Category Archives: Novagen

Encounter, Commodore 64

August 2, 2018 Mallo 5 Comments

Paul Woakes‘ classic first-person shooter on the Commodore 64, Encounter, wowed gamers back in 1983 when it was first released.

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Amiga, Novagen

Backlash, Amiga

August 1, 2018 Mallo 2 Comments

Backlash on the Amiga is like a suped-up version of Battle Zone. Actually: more like a suped-up version of Encounter, which is another tank-based shooter by Paul Woakes, the author of this game (and the classic Mercenary, and a few others).

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Atari ST, Novagen

Mercenary III: The Dion Crisis, Atari ST

March 10, 2018 Mallo 5 Comments

Paul Woakes‘ third game in the Mercenary series (after Damocles) retains all the flying, exploration and puzzling of the first two games, but also allows you to fly off planet, and visit other places in the Gamma System.

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Atari ST, Novagen

Damocles: Mercenary II, Atari ST

March 9, 2018 Mallo 7 Comments

Developer Paul Woakes takes the Mercenary series much further in Damocles (1990) – the second game in the series.

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Commodore 64, Novagen

Mercenary, Commodore 64

February 4, 2018 Mallo 8 Comments

Novagen‘s classic 3D exploration game, Mercenary, was first released for the Commodore 64 in 1985. It was designed and coded by Paul Woakes.

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