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The Chaos Engine [D]

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 […]

It’s The Pits

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 […]

Tom Cat

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 […]

Desert Apache

This is the first of the Dark Unicorn Productions Title, This one is called Desert Apache, by John Graham in 1995 Your mission is to rescue 5 POWS, you then get to choose one of them on a map, then a Full FMV plays, and during this shows you a target you need to aim […]

Galactoid

Now we have for you Galactoid by Clay Hellman/QSW in 1993 This is a Galaga-clone, and just as the same as Galaga, You have enemies coming inscreen from the left and right, to then go towards the top to form a grid, But while they are flying into position you can fire at them, and […]

Test Drive II

The Commercial Game Of The Month for March 2022, is Accolade’s Test Drive II (1989) This has to be one of my all time favourite Games, and Speed is the Key here, and of course avoiding other Traffic on the road There are 2 options at the start, You can race against the “Clock” in […]

Galaga ’92

Well what do we have here, it is Galaga ’92 by Geert Coelmont, Released in 1992 Galaga ’92 is yet another Galaga-clone, This game features powerups for fire, speed and bullets, and also you can collect one which removes all existing powerups from your ship as well! Enemies can drop powerups when they die, and […]

Amigatration

Today we have for you a game of Concentration called Amigatration by Gabe Dalbec in 1990 In this game you need to concentrate and find the matching pairs, once you have a pair, it will remain revealed until you find other pairs, which will also be revealed, and you keep going until you complete the […]

Les Dennis Hangman

What do we have here, well it is Les Dennis Hangman, Created in AMOS by Ben Knapp / Tracysoft (LOL?) While it is named “Les Dennis Hangman” the only “Les Dennis” reference in the game is the In Game Buzzer Sound and one simple “YES” sound effect from Les when you get the answer correct […]

Mad Bomber

This quite simple little game is called Mad Bomber created by David Papworth in 1991 You are a set of Black Tyres at the bottom of the screen, and your job is to catch all the Bombs the Mad Bomber drops, if you miss even one of them, You lose a life and have to […]

Troddlers [D]

The Commercial Game Of The Month for February 2022 is Troddlers by ATOD Design / The Sales Curve In Troddlers, you need to guide your little orange coloured men to the Exit Doors (which looks like Cinema Curtains), along the way you need to Build paths with Blocks, such as Stone, Arrowed Blocks which forces […]

Lemmingoids

This time it is Lemmingoids by El Caracho which is basically the same as Amigoids, which I reviewed a while back, But this version uses Lemmings Graphics and Sound Effects! This time you play as a Umbrella, and you have to shoot Lemmings down to size, sometimes another Lemming will zoom onto the screen, which […]

Master Blaster

Here we have Master Blaster, a 1995 Game by Peter Elzner and Alexander Ivanof Many Thanks to Peter for allowing me to distribute the Full Version This is essentially a Bomberman-clone, for 2 Players and Above, where you have to Blast away Blocks to get to the other Player in order to Kill them to […]

Maniac Ball

This time it is Maniac Ball, Written in 1997 by Diamond Productions/Peter Elzner Maniac Ball is an Arkanoid/Breakout-clone, But with a huge difference, There are Bats (or Paddles) on upto all 4 sides of the screen, so you have to watch the Ball very closely or you will lose it out of one of the […]

Diamond Caves II

The second installment is of course Diamond Caves II by Peter Elzner – which is also Freeware Thankyou to Peter for allowing me to distribute the full Freeware versions of his Games, and there are also 2 Level Packs included from Aminet in this version as well, and there is also a Level Editor which […]

Jaguar XJ220 [D]

Today on Commercial Tuesday, we have Jaguar XJ220 by Core Design in 1992 This is my all time favourite Car Racing Game for the Amiga, and this game is also Multi Language and allows you to select between English, German, French and Italisn before the Game loads in properly You race around several tracks, starting […]

Diamond Caves

This time it is Diamond Caves by Peter Elzner – Now Freeware Peter has given me permission to release the Full Versions of all his Games, so Thankyou very much Peter, and as a Special Bonus, I have included Level Packs from Aminet in this Collection too! In Diamond Caves, Once loaded, You need to […]

Dust Digger

This time it is Dust Digger, Created in 2012 by Roy Schneider This is a Boulderdash-clone, where you need to collect the Shiny Diamonds and avoid the Green Bugs what inhabit the levels, as one touch from these is deadly and will cost you a life There are also Big Boulders which, just like Diamonds, […]

Amiga Boulder Dash

This time its Amiga Boulder Dash by Jeff Bevis in 1993 You control Rockford whos task is to dig through the dirt to collect enough diamonds to open the level exit, while doing this you need to avoid falling Boulders and Diamonds and Nasties what inhabit the levels There are 2 types of Wall, one […]

MegaBall

The final review of 2021, has got to be Megaball AGA by Ed Mackey and Al Mackey, an Arkanoid-style Block Breaker Game Megaball is a bat and ball block breaker game, in which you have a bat at the bottom of the screen which you can only move left and right using the mouse, and […]

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