Legend of the Amazon Women - All female beat em up new C64 re-release

Hokuto Force return with a fresh crack and re-release of scrolling beat em up: Legend of the Amazon Women (Nothing to do with popular tax-dodging online retailers).  New game modes include Infinite Time, 1 shot kills, zone skipping, infinite lives and invincibility.




Your main character is Lady Wilde, whose plane has crashed in the Amazon Jungle, and a hostile tribe has stolen her baby

GENIUS +7D Into the Toy Warehouses - Apple II game comes over to the C64

Not long ago Daniele Liverani released the beta version of a new game called ' GENIUS - Into the Toy Warehouses ' for the Apple II. Apparently this first part in the trilogy was inspired by the Genius Rock Opera, which he created way back in the early 2000's. Yet fast forward to the end of 2016 and Hokuto Force has released the trainered C64 version, which not only makes it much easier to play

Lode Runner +6GD - A great game on the C64 gets the Hokuto Force treatment

When I was just a youngster one game I remember so fondly, was the 1980's classic Lode Runner. It was a game I used to play on a original monochrome Macintosh for many hours to the point of almost addiction. It was actually published by Brøderbund in 1983 and appeared on so many systems, although my preference would always be on the old MAC. In fact the C64 had many different versions

Frogger Arcade for the C64 - Hokuto Force ports a classic for Christmas

It is almost Christmas day and as a special release by Hokuto Force they have finally released the port remake of the Konami classic from 1981, ' Frogger '.  Now known as ' Frogger Arcade ' and remade for the C64 by Inyaksa, with music by Snabel, Graphics by Alias Medron, Inyaksa and linking by The Overkiller is now more in line with the Arcade version unlike the original game. It features

Jail Break - Genre defining Konami shooter fixed for C64s

"Run and gun" games would come a long way in the year or two following the Arcade release of Jail Break by Konami. They would eventually perfect the format 1 year later with the release of Contra in the arcades, and 2 years later saw William's electronics release the excellent Narc, which caught controversy over it's "realistic" digitised sprites and ultra violent theme. However back in

Crazy Music - A new C64 game by Hokuto Force will give you hair loss!

Some more C64 games have appeared this week and the first one for mention is Digital Monastery's new C64 game, as a release by Hokuto Force; ' Crazy Music '. In this game you have been pulled into a crazed musical world that really doesn't like you for some reason. There are gnashing teeth, and flying pianos coming at you from all sides that really want to do you harm. Thankfully there are

Wizard and Ultimate Wizard +2GMH - A fun C64 game via Hokuto Force for Halloween

Another C64 game released by Hokuto Force and this one is a double bill called ' Wizard and Ultimate Wizard +2GMH', which was originally released by EA and written by Sean A. Moore and Stephen Leudders in 1984-86. In this jolly platformer, you must guide Wilfrid the Wizard through each hazardous level, gathering items for bonus points and the final key to unlock the keyhole to move on to the

Zombi Terror +DGMW - The Walking Dead style adventure comes to the C64...Again

More Halloween goodness tonight, and this one comes from Hokuto Force with a re-release of the Walking Dead style Adventure game ' Zombi Terror ', which first appeared in 2015 by Kabuto Factory for the C64. Now known as ' Zombi Terror +DGMW ' with a +1 trainer, onefiled, Dox, walkthrough and original Speccy pic, you explore an island and a city while avoiding Zombies and finding new areas for

Jack the Ninja Preview - Challenging puzzler previewed on the C64

Next up on the list of games available for playing, is a new game previewed on the C64 by Raffaele Formato and released by none other than our good friends Hokuto Force. Titled as ' Jack the Ninja Preview ' and supplied by The Overkiller, this is a challenging puzzle platformer game in which you need to pick up all the yellow dots, avoid the crossed spikes and reach the green exit.




