As somebody who grew up in the golden age of adventure games, most of my childhood was spent playing LucasArt’s Monkey Island games, the Discworld games and a few other noteworthy entries in the genre. For better or worse, Thimbleweed Park feels like it belongs in that era. Thimbleweed ...
Seven days to complete as many games as quickly as possible. That was the aim a community of “speedunners” undertook in Speed Demos Archive’s Awesome Games Done Quick 2014, concluding yesterday morning with Chrono Trigger. In the process they’ve received over 27,000 donations totaling US$1,012,528 (above SG$1.2 million and ...
We’ve all heard of Atari’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, often cited as a factor for the industry’s near-fatal collapse in 1983. We also know that videogames are a unique medium, one that’s easily misunderstood. Was E.T. as bad as everyone made it out to be? Thanks to the Internet Archive, ...
Now this isn’t an official product by any means, but that doesn’t mean it’s not fun. A Spanish comic artist has taken the time to craft this little gem using Arcade Game Studio, and it even includes 8-bit covers of the “Game of Thrones” and “Rains of Castamere” themes. ...
Cubetractor is a tower attack and puzzle game by Singaporean developers Ludochip, built in the same vein as the Legend of Zelda and Battle City games of yore.
Be prepared to revisit your childhoods when the NeoGeo X Gold handheld releases worldwide this December 6.