Month: October 2023

Up and Down

The “U” Game month continues with, Ups and Downs by Jason Bauer in 1988 As you can tell this is a Connect 4 clone, with some voice sounds added in, which I must admit, is quite a nice touch You need to get 4 counters in a line, either horizontally, vertically or even diagonally before […]

The New Zealand Story [D]

This time the Commercial Game of the Month goes to The New Zealand Story from Choice/Ocean Software in 1989 You star as Tiki, and your task is to safely get Tiki through the stages, avoiding all the enemies and of course Spikes which will hurt Tiki You start out with a Basic endless supply of […]

Ultimate Quiz

This is yet another “U” Game called, The Ultimate Quiz by Andy Gibson from 1993 Get your Quizzing hats on for this one, its a cut-down version for coverdisks, But this Quiz has a few questions in it to get you started The Quiz is actually quite nicely designed, and has some decent sound effects, […]

Ultimate Fruit Machine

This is Ultimate Fruit Machine by Late Storey written in AMOS Professional As fruit machine style games go, this is a pretty basic one, and there is some music included, although no actual sound effects sadly, which would have been a nice touch There is all the usual things here, you can build up the […]

UChess AGA

This is UChess by Roger Uzun Yet another Chess game for the Amiga, I personally do not like Chess, as I have never really got into it in a big way, and I am not totally familliar with playing Chess This version is certainly pretty well designed, and looks good, and has decent gameplay thrown […]