As usual, I got the issue itself a few days ago but haven’t had time to blog about it! Homebrew stuffs for this issue are Trooper: Point 5 for the Spectrum, Virus for the ZX81 (the score for which has already generated a little “controversy” on Facebook – I consider a shoot ‘em up that allows you to get stuck without any ammo to be flawed, others apparently don’t agree!) and a couple of Pong variants for the MSX and Spectrum again, NeoPong and King of Pong respectively.
The indie games are Apple Jack, an XBLIG platformer with a truly mental combo scoring system, Old School Racer which is again XBLIG and bears more than a passing resemblance to Super Scramble Simulator and a remake of Space Invaders for the PC which was a bit meh to be honest… and the interview is with Jarrod Bentley and some utter arse got the pictures mixed up so his partner in crime Sean Gee appears in the corner – despite this foul up being my fault, I’m refusing utterly to take responsibility for it until next issue when both pictures will be printed and a reasonably grovelling apology offered via the intro.
And whilst I’m posting, there’s a good article here about shoot ‘em ups that fans of the genre should find interesting, mainly because it isn’t just an “I like shmups, LOL” piece and the two people doing most of the talking have produced some shooty goodness; if people comment and the post seems popular, Indie Superstar might consider covering the genre a little more and that’s a Good Thing!
Tags: homebrew, issue 80, Retro Gamer
Hi Jason, I’ve noticed that there was a review of our game DIAMONDZ in issue 78 of the magazine. Would you be so kind and scan it for us?
Oh gawd… now you’re asking, i’ll have to see if i can dig the issue out (my “filing system” is appalling) and then locate a scanner that actually works!
Perhaps just a digital camera in macro mode would do
My cheap old Kodak doesn’t have the option… so it’s probably shoddy fifty quid and eight year old scanner time if i can find the thing! =-)
I happen to have a scan of that page (not very good quality, but readable).
http://www.sendspace.com/file/8mwl7i
Let me know if you’ve downloaded it, then I can remove it.
Well, that saves me doing a terrible scan for ‘em! =-)
Downloaded, TYVM!
So it seems that the review was quite positive this time (unlike the one for Swapz in the last issue of RGCD), though it’s kind of short and completely lacks assessing the game graphics- and sound-wise. Still the percentage is nice