Invyya playable demo
Horizontal SHMUP Inviyya is nearing completion - since we last reported about it, a playable demo has been released. There are still a few glitches, but it looks like this is gonna be a fun classic-style shooter.
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See link below to download the demo for your OCS Amiga. Here's a video for the impatient:
"Amiga - Inviyya - FULL DEMO (2020)" video (2020-02-03)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnWVRvBh7YE
Go here to download the demo (ADF):
https://tigerskunk.itch.io/inviyya
As always, support the author with some coffee:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tigerskunk
Scourge of the Underkind - alive!
It's been quite a while since we last heard of "Scourge of the Underkind", a game many are eagerly awaiting, but now we have proof the project's not cancelled: a new teaser video has been released, along with some words from author Wayne Ashworth via the game's facebook page.
Judging from the video, the game looks increasingly good, with beautiful pixel art, some neat visual effects, and smooth movement, promising a highly entertaining experience for fans of Alien Breed, Gods, and The Chaos Engine.
Scourge of the Underkind "Village teaser HD (W.I.P)" video (2020-02-17):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGnYgZR8PYo
For latest news keep an eye on the game's facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/ScourgeUnderkind/
Gold Rush (1989) re-release
"Gold Rush", a game originally released in 1989 for Amiga, MS-DOS, Atari ST, and other platforms, got re-released for the Amiga with a beautiful boxed special edition in October 2019. Included in the box are a set of floppy discs, extra printed color labels, ADF files on CD, a large printed map, a certificate, and much more!
http://shop.sunlight-games.com/images/games/Gold%20Rush!%20(Amiga)/thumbs/081019-Image2.jpg |
http://shop.sunlight-games.com/images/games/Gold%20Rush!%20(Amiga)/thumbs/081019-Image3.jpg |
http://shop.sunlight-games.com/product/29
Additional sources:
http://amiga-news.de/de/news/AN-2019-10-00026-DE.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Rush!
Rygar AGA finished - and awarded!
Graeme Cowie's "Rygar AGA" is not only finished, it also got awarded the Amiga Gamers’ Choice Award 2019 for being the "most popular new Amiga game for 2019" by Retro Gamer Nation (RGN) on Feb. 01, 2020 - congratulations!
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Click here to go to "Rygar AGA" download page:
https://bit.ly/35hHWrZ
You can visit the game's facebook page for more news and info:
https://www.facebook.com/RygarAmiga/
For in-depth information you might want to follow the "Rygar Dev Diary" at the EAB: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=93545
Additional sources:
http://hol.abime.net/6317
http://retrogamernation.com/rygar-aga-is-voted-as-your-most-popular-new-amiga-game-for-2019/
http://www.indieretronews.com/2019/10/rygar-aga-tecmos-arcade-game-as-amiga.html
Black Dawn Rebirth
Also ranking high on RGN's Amiga Gamers’ Choice Award 2019, is "Black Dawn Rebirth" by Double Sided Games. "Black Dawn Rebirth" is a sci-fi styled dungeon crawler game that requires an Amiga with at least 1.5MB of RAM, of which 1MB must be ChipRAM. It has an animated intro sequence, lots of levels, enemies, and weapons, runs in 64 colors, and has an optional 3D motion effect which can be enabled on faster Amigas.
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https://doublesidedgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/BlackDawnRebirth-Amiga-20.png |
https://doublesidedgames.com/shop/commodore/commodore-amiga/black-dawn-rebirth/
Additional sources:
https://doublesidedgames.com/black-dawn-rebirth-is-now-released/
http://www.indieretronews.com/2019/08/black-dawn-rebirth-double-sided-games.html
Trap Runner Bonus "Black Strawberry Cake"
Jump-and-run game "Trap Runner", originally released in 2018 and reported about in one of our previous articles, got an updated sequel by the name of "Black Strawberry Cake".
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http://night.owl.de/index.php?id=57
It's free, as is the original "Trap Runner".
If you want to support the author, and get some nice collectible, you can buy a physical boxed edition of "Trap Runner" from APC&TCP online shop: https://www.amigashop.org/product_info.php?products_id=289
Additional sources:
http://www.retroguru.com/trap-runner/
http://amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2019-12-00050-EN.html
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Those were some more of 2019's (and 2020's) game developments, in fact we haven't even caught up yet - but we're not even finished with you for now, as we have some...
...Bonus gaming news:
ZGloom: Gloom for Windows and Linux
"Gloom" is a well known first person shooter game on the Amiga, and now it looks it might be conquering new platforms: a C++/SDL2 based reimplementation of the game is under development, currently (2020-02-28) at version 0.1.0, which according to the author's comments has "...still many things missing..." but "...it can play everything I've thrown at it." That sounds awesome. Ports to Windows and Linux are included - but this screams for an AROS port. Anyone?
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Swizpig/ZGloom/master/screenshots/organs.png |
https://github.com/Swizpig/ZGloom
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Thanks for reading!
UPDATE 2020-03-08: "Games galore" has turned into a whole series of articles: