Month: October 2024

Manic Miner II

The Commercial Game of the Month has to be Manic Miner II by Software Projects in 1990 Well what can I say about this Game, Quite a lot actually, It is as you can tell this is a modern remake of the original Manic Miner from the Commodore 64, with larger graphics and a larger […]

Super Skoda Challenge

It is time for some Super Skoda Challenge from 1991, by Mike Dodd, Written in AMOS This top-down racer has you racing around the track, and can be played by between 2 to 4 players, which are coloured Red, Green, Blue and Yellow respectively The Aim of the Game is to Shoot your opponents, while […]

Racing Maniacs

This is Racing Maniacs by Paul Gaze in 1993 Here is another Car Racing Game, which shows you a front bumper view from your Car, you are racing alongside a Computer Player, or there is a 2-Player option as well There are tokens (if enabled via the Game Options) dotted around the track, and you […]

More Kickstart 1.3 Games Coming In 2025

I am now working through The Assassins Disks, and many of those Games will not run correctly under Kickstart 2/3 so they will need to be included on the Kickstart 1.3-side of the Games Collection These will be split into sections, as there were quite a lot of them, around 260+ disks stuffed full of […]

O2 Contract Scam

Please note if you are with O2 they are ringing from an 020 number (London, UK) which when I checked it against an online database does *NOT* come up as anything related to O2 I checked the Official O2 Number and it said “O2 Customer Services” on the number checking website, so please always check […]

Moose Drive

Here we have, Moose Drive, by Graham Dean in 1993 Now this is a decent well made Racing Game, from the top-down perspective with some really decent Graphics and Music throughout The Graphics are quite detailed, from the advertisement signs, to the stands of people watching, and even some trees dotted around At the top […]

High Octane

Today it is time for some High Octane by Paul Overy from 1993 This Car-racing Game can be played by 1 or 2 players, in a rather tiny split-screen mode, Your Car is also equipped with missiles what you can fire against your opponent Visually the Games Graphics are pretty decent, and the screen has […]