Cover of Viaje al Centro de la Tierra: Version Extendida
20th May 2012 As usual, I'm late with this news, but this year's
RetroMadrid event saw the release of
two CPC games, both of which are actually improved versions of games that were
released more than twenty years ago.
The first game is Sardina Forever, which is based on
Sabrina by Iber Soft. The original game was in black and white and was
very poor indeed, but the original author has given it a splash of colour, and
McKlain has added a version of Sabrina's hit song Boys (Summertime Love).
You can download
the game from Amstrad ESP.
The second game is an extended version of
Viaje al Centro de la Tierra by Topo Soft. The original
game was released in 1989, but the 8-bit versions contained only three levels,
while the 16-bit versions contained all five levels. Almost twenty years later,
a new version of the game was released for the ZX Spectrum with all five levels
present - and now, in 2012, the CPC version has been released! César
Nicolás González, the author of BB4CPC, is the person to
thank for converting the additional levels to the CPC. Once more, you can
download
the game from Amstrad ESP.
There is also some sad news. After twelve years, the CPC
Game Reviews guestbook is no more, as Lycos
has retired its HTML Gear service. At the moment, I have no plans to
reintroduce a guestbook, as very few people were signing it. However, I have
archived most of the entries, although all the private entries have been lost.
It has been fascinating for me to browse them and see what
visitors have written about the site over the years, and I would like to thank
everyone who has signed the guestbook.
Video preview of Gerelakos on YouTube
25th March 2012 TFM of the FutureSoft team has
posted a preview of
their role-playing game Gerelakos on YouTube. It's been in development
for six years, and it'll be a long time before it's finished, but it looks very
impressive indeed already. The game runs on the
FutureOS operating system and will require
a CPC6128 or 6128 Plus.
If you want to follow the progress of this game, you can
visit the Gerelakos web site. You
can also see what people are saying about the game on
the CPCWiki forum.
24th March 2012 John Beckett has reviewed five games:
9th March 2012 After a hiatus of nearly eight years, John Beckett (who previously
contributed reviews to this site under the pseudonym Ninja Wonderboy) has
reviewed six games:
