Oldschool Gaming News

Sinclair Spectrum :: Future Looter released

Jason — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:35:00 GMT

At first glance, Future Looter looks like Cybernoid but it does have a few tricks up its sleeve; some of the screens are more puzzle-oriented than straight out blasting where in-game enemies have to be persuaded to help the player rather than hinder. It's also easier to play than Cybernoid!

• External link: Future Looter at World of Spectrum
• News source: FreshBEEP

Amstrad CPC :: BB4CPC released

Jason — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:07:00 GMT

Amstrad owners had a nice prezzie sat under their trees this year with the release of CNGSoft's eagerly anticipated conversion of Bubble Bobble, or BB4CPC for short. Yes, the CPC has already received one version of Taito's classic coin-op but it wasn't considered to be the best use of the machine so a new adaptation has been produced.

• External link: BB4CPC homepage
• News source: CPCWiki forum

Sinclair Spectrum :: Streets of Doom released

Jason — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:03:00 GMT

Dare you enter the Streets of Doom? Having escaped the now destroyed Skyscraper of Doom, the next challenge facing our hero is escaping unscathed from the dodgy neighbourhood he finds himself in by solving puzzles and talking to unsavoury characters. Then it's presumably onwards to the Kebab Shop of Doom before catching the Night Bus of Doom home?

• External link: Streets of Doom at World of Spectrum

Sinclair Spectrum :: Escape from the Holy Tower released

Jason — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT

It looks a little simple, but Escape from the Holy Tower is a headache-inducing puzzle game for the Spectrum that is a little reminiscent of Chip's Challenge; there's a quota of crates to be collected on each stage and the puzzle lies in trying to work out which way around to collect them in order to avoid becoming trapped.

• External link: Escape from the Holy Tower at World of Spectrum

Amstrad CPC :: Westward Ho! released

Jason — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:58:00 GMT

Although it could be confused with a seaside town in Devon, Westward Ho! is in this case an educational game that was released in 1986 and based on the near legendary Oregon Trail. And now the Amstrad CPC has been graced with a conversion, so if you fancy getting attacked by wild animals in your sleep, deciding how many oxen to buy or perhaps dying of pneumonia this is probably the place to look.

• External link: Westward Ho! at CPCWiki