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¤ Wednesday 9th April 2008 ¤ Stu C

Dan Dare - our latest release.

Get you copy from http://www.dandare.ovine.net.

Read more news here or why not go and discuss our games in the forums.

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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

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

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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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.

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

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.

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)

Find out what Ovine means at reference.com

Free retro games to download and play

The 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

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

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 - 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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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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Retro Remakes