If you

Jungle Drums +6HD - Hard platformer trained by Alpha Flight and Hokuto Force

Here we go again, it's another challenging C64 platformer that will make you lose your hair; ' Jungle Drums +6HD ' cracked and trainered by Alpha Flight and Hokuto Force. Released originally by Anirog Software and programmed by Stephen Hamilton in 1984, your task is to complete each level by gathering as much fruit as possible in a Jungle filled with lots of nasty creatures. It wont be easy

Demons of Dex - Brand new roguelike released on the C64

Remember those first days at work? When you were asked to go and get a left handed hammer from the hardware store, or asked to use a computer where they've turned the background picture into a screenshot of the desktop... Well think yourself lucky you didn't go to Druid college, like poor Eino here, applying for the role of Arch Druid in Demons of Dex. A brand new roguelike dungeon crawler

Firequest +6DGF - Hokuto Force latest release is a fire hazard on the C64

It's time to give the C64 some love now with the latest C64 trainered game ' Firequest +6DGF' released by Hokuto Force. Originally released way back in 1984 by Chris Morris, the aim of this game is to traverse the 7 difficult levels as the character UGH in search of fire. Most likely because he's a bit hungry and needs to cook those sausages. Thanks to Hokuto Force not only have they bugfixed

The Sea Voyagers &D - Explore the New World on your old C64 computer

Inspired by an Ebay find, MadMax of Mad Hacker's Incorporated teamed up with Hokuto Force for a new release of The Sea Voyagers (1984). This release adds the game's manual, and comes with a photo of the keyboard overlay, which you'll need to play the game. This is a mainly text based interactive history lesson, don't expect any arcade thrills or pirating glory. But if you've got any interest

Ghost Chaser +5D - Harry and the Haunted House (C64) reviewed by HayesMaker

Digital historians Hokuto Force have been busy again. Firstly this crack of Artworx and US Gold's 1984 Ghost Busters cash in: Ghost Chaser. And also a release of Andrea Rosa's mid 1990s interpretation of a Risk style global domination board game: 'World Conquest'. Which was only released recently when the author rediscovered his source code. Hopefully we'll post a review of that shortly.

SCUMM Mock-up V0.14 - Monkey Island 2 on the C64 is a real possibility

Hokuto Force have kicked it up a notch in the adventure genre as they have just released the latest SCUMM Mock-up V0.14 for your C64 as a project by TCE/HF. But that is not all as this latest project is based on the famous adventure game Monkey Island 2, a game released way back in the early 90's and developed by Lucasfilm Games which had all the charm, comedy and gameplay you could ever want

KGB Agent +4DH - Hokuto Force helps you out in this rather poor C64 game

In 1987 Pirate Software, released the rather unknown action game ' KGB Agent ' for the C64. It involved you as a KGB Agent, shooting at bad guys, picking up items and avoiding being shot at to gain an ever higher score. Today however Hokuto Force have re-released the game but this time as KGB Agent +4DH which comes with a +4 trainer and high score saver.




From my short play through of the

The Happiest Days of Your Life +3DM - More like high school blues.

Firebird Software's 1986 school days simulator: The Happiest Days of Your Life gets the Hokuto Force treatment this week. A somewhat frustrating puzzler has been tamed thanks to infinite health, lives and easy completion modes and bug fixes. The idea of the game is to find the head master's wallet and prevent getting caned for stealing it by finding photographic evidence along the way.

Rock Star Ate My Hamster +2DG - Musical pr disaster for the C64

While the main admin is currently on a week's break, I'll be your new C64 writer for the time being and hopefully into the future. So to begin with, this is one of the previous releases from last week that everyone should play at least once! Musical management simulators tend to be a neglected genre in video gaming. On 16th April "Hokotu Force" released this 1988 Codemasters attempt of 'Rock

Super Monaco GP +6DG - Hokuto Force is aiming for pole position in this C64 release

In the early 90's Sega with publishing rights by US Gold, released the Arcade racing game of ' Super Monaco GP ' on a multitude of systems including the C64. It had a brilliant soundtrack by Jeroen Tel and required you the racer, to both qualify and then win the Grand Prix of Monaco! That same game has once again appeared today, but this time by Hokuto Force as ' Super Monaco GP +6DG ', which

Heathcliff +DGMF - Lets have fun with spelling on the C64

In 1984 Datasoft and developed by Robert Bobbio released the child friendly game of ' Heathcliff - Fun with Spelling ' for the C64. It was an educational game for kids and based on the brilliant cartoon show of the same name. The aim of the game was to catch the mice that float from the window sill using balloons that have the correct letters to spell the word at the top of the game. So if FUN