Developed by Peter Milligan and published by Mastertronic in 1984. This game was requested by Simon0. Here is another of the earliest games released on the C64 and I'd say it's fairly typical for it's time. The game has 5 different stages: Stage 1: simply avoid the alien ships until your score reaches 249 - simples! Stage 2: Avoid the meteors. Your ship can shoot, but it has no effect. Stage 3: Move left and right to stay in the tractor beam. Stage 4: Hit the enemy ship 20 times with your cannons; this is probably the hardest stage given that the mothership hurtles towards you at high speed even though you hit it 20 times. Stage 5: Avoid the asteroids and land on the docking bay. Mercifully short, the game simply repeats after stage 5. I guess it's pushing the boundaries of what you could call a longplay! Enjoy! #retrogaming ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivcajp9qiJU

Follow me on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/Al82_Retro Get Great Retro Scene News @ http://www.vintageisthenewold.com Developed and published by System 3 in 1991 The third and final game in the classic C64 trilogy should have been the ultimate send-off for the series, but it wasn't to be. The original coder, John Twiddy, had left System 3 to set up studio Vivid Image with Mev Dinc, and I'm pretty sure John's absence is why the end result isn't as technically polished as the previous games. Stan Schembri (RIP) did his best, but LN3 has various glitches, collision issues, not to mention a really irksome control system, all of which make this game far more difficult to recommend than its predecessors. By far the biggest problem this time around is the combat. A change in collision and enemy AI - not to mention fiddly controls - means fights descend into all-out slug-fests, and you'll be hard-pressed to survive more than a couple of encounters before losing a life. The inclusion of the 'Bushido' system (represented by the dragon bottom-centre) is supposed to give players an easier time against the end-of-level guardians. Defeating guards using the same weapon they're using fills the meter, whereas using a different weapon is considered dishonourable, draining it; it's a concept that works on paper, but the combat is so poorly executed it's safer to avoid it altogether. That's exactly what I did in my first walkthrough video back in 2014, but I wanted to try and avoid doing that again for this new recording. I discovered the type of attack an enemy use is influenced by whether the play is moving toward/away from them. Get them to throw an attack with multiple animation frames (like a lunge or swipe), and you can get a quick jab in and back off without the risk of getting hit. The only problem is I had to slow the game down to 50% speed to exploit this weakness, which isn't necessary in the prequel. So the gameplay isn't what it could have been, but what's not in question are the the production values. The intro sequence was still ground-breaking for 1991, especially C64 games, and Robin Levy brought a new dimension to the game's art direction. Backed by Reyn Ouwehand's music, LN3 remains one the most impressive games from an aesthetic standpoint. Credits Coding: Stanley Schembri, Dan Phillips Graphics: Robin Levy, Arthur Van Jole Music: Reyn Ouwehand Time Codes 00:00 - Intro (music by Reyn Ouwehand) 03:33 - Level 01: Chamber of Earth (music by Reyn Ouwehand) 09:58 - Level 02: Chamber of Wind (music by Reyn Ouwehand) 13:47 - Level 03: Chamber of Water (music by Reyn Ouwehand) 17:16 - Level 04: Chamber of Fire (music by Reyn Ouwehand) 23:00 - Level 05: Chamber of Void (music by Reyn Ouwehand) 24:55 - Ending (music by Reyn Ouwehand) 28:13 - Game Over ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cNgJXaMzn4

Developed by Eurocom and published by The Sales Curve in 1993 Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Al82_Retro Game Review: https://al82retro.blogspot.com/2018/01/game-review-rod-land-nintendo-game-boy.html #retrogaming ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEG4-2KfsJw

Developed by Origin Systems and published by Electronic Arts in 1995. Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Al82_Retro Add me on Google+: http://bit.ly/1tPwL1u Chairmen Draygan of the WEC intends to hold a meeting with his key senators, at which it is expected that the new WEC super-weapon will be discussed. In their infinite wisdom, the Resistance dispatches the Captain on an espionage mission to eavesdrop on the meeting. The Captain is warned not to open fire else he could jeopardise the operation. No firing? I wonder how long that will last... #retrogaming ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5R9hkWpxrI