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Tony Warriner at a computer during the early years of Revolution Software

Tony Warriner: from Lure of the Temptress to Broken Sword, inside Revolution Software

Dagli esperimenti di Lure of the Temptress alla costruzione di Broken Sword: Tony Warriner racconta la storia tecnica e umana di Revolution Software.

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An open copy of The Hobbit and a quill in front of a CRT displaying the 1982 videogame The Hobbit.

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Amiga vs the Rest of the World: CD32 against the New Generation, the Beginning of the End

In 1993, Commodore turned the Amiga 1200 into a console. CD32 had CD-ROM, AGA and Akiko, but it was born old in the face of the new generation.

Cover image for the Amiga vs the Rest of the World feature comparing the Amiga 500 and Amiga 1200.

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Amiga vs the Rest of the World: Amiga 500 versus Amiga 1200, when being the best was no longer enough

Faster, more colourful and more expandable, the Amiga 1200 surpassed the 500 in almost every respect. But in 1992, a better Amiga was no longer enough.

Cover image for the Amiga vs the Rest of the World feature, showing the Amiga 500 and Atari ST.

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Amiga vs the Rest of the World: Atari ST, the closest rival

The Atari ST was the Amiga’s closest rival: same Motorola 68000, same European market, but two very different hardware philosophies.

Graphic cover featuring screenshots from OutRun, Street Fighter II, Pang, Rainbow Islands and Snow Bros/Liquid Kids.

History

Amiga arcade ports: when they hurt, and when they worked miracles

Arcade conversions on Amiga were often painful, but not always. From Capcom disasters to successful ports, all the way to the unreleased Snow Bros.

Pixel-art cover with Amiga 500 and Sharp X68000, between Amiga creativity and Japanese arcade atmosphere.

History

Amiga vs the Rest of the World: why the Sharp X68000 was not the Japanese Amiga

The third chapter of Amiga vs the Rest of the World looks at the myth of the Sharp X68000 as “the Japanese Amiga”: Capcom arcade ports, U.S. Gold, Workbench, Human68k, demo scene and two very different computer cultures.

History

The Addams Family: the pinball machine in the haze of Bar Acquario

A school memory of buses, smoke, records, credits and endless challenges around a pinball machine that seemed to call the whole bar to attention.

memories

The Future Behind a Shop Window: From Amiga to PlayStation

memories

OutRun Arcade: That Summer by the Sea, Between the Beach and the Game Room

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Point & Click Lover

Thank you again, Marco, for the opportunity to collaborate on this article. One of the most rewarding parts of creating TheGeekLink has been discovering that every retro game has a differen...

Marco Finelli

Amiga User

Have you tried it? What did you think of it? I really enjoyed it.

Marco Finelli

Amiga User

Small note: on Retro-Gamers.it you can now register, comment on articles and leave your own score on reviews. The idea is to slowly build a real community, not just a website people visit o...

Marco Finelli

Amiga User

I remember playing this back in the day with cheats enabled, otherwise I would not have made it very far. Brutally difficult! Did any of you ever manage to finish it “clean”, without cheats?

Playable Classics

Curated pages for classic games that can be rediscovered today with legal notes, practical instructions and recommended tools.

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Playable classic · MS-DOS

Beneath a Steel Sky

Beneath a Steel Sky is Revolution Software’s 1994 cyberpunk graphic adventure, now legally playable through the freeware floppy package documented by ScummVM.

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Playable classic · MS-DOS

Flight of the Amazon Queen

Flight of the Amazon Queen is a 1995 point and click adventure, now legally playable through freeware floppy packages documented by ScummVM.

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Playable classic · Amiga 500

Lure of the Temptress

Lure of the Temptress is Revolution Software’s first graphic adventure: a 1992 fantasy point and click game, now legally playable through freeware DOS packages documented by ScummVM.

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Playable classic · Amiga 500

Nippon Safes Inc.

Nippon Safes Inc. is one of the most distinctive Italian graphic adventures of the early 1990s. Developed by Dynabyte, it can now be played legally through freeware DOS and Amiga packages documented by ScummVM.

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Emulators

Tools for launching, configuring and understanding games and platforms from the past, with official links and technical notes.

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Interpreter

ScummVM

ScummVM lets players run many classic adventure games on modern systems by using the original game data files and replacing the old executable.

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Emulator

DOSBox

DOSBox emulates an x86 PC with a DOS environment, period graphics and audio, allowing many classic MS-DOS games to run on modern systems.

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Emulator

WinUAE

WinUAE emulates the Commodore Amiga family on Windows, with strong compatibility and detailed configurations for games, demos and advanced Amiga setups.

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Interview

Dynabyte, Nippon Safes and the Italian Adventure Game Years: An Interview with Massimo Magnasciutti

A direct, ironic and sometimes bitter conversation with Massimo Magnasciutti about Dynabyte, Nippon Safes Inc., Deluxe Paint, Donna Fatale and the difficult but unforgett…

Disney’s Aladdin for Mega Drive, with Aladdin in the desert and a colorful background.

Interview

David Perry: “With Aladdin, we wanted to capture Disney magic inside a 16-bit cartridge”

A short interview with David Perry, from Disney’s Aladdin and Earthworm Jim to Shiny Entertainment, Gaikai and new AI-…

Review

Final Fight

Final Fight on Sharp X68000 is one of the finest home conversions of Capcom’s beat ’em up: brutal, physical and still remarkably close to the arcade spirit.

Pixel-art cover with Amiga 500 and PC DOS computers, Guybrush, Doom, VGA and Sound Blaster.

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Amiga vs the Rest of the World: the day PC DOS stopped chasing

The second chapter of “Amiga vs the Rest of the World” tells the moment when PC DOS stopped chasing: VGA, Sound Blaster, hard drives, 386, 486, LucasArts, arcade conversions and Doom changed the balance.

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Shadow of the Beast

Shadow of the Beast is one of the Amiga’s absolute myths: spectacular, atmospheric and still powerful, but also rigid, cruel and divisive.

Pixel-art cover with Amiga 500, Superfrog, Mega Drive, Super Nintendo, Sonic and Mario.

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Amiga vs the Rest of the World: when Commodore’s computer challenged Mega Drive and Super Nintendo

A 1990s comparison between Amiga, Mega Drive and Super Nintendo without console wars: three different machines, from floppy disks and sprites to audio, pads and home creativity.