The Great Escape The Year is 1942, the place Germany. War has broken out and you have been captured and placed in a high security P.O.W. camp. Victory may be far away, so it is your duty to escape, but this will not be easy. It will take careful planning and much patience, culminating in […]

Archon Electronic Arts, 1989 The game is superficially similar to chess, in that it takes place on a board with alternating black and white squares; however, instead of fixed rules when landing on another player's piece, an arcade-style fight takes place to determine the victor, and each piece has different combat abilities. These abilities are […]

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 […]

Dark Side Incentive Software, 1988 The game is set on the alien moon Tricuspid orbiting the planet Evath. Terrorists (the Ketars, the villains of the previous game Driller) hijacked the moon's facilities and built Zephyr One, an immense beam weapon on the moon's dark side with the purpose of destroying Evath. The player is a […]

Tranz Am The Year is 3472 and all that remains on Earth are the remnants of a once great continent, a barren land, a desolate place of sand, rocks and boulders. But… Life adapts quickly and bring with it a New Age, a time ruled by cars and trophies, a land where petrol replaces gold […]

Slaine the King Martech Games, 1987 It was nearly dawn. Slaine and I were heading along the path into Tautega. "Ukko," said Slaine, "tell me the story you heard from the Druid, Cathbad." Said I, "I’ve told you twice already, you thick skulled barbarian", but a sharp prod to my rump persuaded me to retell […]