Archive - August 2018

Hunter’s Moon Remastered

28th August 2018

Nearly a year after backing it, Hunter’s Moon Remastered finally arrived through my letterbox today! This is not a game review, just a quick look at the physical game and what is included.

Hunter’s Moon Remastered – Sleeve Front

The game comes on a brilliant white cartridge housed in a clamshell case. The cover features gorgeous artwork by Oliver Frey (the guy that used to do the covers for Zzap!64). There is also a high quality cardboard slipcase for it featuring the same artwork but set against an alternative black background.

Hunter’s Moon Remastered Sleeve Back

Packaged with the game are the following extras:

A very high quality instruction booklet
Snazzy Thalamus bookmark
Postcard featuring that Oliver Frey artwork again
2 Thalamus stickers.

The full Hunter’s Moon Remastered package

Sadly my C64 is off limits at the moment whilst I redecorate the study so I can’t even load it up and have a go! Needless to say, once my 64 is back in action this will be one of the first things I get stuck into!

Close-up of the Hunter’s Moon Remastered cartridge

I believe Protovision will be stocking the cartridge version of the game at some point in the future, whilst a digital version is available now from itch.io.

CD32 Scene – A Brand new Amiga mag is out!

10th August 2018

Steven

Amiga, Retro

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Just in time for the weekend the very first issue of a brand new Amiga CD32 magazine; ‘CD32 Scene’ arrived in the post, complete with a Cover CD and a cool fridge magnet. The cover CD features the full game ‘Lumberjack Reloaded’, demos of ‘Heroes of Gorluth’ and ‘Zerosphere’ plus some PD games and a video from the former editor of Amiga CD! magazine.

The magazine along with the cover CD and fridge magnet

According to the blurb on the cover this is the first new physical CD32 magazine there has been in the past 22 years! I don’t even have a CD32 yet but felt an endeavour like this needed to be supported so bought a copy. Besides there is a massive overlap between the Amiga and CD32 – the CD32 basically being a stripped down A1200 with a CD-ROM drive. It’s a system I would like to add to my retro collection at some point in the near future anyway.

Worthy Review

Inside the A5 sized magazine there’s plenty to read such as reviews of brand new Amiga games including Worthy, Reshoot and Lumberjack Reloaded. There’s also a look at several Public Domain demos that have been released recently.

Article looking into the troubles Commodore experienced before the launch of the CD32

There are plenty of articles about the history of the CD32 itself too alongside an interview with Martyn Brown, co-founder of Team 17 about his experience of making games for the system. There’s also current news and previews of upcoming games and more to get stuck into.

A-Z of CD32 Games

Of particular interest to me was the A-Z of CD32 Games. Given that I don’t currently have any games for the system at all this will be a great reference source for me when I inevitably start to build up a collection 😉

Commodore Amiga – A Visual Compendium

3rd August 2018

Steven

Amiga, Gaming, Retro

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Probably a bit late to the party with this one as it has been out a while but I spotted this on Amazon a while back and just couldn’t resist ordering it. Published by Bitmap Books, ‘[amazon_textlink asin=’0993012914′ text=’The Commodore Amiga – A Visual Compendium’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’lyonsden-21′ marketplace=’UK’ link_id=’db50ba6b-fdec-11e8-a6db-3950523468af’]’ is just that. Every page features a lavish illustration of something from the Amiga’s history. There are screenshots of games, game artwork, hardware and more. It is presented in a lovely zoomed-in pixel art type of aesthetic which works really well for the subject matter.

Feature about Turrican 2

Every single page (and there are over 400 of them) is packed with nostalgia. I can pretty much guarantee that you will be transported back to the late 80’s or early 90’s in no time – I definitely was!

Lotus 2, one of my favourite games of all time on the Amiga!

If you were into the Amiga scene back in the day then I can’t recommend this book highly enough. It’s a cracking trip down memory lane and a great source of inspiration if you’re looking to expand your Amiga game collection.

Nice shot of the Amiga 500…

I purchased the hardback edition but there is a cheaper paperback version too. I’m actually not sure if the hardback version is still available now to be honest. Its definitely a book that you need to own physically – it just wouldn’t really work as an ebook.

Unfortunately (kids eh?) this was probably the most used bit of software I had!

It incorporates a couple of very useful ribbon style bookmarks in the spine and a matching paper jacket to protect the hardback cover underneath. If you are interested in finding out more about ‘Commodore Amiga – A Visual Compendium’ you can have a look on Amazon [amazon_textlink asin=’0993012914′ text=’here’ template=’ProductLink’ store=’lyonsden-21′ marketplace=’UK’ link_id=’f9479fe1-fdec-11e8-82b0-e3b24d53667d’]. There is also a Commodore 64 version which I intend to get too!

Another 2 classic games

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