I checked out this game because I know Erik the viking from the movie directed by Terry Jones and thought that it would be based on that. However after playing it I found out that it’s a text adventure based on the book by Terry Jones which I never read and the game isn’t anything […]
The games series created by epyx were very popular in its days and it spawned several different games. Winter games was the first in the series that revolved around the winter olympics but it has the classic formula with each player selecting a country and then competing in several events. There are seven events in […]
Midwinter is a game that is grand in scope and it has you controlling a man called Captain Stark. Your mission is to destroy the headquarters of General Masters who has taken control over midwinter island. You have to get around the snowy country gathering allies for your cause. There are plenty of ways to […]
Cinemaware made some pretty good games when they were around starting twenty years ago in the mid 80’s like defender of the crown and rocket ranger. All of them were very movielike in the way they played as it had lots of cinematic intermissions which was pretty unique in those days. Lords of the rising […]
Xenomorph is an RPG that uses an engine similar to that of dungeon master and it shows your surroundings in the main screen with the rest of the screen taken up by your character and arrows for moving. The story shows your space ship making an emergency landing near a mine but once you arrive […]
Original RPG’s were usually not very graphic and it wasn’t until dungeon master that you could easily move and interact with items using your mouse. Eye of the beholder was released shortly after that and it improved the graphics as well as incorperating the wellknown AD&D rulebook and it was a smash hit so a […]
You can’t write a review of a puzzle game without mentioning Tetris, that ultimately simple yet incredible addictive puzzle game. Klax was Atari’s attempt at taking the crown from tetris as the ultimate puzzle game and it does put up a good effort but not enough to blow it away. Klax is a variation on […]
It is the 1930’s and you are a private eye called Sam Harlow. One day you’re sitting behind your desk resting a bit when you get an anonymous call telling you that ‘they want you dead’. Immediately after they hang up you see a shadow of a man darkening the window and it’s obvious that […]
The first legend of Kyrandia put you in the shoes of Brandon who was to be king. This time Kyrandia itself is dissapearing piece by piece and Zanthia, a young sorceress, is chosen to get the anchor from the center of the world to stop it from happening. Things aren’t exactly what they seem as […]
I came across this game during my regular searches through my library of old games. Battle for Atlantis is a sidescrolling shooter and in the trend of those times it has a backstory despite it’s completely action based gameplay. It is the year 20xx and earth is invaded by aliens who were the original inhabitants […]
