Game Review: Questprobe – Spiderman (BBC Micro, Americana)
While I’m usually drawn more to arcade shoot-em-ups when it comes to retro gaming, I’ve always had a soft spot for RPGs and text adventures. […]
Reviews
Game Review: Dark Tower (Commodore 16 and Plus/4, Melbourne House)
Dark Tower had previously had a Commodore 64 release where the game was seen as fiendishly difficult and somewhat frustrating by some of the magazines […]
Game Review: Storm (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Storm first started out on the Amstrad CPC before getting a conversion to the ZX Spectrum and later the Commodore 64. There is a very […]
Game Review: Thingy and The Doodahs (ZX Spectrum, Americana)
Grab Those Coins and Make a Stash You play as Thingy who has been a bit of a wally and broken his beloved Spectrum (which […]
Game Review: Frenesis (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Frenesis was originally released on the Atari XL/XE series first, with the Commodore 64 version being next and closely followed with the Commodore 16 and […]
Game Review: Mission Mercury (Vic 20, Virgin Games)
The name Steve Lee might not be familiar to Commodore fans, but his games certainly will be. When it comes to Mastertronic, his most well […]
Game Review: Frenesis (Commodore 16 and Plus/4, Mastertronic)
Tony Takoushi was a writer for games magazines including Computer and Video Games, and had previously programmed several games including Hyperforce for the Commodore 16 […]
Game Review: Questprobe – Spiderman (ZX Spectrum, Americana)
Back in the 1980s, gaming was always seen as being hobby for nerds – and it generally went without saying that if someone was a […]
Game Review: The Captive (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
The loading screen to The Captive seems to have you held prisoner somewhere, which of course is a nod to Nigel Johnstone’s nickname he used […]
Game Review: Questprobe – Spiderman (Commodore 16, Americana)
Even though I’m an arcade game lover at heart, I’ve always had a soft spot for text adventures. I blame all of this on Scott […]