Tag: old games

• Mario’s Game Gallery, or The Place Where Reality Crumbles

  

  I haven’t played much of Mario games in my life. It may sound wild, especially for an American reader, but I didn’t own any Nintendo console up until I bought Switch some five years ago. Along with Switch, I purchased Mario Kart 8 Deluxe to see what’s all the fuss is about—it’s okay, I guess—and…

  Boris Bezdar

  10.04.2023

  C:\Games\Other

  dos games, gaming, old games, pc games, Retro, retrogaming, videogames

• [Cleaning the Backlog] Wolfenstein 3D

  

  Shareware versions of both Wolfenstein 3D and Doom were pre-installed on my first PC machine back in 1995. When friends came over, we played Doom «Nightmare hotseat»—we sucked, rarely beating E1M1, but it was pure fun. Personally, though, when remaining one-on-one with my best pal Volkov Commander (also pre-installed by patriotic Russian hardware sellers), I…

  Boris Bezdar

  06.04.2023

  C:\Games\Action

  dos games, gaming, old games, pc games, Retro, retrogaming, videogames, wolfenstein 3d

• [Cleaning the Backlog] Anvil of Dawn

  

  Anvil of Dawn is perhaps not the best dungeon crawler ever made, but it’s undoubtedly one of the most streamlined and accessible. As one of the evolutional peaks of the genre, the game optimizes its essential aspects while filtering out everything unnecessary, excessive, and burdensome. Additionally, Anvil of Dawn is one of the most beautiful,…

  Boris Bezdar

  30.03.2023

  C:\Games\RPG

  Anvil of Dawn, dos games, dungeon crawl, gaming, old games, pc games, retrogaming, Rpg, videogames