Amaurote All alone in a city infested with killer insects – not a particularly enviable position to be in, but you have been selected to sort out the 2500 hi-res screens of the capital city of Paradise. So get on with it… “What do you mean you’re frightened of insects? How can you be – […]

Footballer of the Year Gremlin Graphics Software, 1986 You're a 17 year old apprentice in the 4th Division with only 10 goals to your name. Have you got what it takes to cope with the trauma of transfer deals, injuries and other match day problems, while displaying skill and professionalism in matches throughout Europe. Rise […]

Brainstorm Brainstorm is an arcade strategy game. At the beginning of the game you will see one or two balls bouncing around a coloured grid. The object of the game is to trap the ball(s) on a red area of the grid, since your score will depend on the time the ball spends travelling over […]

Zynaps The game begins with our hero escaping in Scorpion fighter from an alien space station out into deep space. Battle continues through asteroid storms to a nearby planet from where, eqipped with weaponry and hyperspace units taken from many destroyed alien craft, he sets out in search of the secret alien stronghold. After many […]

Android One: The Reactor Run Can you destroy the reactor before the reactor destroys the world? Only if you can blast through brick walls, mazes and strong rooms, dodge moving obstacles and overcome hoards of fiendish mutants first. Publisher: Vortex Software Year: 1983

Dun Darach Gargoyle Games, 1985 It happened that, following a fateful, bloody and largely pointless battle against the Conachta, Cuchulainn the Great was returning home to Muirmethne in company of his faithful charioteer, Loeg; pointless because the enemy was a scouting party and not intent on taking the peak of Beann Ghulban, below which the […]