Tag Archives: Retro Gaming

Alchemist, ZX Spectrum

This very early, side-scrolling fantasy action game was created by Ian Weatherburn for Imagine Software in 1983.

In the game you control the titular Alchemist – a guy who can shape-shift into a golden eagle and fly to places he can’t normally walk to.

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Another World, Megadrive/Genesis

There are countless versions of Another WorldDelphine Software‘s 1991, sci-fi masterpiece – but the Megadrive version (shown here) is arguably the best of them.

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Games Beginning With ‘A’ Week

I was looking through my grabs recently and realised that there were more games beginning with the letter ‘S’ than any other letter of the alphabet, and wondered why…

Maybe it’s because there’s a penchant for calling Super Nintendo games “Super Somethingorother“?

Which set my mind in motion…

[“It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of Sapho that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire stains, the stains become a warning. It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.”]

I thought: “I should have a random celebration of games that start with a particular letter of the alphabet every now and then.

So we’ll start off this week at the very beginning… With the letter ‘A’.

So… a week of games beginning with the letter ‘A’! 🙂

Al-Qadim: The Genie’s Curse, PC
Adventures of Lolo 3, NES
ActRaiser, Super Nintendo
ARAC, Commodore 64
Another World, Megadrive/Genesis
Alone In The Dark 2, PC
Alchemist, ZX Spectrum
A-10 Tank Killer, PC
Action Biker, Commodore 64
Art of Fighting 3: The Path of the Warrior, Neo Geo
Astro Boy: Omega Factor, Game Boy Advance
Alter Ego, Commodore 64
Aliens vs. Predator, Arcade
Abe’s Oddysee, PlayStation

Enjoy,
The King of Grabs

3D Monster Maze, ZX81

3D Monster Maze was developed by Malcolm Evans for J.K. Greye Software in 1982.

This classic black and white maze game was one of the first ever video games to use a first-person viewpoint inside a 3D maze.

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Rendering Ranger: R2, Super Nintendo

Rendering Ranger: R2 is a rare run-and-gun game from the end of the life of the Super Nintendo. It was published by Virgin Interactive in Japan only in 1995. Which is strange for a German game…

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Exile, Amiga (AGA version)

Jeremy Smith and Peter Irvin‘s groundbreaking Exile first came out on the BBC Model B in 1988 and was later converted to other systems.

The Amiga AGA version of Exile was handled by Audiogenic and came out in 1995.

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Exile, Amiga (OCS version)

Jeremy Smith and Peter Irvin‘s groundbreaking Exile first came out on the BBC Model B in 1988 and was later converted to other systems.

The Amiga OCS version of Exile was handled by Audiogenic and came out in 1991.

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