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Thorin sits down and starts singing about gold
Read more: Thorin sits down and starts singing about goldI really, really want to get into text adventures. Really. I have briefly fumbled about with one or two. Tried things, got misunderstood, started typing in swear words. A bit like most of my relationships. I played a little Hobbit on the ZX Spectrum, I played a bit of Ooze on the ST. I got…
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I will Bolo him, Bolo him wherever he may go
Read more: I will Bolo him, Bolo him wherever he may goBolo’s a strange one. Ostensibly, it’s a Breakout clone. But it’s so much more than that. It’s more even than just an Arkanoid clone. In fact, it blows Taito’s iconic ball-and-bat-em-up out of the water entirely. You’d be Batty not to try it. Published by Application Systems Heidelberg and developed by Meinolf Schneider to be…
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No scrolling, please, we’re British
Read more: No scrolling, please, we’re BritishHere are some of my absolute favourite arcade conversions on the Atari ST: Notice anything? I mean, apart from my undeniably good taste… Yes, that’s right! All of these games are single screen games that involve absolutely no scrolling whatsoever. The ST is a notoriously stubborn beast when it comes to corralling it to scroll…
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Games with keyboard controls
Read more: Games with keyboard controlsI had a little chinwag with subscriber Isaac this week. A conversation into which he dropped this little nugget after I bemoaned games that require you to take your hands off your joystick to give your space bar a reacharound: It turns out, there are people out there who miss the glory 8-bit days of…
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Last Duel
Read more: Last DuelDo you promise it’s the last? Only, I have places to be… The thing about Last Duel is that it is not LED Storm. That’s a fact that somehow managed to slip my attention until about 10 minutes before recording my most recent video. The other thing about Last Duel is that it is yet…
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Top 10 Atari ST Hidden Gems
Read more: Top 10 Atari ST Hidden GemsA gem cannot be polished without friction
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Capcom Atari ST Conversions
Read more: Capcom Atari ST ConversionsGiants of the video games industry
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