CaptainD's PC Gaming Blog

The Spirit Engine

This is a rather unique RPG with different game play mechanisms to most, but it's a pretty good game with decent graphics, nice sound and a plot interesting enough to keep you playing.

Oh Dear...

... while the Neophyte games install and play fine, it won't recognise saved games. Could be a problem with Vista (running in 95 compatabi

Neophyte Trilogy (Freeware RPG)

Just found - that is to say, rediscovered - a trilogy of freeware RPGs by Alien Software that were formerly shareware. They were originally designed for Windows 95 but I've played the first game for a while and it seems to work fine i

Round-Up of Screenshots

Screenshots from Freeware Games:The Game That Takes Place on a Cruise Ship

PC Game Review - Journey to the Moon

Journey to the Moon (often packaged as "Voyage" outside the UK) is an exceptional adventure game based very loosely on two Jules Verne novels - From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon. I can't say how much it foll

PC Game Review - Return to Mysterious Island

Return to Mysterious Island is a very good adventure game inspired by Jules Verne's famous novel, and developed by The Adventure Company. You take on the part of Mina, a solo navigator who ends up on an uncharted,

Round-Up of Freeware Game Accouncements

I blogged about SpaceQuest IV.5 - Roger Wilco and the Voyage Home.Updated demo for

Round-Up of Recent PC Game Reviews

Moto Racer 3: Gold Edition - a good motorcycle racing game

PC Game Review - Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Anniversary

Tomb Raider and Lara Croft are two of the most famous names in gaming history. Tomb Raider Anniversary is actually the first one I've properly played (had a go at one of the games at a friend's house

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