Sep
17th

L’Abbaye des Morts

In the 13th century, the Cathars, who preach about good Christian beliefs, were being expelled by the Catholic Church out of the Languedoc region in France.
One of them, called Jean Raymond, found an old church in which to hide, not knowing that beneath its ruins lay buried an ancient evil.

A style close to Spectrum ZX, with its dark background and bright colors, proper fit with the story, because it does look old and somewhat horrifying. Also, the gameplay is direclty inspired by Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy.

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Sep
11th

Broken Sword 2.5 Multilanguage

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UPDATE:The game officially supported languages are now: English, German, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Croatian, Portuguese and Russian. If you patch the game, savegames are not compatible. English dialogue are being worked and will be released in a near future.. keep an eye for that version on the author site.
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Sep
5th

Videogames years later..

Many of the top games around now are pretty beasts made by teams of hundreds of people.. when you see back in the prehistoric age you can see clearly that most of the developers today have been gamers, and all the games they played inspired their work, in some cases but for other reason the games are exactly the same in a 3d engine.. i hope you will find this reading and watching the following videos interesting and fun as much as i find it while writing this..

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Sep
2nd

Warlock Bentspine

It is the year 2042 AD. The world has gone down the pooper and now, Stinker City, one of the last few cities still standing is about to crumble in the hands of the Jihad Gang, a group of four super criminals set loose upon the city. You are Jacob Bentspine, better known as Warlock, the guardian of Stinker City. It’s your job to hunt down and apprehend these criminals.

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Aug
25th

Marble Frenzy

This is a twist on the classic Puzzle Bobble gameplay.

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Jul
30th

Ronald Jenkees

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This sound is exactly the sound of a Commodore Amiga…

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Jul
29th

STREEMERZ

A nice game inspired by the classic Bionic Commando in a Nes flavour graphic style.

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Jul
16th

The Silver Lining Episode 1

It’s a tribute fit for a king. After eight years of volunteer effort, Phoenix Online Studios’ long-awaited fan game The Silver Lining can be enjoyed by the venerable King’s Quest series’ millions of fans around the world. The first of five PC game episodes, “What Is Decreed Must Be,” is now available for free download. Additional installments are planned to release throughout 2010.

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Jul
11th

Swarm Racer

Swarm Racer is a different kind of racing game. Instead of controlling a single vehicle, take control of a whole swarm of bees and fly around the track while strategically shifting your swarm into different formations. Featuring funky chip music and plasmatronic backgrounds, Swarm Racer is nothing but pure retro gaming goodness!

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Jul
6th

JED

‘Jed’ is a retro platformer, with big pixels and a world flipping twist. Bounce and dodge your way past evil machinery. Try to save all 50 baby robots, and reach the exit in record time. Fly, slide and hop your way through 10 blocky levels.

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