KNIGHT QUEST

I love it when game makers are brave enough to tackle board games that have existed for centuries and combine them with other gaming genres. Knight Quest is a unique endless runner-chess hybrid. Your knight piece  prances around evading or taking other moving chessboard pieces against an endless chessboard or 45 different levels collecting keys and treasure chests along the way.To make things real, your piece has to wait for its turn to make a move and thus those who like chess but are not particularly good at it would feel as if their skills at playing chess have significantly improved. This game makes people feel good about themselves, it amuses them and has a high replay value. Another instant casual gaming classic.

CANABALT

This  free flash game with a man running from a world crumbling behind him, trying to escape death/apocalypse  jumping buildings was ported to a plethora of systems, and rightfully so. Running games were already in abundance at this time in gaming history, but the key to Canabalt's brilliance was its simplicity, both in terms of playability and the bleak urban surroundings  moving rapidly on the screen that seem to be reminiscent of  a nasty dream. It reminds me of those  easy-to-play-hard-to-finish games that reigned the 80s gaming universe, and the ease with which it successfully translated to c64 only proves my point further. It'a a game that would have been a smash whenever it appeared. This title is a personal favourite among endless runners.

You can download the c64 version at c64.com or wait until RGCD have made more cartridges.

PINOUT

With hundreds of different pinball simulations I've played so far I can say I finally found one that's unique as a computer game. Instead of recreating some original machine in its physicality and movements, PINOUT lets go of the simulation and becomes something more - a game that could last for tables on end. Combining the genres of endless runner and pinball simulation was an incredibly smart thing to do. You jump from one beautifully designed table to another until you've reached a checkpoint.

The retro is strong with this one- a Tron-like retro-futuristic envirnoments  accompanied by appropriate  retrowave/synthwave music is a treat for a retro gamer;  there is a ton of  classic powerups that reach new heights here (random, motion link, slow motion, time freeze etc ) , altered and distorted; all  bonus mini games are exquisite homages to 8-bit classics (a racing game,a blasteroid-type game, a horizontal  space shooter etc) with 8bit sounds and themes and no retrowave colouring, so that you're able to enjoy them the same way you did on pinball machines in the late 80s/early 90s.

If you've ever enjoyed any pinball game on any of your machines you've ever had, get PINOUT- you won't be disappointed.