Game Review: Las Vegas Video Poker (Commodore 64, Entertainment USA)
Las Vegas Video Poker claims to be a replication of the video poker machines often found in Las Vegas, where you gamble big stakes to […]
Reviews
Game Review: Hitch Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (PC, Infocom)
42. There, I’ve said it. At this point, you either think I’m crazy, or you can guess where the rest of this review is heading. […]
Game Review: Crazy Cavey (Vic 20, Mastertronic)
One thing that always drew to me Mastertronic’s games as a kid was the cover art. Whether it was the futuristic designs from Mark J […]
Game Review: Speed King (Commodore 16 and Plus/4, Mastertronic)
After the original Digital Integration game Speed King had been re-released for the Commodore 64, Mastertronic thought it would make sense to get the game […]
Game Review: Motos (ZX Spectrum, MAD)
Bumper Cars In Space To set the scene, imagine Motos being Bumper Cars but without any safe perimeter to stop you falling off the stage. […]
Game Review: Starmaze 2 (BBC Micro, Mastertronic)
Even though the genre started in 1981 with 3D Monster Maze on the ZX81 by Malcolm Evans, there were very few true 3D games for 8-bit […]
Game Review: Speed King (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
Mervyn J. Estcourt had programmed the motorcycle racer Full Throttle for the ZX Spectrum, released by Micromega, before turning his attention to the Commodore 64 […]
Game Review: Spectipede (Commodore 16 and Plus/4, Mastertronic)
After Tony Kelly of Mr Chip Software had programmed a version of Spectipede on the Commodore 64, that was different from the original Spectrum version […]
Game Review: The Caves of Doom (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic)
Just under a Baker’s Dozen You begin the game with a generous twelve lives and by my accounts, I’d say that seems very generous. Now […]
Game Review: Spectipede (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
After the original release of Spectipede from R&R Software, programmed by Kevin Allison, was re-released by Mastertronic, it was natural that the game was a […]