Phantomas 2.0, the Amstrad CPC remake of Phantomas 2 is available
-Phantomas 2.0 by Jordi Sureda and Santiago Ontañon is available. It is the remake of Phantomas 2 by Dinamic Software in 1986.
The physical edition can be bought at Matranet.
Phantomas 2.0 by Jordi Sureda and Santiago Ontañon is available. It is the remake of Phantomas 2 by Dinamic Software in 1986.
The physical edition can be bought at Matranet.
Phantomas 2 was released in 1986 on ZX Spectrum by Dinamic Software.
Since March of last year Jordi Sureda and Santiago Ontañon have been working on this Phantomas 2.0 for Amstrad CPC, which ended last December. The game will be released this Friday 1st February on Github.
More informations in spanish on Ready and Play.
It can be bought on Matranet.
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A short but interesting interview of Stefan Walker who did the conversion of the game Pirates ! (Micropose) on Amstrad CPC in 1987. He even worked in the united states for 6 months with Sid Meier himself !
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