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17/09/2024

MULTI-PLATFORM POST [ #13 / 2024]
STRIDER II (Tiertex, 1990)
Strider II is the sequel to the Strider arcade game. It's an action platform game developed by Tiertex and published by U.S Gold for the Amiga, ST, CPC, C64, ZX home computers, as well as the Game Gear, the Mega Drive and the Master System consoles.

NOTE: Our photo-shooting is for our website's reviews only and not for comparison purposes, therefore, some versions (and conversions) of a particular game may be missing.

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 Amiga
📷 Atari ST

04/09/2024

MULTI-PLATFORM POST [ #12 / 2024]
ZOOL (Gremlin Graphics, 1992)
Zool is a great platform game that made its debut on the Amiga in 1992 and was marked as the best-selling Amiga game of this year. Zool was also released for the Atari ST, PC (DOS), Acorn 32bit as well a the Mega Drive, the SNES, the Sega MS, the GameBoy and the Game Gear.

NOTE: Our photo-shooting is for our website's reviews only and not for comparison purposes, therefore, some versions (and conversions) of a particular game may be missing.

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 Amiga 600 (ECS version)
📷 Amiga 1200 (AGA version)
📷 Atari STE
📷 Compaq LTE 5000 (DOS version)

18/08/2024

SINGLE-PLATFORM POST [ #6 / 2024]
VIGILANTE (IREM Corp., 1988 on the arcades)
Vigilante is a side-scrolling beat 'em up game developed for the arcades in 1988 by IREM and published by Data East. The game was converted to a variety of 8bit and 16bit home systems, computers and consoles. The Turbografx-16 / PC Engine conversion was developed and published by IREM in 1989.

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 NEC TURBOGRAFX-16

28/07/2024

MULTI-PLATFORM POST [ #11 / 2024]
ULTIMATE MORTAL KOMBAT 3 (Midway, 1995)
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 is another installment, fighting game of the popular Mortal Kombat series. The game was developed and released by Midway for the arcades in 1995.

NOTE: Our photo-shooting is for our website's reviews only and not for comparison purposes, therefore, some versions (and conversions) of a particular game may be missing.

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 SEGA Mega Drive
📷 Super Nintendo Entertainment System

14/07/2024

SERIES POST [ #3 / 2024]
MORTAL KOMBAT (Midway, 1993 on the MD)
MORTAL KOMBAT II (Midway, 1994 on the MD)
MORTAL KOMBAT 3 aka MK3 (Midway, 1995 on the MD)

NOTE: Our photo-shooting is for our website's reviews only and not for comparison purposes, therefore, some versions (and conversions) of a particular game may be missing.

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 SEGA Mega Drive II

03/07/2024

MULTI-PLATFORM POST [ #10 / 2024]
LEMMINGS (DMA Design, 1991)
Lemmings is one of the best puzzle-platform games ever developed and is considered as one of the most widely-ported video games of all time. Lemmings was originally developed and released for the Amiga computers and later ported to numerous other home computers and video gaming consoles.

NOTE: Our photo-shooting is for our website's reviews only and not for comparison purposes, therefore, some versions (and conversions) of a particular game may be missing.

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 Amiga
📷 Atari ST
📷 Amstrad CPC
📷 Sega Mega Drive
📷 Philips CD-i
📷 Panasonic 3DO

24/06/2024

MULTI-PLATFORM POST [ #9 / 2024]
DISNEY'S THE LION KING (Westwood Studios, 1994)
Based on Disney's popular animated film starring Simba the lion, The Lion King is a multi-scrolling action platform game released for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis, SNES, NES, PC (DOS / Windows), Mac and Amiga (AGA) home systems.

NOTE: Our photo-shooting is for our website's reviews only and not for comparison purposes, therefore, some versions (and conversions) of a particular game may be missing.

