{"id":15945,"date":"2024-09-19T08:39:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T06:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/19\/pushing-buttons-ufo-50-is-an-anthology-of-pure-nostalgia-and-the-games-are-good-too\/"},"modified":"2024-09-19T08:39:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T06:39:11","slug":"pushing-buttons-ufo-50-is-an-anthology-of-pure-nostalgia-and-the-games-are-good-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/19\/pushing-buttons-ufo-50-is-an-anthology-of-pure-nostalgia-and-the-games-are-good-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Pushing Buttons: UFO 50 is an anthology of pure nostalgia \u2013 and the games are good, too"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this week\u2019s newsletter: From platformers to side-scrolling space adventures and top-down racers, every experience from your gaming youth is recreated with passion and skill<\/p>\n

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I filed this issue of Pushing Buttons late, because I have become obsessed with a 1985 strategy game about armies of warring dinosaurs. It\u2019s called Avianos, and it\u2019s part of an anthology of 50 games made in the 1980s by a little-known but influential developer, UFO Soft.<\/p>\n

One minor detail: UFO Soft is fictional. All the games in this collection were made by a small group of modern developers. This anthology, UFO 50 (out today), is at once a tribute to imaginary 1980s game history and<\/em> real 1980s game history. It impeccably imitates the look, feel and experimental creativity of the era, without the technical limitations.<\/p>\n

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\nI filed this issue of Pushing Buttons late, because I have become obsessed with a 1985 strategy game about armies of warring dinosaurs. It\u2019s called Avianos, and it\u2019s part of an anthology of 50 games made in the 1980s by a little-known but influential developer, UFO Soft.
\nOne minor detail: UFO Soft is fictional. All the games in this collection were made by a small group of modern developers. This anthology, UFO 50 (out today), is at once a tribute to imaginary 1980s game history and real 1980s game history. It impeccably imitates the look, feel and experimental creativity of the era, without the technical limitations. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this week\u2019s newsletter: From platformers to side-scrolling space adventures and top-down racers, every experience from your gaming youth is recreated with passion and skill \u2022 Don\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here I filed this issue of Pushing Buttons late, because I have become obsessed with a 1985 strategy game …<\/p>\n

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