Another great board game conversion! One thing I found quite unusable was the initial menu. There were no text rollovers or anything for the menu items. I took the spanner and hammer combination to be “setup” and I was right, I could choose which card deck to use and configure the sound. The one with [...]
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Iron Lord
First, a big thanks to Oyn who found this game for me. I was looking for it for many years. I used to play this game at Intermediate school on the class computer, because we were there earlier than school started. After all these years I could only remember a game set in the middle [...]
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Battle Chess
If you haven’t heard of or played Battle Chess before then I don’t know what rock you’ve been living under. This game is one of the most well-known classic games of all time. The highlight of this game is when you play in “3D” mode, you get to witness actual battles between the pieces. I [...]
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Cartooners
This is another one of my bought ‘games’. Its not really a game, its more of an educational application. In Cartooners its all about making cartoons. There are no real game elements in this application, its just letting your creativity flow. When you start Cartooners, you get into the main menu where you can choose [...]
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Posted in 1989, Educational
Magic Maycabs
Magic Maycabs is an absolutely wonderful game. Did I say wonderful? I meant difficult! It sure takes me back to when I was about 15 and I played it for the first time. It reminded me a lot of Jumpman, Lode Runner and other little platforms out at that time. I loved Jumpman (it’s one [...]
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Ferngully: The Last Rainforest Coloring Book
You may be wondering how this manages to be a game, or an abandonware game. Well, it is! And it’s actually fun. I have been playing it while watching a movie on television. Finding different colours to fill in the pictures the best way. The plot, well, there is no plot. But the idea is [...]
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Posted in 1992
World Class Leader Board
Aah Golf .. Whats more fun than being outside slamming your ball with a stick ? Being inside slamming your ball with a stick! This game brings back so many memories of playing on my uncles computer, XT, Hercules Monochrome, Amber colored screen. Aah memories .. Before we’re getting into nostalgia, lets talk about this [...]
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Lotus – The Ultimate Challenge For PC
The third incarnation in the Lotus series, but this one was the first appearing on the PC platform. The first two episodes where available on Commodore Amiga and a various of other platforms. This game is really one of the ultimate racing games on the PC. I remembered playing it on my friends Amiga 500, [...]
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