Gaming & Software
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Well this has been a while in the making. “New Horizons” Was originally planned for 2019 but was delayed to March 2020. This was mostly to keep it clear of other AAA titles in 2019. also this review was delayed due to covid19 Cost, Availability & Size Well it’s brand new so it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. Its avaliable as a digital dowload and physical copy. The download version clocks in at a smallish…
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So Pokemon Let’s go has been out for a while and its time for my review of it. A return to Kanto I must admit when this was announced I wanted it sadly I had not got a switch but I liked the idea of the Kanto return and the content. Cost, Availability & Download size Let’s go is pretty new still so getting it is not a problem you can download it from the…
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Lego Harry Potter is probably one of those games I remember fondly and so why not look back at this game but do I still have the love for the likes of this? Well very simply put of course I do So onto all things Lego. Availability Like most PC titles most have slowly made their way onto steam and some also have made it onto GOG. The GOG version is pretty expensive sitting at…
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Titanic Honor & Glory Demo III. This is the final demo for this upcoming title that has been in development for a few years. Getting it to run Like a lot of in development/Early access titles (not all) Titanic Honor & Glory does not have a setup program or anything like that. The application executable is easy enough to locate inside the folder you extract. Just booting into Titanic Honor & Glory game/simulation I don’t…
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You might remember I did the 001.03a version of Virtual Towers Online a while ago. I wanted to check out the earlier Virtual Towers Online HEX demo. This one probably wont be as long a piece as it is only a small demo. Menus All the menu’s are pretty basic and that’s fair enough. Not a big deal this was released before the more recent 001.03a release. Environment & External Graphics It’s easy to tell…
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I was not aware of Virtual Towers an ambitious Alton Towers theme park project until a friend mentioned it to me. As an avid Planet Coaster Player I began to look into it. These are my thoughts so far. This is a pre-alpha release and an ongoing project so it’s nowhere near finished yet. Loading screen The loading screen? what I can say Its Jurassic World Evolution beautiful and straight away the music is very haunting. But…
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Continuing my Amiga Game flashback’s which started with Lotus III. I am now going to flashback review Lotus Turbo Challenge II. Pre-word I get asked a lot what emulator/setup I use to create my Amiga content. Well I use Amiga Forever Plus. It’s pre-built Workbench 3.X base has everything I need for Whdload. Availability Like Lotus III this is getting hard to find now especially on the likes of the Amiga but the R.E.C.S version…
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Time to flashback But for now, I am going to flashback to a game from my childhood and one I remember well having it on the Amiga Lotus the ultimate challenge of course I also had a bootleg copy of lotus II – Turbo challenge (but disk copying back in the 90’s was pretty common). Availability Lotus III : the ultimate challenge is long out of print and boxed copies are hard to find now.Amiga…
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Pre-word For this & Endless Ocean II: Flashback’s to have been made possible I thank my friend Zoe for lending me her GDR-8162 drive. The drive mentioned above is capable of reading official wii DVD software discs and therefore can be run with dolphin emulator. Info So lets get onto my flashback review. Endless ocean was announced in 2007 at E3 to a huge level of excitement in my view. It may not have had…
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Info : Endless Ocean II Released in 2010 as Blue World in the US and Adventures of the Deep in Europe the game like Endless Ocean launched at E3 in 2009 with largely positive reviews. Availability Like Endless Ocean 1 this was also a Wii exclusive and again made use of the Wii-mote. Endless 2 is long out of production now so you best bet is to track down a copy online if you want…
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The Catz game line is pretty laid back compared to the likes of Virtual Towers Online or Swat. My friend Hannah has been really excited about this one as she played these games when she was a child. Requirements This title was designed for Windows 95 but it will work on any Windows 9X build. It will not work on windows 10 as that does not support 32bit applications. My PC is 64 bit so…
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Swat 4 is the successor to Swat 3 from the now defunct Sierra Software released in the mid 2000’s Swat 3 or Swat 4? Originally I had planned to review Swat 3 instead of Swat 4 and it is possible to download this from GOG games and I have it. Swat 3 is pretty old and it struggles to work on modern systems. Of course I could go down the line of OS emulation but…
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Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow have been around many years now and I Time for a flashback. Availability Pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow are long out of print and they were hard to find when released. Often selling out before you even got your hands on them. But they are easy to find now. Best places to track them down is at retro game shops and online. The cart prices are now starting to rise…
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I don’t really play games like Hacknet but to be honest the Labyrinths expansion to the original game really caught my eye. It’s been out for a while now (2017) however decided to check it out. Availability & Install It’s an expansion to the original game so you need that first. Hacknet is PC only but it’s not hard to get via Steam. I don’t know what engine this is made in but it is…
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mOpy Fish: “Multiple original print outs” virtual pet screensaver was HP’s way to keep people buying its products. And of course reward printing HP developed mOpy fish with software company Global Beach. HP released it in the late 1990’s. Mopy a HP hit mOpy launched smack bang in the middle of the still very active screen saver craze and mOpy downloads went crazy. I can imagine HP saw a financial gain from all this. People going out…
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So, a while ago I picked up the RetroFlag SuperPi case and it is just cool. And I have been asked if I would tear it down. So I have done just that now so let’s take a look. Build quality The controller is built pretty solidly and is held together with 5 00 Cross head screws. The nice thing here is there is no fiddly clips or the like to remove the shell and…
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