Charlie’s Games has released it’s latest shooter. This time its a score attack shooter by the name of Irukandji. The shooter has an underwater theme and the name itself refers to a rather venomous form of jellyfish.
Now, what does Charlie’s latest marvel have going for it? Well, the graphics are top notch, the bullet patterns [...]
AstroTripper
I’m a bit of a shmup’s nut. So I was happy to finally get my mitts on the new version of Space Tripper which is now called Astro Tripper from PomPom Games.
Game-play takes place on various platforms and your movement on these platforms is very free-form. Enemies spawn from various locations on the level [...]
I recently received a copy of Spoonbill Software’s remake of the Apple ][ version of Lode Runner. This version, however, is for Microsoft's Windows platforms and was coded by Ian R. Humphreys using Borland Delphi. By the way, I have not tried to install this under WINE on my Linux box [...]
Infocom Ads
Here is a nice collection of scanned Infocom ads from back in the day. This gallery is provided by Jason Scott as part of the research for his documentary on the history of text adventures entitled “Get Lamp”.
Check out the gallery here.
-Chip