River Raid Manoeuvre your way down the meandering river valley, avoiding the cliffs on either side and destroying the enemy ships, balloons, helicopters and tanks as you go. Keep an eye on your fuel gauge and collect more fuel by passing over the FUEL dumps. These are the only items in the game that you […]

Tir Na Nog Tir Na Nog is a Gaelic phrase meaning Land of Youth, the Celtic Other World. This game is about the exploits of the great hero, Cuchulainn, following his departure from the world of the living and his entry into Tir Na Nog. His subsequent attempts to locate and re-unite the fragments of […]

Operation Thunderbolt Ocean Software, 1989 The Hi-jack report came from a DC10 leaving Paris for Boston - Arab Guerillas were in control of flight 102 and had turned the aircraft towards Africa... The plane lands in hostile territory and the terrorists begin their demands A rescue operation is called for and there is only one […]

Chase H.Q. The heat is on! The steaming roads beckon your turbo-charged Porsche 928 as the screeching tyres in the distance heralds another crime being committed. “This is Nancy at Chase HQ” – we gotta few perps to catch, Algernon, looks like you ain’t gonna get much sleep tonight” “Gotcha, Nancy baby! We’re on our […]

Where Time Stood Still The plane is descending rapidly, Jarret struggling with the controls, searches anxiously for a possible landing site. Breaking through the clouds, the ground is suddenly upon him, and with one last heave on the joystick he prepares for impact. Out of the wreckage tumble Jarret, the guide and pilot, Clive, a […]

Combat Lynx Durell Software, 1984 This is probably the most comprehensive 'real-time' battle simulation program ever written for a home computer. It can be played on a simple level as a 'shoot-them-up' game, or a more stealthy player can make use of the intelligence map to locate and destroy selected targets. The most skilled players […]