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Hexen 1.07 released

April 11, 2024April 11, 2024 VinceH

If you attended the Southwest Show back in February, you’ll know that there was a new release of Hexen from R-Comp, which saw some significant updates over the older version – amongst other things meaning it can now be run on more modern RISC OS computer systems. It seems that the programmer responsible for the updated port of the game, Gerph, has been continuing to improve it, because there is now a new version available – 1.07 – which R-Comp’s Andrew Rawnsley says is a major update.

Wizard Lore – a new game from AMCOG

March 10, 2024March 10, 2024 VinceH

Attendees of the recent Southwest Show will have had the opportunity to try out and buy the latest title from AMCOG Games, and it is now available to everyone else to purchase from !Store.

R-Comp releases an updated Hexen

February 26, 2024February 26, 2024 VinceH

If you’re a fan of a type of computer game known as a ‘first-person shooter’ (or FPS), in which the perspective of the game is from the eyes of the character being played, there are countless games you will know of on other platforms, with far fewer titles available for RISC OS, whether ported or original.

Defend Earth from the Chronites in TIMERUN from AMCOG Games

December 20, 2023December 22, 2023 VinceH

Adding to an ever growing list, the latest title from AMCOG Games is TIMERUN, and it had its first public release at the recent MUG RISC OS Xmas Market, and is now available to buy from !Store, priced at £9.99.

It’s no pig-deal, just a new game called Porklike

August 12, 2023 VinceH

Following a similar path to his last release, Cherry Bomb, Jeroen Vermeulen has released Porklike, another new game for RISC OS.

12MinsTo9 – simple maths and sliding tiles

June 2, 2023June 2, 2023 VinceH

A completed game of 12MinsTo9 where the maximum achieved was 512

A very simple game that’s been around for about a decade is 2048, a sliding tile game in which the goal is to slide all of the numbered tiles in one of four directions, in order to cause collisions between two tiles bearing the same number, at which point they combine to become the total of the two.

Witness something A-maze-ing from AMCOG

May 9, 2023 VinceH

Or rather play a game called A-maze-ing! Theorising that one could hype up a game within its own name, Tony Bartram of AMCOG Games sat in front of his home computer – which wasn’t a Sinclair QL – and wrote a game titled A-maze-ing.

Stay up above the world so high in your Tappy Plane!

March 12, 2023March 12, 2023 VinceH

And below those dodgy looking upside down sky mountains! Rebuilding on a game he released last year but had to withdraw1, Jeroen Vermeulen has now released a brand spanking new title for RISC OS called Tappy Plane!

3D Turbo Boost screeches into availability

March 12, 2023March 12, 2023 VinceH

Released at the recent Southwest Show, 3D Turbo Boost is the latest game from AMCOG Games, and it is now available to buy online via !Store.

Get in a flap, but don’t pipe down (updated 23rd June)

June 19, 2022June 23, 2022 VinceH

I mean, don’t HIT a pipe, or you’ll GO down! Almost a decade ago, a very simple game was hatched from the mind of Vietnamese programmer Dong Nguyen. The game, Flappy Bird, was a very simple sideways scrolling game with only one control requirement – to tap the screen. This caused Faby, the flappy bird in question, to flap its wings and gain some height, otherwise it’d descend – all the while flying to the right. Update, 23rd June, 2022: The RISC OS version of this game has now been…