Today we're revisiting F-15 Strike Eagle II. Classic! #retrogaming #atari #flightsimulator

It’s been awhile but we’re back with another retrogaming classic. This time we’re taking a look at F-15 Strike Eagle II from way back in the heady days of 1989. But why not review Strike Eagle I, you say? Answer: Because we didn’t play it and so we have more to say about Strike Eagle II. Now the hugely popular F-15 Strike Eagle I had already broken some boundaries in flight/combat simulation and…

We enjoyed playing Vecter a lot:). Here's a little review: #indiegames #racinggame #neon #vecter @taranasus

Alright, get ready for a game with some fast paced racing cause Vecter is just that, and more! Vecter is lightning fast, full of colorful neon, techno and is totally futuristic (while being kind of retro) because something about Vecter (and neon) is very reminiscent of Atari’s Tempest (1981) and hence, the ’80s. It could be that Vecter’s vehicle has design elements that in some ways do echo…

Cyberpunk 2077: A Review of Sorts #bugs #cyberpunk2077 #butts #CDprojektRed #keanu

Sure, so maybe Cyberpunk 2077 was released over 2 weeks ago, but who’s to say we can’t still review the game, right? See, that’s the problem with digital media these days (let’s not kid ourselves. It’s always been this way): everyone wants eyeballs on their review while the hype is still hot. But you know, here at “ANB Whenever We Feel Like it Reviews Inc.”, hype was never a driving force since…

Unity: How to Make Water Effect #shadergraph #unity #gamedev

When we think about game design and how to make water effect in video games, we generally think about how that effect applies to 3D video game projects.  But, like any creative endeavor, you’re only limited by your imagination, so while the video that follows discusses how to create water in a 3D Unity project, think about how that can  be applied to 2D or really, any Unity project. We won’t go…

Retrogamin' with Hard Drivin' #retrogaming #atari #classicarcade

Oh yes, it’s Atari’s Hard Drivin‘ from back in the dying days of the ’80’s. Aside from Vertigo Racing and Car Wars 3D, we haven’t written much about driving sims, and even then, those games don’t truly fall into the driving sim category as Hard Drivin’ does. In fact, even Bikrash is more of a sim (of the biking variety) than the aforementioned games. Anyhow, that all changes now as we revisit…

Down Hill Racing with Blizzard Blowout 64 #racinggames #indiegames #gamereviews

Well, it’s Xmas time again and you know it’s hard to be enthusiastic for the holiday season in a year like no other (good ole Covid infested 2020, right?) and where almost nothing is “fun” anymore. That’s why you have to keep the search for the fun and whimsical alive, which is what we were doing when we came across Blizzard Blowout 64 on Itch.io. Yep, Blizzard Blowout 64 is billed as a…

More retro game fun today with Gyruss #retrogaming, #gyruss #classicarcade

So much has been written about Konami‘s classic fixed shooter Gyruss over the years (decades even) that I felt that even more should be written about this unique classic arcade game.

If you are a classic cabinet arcade game aficionado/retrogamer, you may have noticed that Gyruss‘ fixed shooter style is similar to another Konami offering (which we also reviewed a few months ago) known as Time Pilot

Know your versions: Lessons for installing RetroPiee #retropie4.7 #emulationstation #

Installing RetroPie is traditionally very, easy. Like, stupid easy. But, because life would be boring if we didn’t run into a few ridiculous snags along the way, we’re going to talk about my recent installation of RetroPie 4.7 that was a bit of a mess, and in the end, really wasn’t so difficult after all. Confused? Yeah, so was I. Read on:

Background: After a very long wait between versions, Retr…

Fedora Silverblue

This weekend I spent some time installing Fedora Silverblue on an old rickety laptop and the results have been really impressive so far.  This is a core I3 with only 4G of RAM and my previous install of Fedora 33 Workstation caused it to grind to a halt. Since installing Silverblue however, this craptop has been given a new lease on life. How is this possible?

The Silverblue projecthas been…

Unity: How to Create a Learning AI #unity #ai #learning ai #gamedev

If you’re interested in creating AI elements to use in your video game, there are a few different approaches to take. We wanted to look at how to go about setting up a Learning AI for our video game project and came across the excellent tutorial below. We already talked about simulating crowd behavior using AI a few months ago, but that was really more about pathfindingand if you look more…

If you’re interested in creating AI elements to use in your video game, there are a few different approaches to take.  We wanted to look at how to go about setting up a Learning AI for our video game project and came across the excellent tutorial below. We already talked about simulating crowd behavior using AI a few months ago, but that was really more about pathfindingand if you look more…

Extreme Retrogaming With Atari's Adventure #retrogaming #atari2600 #atari #rpg #adventure

Ah, good old Adventure: A game that, especially when looking back through our 21st century eyeballs, has an incredibly simplistic title and an equally simplistic presentation. But that’s the thing that was so brilliantly endearing about a game that did not have any fancy graphics whatsoever. In fact, Atari’s Adventurebarely had any graphics, as you, playing as the main character, were represented…

The Toilet Terrors of Death Flush #pointandclick #survivalgame #itch #videogamereviews #indiegame

With Halloween just around the corner and the scariest season of the year slowly settling in, Death Flush appears on the scene like a smelly apparition that you know you should run from, but somehow are compelled to enter its humid embrace for a closer inspection. Yes, it’s Death Flush, a frightening study in anxiety, the human condition and the horrors of going to the bathroom.

In Death Flush,…

The Problem: When trying to reconnect to an existing screen session on a Linux system (Fedora, RedHat Ubuntu, etc), you will see a message like the following:

Cannot open your terminal '/dev/pts/2' - please check

(Note: your terminal identifier may vary)

This is a rare occurrence and is indeed one of the stranger issues to have come across my desk in recent months, but thankfully there’s a very e…

Integrating Kobo Aura HD with Overdrive

If you enjoy reading, eReaders are one of the most practical inventions to have been developed over the last 20 years. The concept of portable readers has actually been around for a very long time but it’s really since the late 1990’s with the founding of E Ink and then advent of larger storage in SD cards in the 2010’s that have made eReaders even more functional and practical.

I’ll start with a…

Audio Game: Sounds of Eden #immersive #meditative #indiegame

We recently came across a unique game in Purple Jam‘s Sounds of Eden which is billed as a game about finding your peace within a lush and blissful garden. There is one catch though: Sounds of Eden is an audio game only and that means exactly what it implies: This is a game without any visuals.

Hmm. How exactly does one play a game that doesn’t have any visuals? That’s the question that I asked…

Ah Phoenix. Another #retrogame that I'm not any good at. #phoenix #badatgames

I can’t believe we haven’t talked about Amstar‘s Phoenix yet. In the context of retrogaming, Phoenix was an early video game classic that stood alone and was very influential in its own right. Interestingly, almost nothing is known about the game’s origins and who designed Phoenix in the first place. Possibly even less is known about Amstar Electronicswhich, according to the game credits, was…