Operation: Pinkeye

Operation: Pinkeye

Operation: Pinkeye is a first-person shooter throwing back to shooters from the 90s by the likes of Rareware and Free Radical Design.

Set in an alternate Universe where the Acts of Union in 1707 never happened, Scotland and England remain independent and tensions between the 2 remain very high.

A journalist has been killed in a hotel in London near a political rally, his room was ransacked, as if their murderers were looking for something. It was believed that he held important documents containing plans by the English to invade Scotland. Fearing that this is the case, The Scottish Secret Service (The SSS) assign their best agent, Ken Maxwell, to obtain the stolen documents, and find out exactly what they’re planning.

Traverse through 15 levels of high-octane spy action, with music from the composer of Planet X3, and FMV cutscenes filmed in Scots!

Features

  • Relive memories of ’90s era shooters without the annoying bits

  • Faithful old-school graphics

  • Multiple language support, including Scots and Gaelic!

  • Customisable mechanics and controls!

  • Music from the composer of Planet X3 and Half-Life: Dark Matter


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Operation: Pinkeye on Steam

Pixel Ripped 1995

Pixel Ripped 1995

FULL VIDEO REVIEW AVAILABLE

https://youtu.be/WF_BImXlAAU

For the original fans of Pixel Ripped 1989 here’s my quick answer if you should buy the sequel. It’s a massive yes from me! Everything you know and love is here but it’s been turned up a quite a few notch’s and I’m assuming after the deserved success of Ana Ribeiros Pixel Ripped 1989 developers ARVORE have doubled down and expanded on what made the original really really special. In my mind this is a must buy.

Far-of-a-land is again at peace but the evil cyblin lord has other ideas and has a plan to get his goblin like hands on the Pixel stone once again and it will make him more powerful than.

Real player with 5.4 hrs in game


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I was THERE man…

It was a time of great strife, and conflict. It was WAR. It was, the Great American CONSOLE WAR. Arguably the most well known of them all. Two console enter. One console leave. But the one that left was neither of the two that entered. But I digress…

16 bit?? That’s like…twice as many bits!

This game will take you on a digital nostalgia world tour, and if you’re old enough to remember these times, you’ll no doubt feel like you’re seeing old friends for the first time in as many years. Your “Brothers in Arms” from your old War days. Console War days. If it was iconic, it’s likely here in some recognizable but not copyright infringing way. This includes the main character, who is herself something of an amalgamation of Samus, Link, and Megaman.

Real player with 5.3 hrs in game

Pixel Ripped 1995 on Steam

Return To Sender

Return To Sender

Return to Sender is a competitive horde mode first-person shooter with retro graphics reminiscent of Wolfenstein 3D and a multiplayer mode inspired by Tetris.

What is Competitive Horde Mode

Every monster you kill,

Spawns in your opponent’s game.

Buy guns to powerup,

and upgrade the monsters you send to the other player.

Outlive your opponent… or die. Last living player wins.


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Return To Sender on Steam

Campfire Tales

Campfire Tales

*Note that this is a review for version 1.0.2

Playing status: 3x playthroughs, bad endings

Intro

Campfire Tales is a GB Studio game about three people that tell their stories on a camping trip. Three stories will be told by each person to make your camping trip worthwhile.

Pros:

  • Different endings on each story

Cons:

  • Clues for getting a good ending are too hard to find

  • Game over by choosing certain options in dialogues

  • Your save will be wiped right before you finished the game

Real player with 2.4 hrs in game

Campfire Tales on Steam

Command HQ

Command HQ

This game is an ancient DOS-era RTS where you basically have to dominate the whole world, and you can do so through production of power. You fight people using your army and you can gain allies through diplomacy and positive foreign affairs. You can also do a one on one through a modem of some sort, I’m not sure if any newer ones will do the job but an old serial modem sure will. Good luck finding an RS-232 port on your post-2003 computer.

It reminds me a lot of Shadow President, however this game is 2 years older. TBH Shadow President is better, but this game isn’t bad and I get the same feel when I play this game as I would in Shadow President.

