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Retro Self-Discipline Methods – How People Stayed Focused Before Productivity Apps
Today, people have so many ways to stay disciplined. They have time-management apps and self-exclusion programs. They also use parental controls (even outside of the parent-child scenario) to restrict access to content they find distracting. However, how did people focus in the past? Sure, there were fewer distractions. Smartphones weren’t around, there was no internet,…
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Anguish – Amiga classic *Agony* by Psygnosis is getting an unofficial spiritual sequel by Lionagony (+Demo)
In 1992, Psygnosis with development by Art & Magic, released the gorgeous owl flying shoot em up of AGONY, for the Amiga system. It was a very impressive game for its time using features such as scales of colors done with raster lines, halfbrite graphics mode for the between-level pictures, three layers of parallax scrolling…
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C64 Game Maker – A tool that allows you to generate C++ source code for simple video games
We’ve featured many game engine updates throughout the years, from the C64 with SEUCK, to a constant array of updates for the Amiga with either Backbone, Redpill or our personal favorite from Earok called The Scorpion Engine. Well here we are with another game engine news story, as thanks to a good friend of ours…
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Shipwrecked – Take on the role of a crew commander leading eight astronauts on a mission to Mars (C64)
Another cool game has appeared in my inbox, as I’m pleased to tell you that the same creator of the awesome Commodore 64 game of Battle for Cronos, Deathflood Dungeon of Doom, and devolution has made available the Commodore 64 game of ‘Shipwrecked’ via the ka-plus.pl website. A game in which you take on the…
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The First Ever Stern Pinball Factory Tour Video?
Earlier today I thought to myself, I wonder what would happen if I scrolled back to Stern Pinball’s first Facebook post. Yes, these are the sorts of things that go through my mind lol. So I figured out to go back in time…all the way back to September 22, 2009. The first post Stern…
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Burger Time – An Arcade like conversion for the Commodore Amiga 500 by JOTD
Some more Amiga news for you all, as we’ve just been given the heads up, that JOTD who was behind great conversions such as Moon Patrol, Donkey Kong, Super Bagman, Galaxian500, Pooyan, Super Xevious, and the upcoming Bad Dudes vs DragonNinja, has now turned his attention to the 1982 game of Burger Time. A new Amiga…
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8 Brutally Difficult Games That Crushed Our Souls (And Our Controllers)
From rage quits to broken buttons, these games tested our skills and our will to live. These are the most difficult games. Read More From: N4G: retro news feed
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Game that Almost Was…Pee-wee’s Pinball Adventure
Here’s an interesting, albeit short story. OK, use of the word “almost” in the title is kind of a stretch, but it was discussed. According to a recent post by renowned pinball artist Christopher Franchi, prior to him becoming an exclusive artist for Spooky Pinball he tried to get American Pinball to build a pinball…
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Hostias Como Panes – A cool little Beat ’em up for the Amstrad CPC by 21bloques
There is something to be said about beat ’em ups, they are extremely popular! They can be found at the arcades, on your consoles or even on your home PC. So without further ado, here’s another beat ’em up that was recently released and worth a play. It’s Hostias Como Panes for the Amstrad CPC…
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8 Video Games That Are Just as Entertaining to Watch as They Are to Play
For those times when youd rather watch than play these games are as binge-worthy as your favourite Netflix series. Read More From: N4G: retro news feed
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