Arcade Lounge

This week marks creation of Dragon’s Lair 25 years ago. The machine that not only made you and all your mates go “WOW”… but your Grandmother too. I remember being a kid at that age where a pound was a lot to put into a machine that looked so difficult, it could have been over in 10 seconds flat. So I would have opted for 10 credits on Pac-man.

Needless to say, I was happy to stand and watch the Cartoon cabinet in it’s attract mode waiting for someone else to insert their hard-earned cash.

Here’s the magical source…

My ” key is intermitet

I see it as part of my job to play games. Today was a good day…
The name says it all really. Guide Edwin or Nicole along a parallax landscape rescuing beagle hounds. You’ll encounter (what look like) astronauts, which can be sorted out by throwing a couple of owls at them collected from nearby trees. There’s some other strange stuff on the ground that’s out to harm you.

What other games let you throw owls…

You can hop up or down the 3 scrolling landscapes if a short distance, else pick up ropes or parachutes for the longer stretches.

Space – Throw an Owl
Up/Down – climb/drop
Up Up – Climb up rope
Down Down – Parachute

Drop too high without a chute and you lose a life. Let a beagle slip away and it’s the same punishment.
The music by Rich Vreeland is a nice nod to those 8-bit days…

source :: IndieGames

I’m all for filling my home with retro-gaming items… and it’s a bonus if they actually do something. These Pacman ghost lamps would certainly be welcome. You should remember not to put Blinky by the window…

They are currently only in the concept stage at present.

source :: RetroBlast!