It's a Pixel THING

Since Commodore took over the original Amiga Incorporation company, marketing and development strategic errors succeeded in flurry.
The Amiga Lorraine - the first Amiga, shown in 1984 - was initially thought to be a computer solely for gaming, but it’s development turned it into a complete home computer based on the Motorola 68000 processor that deviated it from the concept of console gaming.
It was at this point that Commodore entered the game and made ​​their first mistakes. They focused Amiga’s marketing into business and companies, despite their known multimedia capabilities. The Amiga also forced its users to acquire a dedicated colour monitor.
Only upon its release, Commodore realized that the Amiga was a creative machine and not to be used in dark offices with piles of paper to process. Noting that, an external TV modulator, with a weak inspiration in terms of design (the A520), was announced after the release. However, its high price scared many customers.
This obstacle was only ov…

Initially planned for a bunch of different systems, the only version that has seen the light of day was the PC one.
Developed by Big Red Software and published by Domark, Big Red Racing was released in the beginning of 1996 and, when I play it, I still laugh so hard that I end up losing all the races!
There are 6 cups and 24 courses to master, that covers various points of the globe and, also, the Moon and planet Mars and Venus. To drive through them you must choose one of two vehicle options available before each race. Speaking of vehicles, there’s 16 and they range from a normal car – mini or beetle – helicopters, monster truck and dumper truck, and even hover craft. In some tracks it is also possible to ignore the path and discover other areas with jumps and various obstacles. Just imagine the craziness present in this game! Also, in the selection screen, you can customize your player and vehicle colour and decals.
It was released only on CD-ROM and it takes advantage of the extra CD s…

Back in 1992, the guys at Play Byte decided to publish a Lunar Lander and Space Taxi pre-historic clone. And I’m glad they did! Because, even today, this is a truly freakin awesome game to play!
"Life in the Stone Age was nice and peaceful. Sitting on your ass all day long, food everywhere and even a gorgeous girlfriend to play naughty games with. But she's eager for money and jewelry, so you need to think of something to appease her needs. In the meanwhile, a huge apple falls onto your head giving you the idea of creating a flying taxi kind of business to help your fellow cave friends travel faster and, consequently, make you rich."
Originally developed by EGO Software for the Amiga, it was also available for Commodore 64 and DOS. You control a muscle-powered helicopter kind of elevator and, to make some money for your future wedding with your pretty lovely cave girl, you need to transport passengers from one place to another through 69 – yes, 69 – levels of pure joy.
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For the PC I’ve recently purchased this game through Steam, but I’ve also got the Amiga’s Kixx XL 1992 floppy re-release of this awesome title.
Inside a pretty looking big box, there’s the three floppy disks, a folded manual that includes, besides all basic info, the Translation Table that is simply the copy protection codes that are asked when you start the game. Also inside comes a Kixx XL complete catalogue of their re-releases back in 1992. And, finally, the crown jewel: Dr. Henry Jones diary, like the one we see in the movie. I haven’t read it yet, but I believe that it’s filled with interesting stuff. It has hand drawings, sketches, newspaper pieces, letters and even the map showing the canyon of the crescent moon! It looks like it was written by hand. It’s just amazing the awesome stuff that used to come inside these big boxes back in the day.

Back in 1989, Steven Spielberg brought us the third movie of the Indiana Jones adventures, my favourite one. The Last Crusade transports u…