit as many moles as you can.
RED moles will reduce your time where as hitting...
Hunters Moon
Each level takes place in a void with two dimensional cities appearing as they are being built by “worker cells”. The worker cells are indestructible but the bricks dropped by them can be temporarily destroyed using the ship’s weapon.
The goal of the game is to collect enough star cells...
Mouth Trap
Originally created for the Atari ST using the STOS game programming language, Mouth Trap was a winning competition entry by Darren Ithell and was included on the Games Galore pack featuring the STOS Squasher. This was a game that stood out amongst the other games on offer because it had an immediate...
Quantasm
Battle your way through 100 levels of neon madness. Use multipliers and bonus’s to give you super scores.
Upload your scores to the online scoreboard and be the best.
Controls
Use your mouse to choose the direction of the shot, press
the left mouse button to shoot.
Press the RIGHT mouse button...
Nameless
Posted by StuC in Adventure, Arcade / Action, Featured Games on Friday 2nd November 2007 | 2 Comments
A remake in the spirit of the classic game Exile. An all new game world and physics based challenges.
Total Eclipse
Posted by StuC in Adventure, Arcade / Action, Featured Games on Tuesday 2nd October 2007 | 12 Comments
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The New Breed
Posted by Andy H in Arcade / Action on Friday 9th February 2007 | No Comments
Content to add. Quit it – from 2000 but with kiwi’s.
Driller
Posted by StuC in Adventure, Arcade / Action, Featured Games on Tuesday 2nd January 2007 | 3 Comments
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Paradroid
Posted by StuC in Arcade / Action on Sunday 2nd April 2006 | 5 Comments
The aim of the game is to clear all 20 levels of droids, by either taking control of each one, or destroying them. Gaining access to higher level droids allows you to inflict more damage (and sustain less).
Cholo
Posted by Andy H in Adventure, Arcade / Action, Featured Games on Sunday 6th November 2005 | 34 Comments
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...
Flossy Siege
Posted by Andy H in Arcade / Action on Saturday 30th April 2005 | No Comments
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Jarcadian
Posted by Andy H in Arcade / Action on Tuesday 22nd June 2004 | No Comments
Arcadia remake from the Commodore Vic20 8-bit computer. A fast and furious arcade shooter updated for Windows.
Instructions
Use the joysticks (two required for simultaneous two player mode) or the keyboard to control player 1 and 2. Shoot the oncoming waves of aliens, known as the Atarians. The key to...
Hamster Jam
HamsterJam is a Windows remake of an old game called Rockman. Rockman was released by Mastertronic in 1985 and gave Vic-20 owners a frantic treasure collecting, boulder dodging game, all within 3.5K of RAM. This is one of the few in our most favourite games list.
Rockman has similarities with games such...
Potato Dust
Posted by Andy H in Arcade / Action on Friday 3rd October 2003 | No Comments
A remake of the Stardust Windows remake of the Amiga original! Asteroids at it’s heart only with tin foil wrapped potatoes instead of steaming lumps of rock.
Instructions
Use the cursor keys to control the spaceship in much the same way as Asteroids. Hold the SHIFT key to fire.
Blast away at the...
.NET All Stars
Posted by Andy H in Arcade / Action on Sunday 17th August 2003 | No Comments
The super stars of .NET magazine are trying to escape with the deadline looming! A fun game made in a day, based upon the old catch the bomb type games found on many a Game and Watch.
Instructions
The Future Publishing magazine staff have an edition of .net to finish, but it’s a hot sunny day and...
Sacred Armour of Antiriad
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...
Terra Cognita
One of our entries for the first Retro Remakes game competition which came in at 10th place out of 83. Terra Cognita, a frantic action maze shooter from the Amstrad and C64, updated in glorious 3D!
Instructions
The game is shown on plan view with the landscape scrolling down or from third person. You...
Mole Attack
Posted by Andy H in Arcade / Action on Thursday 24th July 2003 | No Comments
In times of old, on the Commodore Vic20, where graphics were a luxury, one game turned the table on big and bold. Mole Attack is a big, brash computerised version of the game you see in the fun-fairs, where you whack plastic moles over the head with a hammer
Instructions
Press F1 to start a new game...
Sky Hawk
The city is under attack from enemy planes. Scramble into your Hawk aircraft and shoot down the waves of enemy planes. Defend the city! A classic game from the Commodore Vic 20 and Commodore 64.
Instructions
Control your Hawk aircraft with the arrow keys. At the beginning of the game your SkyHawk will...
Galaxy Defender
Posted by Andy H in Arcade / Action on Wednesday 6th November 2002 | No Comments
Space action shooter. A worm hole has opened leading a hoard of hostile aliens towards Earth! Fight drones, homers, death ships and formidable massive end of level bosses.
Instructions
Galaxy Defender was inspired by an old simple space shooter on the Commodore Vic20. It was simply a game where the player...
Meteor
Frantic action! Meteors are heading your way, millions of them! Litterally! You start off at a gentle pace, one meteor slowly falling to Earth. Shot bits of it away and shoot away all the debris that breaks away. Soon you will see more and more and more…
Instructions
Meteor is a fast paced, action...
Vital Splatt
Posted by Andy H in Arcade / Action on Thursday 9th November 2000 | No Comments
The classic Spectrum game given a new lease of life with all new levels. Guide a creepy crawly around the garden, eating as much as you go, but don’t get splatted by the moving walls!
Instructions
Splatt! is the classic Spectrum game where you control a creepy crawly, eating as much as you can...
Sheep Race
Posted by Andy H in Arcade / Action on Sunday 8th November 1998 | No Comments
Bet on sheep in this fun racing game! You have four to choose from in each race and a limited supply of money to burn. Choose the winning sheep and see your fortunes double!
Instructions
Sheep Racers, a remake of the old horse racing betting game. Like Bonzai but with sheep! At the start of each race,...
Rinso and the Tenticles of Doom
A remake of Octopus on the Game and Watch, converted in glorious cartoon fun! Take a diver down to retrieve the treasure but watch out for the Octopus’ tenticles.
Instructions
Rinso wants treasure…lots of it! There happens to be a great treasure chest deep below on the ocean floor which belongs...
The Burps
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...
Armalyte Released
** ARMALYTE OUT NOW! **
£4.99 download version
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