Real player with 301.9 hrs in game

No problems on my win 7 laptop. Another game I bought since I haven’t fixed my main computer yet. A classic strategy game, though the AI is average at best. It’s great that you can rewatch the whole game you played, through a film session and see how the AI played. I didn’t notice any difference between the hardest difficulty and the 2nd easiest. You do have the ability to speed up or slow down the game. From playing the game and watching the films, you notice that the AI doesn’t priorities oil fields or air superiority, doesn’t organize its navy into a fleet, and also leaves its unit outside of the city for some reason. These flaws in the AI cause the game to be easy. However playing the allies in WW1 and WW2 can be challenging. There is multiplayer, but for most people it is too much of hassle to set it up. The game against the AI can be relatively short, probably 1 to 2 hrs at most. I would recommend the game a lot more if the AI was better, but can’t expecting much from a 17 MB game. I do think it is a good fun casual strategy game. I give the game a 6.5/10 for this version.

Real player with 27.9 hrs in game

Command HQ on Steam

Hypnospace Outlaw

Hypnospace Outlaw

In writing this review and reading it back, I find myself struggling to write about it enough to get across my sheer admiration without spoiling the whole thing to prospective customers. I apologise in advance. Suffice it to be known that I recommend Hypnospace Outlaw in the fullest extent my enthusiasm can avail. At the risk of sounding like a fanboy, it is perhaps one of the greatest pieces of fiction I’ve ever consumed. I hope to explain why.

Whenever I think about this game and the experiences it gave me, there’s a dull aching sensation in my chest. I experienced something truly wonderful and moving. I was immersed completely and, ironic considering the active hours of Sleeptime Computing, often burned my candle far too low, ravenously trying to see what else the game had for me.

Real player with 34.2 hrs in game

A satirical homage to 90s internet on the surface, but so much more underneath that.

Hypnospace Outlaw is a game that connected with me on a deeper level than I ever would have anticipated. While it may seem like a fairly lighthearted comedy at first (and it IS a comedy; there are several moments where I laughed out loud at the absurdity), it is so much deeper than that. Where Hypnospace Outlaw excels, in my opinion, is the world that it creates while you explore the depths of this alternate-reality version of the web.

Real player with 27.8 hrs in game

Hypnospace Outlaw on Steam

Neon Snake

Neon Snake

This game is lovely. It gives the player what it promised, and does it in a fun way. What I would love to see in this game, however, is some sort of competitive style of game-play. Maybe implement a leader board of sorts? It’s just my opinion, as this game is a little bare. With that out of the way, I honestly do enjoy this game.

Real player with 0.8 hrs in game

good nostalgic game

Real player with 0.5 hrs in game

Neon Snake on Steam

Pixel Pileup Party

Pixel Pileup Party

It’s Saturday, 1992. Probably late evening, perhaps 6 or so. You are a little kid, sitting on your bed, wrapped in a blanket with your “Game Kid” handheld device (not backlit) and play your favorite games while your mother brings you some hot cocoa. You don’t know it yet but this is the best life will ever be.

This feeling, the feeling of playing those handheld games back in the day, this is what Pixel Pileup Party is all about. This game collection includes four new “Game Kid” styled games in one package, so that you can feel like a child again. Unless of course that kid never was you, in that case you’ll encounter four great games styled after a 90s retro device. One way or the other, you’ll get some awesome games is what I’m saying.

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About the games:

Chibi Ninja-Kun

The ancient scrolls of the Ninja’s way have been stolen and it is up to you to get them back. Fight your way through dangerous enemies, defeat tough bosses and try not to die out there.

Old school retro platforming action awaits in this tough as nails adventure. Are you Ninja enough to survive?

Donion VS Bad Hombres

Donald the orange onion is furious. Bad Hombres are infiltrating his beautiful wall (the best wall there ever is, so good, winning) thinking that, because he wants them to pay for it, it belongs to them. Foolish vegetables. SAD!

Help Donion get rid of the bad fruit by doing what Donald does best: Bumbling into them and tripping over himself. But beware: Some hombres are strong, yo!