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 Amiga 1200
📷 PC (DOS)
📷 Sega Mega Drive
📷 Super Nintendo Entertainment System

12/06/2024

SERIES POST [ #2 / 2024]
FREDDY HARDEST (Dinamic Software, 1987)
FREDDY HARDEST 2 (Dinamic Software, 1989)
"Freddy Hardest" is an action game initially released for the C64 in 1987. The same year, more versions followed, including the Amstrad CPC, MSX, ZX and PC. The game was developed by the Spanish software house Dinamic Software and published by Imagine Software.
The sequel, under the name "Freddy Hardest In South Manhattan", was released in 1989 and, this time, it was also reeleased for the 16bit home computers, Atari ST and Amiga.

NOTE: Our photo-shooting is for our website's reviews only and not for comparison purposes, therefore, some versions (and conversions) of a particular game may be missing.

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 Amstrad CPC 6128 (Freddy Hardest)
📷 Philips VG 8020 (Freddy Hardest)
📷 Atari 1040 STFM (Freddy Hardest 2)

03/06/2024

SINGLE-PLATFORM POST [ #5 / 2024]
UEFA STRIKER aka STRIKER PRO 2000 (Rage Games, 2000)
Striker Pro 2000 is a cool and fun football / soccer videogame initially launched in 1999 for the PlayStation and, a year later, for the SEGA DreamCast. The game was developed by Rage Games Ltd and published by Inforgrames SA.

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 SEGA DreamCast

27/05/2024

MULTI-PLATFORM POST [ #8 / 2024]
OSCAR (Flair Software, 1993)
Oscar is an action-platform game initially developed in 1993 by Flair Software for the Amiga (OCS/ECS and AGA chipsets), in 1994 for the PC (DOS) and in 1996 for the Super Nintendo console.

NOTE: Our photo-shooting is for our website's reviews only and not for comparison purposes, therefore, some versions (and conversions) of a particular game may be missing.

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 Amiga 500
📷 Amiga 1200
📷 PC (DOS)
📷 Super Nintendo Entertainment System

11/05/2024

MULTI-PLATFORM POST [ #7 / 2024]
KARATEKA (Jordan Mechner, 1984-1990)
Karateka is a 1984 fighting game written by Jordan Mechner for the Apple II. The game was renowned for its realistic vector graphics animations and was later ported to almost every major 8bit system of the time, namely the MSX, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8bit, Atari 7800, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, NES as well as the 16bit Atari ST and DOS.

NOTE: Our photo-shooting is for our website's reviews only and not for comparison purposes, therefore, some versions (and conversions) of a particular game may be missing.

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 Atari 65XE
📷 Commodore 64C
📷 Amstrad CPC 6128
📷 Nintendo Entertainment System

05/05/2024

MULTI-PLATFORM POST [ #6 / 2024]
BLOODWYCH (ImageWorks, 1989-1990)
Bloodwych is a fantasy RPG, dungeon crawler, similar to Dungeon Master, in which you explore a large complex, bumping off the bad guys while attempting to complete the quest. The game has a two-players mode which was unique to its genre. Bloodwych was released in 1989 for the Amiga, Atari ST, PC (MS-DOS) and in 1990 for the 8bit Amstrad, Commodore and Spectrum computers.

NOTE: Our photo-shooting is for our website's reviews only and not for comparison purposes, therefore, some versions (and conversions) of a particular game may be missing.

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 Amstrad CPC 6128
📷 Atari 1040 STFM

20/04/2024

MULTI-PLATFORM POST [ #5 / 2024]
RAINBOW ISLANDS (Taito, 1987)
Rainbow Islands: The Story Of Bubble Bobble 2 is a colorful and fun platform game developed for the arcades by Taito in 1987. From 1990 and forth, it was converted to a variety of 8bit and 16bit systems (both consoles and home computers) with great success.

NOTE: Our photo-shooting is for our website's reviews only and not for comparison purposes, therefore, some versions (and conversions) of a particular game may be missing.

