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We have loads of top quality free or freeware games at ovine by design.  Sheep play an important role in games, don't forget it.  Games include Rinso and the Tenticles of Doom (an Octopus game), Sky Hawk, Imogen, .net all stars (the .net magazine crew from Future Publishining), JetMan, The Burps (Atic Atac), Meteor (a v-cade classic), Splatt (the Spectrum classic) and many more retro remakes.
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¤ Wednesday 9th April 2008 ¤ Stu C


Dan Dare - our latest release.

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Stu C ¤ Monday 28th April 2008
back from my holidays all raring togo......

Jsw3.0 is first on the list, im just finishing up the map editor and then onto the level distribution system.




Andy H ¤ Thursday 17th April 2008
News in, Ms Mouth Trap came in a fantastic second place in the GP2X/GLBASIC game competition.  :)

 
 Games news
Hunters Moon Quantasm The Nameless
HUntersMoon Quantasm nameless
A thinking mans top view shoot em up Shoot em up Vectrex style.. Can you unlock the secrets of Mars. A unique physics based adventure set on a hostile world.
Driller Total Eclipse HamsterJam
Driller Total Eclipse hamsterJam
A FREESCAPE classic remade
Try and mine all the gas from the platform to avoid disaster.
AnotherFREESCAPE remake.
Explore the Egyptian pyramid and stop the curse coming true.
Hamster fun in this Vic20 Rockman remake of boulders and rings.
 
 Retro Remakes
What are remakes you might ask, and what are retro remakes? Put simply, in our world, retro remakes mean games from 8-bit and 16-bit computers that have been remade for Windows. All the great games here have a retro flavour, and where we have remade an old game we have tried to improve it with out spoiling the original game play.
 
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Atari 520FM
Spectrum 48k
Commodore 64
Commodore Amiga
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ORIC-1
Cambridge Z88
 
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 Retro Gamer
Ovine appeared in quite a few issues of Retro gamer, a fine magazine for all game players - old or new. They are now alive again thanks to Imagine Publishing.
 
Retro Gamer magazine
 
 About us
Ovine by Design is made up of two game developers;
Andy H and Stu C

We have a passion for retro remakes / classic games and this site contains some of our favourite games of old that we have remade for Windows but also new and unique games.

Go and discuss our games in the forums.
 Web awards & media
Clickteam Award Badge Our website came second in the Clickteam "Best Click Site" awards. Thanks guys!
 


Ovine has been featured in Retro Gamer magazine and also on Sky One's Gamezville.

Cholo received Freeware of the Month in March's edition of PC Zone.

 




 Do you want to make games too?
Making games is easier than you think.

If you've never programmed a computer before, do not despair! There is a game making tool called Multimedia Fusion which does all of the gamey things for you, you just insert your graphics and use a simple (but powerful) event editor to give your game some rules. Some of the games here have been made with Multimedia Fusion. Take a look at Rinso, Galaxy Defender and Life for some examples.

Clickteam logo Go to Clickteam.com to find out more about these programs.


If you dont like the point and click interfaces, why not have a look at Blitzmax a versatile engine that has many wrappers for various third party 3d engines (but an integrated 3d engine is promised)

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Free retro games to download and play

The Nameless Quantasm
nameless Quantasm
Can you unlock the secrets of Mars. A unique physics based adventure set on a hostile world. Shoot em up Vectrex style..
Driller Cholo
Driller Cholo
A FREESCAPE classic remade
Try and mine all the gas from the platform to avoid disaster.
Hacking robots, explore the city of Cholo in this 3D 'Tron' meets Max-Headroom styled game.
Total Eclipse Terra Cognita
Total Eclipse
FREESCAPE remake.
Explore the Egyptian pyramid and stop the curse coming true.
Terra Cognita - a fast action maze sci-fi shooter - says it all!
Imogen HamsterJam
Imogen Hamster Jam
Imogen - a platform adventure game with devilishly cartoon humour and puzzles. Hamster fun in this Vic20 Rockman remake of boulders and rings. Also Hamster desktop pet for Windows.
Xor Antiriad
Antiriad
Xor - the
ultimate maze challenge.
Sacred Armour of Antiriad - a faithful remake of this classic Commodore 64 game.
Ovine Lander .net all stars
Lunar Lander classic mini game, more fun, big cave to explore. The super stars of .NET magazine are trying to escape with the deadline looming!
Echo the Mouse Rinso
Echo the Mouse Octopus - rinso
Help Echo collect as much cheese as he can in the time limit. An original cutesy platform game! A remake of Octopus on the Game and Watch, converted in glorious cartoon fun!
Jarcadian Life screensaver
Jarcadian
A remake of Arcadia by Imagine software, a great Vic20 shoot'em up remade! Watch your own colonies of life forms with this screen saver based upon John Conways LIFE.
Sky Hawk Splatt
Sky Hawk
The city is under attack from enemy planes. Defend the city! The classic Spectrum game given a new lease of life with all new levels.
Galaxy Defender Sheep Racers
Sheep racers
Space action shooter. A worm hole has opened leading a hoard of hostile aliens towards Earth! Bet on sheep in this
fun racing game!
PotatoDust Meteor
Meteor
Asteroids like remake only with giant tin-foil wrapped potatoes. Frantic action! Meteors are heading your way, millions of them!
The Burps JetMan
Atic Atac with Sheep! A classic Spectrum game originally remade for MS-DOS. Build your rocket and refuel it while holding off the alien nasties that want to take a bite out of you.
Mole Attack More...
Mole Attack
Frantic mole bashing mayhem in this Vic20 bonk a mole with a hammer game. We have more games for you to enjoy...
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