Showing posts with label Virgin Games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Virgin Games. Show all posts

Monday, 3 August 2020

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Talking turkey with Simon Phipps

I quiz talented coder/artist, Simon Phipps, on his involvement with the gaming adaptation of Monty Python's Flying Circus, published by Virgin in 1990. You can find my ridiculously comprehensive review of the TV show and its accompanying game elsewhere on my blog.

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Friday, 31 July 2020

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Send in the clowns

Couriering is far more fun if you do it dressed as a goofy circus clown, scooting between gigs balancing precariously on rollerskates. A statement that has stood me in good stead over the years, ever since discovering Starbytes' Rolling Ronny delivery boy simulator in 1991. Honking in the face of inertia, Ronny is the star of his own urban, errand-running platforming adventure, his only humble ambition the desire to earn enough money to buy a bus ticket to Somewhereelseville. There in the promised land, no doubt the residents paint their grass greener and pave the paths with Tefal-coated, smooth tarmac.

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Tuesday, 28 July 2020

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A page right out of history

Junior, Son of Chuck, demonstrates he's a chip off the old block in the sequel to Core Design's prehistoric platformer, Chuck Rock. As before, it's hard to play without imagining being trapped inside a vintage Flintstones cartoon, except now we're in charge of a nappy-clad, further regressed Bamm-Bamm, wielding a club taller than he is on a quest to save his kidnapped dad from the clutches of the stony-hearted Brick Jagger. It's hardly a chore when the audio-visual presentation is so enticing, exquisitely crafted by esteemed professionals who clearly had their hearts invested in this passion project. Much like living in Bedrock, endless comedic touches keep us amused throughout while we bash and crash our way to a poignant family reunion.

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