This is the vault for gaming design, titles released in the past that are still relevant today for design or plot choices.
How many Pac-man inspired titles exist in the world? Well, as many Space Invaders and Arkanoid ones, I’m guessing. Those were the bread and butter of the early days of home computers: easy to program and a surefire hit with gamers who, back then, didn’t really have a lot of expectations. Rootin’Tootin’ (which actually makes…
We’ve seen how adventure gaming struggled to survive after 2000, bouncing back after some lackluster years. The message was clear: the adventure gaming market was dedicated only to titles developed in 3D and console-friendly. Apparently old school point’n’click 2D had irremediably lost its marketability. The Walking Dead series from TellTale and the success of Quantic…
The Bitmap Brothers were one of the more (in)famous British developers of the early 90s. Their games instantly recognizable by the in-your-face “cyberpunk” style punctuated by aggressive techno beats. Unfortunately, with that style being outdated by 1994, they never managed to escape the “cyberniche” they dug for themselves with titles like The Chaos Engine. Nevertheless,…
All in all you’re just, another line in the wall. Remember when you were a small child, suffering long school hours without nary a videogame in sight to pass the time? What better friend in misery than the thought of your computer/console waiting at home, ready to be fired up with that awesome looking game…
When I briefly looked at a couple of tie-in games, there was one question I had no answer to: how did a publisher decide which movie to license to a game developer? For the sake of this article, though, my guess would be: box office success with teen and pre-teen audience, the gamers of the…
HEY! TEACHER! LEAVE THOSE TROLLS ALONE! Trolls and Tribulations is one of the earliest games I remember being fascinated by. In my early days as a “gaming journalist”, in elementary school, the teacher gave us a “free essay” theme so I ended up writing all about the game, my copy was called “Mario e i…
Compact discs? HA! That will never catch on In the early nineties, Compact disc started to emerge as the medium of the future, thus the gaming industry had to adapt too. Albeit very slowly. The first time the general public cared enough to buy CDs was with the SEGA CD add-on for the Genesis/Megadrive console…
In 20 years of gaming journalism I’ve written four articles about Rings of Power, even though this is my first in English. On one hand it will be a load off my shoulders if this is the last time I’m publishing something about this game. Maybe, finally, this time I will say everything I want…
My experience with the game: MOMMY SAVE MEEEEEEEE Released in 1985 and designed by Ian Gray (“don’t you forget it” he reminds us in a secret message in the code), Fiona Rides out is the first horror game I remember being literally scared by. You see, I was always more scared by sounds than images,…
Hello, my name is Damien. Don’t ask me about Loom cause I have never played it. During that wonderful period that was the 90s, it was the one classic Lucasarts adventure games that no one talked about nor had a copy laying around to play. Monkey Island was everywhere and so Day of the Tentacle.…
