My article series about the history of gaming through the months of the year continues with May. Once again, many things happened, some of which shaped the development of computer and video games in unprecedented ways. Like last time, let’s get the sad dates over with: Douglas Adams, the author of many books who often […]
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My new “shorts” video examines Bombo from 1986 by Rino on the C64. As always, it features representative scenes from the game, accompanied by short facts. In meinem neuen „Shorts“-Video geht es um Bombo aus dem Jahr 1986 von Rino auf dem C64. Wie immer biete ich repräsentative Ausschnitte aus dem Spiel, begleitet von kurzen […]
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My new “shorts” video examines Spy vs Spy from 1984 by First Star Software on the C64. As always, it features representative scenes from the game, accompanied by short facts. In meinem neuen „Shorts“-Video geht es um Spy vs Spy aus dem Jahr 1984 von First Star Software auf dem C64. Wie immer biete ich […]
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My new “shorts” video examines International Karate + (or IK+) by System 3 on the C64. As usual, it features representative scenes from the game, accompanied by short facts. In meinem neuen „Shorts“-Video geht es um International Karate + (oder IK+) von System 3 auf dem C64. Wie üblich biete ich repräsentative Ausschnitte aus dem […]
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My new “shorts” video examines The Way of the Exploding Fist by Beam Software/Melbourne House on the C64. As always, it features representative scenes from the game, accompanied by short facts. The game has been made freeware by the developer, Beam Software, for all systems. The C64 version can be downloaded at Lemon64, for instance. […]
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My new “shorts” video examines Lionheart by Thalion on the Amiga. As usual, it features representative scenes from the game, accompanied by short facts. The game can be legally downloaded at the Thalion Webshrine. In meinem neuen „Shorts“-Video geht es um Lionheart von Thalion auf dem Amiga. Wie immer biete ich repräsentative Ausschnitte aus dem […]
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In meinem neuen Video (das bis auf Weiteres mein letztes deutschsprachiges sein wird) beleuchte ich die Hintergründe der berühmten Serie, die noch heute fortgesetzt wird, erkläre die komplizierte Hintergrundgeschichte und die Besonderheiten der einzelnen Teile und gehe kurz auf die ersten sieben (oder je nach Zählung acht) Spiele bis zum Jahr 2000 ein: Bubble Bobble, […]
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My last “shorts” video focused on M.U.L.E. by Ozark Softscape on the Atari 8-bit family. The mind behind that game was Danielle Bunten Berry, an outstandingly innovative game designer who pioneered a minimal design with well-constructed game mechanics. Berry, who is often credited as Dani Bunten or Dan Bunten, started her career in 1978 with […]
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My look back at each month in the history of retrogaming will continue throughout the year, but from this instalment onward, in line with the direction Vintrospektiv is taking, it will be in English. Of course, April is no exception as a month of many exciting things that happened over the years. There are a […]
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Am 6. April wird um 18 Uhr die 46. Ausgabe der Radiosendung „Herzblut Freie Szene“ gesendet, die immer am ersten Dienstag des Monats im Rahmen der „Berliner Runde“ ausgestrahlt wird und sich mit performativer Kunst in allen ihren Facetten beschäftigt. Diesmal bin ich als Gast dabei und unterhalte mich eine Stunde lang mit dem Moderator […]
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