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 Commodore 64C
📷 Nintendo Entertainment System
📷 Sony PlayStation (+enhanced version 1996)

08/04/2024

SINGLE-PLATFORM POST [ #4 / 2024]
DOUBLE DRAGON (Technos Japan, Sega Enterprises 1988)
Double Dragon is an all-time classic, bar-setting, beat 'em up game developed in 1987 for the arcades by Technos Japan and later converted to almost every home computer and video games console. The Sega Master System version was developed in 1988.

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 SEGA Master System II
📷 SEGA Master System III (+ EverDrive)

27/03/2024

MULTI-PLATFORM POST [ #4 / 2024]
SKWEEK (Loriciel SA, 1989-1991)
Skweek is an action puzzle game with vividly colored graphics, cool sound and fun gameplay. It was developed in 1989 by the French software house Loriciels for a variety of home computers (DOS, ST, Amiga, Amstrad) and in 1991 for the TurboGrafx and the Sega Game Gear consoles.

NOTE: Our photo-shooting is for our website's reviews only and not for comparison purposes, therefore, some versions (and conversions) of a particular game may be missing.

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 Amstrad CPC 6128
📷 NEC TurboGrafx

21/03/2024

RIVALRY!
Four rivals from the 4th generation of video gaming a.k.a. the last generation of 2D games.

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 SEGA Mega Drive
📷 SEGA Mega Drive 2
📷 Super NINTENDO Entertainment System
📷 NEC TurboGrafx
📷 PHILIPS CD-i

08/03/2024

SINGLE-PLATFORM POST [ #3 / 2024]
IGOR: OBJECTIVE UIKOKAHONIA (Pendulo Studios, 1995)
Igor: Objective Uikokahonia is an adventure game that follows the story of a student named Igor who must do anything he can to go on a biology educational trip to Uikokahonia (!) and draw the attention of his love interest, a beautiful girl named Laura. The game was exclusively launched as a shareware for the PC (DOS) home systems, featuring a classic adventure interface, lots of humor and creative puzzles..

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 P166+ / DOS 6.22

02/03/2024

COLLECTION POST ( #1 / 2024)
GT 65 fun moments!

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 Amstrad CPC 6128

26/02/2024

SINGLE-PLATFORM POST [ #2 / 2024]
ODYSSEY (Audiogenic, 1995)
Odyssey is a mix of action adventure and RPG game that rewards hard work with lots of fun. It is a slick mover and the playability is pitched at just the right level, not too difficult, with the puzzle elements to raise it above the standard platform gameplay. Released only for the Amiga (ECS and AGA chipsets).

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 Amiga 600

17/02/2024

SERIES POST [ #1 / 2024]
CARMAGEDDON (SCi Games, 1999)
CARMAGEDDON 64 (Software Creations, 1998)
Carmageddon is a 3D, Sci-Fi racing game with intense action and lots of gore (that forced many countries to ban the oritginal version). The game was initially developed in 1997 by Stainless Software and published by SCi Games for the DOS, Win and MAC computers. Carmageddon 64 is also known as Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse.

NOTE: Our photo-shooting is for our website's reviews only and not for comparison purposes, therefore, some versions (and conversions) of a particular game may be missing.

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 Sony PlayStation (Carmageddon)
📷 Nintendo 64 (Carmageddon 2)

09/02/2024

MULTI-PLATFORM POST [ #3 / 2024]
SCOOBY-DOO AND SCRAPPY-DOO (PAL Developments, 1991)
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo was released in 1991 for the Commodore 64, it's still available and playable with some tinkering. It's a classic platform caper, set in a licensed title, platform and TV cartoon themes and it was also developed for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST and ZX Spectrum.

NOTE: Our photo-shooting is for our website's reviews only and not for comparison purposes, therefore, some versions (and conversions) of a particular game may be missing.

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 Amiga
📷 Atari ST

09/02/2024

🕹 SCOOBY DOO AND SCRAPPY DOO
💾 HiTEC, 1991
🖥 Atari ST, Amiga

Random Versions Compilation No.173 / SCOOBY-DOO AND SCRAPPY-DOO Hi-Tec, 1991 REVIEW (Atari ST): https://retroshowcase.gr/index.php?id=AtariST&p=games&gam...

