Shot97 Retro

  King's Quest Amiga, Late 1986/Early 1987 (Original PC-JR 1984) Sierra On-line $49.95 *My video review for King's Quest *Previous article *Alphabetical list of all writings *Discord for updates *Shown/played as designed, 60hz NTSC, 4:3 aspect ratio *If pics show artifacting, zoom in/out (CRT effect) *Some pics slightly altered to show text on top of screens Winners write the history books, so it's said, and just as in the larger scale of world politics, there's been no shortage of revisionist history through the lens of computers as well. When I say "PC", you're not thinking "personal computer", as in separate from mainframes. A micro computer that fits on your desk in the comfort of your home, which would be what a PC actually is. Whatever hardware or software you run matters not, an Atari or Commodore computer had just as much right as an IBM to be called a PC, yet I'd wager you're thinking "IBM PC", even though they never...

 Hillsfar Amiga, 1989 Westwood Associates/SSI $49.95 *My video review for Hillsfar *Next article *Previous article *Alphabetical list of writings *Introduction music recorded directly from my Amiga *Game best played in NTSC mode with 4:3 aspect ratio Over the past ten years, I've sat down in an attempt to play Hillsfar on multiple occasions, never able to get too far into it. It had come in the "Silver Collection", a late 1990's DOS compilation of mostly Gold Box titles. Compared to those other games, Hillsfar just didn't seem to connect. Indeed, when I originally sat down this time to cover it, I was at first in the exact same spot I had previously been in. I just didn't seem to get it. Luckily, despite modern reviewers wanting to correlate themselves not understanding it into the game actually being bad, I was able to keep in the back of my mind that the problem probably laid with me, not the game. ^Created character, world map, the ...

Lemmings DMA Design/Psygnosis Amiga, 1991 $44.99 *My video review for Lemmings *Next article *Previous article *Alphabetical list of writings *Full soundtrack recorded from my Amiga *Game designed in PAL mode, is NTSC compatible If somehow you're coming to this one for the first time, prepare yourself for cries of "Oh no!" invading your sleep. Lemmings is an absolute classic, recognized as such from day one and still rightly holding to a claim as one of the greatest games of all time. Computer Gaming World recognized it as such, naming it the twelfth best game in a field of one hundred and fifty, as well as the fourteenth funniest game of all time. Quite high standing for a game where the original goal was simply to make the smallest and most realistic walking animation that was possible. Our heroes are but eight by eight pixels of realistic walking animation, small shoes that few other games could ever fill. ^Games introduction takes up most of ...