Indie Retro News

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by prowler

so I'm assuming you must have hard-deleted it.

Here's the exact process I undertook:

• Copied some posts out of this thread to a new thread under the project.Amiga Game Factory section.
• Moved most of the remaining posts to this new thread.
• Copied two other additional posts out of this thread to the new thread.
• Viewed the newly created thread. All good but noticed that I'd duplicated post #1 & #2.
• Selected only post #1 and then hard deleted this.

Boom, the whole new thread was now gone!!!

So, it seems that if you delete the first post in a thread then everything goes

I need to test this theory in a dummy thread...

[prowler]

Originally Posted by DamienD

So, it seems that if you delete the first post in a thread then everything goes

I need to test this theory in a dummy thread...

No need to test it, my friend. That's all it takes!

[DamienD]

That's really stupid and a bug in my eyes

[prowler]

The only snapshot of this thread on The Wayback Machine is dated 8th September 2015.

[DamienD]

...at the end of the day it's not that big a deal. The important Green Beret posts are still in this thread thankfully

The main topic of the deleted thread / remaining posts were related to:

a) what version is this based on.
Answer: a mix of both the arcade and 8bit versions.

b) gameplay seems too slow.
Answer: yes, this is being worked on and will be improved.

[Neil79]

If playing on emulators and searching for old hardware isn't your thing you may be interested to know Spicy Gyro Games and published by Shiny Dolphin Games LLC, have released their first indie game on Steam as 'Clash Force'; a retro styled run-and-gun game in the style of classic NES platformers and side scrolling shooters. In the game you play as a member of the Clash Force, a weaponry force of stopping the Evil Crackman and his minions from causing mayhem. You'll fight through forest bases, hydrofied deserts, underground mines, and eventually to Crackman's Flying Fortress where the final battle will unfold!

http://www.indieretronews.com/2017/1...n-and-gun.html

[Neil79]

Even more retro inspirations today and one that looks a lot more pixelated than Tower 57, is the upcoming hack n' slash platformer ' Thy Sword ' which not only had a successful Steam Greenlight campaign we've since been told the developers GamePhase have released a brand new launch Trailer to coincide with a possible November release! As noted by our previous write ups, Thy Sword draws its inspiration from Norse mythology with a touch of Conan the Barbarian, mixed up with great games such as Golden Axe, Moonstone and surprisingly enough Bubble Bobble.

http://www.indieretronews.com/2017/1...tion.html#more

[Neil79]

Do you want to play a retro inspired game that doesn't just have the look of a retro game but works on classic systems such as the Amstrad and MSX while also supporting through funding modern platforms such as Steam, Nintendo 3DS and the Nintendo Switch? Then look no further than Nogalious : The Chronicles; an upcoming 2D adventure platformer with 5 universes created pixel by pixel, a vintage adventure inspired by the golden era of 8-bit video games that is aiming for a Kickstarter success!

http://www.indieretronews.com/2017/1...-inspired.html

[DrBong]

Originally Posted by prowler

This is the only recently updated thread on the Board containing the words "Green Beret", so I'm assuming you must have hard-deleted it.

Let's hope RCK can salvage it from one of his backups.

Or is there any member here who can upload to The Zone for me a recent offline copy of the thread pages containing the now missing posts?

TIA

All the cached versions that Google has only seem to reveal one missing post AFAI can tell - post #778 by majikeyric, I think. Probably worth restoring if it is indeed missing.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...&ct=clnk&gl=au (see last post)

EDIT: Oops, the first post by Retrofan on the cached page above also appears to be missing. That's two missing posts for restoration, but I gather at least a couple more posts(?) have disappeared into the ether for good unless RCK can access some backups. Fingers crossed!

[prowler]

Originally Posted by DrBong

All the cached versions that Google has only seem to reveal one missing post AFAI can tell - post #778 by majikeyric, I think. Probably worth restoring if it is indeed missing.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...&ct=clnk&gl=au (see last post)

Yes, it seems you are right, DrBong. Thanks for your reponse.

