(Released in Germany 2002) Anno 1602 was a sedate game, but on the whole I enjoyed it, so when I was bored and looking for games on Good Old Games I thought i’d give the sequel a try. And yes,…
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Anno 1503: The New World. Max Design (2003) PC
Tagged with: 2003, Anno 1503, Anno 1503: The New World, Max Design, PC, Real Time Strategy, Retro Gaming, Review, Trading Game
Posted in PC
Posted in PC
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness. Blizzard Entertainment (1996) PC
I first played Warcraft II around 1998 having borrowed the disc off a friend and installed it on my dads work laptop. It was one of the chunky laptop with a rubber mouse dot built into the keyboard, a Hard…
Tagged with: 1996, Azeroth, Beyond the Dark Portal, Blizzard, Blizzard Entertainment, Dark Portal, First Orc War, Gul'Dan, Lordearon, Orgrim Doomhammer, Real Time Strategy, Retro Gaming, Review, Second Orc War, The Alliance, The Horde, Tides of Darkness, Tomb of Sargera, Warcraft 2, Warcraft II, Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
Posted in PC
Posted in PC
Warcraft: Orcs and Humans. Blizzard Entertainment (1995) PC
Released in 1994 in North America. Like Diablo I never played the original version of Warcraft at release but spent a significant amount of time playing the sequels. So picking this up on Good Old Games I was looking forward…
Tagged with: 1995, Azeroth, Blizzard, Blizzard Entertainment, Draenor, High Fantasy, Real Time Strategy, Retro Gaming, Review, the Dark Portal, Warcraft, Warcraft: Orcs and Humans
Posted in PC
Posted in PC
Total War: Warhammer. Creative Assembly (2016) PC
Officailly known as Total War: Warhammer the cool kids simply refer to it as Total Warhammer. We all know that Total Warhammer is a 10056% better name. Now you may have noticed I am on a bit of a strategy…
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2. Westwood Studios (2000) PC
I bloody love this game… I really do and I love most things Command & Conquer, sure there are ups and downs. Even my beloved Resident Evil has a few ups and downs but during the glorious Westwood years, Red…
Tagged with: 2000, Aleksander Romanov, Allies, Command & Conquer, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, Real Time Strategy, Red Alert, Red Alert 2, Retro Gaming, Review, Soviet Union, Tanya Adams, Westwood Studios, Yuri, Yuri's Revenge
Posted in PC
Posted in PC
Command & Conquer: Red Alert. Westwood Studios (1996) PC
It was fairly inevitable I would play Red Alert immediately after playing Command & Conquer as these games were some of the highlights of my gaming yoof. I remember going round to a dudes house with a mate to…
Tagged with: 1996, Aftermath, Albert Einstein, Alllies, CHA-CHING, Chronosphere, Command & Conquer, Command & Conquer: Red Alert, Command and Conquer, Command and Conquer: Red Alert, Counterstrike, Hell March, Iron Curtain, Joseph Kucan, Kane, PlayStation, Real Time Strategy, Red Alert, Retaliation, Retro Gaming, Review, RTS, Soviet, Soviet Union, Stalin, Tanya, Tanya Adams, Westwood Studios
Posted in PC, Playstation
Posted in PC, Playstation
Command & Conquer. Westwood Studios (1995) PC
GDI DISC DETECTED. Wait, that only happened on the PlayStation version!!! Immediate 10 point reduction for the PC version off the bat. I did a short Twitter Poll of people’s favourite defunct Developers of the 90s and our good friend…
Tagged with: 1995, Brotherhood of Nod, Command & Conquer, Command and Conquer, Eye-laser Tower of Death, GDI, Global Defence Initiative, Ion Cannon, Joseph Kucan, Kane, Nod, PC, PlayStation, Real Time Strategy, Retro Gaming, Review, Tiberium, Westwood Studios
Posted in PC
Posted in PC
