Jack the Nipper Gremlin Graphics Software, 1986 Jack was tired of all the wimps in his town, their boring games and goody goody ways sent him to sleep. So, Jack being of a rather naughty disposition set about livening things up a bit, he picked up his trusty pea-shooter and scarpered off to cause some […]

Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo The game is a sideways-scrolling adventure, where Miyamoto Usagi has to defeat opponents in sword fights, and also have encounters with other characters, for example priests, who usually carry a cane and utter Zen Buddhist koans. Usagi is often attacked by bandits and enemy ninja. These opponents frequently […]

Back to Skool Having managed to steal your report during the last few skooldaze of term, you’ve spent the whole holiday forging teachers’ signatures and handwriting to make yourself look like the brightest, sweetest natured, most helpful little soul ever to carry a satchel. Now all you’ve got to do is get it back into […]

Return of the Jedi Domark, 1989 Return of the Jedi picks up the action of the film at the scene where the rebel forces begin their attack on the Imperial Deathstar. Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia race toward a pair of speeder bikes. In this first wave the player controls Leia. Guiding her through a […]

Nemesis Konami, 1987 The Planet Nemesis, a peaceful Earth-like world, is now under an all-out space attack from its old enemies, beings from the sub-space star cluster of Bacterion. The people of Nemesis are in danger of being completely destroyed by the amoeboid Bacterions. To save them, you have just launched the prototype hyper-space fighter, […]

Room Ten CRL Group, 1986 Room Ten is the old Atari game PONG played in 3D... the objective is simply to beat your opponent by making the ball hit the wall behind him, without letting him hit the wall behind you.