Saboteur 95: The 8-bit Retro Remake
Saboteur was really big during the 8-bit gaming era, and, at least to my mind, it reached almost mythical proportions. It was, you see, a game I first played only a few years ago, but one I kept reading about for over a decade. Surprisingly, it now seems as if the Greek gaming press was -for once- right. Saboteur, still a great game and a very balanced platform, adventure, beat-’em-up hybrid that can be as addictive as any contemporary time-sink, must have been quite a shock of grandeur for ZX Spectrumgamers.
To experience said shock (play an original version of the game, that is) you could grab a free copy from the brilliant World of Spectrum mega-site, but, should you be one of them delicate souls that can’t stand true retro colour-clash graphics, you could do worse than download the brilliant freeware Saboteur 95 retro remake.
Saboteur 95 is fully Windows compatible, sports shiny 16-bit 320×200 graphics, 400 rooms, secret areas and a lovely 2D variety of enemies. Oh, and there are CD-covers, patches, maps and a variety of ..uh.. stuff available for it too.
24 Jul 2007, 5:30 pm
Wow! That’s excellent! Easy to download and very playable!
Thanks Gnome!
25 Jul 2007, 5:57 am
And let’s not forget… easy to install too
Glad you liked it Father. Hope your fith in homebrew/freeware is restored…
25 Jul 2007, 8:54 am
If it was all as simple as that it would be! I fully understand that my main problem with homebrew is my technical limitaions…
25 Jul 2007, 9:16 am
Wow. I remember a copy I got for my old 386.
It had horrible graphics and I could not turn off the internal speaker sound until after the intro. *SQUEAL* *squeal8 *SQUEAL* *Swark* *SQUEAL* *squeal* *squeal*
But the game play was actually pretty cool.
I liked picking up rocks and sai and throwing them at the guards. And flying in on a hang-glider was uber cool.
I was never able to get near finishing the game though.
Good Post.
25 Jul 2007, 11:40 am
But, the PC, huh dear Father? Best gaming platform for a reason… everything bloody works..
Ah, you must be referring to Saboteur II, right dear Caleb? Haven’t played it to be honest. Only the premier one and not on a PC… Thanks.
25 Jul 2007, 3:05 pm
(wearing a balaclava and a black jumpsuit, the mysterious man sneaks up behind Gnomes posts and superglues the link to Gnomes page….
Jumps out open window…..)
OUch!!!!!!!!
25 Jul 2007, 3:50 pm
Sabotage!!!
Oh dear, dear… What are we gonna do now? Hold on. Think I heard something!
26 Jul 2007, 4:22 pm
(the elderly sabouteur lies motionless in the middle of Gnomes Hydrangea bush…..paralysed from the neck down…..)
erm…. hello?… can anyone hear me?
27 Jul 2007, 7:17 am
What? A talking plant? Where am I? Fangorn? Blimey!
27 Jul 2007, 9:15 am
A talking plant?
Gnome, there is only one cure when plants start talking.
*takes out petrol can and a butane lighter*
Now we shall begin the ritual to rid ourselfs of this cursed foliage!
-And by ritual I mean burning it of course-
06 Aug 2007, 7:03 am
Surely Treebeard will be upset… Doesn’t enjoy fires an quite frankly I think he is Fangorn…
Better give it some more thought oh Caleb the pyromaniac…
25 Aug 2008, 9:01 am
Hmm… can’t remember if I’ve played this remake or not. Downloading now to aid my memory!
Dave
25 Aug 2008, 9:34 am
A wise move indeed…
30 May 2010, 2:23 am
Hey,
I'm happy people still enjoy it. And if you're interested in the cheats password, email me.
Thanks for covering this game of mine
30 May 2010, 5:50 am
You're most welcome dear Alex. Thanks of an excellent retro-remake! Oh, and there's really no need to bother with them passwords. I'm sure our readers will have managed just fine, what with their superhuman gaming abilities.