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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I’m still working on other stuff, including the next longer video (in German), so I decided that instead of not publishing anything for another week, I’d rather add another “shorts” video. This one examines M.U.L.E. by Ozark Softscape/Electronic Arts on the Atari 8-bit range. As always, it features representative scenes from the game, accompanied by […]
Continue ReadingI originally anticipated the move to English as a longer process, but it turned out that this bilingual limbo does not work very well in either language: German readers are confused by the English parts, while English (and international) readers feel alienated by the German parts, to put it very simple. As a result, the […]
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My new “shorts” video examines Delta/Delta Patrol by Thalamus Ltd on the C64. As always, it features representative scenes from the game, accompanied by short facts. In meinem neuen „Shorts“-Video geht es um Delta/Delta Patrol von Thalamus Ltd auf dem C64. Wie immer biete ich repräsentative Ausschnitte aus dem Spiel, begleitet von kurzen Fakten. (Das […]
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My new “shorts” video examines Parallax by Sensible Software/Ocean on the C64. As always, it features representative scenes from the game, accompanied by short facts. In meinem neuen „Shorts“-Video geht es um Parallax von Sensible Software/Ocean auf dem C64. Wie immer biete ich repräsentative Ausschnitte aus dem Spiel, begleitet von kurzen Fakten. (Das Video ist […]
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My new “shorts” video examines Worms by Team17 on the Amiga (with the CD32 title tune). As usual, it features representative scenes from the game, accompanied by short facts. The Amiga version of Worms (as well as The Director’s Cut) can be legally downloaded at Dream17. In meinem neuen „Shorts“-Video geht es um Worms von […]
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