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Space 1999 is the game you have been waiting for !

It's not trivial, but a new game is released for Oric Atmos 1 is available: Space 1999. Furthermore it is a TV adaptation of a cult 80s series: Space 1999 (renamed Cosmos 1999 in France)! The quality of the title seems extraordinary: the game is in 3D isometric (Alien 8 for Zx Spectrum or so Get Dexter), which is not common even in this un...

‘Arcade Reality’: Invaders are back on Augmented reality games

"Arcade Reality" is my new game for Palm Treo mobile phone and will be soon available on iPhone according TouchArcade. In many ways it is just a plain shooting game. What is unusual is the Augmented Reality technology, which makes the aliens feel more real, like if they were floating in the real space around the player. TouchArcade says : Arcad...

1984 – 2009: Elite’s 25th birthday

1984 was the gaming industry's worst year during 80's. In September 1984, the company AcornSoft came out with a new and epic space game called Elite, launched at first for BBC Micro and Acorn Electron. The coders were two mathematician nerds named David Braben and Ian Bell, who were 20 and 22-years-old. Elite sold brilliantly from the start and ...