UPDATES - APRIL 2017

There's been a couple of minor changes to the Chamber of late. As well as some upgrades to some installers, I've begun to improve a couple of things to the site itself.

Full details after the jump...

PLANET'S EDGE: THE POINT OF NO RETURN

Released in 1991 by New World Computing, the folks behind the Might & Magic franchise, Planet's Edge: The Point of No Return was certainly a unique game for its time. With its non-linear gameplay, free space exploration and an epic RPG storyline, one could even consider it to be the Mass Effect of its day. And with the huge number of planets to explore across the universe, it certainly rivals it in scale.

OBSIDIAN

For us adventure gamers, the huge popularity of Myst is something of a catch-22. On the one hand, we had some amazing games that used the formula to great effect. On the other hand, it also spawned a huge number of quickly produced copycats that flooded the market that did nothing but sully the genre's name. Rocket Science's expensive 1996 effort, Obsidian, failed in the marketplace perhaps suffering from the expectation that it could be the latter. It is, in fact, the former and has since gained a following for being a shining example of what storytelling in video games can achieve.

DIZZY: 30TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION

Let's celebrate Easter this year by talking about the world's second most famous egg: Dizzy. Not only was he the unofficial mascot of the Commodore 64, but he's also the poster child for bedroom coders everywhere. So that begs the question: after a plethora of sequels and spinoffs why did Dizzy disappear?

BOMBUZAL COLLECTION

Bombuzal, also known as Kablooey or Charlie Blast's Territory was a great little puzzler. The bomb-busting blue blob seems to have been forgotten since it's 1988 debut, but if there's one puzzler that tugs the nostalgic heart-strings for me, this is it.

HYPERBLADE

It's time to enter the Drome. Prepare to clash with the world's fastest and most lethal warriors as your team battles for league supremacy. In this sport, you're more than an athlete - you're a high-speed killing machine... Litter the surface of the Drome with severed limbs and boost the body count. Do whatever it takes to win or survive. Because if the speed doesn't kill you, your opponents will.

• HOCKEY MEETS COMBAT 
  HyperBlade fuses the high-speed action of hockey with the slashing brutality of combat to bring you the only sport where you can win the game by slaughtering the entire opposing team.
• DECAPITATING ACTION 
  Hack, grab, then score with your opponent's severed head! Dismember, maim and cripple your enemies with deadly weapons and lethal obstacles as the crowd chants for more.
• MOTION-CAPTURED 3-D FURY 
  Perform 360° flips, rail slides and half-pipe shreds! Execute in-your-face tripping, kicking and body-checking! Each Drome is armed with power-ups, laser hurdles, ramps and armories.
• SAVAGE NETWORK PLAY 
  Select from over 45 uniquely skilled players, three skill levels, 12 teams, 12 arenas and network play! Customize your teams with downloadable tools from the Activision Web site!
• Enhanced graphics available with Direct 3-D compatible card.

~ from the back of the box

If popular culture is anything to be believed, the future is going to be a sadistic place. Case in point: HyperBlade, Wizbang! Software's ultra-violent vision of Ice Hockey circa 20xx.