amiga

Barbarian II

1991, amiga, atari, barbarian ii, chris achilleos, letter b, psygnosis

Par Pierre Monnot

The work of Chris Achilleos off has been first discovered with Bloodwych and we will follow this artist here with another contribution.The game Barbarian II presents a typical drawing from Chris, a realistic Fantasy artwork.As a lot of impressive game...

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Projectyle

1990, amiga, atari, electronics arts, letter p, planet x, projectyle

Par Pierre Monnot

Here is a game which was totally out of my memory!What a shame... 3 simultaneous players, up to 8 in tournament, speed, addictive,with colorful and efficient graphics: a crossover between speedball and hockey.As my memory is now partially recovered on...

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P-47 Thunderbolt

1990, amiga, amstrad cpc, arcade, artistix london, atari st, c64, dos, firebird, letter p, p-47 thunderbolt, pc-engine, zx spectrum

Par Pierre Monnot

I have magnificent memories of this advertising! An elegant choice of colors, using an analogous color scheme of warm tones (yellow, orange) and an almost complementary analogous color scheme around the blue color (purple to light blue), bringing a high...

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Bloodwych

1989, amiga, amstrad cpc, atari st, bloodwych, c64, chris achilleos, dos, image works, letter b, zx spectrum

Par Pierre Monnot

This advertising is a masterpiece, created by a well known artist, Chris Achilleos off.The title and Chris' drawing are awesome, but the remaining of the advertising seems poor in comparison, with nearly one half taken by a quite ugly text in red and...

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Extase

1991, amiga, atari, cryo, dos, extase, letter e, robot, virgin

Par Pierre Monnot

The first part is quite "organic", a crossover between a baby and an older woman, almost a today's 3D ultrasound. We can say that the goal is achieved here, because this image and the associated feelings are themselves a good description of the game:...

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Knight Force - Goal/But 2

1990, amiga, amstrad, atari, chevalier, dragon, grabuge, knight force, letter k, medieval, titus

Par Pierre Monnot

This game is a typical representative of another goal of this blog: NOT speaking about the same games, again and again. Because advertising artwork can be very different than the in-game quality! In this case, all reviews seem to agree on a poor, medium...

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Mr. Heli - The Beginning/Le début

1989, amiga, amstrad, arcade, atari, c64, firebird, irem, letter m, mr heli, pc-engine, robot, spectrum

Par Pierre Monnot

Since few months, I think of opening such blog to share a little part of my passion for retro gaming. This ad is why I have done it today! I don't really know what is appealing inside it, perhaps the cute and quite simple drawing, the choice of the colors?...

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