There’s a top-town section where you traverse the world in a vehicle, and then platforming bits where you make your way around on foot. The ZX Spectrum’s bold, bright colour options and sound capabilities are not the most aesthetically pleasing, objectively, but today, in 2022, there’s a warm nostalgia about them that makes the experience delightful on a whole different level.Ĭolonos III looks like it has been inspired by Blaster Master. Anyhow, the first cab off the rank is Colonos III, a ZX Spectrum 48k game that will remind you of the joys of really ugly colour palettes. Perhaps there was a game jam or something. I’m not sure what caused all the developers to do this. You’ll see something of a theme emerge from this week’s itch.io wrap – we have a lot of retro-inspired stuff to share this week. These aren’t so much an endorsement (or piece of criticism) as they are a head’s up. Where I find the time to do actual reviews or other coverage, I will compose separate articles on the game in question. I highlight them as interesting based on the itch.io description and concept. In many cases these games will be unfinished or “in development,” but I’m highlighting them because they promise something special and are well worth keeping on the radar. With that in mind, I thought what might be helpful to readers would be if I did a brief write-up of interesting games that I’ve come across on itch.io each week. Discovery is a real issue when great ideas are buried among high school projects and nasty little efforts to scam a quick buck from players. What makes itch.io a little difficult at times is finding things that are interesting to play. It’s a true “art gallery” for game ideas and creative developers, and it should be celebrated for that. In addition, itch.io allows you to be transgressive, subversive, and downright dangerous. I’m a big fan of itch.io for the freedom and open platform that it allows for developers to be creative, experimental, and directly canvas the audience for feedback for games that are not yet ready for primetime on Steam and its ilk.
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