Jonni Hirst – RETRO GAMESMASTER

“Popa Manuel”

20th June 201624th May 2021 Jonni Hirst

Interview with Popa Manuel By Jonni Hirst Popa has been behind some very recent, good retro styled Indie Games that are appearing on “Steam”, such as “Flesheaters”, and his latest game “Cosmic Dust & Rust” which is very popular amongst gamers at the moment. Popa himself designs the pixelated graphics, with his very own unique style. RGM – “What inspired you to make this game? Cosmic Dust & Rust?” POPA – I always wanted to make a Tower defence game, and whilst I was drawing some…

Hurrican – A Turrican Clone – Free Download

18th May 20168th April 2022 Jonni Hirst

Hurrican is a real retro Indie game based on Turrican. When originally being interviewed by this site I was asked if I would like to see a game reviewed. I said “Do a review on Turrican”. Has it been done? Tut Tut!! What was Turrican you may ask. Well read this. “The lost colony of Alterra is a completely man-made lifeworld abandoned long ago in a nearby galaxy. Alterra is actually five colonies in one. Each self-contained habitat has been separately bio-engineered by a powerful ecosystem generation network known as…

BroForce

27th April 201624th April 2016 Jonni Hirst

Broforce – A Manly Game for Manly Men, or Women. Every now and then a game comes out that stands above the rest. Broforce is that game. It’s got a retro feel, it’s exciting, Original and very tongue in cheek, and extremely manly (just like myself). Broforce is a side-scrolling run-and-gun platform game developed by Free Lives. Development began in April 2012 as a Ludum Dare game jam entry, entitled “Rambros” and it won first prize for being the most fun, development then continued and it eventually got a final…