After the eighties-inspired cRPG SKALD, I immediately folded into another eighties-inspired game with a different genre: The Crimson Diamond, a classic Sierra-Online inspired adventure (almost) single handedly put together by Julia Minamata. In this charming EGA-style graphic adventure, you’re slipping into the shoes of miss Nancy Maple, a Canadian graduate mineralogist that is sent to a remote place called Crimson to investigate the possible presence of diamonds. Of course, that’s just t...| Retro Gaming on Jefklak's Codex
The vibe that comes off the SKALD launch trailer perfectly summarizes what you can expect from Anders Lauridsen’s latest dark cosmic horror game: an authentic 8-bit role playing experience flashed on a Commodore 64-like cartridge that somehow was left undiscovered back in the day. Luckily for us, the game comes with a few modern ease-of-play enhancements that makes playing these eighties cRPGs less rough around the corners. In SKALD, you’re a mercenary who was hired to retrieve Embla, a p...| Retro Gaming on Jefklak's Codex