CVG 149 - April 1994 (UK) has just been added to the magazine catalogue.
I really dislike this cover.
I don't like sports covers in general, but to put American Football on a European video game magazine cover, sure is a choice... 👀
But there's quite a bit of great content in the magazine itself.
The new #Anbernic retro gaming handheld, which runs #Android 13 and has a 720x720 (1:1) screen is now available for a slight discount during the Dragonboat Festival time. Of course it can also run Stradew Valley, Minecraft, etc... as it comes with Play store enabled.
i'm always surprised at how overlooked Inherit the Earth is by the adventure gaming crowd.
i can understand why: it doesn't fit cleanly into the sierra-lucasarts design dichotomy, all of the characters are animals/"morphs", and the game switches between isometric and theatrical perspectives constantly.
all of those reasons alone are enough to make me enjoy an adventure game. but what stands out to me today is just how unique it all feels. the gameplay freely moves between mystery, exploration, treasure hunt and social squabbles without falling too deeply into the genre traps that have plagued adventure games for decades
even after three decades i'm surprised every time at how fascinating this little world is. i wish the dreamer's guild and talin/david joiner had be given more time and money to make games like this.
Talking about pinball and the old days of me growing up in a little café in the later 70's, that my mom had, after my deadbeat father left her while she was pregnant with me, brought back so many memories.
So I went looking for the pictures I knew I had somewhere.
Finally found them again.
The only table there that I know is Trident. All the others, I can't identify myself, but I'm sure others will without much trouble . 😊
Continuing on my dive into pinball yet again, I just found out that the Zaccaria collection has been delisted in Europe.
So I grabbed $60 in US PSN cards at play Asia and bought the full set with my American account just to make sure I got them before those get delisted one day.
Such a damn shame this keeps happening with digital pinball. 😒
Feature on Colin McRae Rally 2 on Dreamcast, including an interview with Guy Wilday from Codemasters.
Taken from Dreamcast Magazine 11 - July 2000 (UK)
For @miona's VGM Wednesday, how about an @ocremix!
Here's "Look at All the Ships!" a remix of music from Pokémon Red Version in Vermillion City by Zack Parrish, featuring Jeff Ball and Pearl Pixel. https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04585
One remembers only an ugly, cruel game, but watching this played by an expert is so rewarding. Stunned to rediscover how much of my lifelong mental background-music playlist comes from this game. #videogames#retrogaming