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Read: PC Gamer “This fan remake of a Star Trek text game from 1978 is way better than it has any right to be”

Lay in a course, Mister Sulu. You can almost hear the voice. And now, thanks to the enterprising programmer Emanuele Bolognesi, wannabe Captain Kirks can play the 1978 game Super Star Trek in a gorgeously overhauled audiovisual form.
Rich Stanton, PC Gamer

Missed this last week, what a wonderful job this is. Beautiful stuff.

Super Star Trek was, for a really long time, one of those games that you’d be hard pressed not to run into a version of, whether that’s a home computer version, public domain, shareware or freeware release, over the years it had become a bit of a standard. For all I know, it may well still be and I just haven’t been paying attention (I haven’t).

Anyway, I don’t know how many variations I’ve played over the years but it’s a fair few. Am I bored of seeing them yet? Hah, no!

Just look at this one though. What an absolutely cracking idea to throw all these things together! The bridge from the Interplay adventure, dialogue from Star Trek and there, centre stage, Super Star Trek itself. Perfect remake/remix stuff that would have gone down an absolute storm in my olde Retroremakes days. Lovely.

This fan remake of a Star Trek text game from 1978 is way better than it has any right to be | PC Gamer
Lay in a course, Mister Sulu. You can almost hear the voice. And now, thanks to the enterprising programmer Emanuele Bolognesi, wannabe Captain Kirks can play the 1978 game Super Star Trek in a gorgeo
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Detective Cat Whiskers (20?? – 2023)

Absolutely gutted to say my big bundle of clown fluff, Whiskers aka Detective Cat, has solved his last case.

Whiskers. Not pictured: the switch I was playing on before he sat on it.

The dozy big sod managed to break out, get himself wedged between a neighbour’s fences necessitating a full visit from the fire brigade to extract him. Unfortunately, dude has done himself a mischief too far, two broken legs (one front, one back!) and the rest of it. Absolutely heartbroken.

update: thanks everyone, we’ve been able to get him a local appointment this afternoon which we couldn’t have afforded otherwise. Thanks so much.

And I’m so sorry to have to ask for help again so close to Xmas but getting the dude put to sleep is going to cost us somewhere between three to five hundred, depending on which vet has a vacancy today, then we’ve got travel on top. I have no idea how the fuck I’m supposed to do this.

whiskers, on one of his many chairs.

My PayPal and KoFi are here if anyone can help. Me and the kids would massively appreciate it.
Void Prison

Had Void Prison (Steam/Switch) on my list of things to try since spotting it in January, finally remembered to grab it whilst picking up Akka Arrh because I can never have too many arcade games to play about with. It’s good!

Dead simple stuff. Try and stay alive as long as possible whilst the recoil from your weapon and the force of the enemies/enemy fire works to push you towards the boundary. In a bind you can dodge roll your way to temporary safety, or just further into danger. Hit the boundary and the round is over.

In a nutshell, it’s Enter The Gungeon reimagined as a sumo wrestling match. A little bit Motos, a little bit Sumo, a whole lot of Gungeon. Rounds are over incredibly fast (think seconds or minutes) and it’s all just about staying alive as long as possible to get that score going up.

There’s nothing especially new here but it is a fairly delicious combination and I’m having a fine time with it. For a couple of quid it’s an absolute bargain and well worth a punt.

Void Prison for Nintendo Switch – Nintendo Official Site
Void Prison is a fast-paced, endless arcade twin-stick shooter that puts you inside an ever-shrinking ring. Survive by fighting emerging enemies around you and don’t get consumed by the void. It’s not as easy as you think! Void Prison game is inspired by…
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