Puzzle KING MAN

The King Man is at it again - but this time for the first time! Again! How exciting! Puzzling! Retroing! Fun for the whole family, as long as you are alone, because this game is single player only!

Puzzle KING MAN? YES! The only game that has ever truly been and shall forever be 100% apolitical!

eXtreme Rider RETRO

Every ten years, a competition is held by the planetary government to find the best speedcycle rider on the planet. Many riders from all around the globe participate to find out who is the most extreme rider of them all.

It’s not a question if you’ll die. It’s about how far you’ll get before the inevitable happens!


Arbitrary list of features in no particular order:

  • Collecting 4 different 8-Bit Retro Handheld styled games

  • Match-3, platformer, endless runner and metroidvania in one package

  • Modern features like colors and game saves (yes, really)

  • 4 shades of green

  • Chiptunes. Who doesn’t love chiptunes

  • Each game has its own shades of green for some reason

  • Unique gameplay experiences for every game

  • All games have hidden graphic modes you can unlock in case yo don’t like green that much

  • eXtreme Rider RETRO has online highscores


Controller Information:

Due to limitations with the engine, some controllers, for example 8bitdo gamepads, may not work properly. There is, unfortunately, nothing I can do about that. Should you have any trouble with your gamepad, maybe try another gamepad or use the keyboard. I apologize for the inconvenience.

Pixel Pileup Party on Steam

RETROLD

RETROLD

PORTUGUÊS - Literalmente o melhor jogo de arcade que eu ja joguei na minha vida. Somente os melhores jogos retro, sendo um dos mais viciantes o tank no singleplayer. Simplesmente genial.

INGLÊS - Literally the best arcade game I’ve ever played in my life. Only the best retro games. One of the most addictive game is tank in singleplayer mode. Simply brilliant.

ESCRITO POR: MAIOR JOGADOR DE RETROLD DO MUNDO

PREMIAÇÕES RECEBIDAS: PRIMEIRO A JOGAR RETROLD POR 6H, JOGADOR Q MAIS JOGOU RETROLD ATE O MOMENTO, O PRIMEIRO A ABRIR TODOS OS ARCADES, O PRIMEIRO A CONQUISTAR TODAS AS ROUPINHAS E O PRIMEIRO A PLATINAR RETROLD. NADA MAIS NADA MENOS QUE A PORRA DO DEUS DE RETROLD.

Real player with 9.4 hrs in game

RETROLD on Steam

The Curse of Monkey Island

The Curse of Monkey Island

My favorite game of all time, hands down. I play it every year or so since I first played it, probably in 2000 where I bought it at a store that sold used video games that came in CD cases (this was a 2-CD game). There is one significant problem with this game: I’ve been searching for its equal ever since, and I’ve never found it. The gentle mix of humor, of lightheartedness, challenging puzzles, voice acting by Dominic Armato, the beautiful graphics and amazing musical score… Nothing comes close. I don’t think that the folks who created this knew what they were making at the time, it was just another game from LucasArts. Bill Tiller did the graphics, and there is something so soothing about the visuals. I think most importantly is the intelligence of the puzzles, where each item you get will be put to use in some creative form later on in the game in a way that makes you think about what you’re doing and what is possible, but doesn’t go too far in difficulty nor is it too easy, either. The fact that all of this came together in one game is truly remarkable feat.

Real player with 25.1 hrs in game

I never got the chance to play one Monkey Island game until now, and this is actually my first eventhough it’s the third xD. I’m clearly missing a lot of references to the first and second game, there are some characters that I can tell is not the first time “we” met so I’m clueless to most of the funny bits regarding these ones.

The humor is the best part of the game, at least to me. I had lots of fun with the dialogs and incredibly horrible dad jokes. Puzzles are sometimes hard to understand, there may be very very very little objects you thought you clicked on but you didn’t , maybe you thought you could solve the puzzle certain way because it’s the most logical to you but NOT and the solution is one of the silliest you could ever think of. So yeah, puzzles are not exactly unfair but rather… weird? You just gotta get used to the game’s logic, that’s all.

Real player with 11.9 hrs in game

The Curse of Monkey Island on Steam