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¤ Wednesday 9th April 2008 ¤ Stu C
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Stu C ¤ Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Well with no Smila around cracking the whip (LOL) Im continuing at a nice pace on MYTH. Ive redone the jumping code to make it more smooth. IT was very mechanical before - now its using acelleration and gravity.
Done a few more sounds, the dragon especially is now fierce
Just goto do the inventory system then im tidying up levels 1-3 so they are completlable (tweaking the difficulty etc)No word from Andy yet - but im sure hes hard at it. Early night for me last night this hot weather poops me out..........
Stu C ¤ Monday 30th June 2008
Smila has taken off with his girlfriend to the lakes for a week, leaving me todo all the hard graft whilst hes away - LOL
Im going thru level 1 and 3 tidying up code and collisons etc. When hes back he'll be suggesting graphical changes here and there Im sure.
Andy is full time on the new web site design, so watch this space sometime soon.
Last weekend we spent buying our holiday accompanyments (is that a word ?) basically last minute things for our holidays - YEY sun, unlimted booze and food for a whole week.............
We must finish off testing of JSW 3.0, the forum has gone quiet
. Problem I have is that Im not a big fan of it (although I did enjoy coding it and all the new stuff in 3.0) so my enthusiasum level is quite low on it. None of the other 3 have been pushing for it so its kinda slided (basically I dont want to be the only one testing it - lets face it Im the only one that can fix it if its broken) Games news
Retro Remakes| Interface More coming soon... Retro Gamer About usAndy H and Stu C We have a passion for retro remakes / classic games and this site contains some of our favourite games of old that we have remade for Windows but also new and unique games. Go and discuss our games in the forums. |
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retro games to download and play
| The Nameless | Quantasm |
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| Can you unlock the secrets of Mars. A unique physics based adventure set on a hostile world. | Shoot em up Vectrex style.. |
| Driller | Cholo |
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| A FREESCAPE classic remade Try and mine all the gas from the platform to avoid disaster. |
Hacking robots, explore the city of Cholo in this 3D 'Tron' meets Max-Headroom styled game. |
| Total Eclipse | Terra Cognita |
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| FREESCAPE remake. Explore the Egyptian pyramid and stop the curse coming true. |
Terra Cognita - a fast action maze sci-fi shooter - says it all! |
| Imogen | HamsterJam |
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| Imogen - a platform adventure game with devilishly cartoon humour and puzzles. | Hamster fun in this Vic20 Rockman remake of boulders and rings. Also Hamster desktop pet for Windows. |
| Xor | Antiriad |
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| Xor - the ultimate maze challenge. |
Sacred Armour of Antiriad - a faithful remake of this classic Commodore 64 game. |
| Ovine Lander | .net all stars |
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| Lunar Lander classic mini game, more fun, big cave to explore. | The super stars of .NET magazine are trying to escape with the deadline looming! |
| Echo the Mouse | Rinso |
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| Help Echo collect as much cheese as he can in the time limit. An original cutesy platform game! | A remake of Octopus on the Game and Watch, converted in glorious cartoon fun! |
| Jarcadian | Life screensaver |
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| A remake of Arcadia by Imagine software, a great Vic20 shoot'em up remade! | Watch your own colonies of life forms with this screen saver based upon John Conways LIFE. |
| Sky Hawk | Splatt |
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| The city is under attack from enemy planes. Defend the city! | The classic Spectrum game given a new lease of life with all new levels. |
| Galaxy Defender | Sheep Racers |
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| Space action shooter. A worm hole has opened leading a hoard of hostile aliens towards Earth! | Bet on sheep in this fun racing game! |
| PotatoDust | Meteor |
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| Asteroids like remake only with giant tin-foil wrapped potatoes. | Frantic action! Meteors are heading your way, millions of them! |
| The Burps | JetMan |
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| Atic Atac with Sheep! A classic Spectrum game originally remade for MS-DOS. | Build your rocket and refuel it while holding off the alien nasties that want to take a bite out of you. |
| Mole Attack | More... |
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| Frantic mole bashing mayhem in this Vic20 bonk a mole with a hammer game. | We have more games for you to enjoy... |
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