Game Review: Golf Master (Commodore 64, Rack-It)
Golf games on home computers have traditionally taken on two view perspectives, with the 3D perspective favoured by the Leaderboard series (the de facto standard […]
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Game Review: Angle Ball (Commodore 64, Mastertronic / MAD)
Angle Ball (or as the title screen and instructions seem to refer to it, Angleball) is effectively a new spin on the game pool. Instead […]
Game Review: Angle Ball (MSX, Mastertronic / MAD)
In terms of release numbers, Angle Ball is in fact the last of the main 310 range to be released for the MSX, with its […]
Game Review: Skate Rock (aka Skate Rock Simulator) (Commodore 64, Ricochet)
Skate Rock was originally released by Bubble Bus Software in 1986, with the Ricochet re-release being released in early 1988. For some reason, maybe because […]
Game Review: 180 (MSX, Mastertronic / MAD)
180 had already been established as the leading darts game for the three main 8-bit systems, with them being a release on the short-lived MAD […]
Game Review: Brian Jacks Superstar Challenge (MSX, Ricochet)
Anyone who watched the BBC sports programme The Superstars in the late 1970s and early 1980s would have seen former British judoka Brian Jacks taking […]
Game Review: Jonah Barrington’s Squash (Commodore 64, Mastertronic)
For those of you who do not know who Jonah Barrington is, a quick summary: born in Cornwall, Jonah became an elite professional in the […]
Game Review: Strike (ZX Spectrum, Mastertronic/MAD)
The Opening Main Menu Before playing the game, you’ll see the main menu screen. Here you can chose one or two players, their names, controls […]
Game Review: Olympic Skier (Atari, Americana)
There were only a couple of sports games released as part of the Americana range, and of those only one – Olympic Skier – made […]
Game Review: Strike (Commodore 64, Mastertronic/MAD)
Tenpin bowling to this day is something I still enjoy, especially if I get a few friends together and have good couple of matches over […]