[Editorial] Guess what’s next on I ❤ Old Games! – 18/08/19

Hello guys,

This week is usually in Italy a week of holidays and BBQ with friends. Ok, I had no holidays because I worked all the week (italians probably won’t understand how this is frustrating, especially a 13-hours shift on August 15th) but al least I had my BBQ. Yesterday night huge evening BBQ with tons of meat, a river of red wine, sangria and – surprise – homemade donuts made by my gf and I even willed with cream and nutella. As you can imagine my density is approaching that of a neutron star.

It has been maily a week of reading, since as always the summer drought of games is still lasting. There are no markets on the horizon and no particular offers, so aside from last minute surprises, I’ll stuck with my 600-and-so games. Having transformed the blog in a bilingual one has given it new life since I write more posts and quicker than before and I learn new way of sayings I didn’t knoe before. More [Review]s are coming and new plans for 2020 for a successor to [2019 with DOS games] column are almost ready. Actually they’re 3-years plans (as alwaus I bite more than I can chew) but juicy things are coming!

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Ciao a tutti!

La settimana di ferragosto ovviamente è una settimana di ferie e barbecue con gli amici. Ok, le ferie saltano perchè a ferragosto ho lavorato (…), ma almeno il barbecue non salta. Ieri sera grossa gligliatona serale, carne a profusione, vino, sangria e sorpresona, bomboloni fatti da me e dalla mia morosa,. vuoti e ripieni di crema o nutella. Come potrete be immaginare la mia densità sta ransentando quella di una stella a neutroni.

E’ stata una settimana più che altro di lettura, visto che come al solito la segga estiva di giochi si protrae. Non ci sono mercatini all’orizzonte nè particolari offerte, quindi a meno di sorprese dell’ultim’ora rimarrò sui miei seicento-e-rotti giochi. Aver trasformato il blog in uno bilingue gli ha dato nuova linfa perchè scrivo articoli più speditamente e in numero maggiore e imparo nuovi modi di dire che non conoscevo. Sono in arrivo molte più [Review] che in passato e sono già pronti i primi piani per il 2020 affinchè la rubrica [2019 with DOS games] abbia un seguito. Sono in effetti piani triennali (come al solito faccio sempre il passo più lungo della gamba) e si preannunciano ricchi ri roba buona!

GAMES

• Super Mario Bros. 2 – The Lost Levels
  Begun: January 16th, 2017
  Status: 12% completed, on hold
• Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker
  Begun: April 25th, 2017
  Status: 33% completed, on hold
• Probotector
  Begun: December 18th, 2017
  Status: 71% completed, on hold
• Streets of Rage (SMS)
  Begun: December 12th, 2017
  Status: 63% completed, on hold
• Shadow Warriors a.k.a. Ninja Gaiden
  Begun: January 7th, 2018
  Status: 95% completed, on hold
• Adventure Island 2 (NES)
  Begun: October 8th, 2018
  Status: 78% completed
• Life Force
  Begun: November 25th, 2018
  Status: 41% completed
• Maniac Mansion
  Begun: February 4th, 2019
  Status: 50% completed
• Obitus
  Begun: February 8th, 2019
  Status: 25% completed

MAGAZINES

• Retro Gamer #192
  Begun: July 13th, 2019
  Status: 100% completed on August 6th, 2019 after 24 days
• Retro Gamer #193
  Begun: August 6th, 2019
  Status: 20% completed

GAMES COMPLETED THIS YEAR

1. Resident Evil 1 Remake (Xbox One)
2. King Quest I: Quest for the Crown (MS-DOS)
3. The Way Remastered (Nintendo Switch)
4. Europa Universalis IV
5. Cuphead

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