Gambys - The First Portuguese Videogame
Oct 5, 2010 12:55:24 GMT -5
Post by Haruka on Oct 5, 2010 12:55:24 GMT -5
If you are a retro gamer and you like challenging and addictive games, then I think you won't regret about this MS-DOS game from 1995.
This was one of my childhood games that I loved to play during the Windows 98 era, for hours and hours!
You probabily never heard about it since it got released only between 1995 and 2001 in Portugal and some Spanish cities. It's called GAMBYS.
The game was made by a small portuguese team working at full time for around 2/3 years and on its commercialization, it got excelent reviews from gaming and computer magazines due to it's originality, longevity and challenging gameplay. The game was about to be distributed in England by Psygnosis and Virgin Interactive, but that didn't happened because Windows 95 was close to be launched and DOS would get discontinued soon or later. The game was a best-seller in Portuguese and Spanish shops. It is said also to be one first games of the world having more than 65000 colours and 3D graphics, and it is portuguese.
Unfortuneatly the game got impossible to work from Windows ME on due to the quick technology improvement. DOSBox/D-Fend Reloaded don't work either at the time. But in around September of 2010 I managed to figure out a way to finally boot that game in an alternative emulation, making it playable although with music glitches and the game running only in the 256 colours mode (like my YouTube videos show at the moment). A few time ago, a nice dude was able to make the game work in DOSBox by creating a patch, and that made the game 100% workable!
I do recommend this game because it isn't only unique (never saw other kind of gameplay equal to this one) but challenging and addictive. Since it is abandonware, it can be downloaded for free without any concerns. Also, don't worry about the language, because it is available in Portuguese, English, French, Spanish and German.
Check out the official website here of the artist who worked for the game (and I know him personally): www.luisperes.net
GAMBYS' game already configured and ready to be played (It is set up to English, but in can be changed for the other languages): (Currently uploading...)
Written walkthrough: Coming soon!
GAMBYS playlist at my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6A03323BAE7CB2F3&feature=view_all
Important:The videos I've posted were at the time I was playing the game in Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and before a patch being created for DOSBox, and the game was running in the 256 colours version and the music was glitchy. The game will run at its full splendor with DOSBox/D-Fend Reloaded!
This was one of my childhood games that I loved to play during the Windows 98 era, for hours and hours!
You probabily never heard about it since it got released only between 1995 and 2001 in Portugal and some Spanish cities. It's called GAMBYS.
The game was made by a small portuguese team working at full time for around 2/3 years and on its commercialization, it got excelent reviews from gaming and computer magazines due to it's originality, longevity and challenging gameplay. The game was about to be distributed in England by Psygnosis and Virgin Interactive, but that didn't happened because Windows 95 was close to be launched and DOS would get discontinued soon or later. The game was a best-seller in Portuguese and Spanish shops. It is said also to be one first games of the world having more than 65000 colours and 3D graphics, and it is portuguese.
Unfortuneatly the game got impossible to work from Windows ME on due to the quick technology improvement. DOSBox/D-Fend Reloaded don't work either at the time. But in around September of 2010 I managed to figure out a way to finally boot that game in an alternative emulation, making it playable although with music glitches and the game running only in the 256 colours mode (like my YouTube videos show at the moment). A few time ago, a nice dude was able to make the game work in DOSBox by creating a patch, and that made the game 100% workable!
I do recommend this game because it isn't only unique (never saw other kind of gameplay equal to this one) but challenging and addictive. Since it is abandonware, it can be downloaded for free without any concerns. Also, don't worry about the language, because it is available in Portuguese, English, French, Spanish and German.
Check out the official website here of the artist who worked for the game (and I know him personally): www.luisperes.net
GAMBYS' game already configured and ready to be played (It is set up to English, but in can be changed for the other languages): (Currently uploading...)
Written walkthrough: Coming soon!
GAMBYS playlist at my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6A03323BAE7CB2F3&feature=view_all
Important:The videos I've posted were at the time I was playing the game in Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 and before a patch being created for DOSBox, and the game was running in the 256 colours version and the music was glitchy. The game will run at its full splendor with DOSBox/D-Fend Reloaded!