This week it is Draughts by Steve Hargreaves Upon loading you can choose the Number of Players, if you want to play 1st or 2nd, and the Computer Difficulty if you are playing Solo This release is the full licenceware version which was released as Public Domain, and it has various bug fixes in as […]
The Commercial Game of the Month this time really has to goto Tearaway Thomas from 1992 by David Hanney and Nick Frampton This fast-paced Platformer will keep you entertained for hours, In this Game you control Thomas, Who’s ultimate job is to collect as many Shiny Gems to open the Level Exit The Yellow Gems […]
Here we have a simple puzzle Game called quite simply “Dad” by David M. Cole You have a Grid of 20 Blocks, and within that Grid, you have 2 Small Green Blocks, 2 Horizontal Yellow Blocks, 4 Vertical Red Blocks, and one Huge Square Blue Block, and you must re-arrange these so that the Large […]
This time we have Amega Race by AD-Leopold/Leopold-Soft from 1991 Your aim is to basically shoot the Cog Wheels which spin around the central scoreboard, There is one with a small dot in the centre, which you can kill first for extra points, if you kill them in order of course In the centre there […]
This wonderful Commercial Game is Double Dragon by Melbourne House in 1989 In this Side-Scrolling Beat-em-up Game, you take control of Billy Lee (and Jimmy Lee for 2 Players) who have to battle against the many enemies throughout You need to defeat the Black Warriors in order to rescue, Marian, who was kidnapped There are […]
This time it is Defender by Giles F. McArdell You have to look after the Humanoids and protect them from the Aliens which inhabit the Levels There are several different Enemies, such as Mutants, Bombers, Pods, Swarmers and Baiters each with different abilities as follows Landers are Green and drift over the landscape until they […]
This time it is Bridge Ball by Rod Mack in 1991 The object of this rather simple Game is to move the Pipes and Platforms into position so the Ball will roll over them (or through them) so it can reach the dry grassland in the distance Mostly all Platforms can be moved, although some […]
This time it is Blob-A-Blob by AmigaLive in 1990 You play as a Green Blob, and your task is to colour up all the Tiles on each platform while avoiding the nasties what lurk around Your only method of avoiding the Nasties is a Jump Up method, so timing is definately key here, as jumping […]
This Game is called Atoms created in 1993 by Tom Khun It is a 2-4 Player Game, where you place “Atoms” on a Game Board, which start off as a Single Dot in the Grid, but each turn, you click it and it expands until it explodes Once an atom reaches its explode limit, it […]
This time we have, Kungfu Charlies (Version One) by Andy Walker in 1994 You control a character in a Judo Suit, and your task is to clear off all the Bad Guys on each screen, in order to proceed to the next screen You can kick, whack, jump up and down between the platforms, kicking […]
Here we have, Amiga Monopoly by Al Metz in 1994 The object of the Game is to become the wealthiest player through buying, selling, renting property, and forcing other players into bankruptcy Each Player, picks a counter at the start, and during the Game, throws the Dice, and then moves the number shown on the […]
Commercial Game of the Month for May goes to Road Rash from 1991 by Electronic Arts This motorbike racing Game is one of the best on the Amiga, You ride along with other computer players, who can knock you off your bike, you can also knock them off their bike as well Gotta say that […]
Here is Rick Dangerous 2.5 (or 2 1/2) by Microstyle / Core Design in 1991 You star as Rick Dangerous, and your job is to prevent Fat Guy to let an Alien Race take over the world You have Bullets and Bombs, and in Rick Dangerous 2.5 you can even Slide the Bombs across the […]
This time it is Deluxe Galaga, a Space Invaders Clone, Written by the late Edgar M. Vigdal On starting the Game, you are Warped into a Frenzy of Flying Drones, which your object is to take out, Destroying these will produce one of many drops/pickups which will give your Ship some upgrades, such as Speed, […]
Here is the final Dark Unicorn Title, which for me, was well worth the wait, It is of course, Scorched Tanks, what was Written in AMOS Professional in 1993 by Micheal Welch This game is a nice Tank Shooter, and it is quite nicely made, You start on the Title Screen, which gives you upto […]
As it is the ZX Spectrums 40th Birthday, I wanted to also commemorate this Marvellous Piece of Engineering by the Late Sir Clive Sinclair (Age 81, 30 Jul 1940 – 16 Sep 2021) For me personally, the ZX Spectrum brings back many memories, not only because it is so memorable for its Games and Programming […]
This Dark Unicorn Production Game is Psycho Squares by Shane Monroe, who gave me permission to release the Full Versions of his Games via Twitter, so thankyou for permission Shane The Game has 13 Rounds, and each round begins with a Grid of eight by eight, with Blue (Positive) and Green (Negative) numbers on them, […]
Another Commercial Masterpiece has to be Chaos Engine by The Bitmap Brothers(for a PD-version which features similar Gameplay, check out Alien Bash II) The Bitmap Brothers have made some cracking Games over the decades, and The Chaos Engine will not disappoint you, it is a very well made Game, and there is lots of Action […]
This game is called Its The Pits – A Bold Miners Slaugher by Kit Felice in 1993 You begin on “The Surface” of a planet, which initially has 4 pits you can hover towards, then you are put into “The Pit” where you travel down a few miles towards the earths surface Sadly there is […]
This is another Dark Unicorn Productions Game, called Tom Cat, by John Graham in 1994 You might also notice this game features the Repair Shop Music from Jaguar XJ220 Commercial Version (mhmmm!) This game also features FMV Video in a small 1/4 square in the middle of the screen which will play between user interactions […]