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[manossg]

Boy this looked like so much crap to me back in the day...

Yeah, I, too, wasn't impressed. Hope I'll get luckier with the next text adventure.

[manossg]

In another astoundingly exciting review of yet another text adventure game, this time Gnome Ranger for the Commodore Amiga. Let's see if this one is any good...or not.

[ComSoft6128]

Sorry @manossg but all I'm getting is this:


"An error occurred. Please try again later. (Playback ID: nx8STy5tyCFk_cZj)"

[manossg]

Sorry @manossg but all I'm getting is this:


"An error occurred. Please try again later. (Playback ID: nx8STy5tyCFk_cZj)"

Thanks for letting me know, bro! Link updated, I think it should work now.

[Gryzor]

Hmm plays fine for me...

[manossg]

Some people think that RPGs are for kids. Well, I bet they haven't seen Hired Sword 2, a 2020 game for the C64!

[manossg]

Well, it's been a while since my last retro game review, so here is a special treat for you, 2064 for the PC, a 'cyberpunk point and click, inspired by Gabriel Knight'. Yeah, right.
(sorry for the low video quality, you are not missing much, though)

[manossg]

Time to return to the Amiga with Chip's Challenge, a classic puzzle game. Is it truly worth playing today?

[TotO]

Amiga? It can be a GX4000 game.

[manossg]

Amiga? It can be a GX4000 game.

That sounds like a good idea for some Amstrad vengeance, considering the piss poor port the CPC got. 

[andycadley]

Amiga? It can be a GX4000 game.

That sounds like a good idea for some Amstrad vengeance, considering the piss poor port the CPC got. 

I remember the Lynx version being highly praised, I think it just worked really well as a portable game you could drop in and out of. I don't remember any of the home ports being much cop though.

[manossg]

Amiga? It can be a GX4000 game.

That sounds like a good idea for some Amstrad vengeance, considering the piss poor port the CPC got. 

I remember the Lynx version being highly praised, I think it just worked really well as a portable game you could drop in and out of. I don't remember any of the home ports being much cop though.

I have never seen the original Lynx version, but I guess having a handheld version as the original explains the small visible screen area. :/ 
About the ports, the Amiga isn't that bad, the C64 was quite playable but the graphics weren't very clear and...the Amstrad one was impressively (and painfully) a dog. 

[manossg]

After what seems like ages, time to return to the Amstrad CPC. We will be reviewing yet another puzzler, Jewel Warehouse 1, released in 2016 by Egotrip.

[manossg]

Well, it is about time we returned to the point'n'click genre, reviewing thε Amiga port of Cruise for a Corpse, released in 1991 by Delphine. This is one that gets very high ratings so it must be a classic...or maybe not?

[manossg]

A review of yet another classic, the first Tomb Raider, through the nothing-is-sacred lens of retro rant. Enjoy!

[manossg]

For this review we have a modern but retro themed point'n'click, Perfect Tides, released in 2022. This is a title that has been universally praised with very high ratings and overwhelmingly positive reviews, but is it truly worthwhile?

[manossg]

Well, time for a platformer for the Commodore Amiga, one that has been trashed by the press, receiving very low ratings, Charlie J. Cool, released in 1996.

[manossg]

Ah, time for another exciting text adventure game review, this time a recent ZX Spectrum game, Donum, released by Bitfans in 2022!

[manossg]

Well, time for putting another absolute classic to the rant test, this time a dungeon crawler, Ultima Underworld 1.