http://www.retroremakes.com/wordpress Classic Gaming For The Next Generation Tue, 13 May 2008 20:12:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Subtle, it must be said, is NOT a word that springs to mind when describing Oddbob. Neither are quiet, sane, Southern or, thankfully, idle. For inbetwixt the fiddling and the rearranging of the site and forums, administering of various threads, keeping a healthy chat-room presence and having a life outside of ... http://www.retroremakes.com/wordpress/2008/05/13/war-twat/ Gah! I'd forget my own brain if it wasn't screwed into place, I was meant to post this earlier in the week and wandered off bemused as usual. Ah well... as per the title, this is the soundtrack release of Infamous' work for the nice chaps at Ovine By Design. The ... http://www.retroremakes.com/wordpress/2008/05/10/infamousovine-soundtrack/ I still find it quite odd to note that to date we've still not seen a decent remake of the seminal (if you're me) Durell classic Harrier Attack. To be truthful, it's a bit of a mystery as to why - the original game was hardly a complex beast and ... http://www.retroremakes.com/wordpress/2008/05/10/harrier-attack-the-second-sortie/ STOP. Prequel time! Yes, I was so busy newsing Nicky II that I didn't notice that the same team have just released Nicky Boom too, almost simultaneously. Doh! Well I'm making amends now with a news post for this game too. The player controls 'Nicky', a little boy who embarks on ... http://www.retroremakes.com/wordpress/2008/05/09/nicky-boom-psp/ Boom boom boom, now let me hear you say wayoh... I say boom boom boom, now everybody say wayoh... etc. *cough* Here is a new port of the Amiga platform game Nicky Boom II for the PSP. The sequel to Nicky Boom; this time Nicky must find out who has been ... http://www.retroremakes.com/wordpress/2008/05/09/nicky-boom-ii-psp/ It's time to dust of your Atari ST, or if you can be arsed to do that then get your emulators out for the lads, because here is a "remake" for that glorious machine and all its fans, released only a couple of days ago on May 1st. The name ... http://www.retroremakes.com/wordpress/2008/05/03/picrossst/ FatSegal, it seems, went to the same games shop as I did, They stocked 4 games in there, you know, The Wild Bunch, Chuckie Egg 2, Saboteur and Wriggler. I played these 4 games to death on my Speccy and I've been playing the first 2 again on my (insert Java ... http://www.retroremakes.com/wordpress/2008/05/03/saboteur/ In the world of computer assisted helicopter fun, a few names stand out proud from the rest. Airwolf, of course was the first great title, an 8-bit classic, Maxis' Simcopter, another obvious choice. the Comanche series... And then there was Zaga Mission.... Now, in true Speccy head fandom fashion, I've never played ... http://www.retroremakes.com/wordpress/2008/05/02/zaga-mission/ You lucky, lucky people - right here we don't just have a single remake we have two of the blighters lined up just for you. Danjo of ACODERS has been a busy bee and just informed us of his Asteroids and Lunar Lander games, both with a decidedly thrusty bent. Both ... http://www.retroremakes.com/wordpress/2008/04/29/danjo-double-bill/ Guess who's back, back again? RetroSpec! Tell a friend! Yes they are here with a shiny and metallic looking remake of Alien 8, so it's time to get your isometric groove on, Daddio! Oh yes! *cough* Well I think that is more than enough exclamation marks for one news post, but ... http://www.retroremakes.com/wordpress/2008/04/29/alien-8-2/