That post alone won't be much help, but it's better than nothing.

It'll be interesting to see whether RCK has any backups which cover that period.

[DamienD]

Cheers Carlo

...there were a few other posts on the previous page also.

Anyway, as said a few posts above, nothing significant, and I've already provided the relevant discussion details.

Let me try a few things when back in London (plus have access to a computer as opposed to a mobile phone) and if unsuccessful then maybe RCK can help.

[Neil79]

Most of us on Indie Retro News are huge fans of platformers, especially ones that are known as a Metroidvania, a sub-genre of an action adventure game, with concepts similar to Metroid and Castlevania hence the term. One such game that will appeal to you Metroidvanians is a game called ' External Visions ' by team BitClub. A new game that is in development with a recent demo, that takes the player through the life of an average man escaping his depression in an imaginary world he created around him.

http://www.indieretronews.com/2017/1...eased-for.html

[Neil79]

Throughout the years we've featured as many of the retro and indie game jams as possible, from the Speccy Jam to the very latest CGA inspiration, with each of these giving people around the world the opportunity to create any game they wish, as long as it fits the specific system criteria set by the competition creators. Thus fast forward to today, and it is time to announce the Wide-Dot Pixel Game Jam 2017; a Game Jam which starts this Saturday that is sure to excite both the game maker and anyone who loves the Amstrad, C64, or even the Atari 2600!

http://www.indieretronews.com/2017/1...new-retro.html

[Retroplay]

Tomb Raider 2 fan remake for Windows, demo available.
http://tombraider-dox.com

[Retroplay]

Originally Posted by Retro-Nerd

Analogue, the manufacturer of the upcoming Super Nt (FPGA SNES) made a deal with Factor 5. They will release the Director's Cut of Super Turrican together with the console. Nintendo allowed Factor 5 only a 4Mbit cart back then, but the game had 6Mbit and a complete World (or bigger Level) was cut. I'm sure the Rom will dumped pretty soon after the console release.

Prepare to be disappointed.

(Not rom dump related)
http://forums.no-intro.org/viewtopic...&t=2982#p18501

[Retro-Nerd]

That's disappointing. Well, Julian Eggebrecht said in a German podcast that he "found" this version on old disks. So, more like a uncompleted version.

Tomb Raider 2 fan remake for Windows, demo available.
http://tombraider-dox.com

Played this Demo last year. It's really awesome. But it don't think we'll see a complete version in the next 2-3 years. This remake takes a lot of time. Unless Square Enix/Eidos shut it down before.

[Retro-Nerd]

Nice new platformer demo for the MD. Reminds me of Mega Man and Gargoyles Quest. A playable demo is linked in the youtube clip info.



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[Neil79]

Street Fighter 2 Remastered Edition - Classic Street Fighter 2 overhauled on the Sega Mega Drive

I'm sure many of you remember the Street Fighter games, more especially Street Fighter 2; a game which originally appeared on the Arcades, and was then ported to pretty much every system you could think of, including such systems as the Amiga, Atari St and even the ZX Spectrum. Well fast forward to today however and do we have some truly stonking news for you fine folks! As thanks to the hard work of team Pyron, they have released an overhauled and remastered edition of Street Fighter 2, for the Sega Mega Drive.

http://www.indieretronews.com/2020/0...d-edition.html

[Neil79]

ELITE ON THE VECTREX!

But this latest news update is pretty impressive indeed! As if you've got a Vectrex or thinking of getting one, you might be interested to know that Ralf Kornmann is working on bringing that classic space game of "Elite" over to that classic retro system!

http://www.indieretronews.com/2020/0...mpressive.html

[Retro-Nerd]

Metal Warrior Ultra, a remake of the original C64 game, is available via Digital Download. A bit pricey, but it's a great game with some nice improvements (much better controls, slighty different story ARC etc).



https://protovision.itch.io/mw-ultra