Category Archives: Retro Inspired

Monty Mole Returns…

…sort of. Ok, this isn’t quite the news anyone was expecting but to be honest, I’m going to celebrate this more than I would a new game announcement because it’s encouraging kids to go ahead and do some game design … Continue reading

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Swift*stitch

In “you’d have to be a mental to pass this up” corner, Swift*stitch is such a simple idea so beautifull executed it’s hard not to love.It’s even harder not to pay for today as it’s down to a rather ridiculous … Continue reading

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Stealth Bastard

Hah. It’s like Impossible Mission meets Super Meat Boy meets Metal Gear Solid in a dark alley. Not a light alley because then everyone would see it and YOU WILL DIE. Yes. Stealth Bastard is a brilliantly named and rather … Continue reading

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Data Jammers:FastForward

I’d like to live in a world where a new Digital Eel game is considered something of an event, something we all celebrate. With very strong stuff, obviously. Data Jammers is videogames as promised, the future that almost never arrived. … Continue reading

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Snake Invaders

A mild diversion for your morning.

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RomCheckFail

Just a quick one! The ever awesome Mr Farbs (and he is awesome, every home should have one) has released the source code to ROMCHECKFAIL for people to play with. Which gives me an excuse to post about ROMCHECKFAIL again. … Continue reading

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Leg It

Do I ever tire of mock-handhelds? Is there a joke in there? Probably! Does anyone care? WAKE UP AT THE BACK. Leg It is a game about running. Legging it, to be precise. In Leg It you have to leg … Continue reading

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Space Rubbish

Last pay one for the day, promise! Seamlessly leading in from my professed love of green grids comes the undisputed heavyweight champion of green grids, Datasette (under the guise of Slakinov) with his big old pile of Space Rubbish. It’s … Continue reading

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