#0.2 From The Archive

22nd October 2023

Lovely one, this. Dialer.com is a virtual BBS recreating the experience of rummaging out games and stuff on them. You’ll need DOSBox to run it – or a machine with DOS, natch – but it’s worth the effort. (Itch)

Lots of remake action on a Pico-8 tip these here days, here’s Ian Gray’s “cram all the nods to other games in” platformer China Miner getting a nice rework (if still a wee bit on the “just because it rhymes with miner doesn’t mean you should…” side). (Itch)

The walls are closing in with super pretty top down shooter DE-LIMITED. Neon walls at that. (Itch)

Hermano from The Pat Morita Team is a smart little Gameboy platformer. (Itch)

Rogue Declan for the Amiga has just got a hefty update. Some fine twinstick dungeoneering. I’m a fan. (Link)

Everyone’s played Moonring by now, right? Free, gorgeous, Ultima-like (Steam) (Eurogamer piece)

Andrew Braybrook continues writing a retrospective of his career and a devlog for a new game. Always happy to see old hands getting stuck in. (Website)

Dudley Of Yesterzine looks at the final PC Gamer UK Coverdisk. Myself and chums had a lot of stuff on coverdisks in the mid 2000s and the folks compiling them gave more of a toss than you’d expect. Fond memories. (YouTube)

I could hardly not mention Cyber_Serpent, Snake/Blockade reimagined as a twin stick shooter. Yes. (Itch)

Same goes for Squid Shot. Squid with a gun! Lovely art too. (Itch)

Mentioned in #2, the great Bombjack-esque Jack Dragon is now out on Steam to buy. (Steam)

Tempest! For the 3DO. More than a hint of T2k, as is right and just. (GitHub) (YouTube)

Not sure how I missed Time Extension doing a news on Amp, an in progress heavily Rez-inspired rail shooter. I’m slacking. (Time Extension) (Steam)

26th October 2023

There’s a few days left on the Itch Halloween sale and so much good stuff in there. (Itch)

100 BASIC games converted to run on your PC. Doing the Lord’s work with this one. (Itch)

A weekend project and a nice one at that, Hyperbeam Brawl has some top down shape shooting action for you. (Itch)

Spacerace looks the business. Stylish monitorcore* Zero-G racing. (Steam)

Blast Arena for the Master System looks phenomenal. Some lovely colour work. (Twitter)

Nita is a very pretty platformer for the CPC. (Itch)

Back to the PC! Liberation filters I don’t know how much (more) UK science fiction into an Elite shaped hole. Top chonky pixel style too. (Steam)

I have a real soft spot for simple Space Invaders style games, put an octopus in and you’ve got me. Octattack got me. (Itch)

Endlight is amazing. Wild demoscene-esque smashing and crashing. A glorious eyeful. (Steam)

Find body parts in Friend Without A Face. B Movie Bitsy! (Itch)

Hauntsfield is a lovely micro-RPG for the Gameboy (also playable in your browser). Good stuff for the spoopy season. (Itch)

Armoured Arachnid, a work in progress arena shooter I’ll be keeping a beady eye on. (Itch)

Late to the party but I’ve just got round to playing El Paso, Elsewhere and yeah, that’ll do. (Itch)

One of my life goals is to get everyone to play Juno First, here’s another Rob discovering it. (YouTube)

From the vaults, Binary Zoo’s 1982 is still a cracking shooter. It’s proper free too. (Steam)

*if everyone else is naming aesthetics in 2023…