2d side scrolling action adventure games have been around for decades now but their origins can be traced back to the 8 bit era of consoles and computers. Sacred Armour of Antiriad AKA Rad Warrior in North America was ported to the ZX Spectrum, the C64 and the Amstrad CPC.
Games of Praise Episode 4 elected to play this very challenging title after a poll was issued after Episode 3. This video is an archive of a stream that was aired on 25th March 2018 at 8pm BST:
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The hosts of Retro Asylum try to track down some classic gaming action on the modern British high street.
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Almost a year to the day since Henrique Olifiers brought the Spectrum Next prototype and his grand idea to our 2016 panel, Jim Bagley joins Dean Swain and Paul Jenkinson (from The Spectrum Show) to talk about the Spectrum Next, Jim’s ideas that are now part of the project and its phenomenal Kickstarter campaign.
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Game running a CRT TV.
“Delta’s Shadow” is an action platformer inspired by the series “Power Blade” for the NES. Playing as a secret agent Nova and his partner Jacqueline, you will have to plunge into the gloomy atmosphere of the game and fight deadly combat machines and aliens.
See https://zxonline.net/game/deltas-shadow/ for more info.
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In this episode we look at video gamings beginning, taking us right up to when gaming hit the main stream with Pong.
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The Drisk gives an overview of the EGX 2015 for Retro Asylum, detailing what was there for fellow Retro lovers.
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In part 1 of a 2 two part special, Retro Asylum celebrates reaching it’s 150th episode with a music quiz hosted by our very own Mads Kristensen.
Plus the guys discuss all of the current goings on in the retro scene.
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Paul Driscoll A.K.A. TheDrisk takes a quick look at the fantastic new Mr Sid retro book the Amiga : A Visual Commpendium (assume the double 'm' of compendium is a play on words) :-)
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