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Elite is one of those game franchises that has been around since the early days of gaming. It is also one of those gaming franchises that has always gone above and beyond the competition. Whether a good game was created during the process is up to the gamer themselves. What is guaranteed is tons of […]
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Elite Gave Gamers Galaxies to Explore – September 20th, 1984 – Today in Video Game History
September 20th, 2020 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Amstrad, Apple II, Atari 800 XL/XE, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Comp, News, Windows, ZX Spectrum 
Tags: Elite, Elite Dangerous, Freelancer, simulation, space life, space sim, Starflight 
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Warhawk Takes Gamers into 3D World – November 10th, 1995 – Today in History
November 10th, 2018 Carl Williams To say SingleTrac were on a roll with the original PlayStation console is an understatement. From Twisted Metal to, this game, Warhawk, they had the newly launched Sony console dialed in and it showed on our televisions. Warhawk was another “could not have been done on 16-Bit” game. It was just one more game that caught […]
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Populous Review
June 9th, 2018 Carl Williams Sure, today playing god in a game is nothing new. We have plenty of options if this is your one and only goal in your electronic entertainment. Back in the late 80’s and early 90’s though, options were much more limited. Populous took the idea of a sandbox game, mixed in plenty of “god like” […]
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Posted in Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, Comp, Genesis, Macintosh, News, Nintendo, Reviews, Sega, Super Nintendo, Windows Tags: Bullfrog, ea, electronic arts, playing god, Populous, simulation, strategy No Comments »
ActRaiser Expands Action Genre on Super Nintendo – November 1st, 1991 – Today in Video Game History
November 1st, 2016 Carl Williams When the Super Nintendo launched gamers were promised it would not be just more of the same. While early on, games like Pilotwings was certainly the epitome of this belief. Then came games like ActRaiser by Enix. Upon looking at the back of the box you would think this is just another 2D side scrolling […]
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Revenge of the License: Nobunaga’s Ambition (NES)
September 18th, 2016 Michael Crisman When other developers were looking at ways to maximize profits by way of comic books or television shows, Koei said, “Holy cow, it’s expensive to buy the rights to something current. Screw that! Japanese history is ripe for plunder and we don’t have to pay anybody a single yen to use their likeness because they’ve […]
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Posted in Comp, News, Nintendo Tags: feudal japan, koei, military, nes, nintendo, nobunaga's ambition, simulation, strategy No Comments »
Allied General Lets Players Take on World War II – January 31st, 1996 – Today in Video Game History
January 31st, 2016 Carl Williams Turn based strategy war games are not all that popular in today’s market and that kind of sucks. I grew up playing computer games a lot in the 90’s. It seems that was the golden age for this genre. The late 80’s and early 90’s probably had more turn based strategy war games to enjoy. […]
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Posted in Comp, Console, News, Sony Tags: 1996, 31st, Allied General, January, mindscape, playstation, simulation, strategy, turn based, war, windows No Comments »
Prototype: C64′ s Missing Populous Found
February 3rd, 2015 CPC4EVA After recently receiving a disk containing the games code by original programmers Frank Hugenroth and André Hugenroth, http://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/ has recently updated their site informing readers, the missing Populous game that had planned to be released onto the C64 has been found.
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: Bullfrog, commodore 64, ea, electronic arts, Frank Hugenorth, Gamesthatwerent.com, Germany, indie retro news, Peter Molyneux, Populous, retro, retro game, retrogaming, simulation No Comments »
New Game: Sky Rogue Mixes After Burner and Star Fox and is Coming to Steam
September 18th, 2014 Carl Williams Alright, flat shaded polygon arcade shooters similar to Star Fox are not something we see all too often. Thanks to the team behind Sky Rogue, we can enjoy one more game in this genre. The big difference between Sky Rogue and Star Fox is the open, procedurally generated, world of Sky Rogue (and it runs […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: 3d, After Burner, carl williams, flight, indie retro news, linux, macintosh, Name Your Price, planes, retro gaming magazine, rgm, shooter, simulation, Sky Fox, Sky Rogue, Steam Green Light, valve, windows 1 Comment »
New Game: Oolite Plans to Introduce Newer Gamers to Elite Style Space Exploration
July 21st, 2014 Carl Williams Elite, a game that is thought of in a great light by those that have played it. Those that have not played it, well, you don’t know what you have missed out on for all of these years. Thanks to indie developers, Oolite is coming along nicely- it already has over 500 “expansion” packs available.
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: apple, carl williams, Elite, linux, mac, macintosh, Oolite, pc, retro, retro gaming magazine, rgm, sim, simulation, space exploration, triverse, windows No Comments »
Gran Turismo Rocks PSOne with Customization – May 5th, 1998 – Today in Video Game History
May 5th, 2014 Carl Williams Gran Turismo was a game that was released at the right time. When Sony launched the PlayStation in North America, gamers were not sure what to expect from this newcomer. Was the PlayStation going to be like other attempts to break into gaming? Platforms such as the 3DO, the Pippin and many others all failed. […]
