Crypt of the NecroDancer is a smart modern, indie retro game that crosses rhythm game mechanics with ‘Roguelike’ dungeon-crawling. And it works extremely well and is a lot of fun to play. Crypt of the NecroDancer is like Ultima, but played to the beat of an Abba tune…
Tag Archives: PC
Quake II, PC
Akalabeth: World of Doom, Apple II
Richard Garriott’s Akalabeth was first released in 1979 for the Apple II home computer (and shortly afterwards for PC MS-DOS), and is arguably the first ever graphical Role-Playing Game ever released.
FEZ, PC
FEZ is a wonderful, colourful 2D platform game that utilises an interesting three-dimensional screen-flipping technique as part of the game mechanics.
The Magic Circle, PC
Hugely fun, satirical 2015 indie game about playing a broken RPG.
The Magic Circle cleverly mixes modern high res graphics with retro DOS-style graphics, and is something of a first on that front.
Scavenger: Legendary Canned Games, PC
***CANNED GAMES***
Last night I published a collection of rare screenshots, given to me by Scavenger in 1994, and showing a number of games that were being developed, but were ultimately canned. Meaning: cancelled. Never released. Never saw the light of day.
Canned Scavenger: Spanish Blood, PC
***CANNED GAME***
A seafaring stroke pirate 3D adventure game from Scavenger in 1994. One of four games they were developing that was ultimately canned and never came out.
Canned Scavenger: Aqua, PC
***CANNED GAME***
Aqua is another 1994 Scavenger title that was being developed. but never came out.
Canned Scavenger: Tarantula, PC
***CANNED GAME***
Tarantula is a game that was developed by Scavenger for the PC back in 1994, but was never completed and ultimately canned.
Canned Scavenger: Terminus, PC
***CANNED GAME***
No idea what this game was about, but I do know that it was called Terminus.