Month: May 2024

Hotblox

This is Hotblox, by J P Hamilton in 1993 Yet another Tetris-clone which is quite decent, This one allows 2 Players to battle it out against each other as well Again, You have to get Lines to get Points, and try not to have empty spaces in lines, as these can hinder your gameplay if […]

Tettrix

This is Tettrix, by Niall Sommerville, Written in AMOS Let’s begin by saying this Tetris flavour is very much Horizontal in perspective, where the pieces begin at the left side of the screen, and move slowly to the right (unless you press the Right Mouse button, in which case they instantly SNAP! to the right) […]

Amiga 500 – 37 Years Old (1987-2024)

This is the Amiga 500, code-named “Rock Lobster”, which is now 37 years old It was announced in January 1987, and was released in April 1987 in the Netherlands, and May 1987 in Europe, and cost 499 GBP, which was later reduced to 399 GBP in 1988 It used the standard 880KB Floppy Disks, and […]

Tetron

This is Tetron, a Tetris-clone, Written in AMOS by Alchemy / Peter Fregon Yet another Tetris-Clone I hear you cry, Yes that is correct, this one is pretty well designed, on a Grey-coloured Background, with Red boxed areas, which show you your Current Score, Level, Next Peice, and some Statistics The Game can be fully […]

Bubba ‘N’ Stix [D]

The Game of the Month this time, goes to Bubba ‘N’ Stix, by Core Design in 1994 You star as Bubba, and you have a Stix, in this cartoony-style Game, your task is to hit and kill enemies with your stick, which you can also throw at enemies as well, pick up various items dotted […]

Tetren

This is Tetren, a Tetris-clone, Written in AMOS by Andy Whiteley in 1992 This Game is very well designed, and actually very nice to play, along with the normal Tetris rules, and peices (no obscure peices here I promise, just the standard Tetris peices), as well as some smashing background music, both on the Title […]

6 Tris

This gem is called 6-Tris, and was written in AMOS Professional by James Daniels – Apparently the one and only 6 player Tetris Game in the world (and its Freeware too!) The basic Gameplay of Tetris as a whole, is to move the various peices (all Standard in this version) into areas where they fit, […]

BASIC Turns 60!

As it is BASIC’s (Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) Birthday, which first appeared all the way back on 1st May 1964, way before I was even thought of, since my Mum waited till 1977 to pop me out (Thanks Mum) I thought I would do a little tribute to the language, so BASICally here it […]