Showing posts with label Melon Dezign. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Melon Dezign. Show all posts

Monday, 3 August 2020

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Nutty but nice

Renowned Amiga demo group, Melon Dezign, have a dabble at game development. Cutesy, highly polished, single-screen, old-school platformer emerges starring a pair of Naughty Ones. Can it out-Bobble the troubled Bubble dragons in the addictivity stakes? Would the crackers steer clear out of respect and recognition for Melon's animated intro contributions?

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Wednesday, 22 July 2020

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Game Assets that Weren't

Games, much like movies have 'cutting room floors' where discarded audio, visuals or narrative ends up, never intended to be seen by the public. Often these remnants are captured within the data without actually being called at any point by the programme so are potentially open to being unearthed with a bit of code-digging. I explore some of the most interesting examples from my favourite gaming era; the '80s and '90s. Especially ones that revolve around the Amiga.

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