01/02/2024

SINGLE-PLATFORM POST [ #1 / 2024]
VROOM (Lankhor, 1991)
Vroom is a Formula-1 racing game developed by the French software house Lankhor for the Atari ST in 1991. A year later. it was also released for the Amiga and in 1994 for the DOS PCs. Vroom is beautiful, intense and one of the fastest racing games to ever grace the 16bit generation.

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷Atari ST

15/01/2024

WE ARE 20 YEARS OLD!
15.01.2004
🥳 20 years have passed since we first designed, developed and launched our website (retroshowcase . com and . gr), motivated by our affection for retro-gaming and collecting, since we were kids.
🕹 The simplicity of the 2-32 color visuals, the chip tunes and the whole old-school feeling, bring memories of a pure gaming past when most games lasted for approx 10-40 minutes but seemed to take ages to complete. Those games were so original and so impressive back then and all machines were so unique, with their own pros and cons that prompted us to compare.
Surely modern video games offer an almost cinematic experience and today's gaming machines (PCs and consoles) are definitely powerful, but for us, there's nothing better and more intriguing than retro gaming fun.

😍 We want to thank each and every of you for supporting us all these years.
😍 We wish you well and keep on retro-gaming!
-The RetroShowCase Team-

07/01/2024

MULTI-PLATFORM POST [ #2 / 2024]
XENON 2: MEGABLAST (The Bitmap Brothers, 1989)
Xenon 2: Megablast is the sequel to the great shoot 'em up Xenon. It was originally designed by The Bitmap Brothers (coded by The Assembly Line) and published by Image Works for the Amiga and Atari ST in 1989 and was later launched for the PC (MS-DOS), Sharp X68000, Acorn 32bit and gaming consoles like the Master System and the Mega Drive. The game is widely regarded as one of the most difficult shoot 'em up ever appeared on the Amiga and Atari ST gaming era of the early 90s.

NOTE: Our photo-shooting is for our website's reviews only and not for comparison purposes, therefore, some versions (and conversions) of a particular game may be missing.

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 PC (DOS)
📷 Amiga
📷 Atari ST

01/01/2024

MULTI-PLATFORM POST [ #1 / 2024]
THE CHAOS ENGINE (The Bitmap Brothers, 1993)
The Chaos Engine (a.k.a. Soldiers Of Fortune) is a diagonal-down, multi-directional action shooting game initially developed for the Sega Mega Drive in 1993. The game was praised for its visuals, sound and fun 2-p co-op gameplay. It was also developed for the Amiga OCS - AGA, Atari ST, SNES, Acorn 32bit and DOS. The Chaos Engine 2 (the sequel) features the same style of visuals and gameplay and was developed only for the Amiga in 1996.

NOTE: Our photo-shooting is for our website's reviews only and not for comparison purposes, therefore, some versions (and conversions) of a particular game may be missing.

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 Atari ST (The Chaos Engine)
📷 Amiga (The Chaos Engine + The Chaos Engine 2)

31/12/2023

In some places of the world, 2024 already made its first "steps".
In some other places, we are still waiting for it.
We send you our best wishes for 2024 boys and girls!
Be good, be strong and keep on playing games! :) :) :)

29/12/2023

Holiday Greetings! :)

We play 5 different AMIGA Christmas games, randomly picked from the Amiga Christmas Tree our friend Moya Jackie McGeough (aka Cammy) created! Credits for tho...

28/12/2023

SINGLE-PLATFORM POST [ #21 / 2023]
ZYCLUNT (Phantagram CO. Ltd, 1995)
Zyclunt (a.k.a. Blade Warrior) is a side-scrolling Sci-Fi action game in the likes of Switchblade II, developed exclusively for the DOS PCs in 1995. The game features nice visuals and cool music themes.

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷P166+ (DOS 6.22)

23/12/2023

Our best wishes all, with health, love, prosperity, luck and lots of retro gaming!
:)