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 […]

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 […]

Cliff Hanger The object of the game is to stop the bandit shooting up the canyon. Cliff, our hero, can do this in a variety of ways which become more complicated as you progress through the 15 levels. Each level has between 3 and 5 different screens which appear randomly. Before each screen a title […]

Desert Rats CCS, 1985 Desert Rats is a 1 or 2 player wargame depicting the campaign in the "Western Desert" from the arrival of the Afrika Korps in the Spring of 1941, until their defeat at the battle of Alamein and subsequent withdrawal from Libya at the end of 1942. Players may choose to fight […]

Ghouls 'n' Ghosts US Gold, 1989 Arthur is back! Two years after rescuing his dusky eyed maiden from the demon king, he must save her once more from him.

Alien Commercial towing vehicle ‘The Nostromo’ Crew: seven Cargo: 20,000,000 tons of mineral ore Course: returning to earth The Nostromo is coming home. You awake. As commander you must grapple with a terrifying life force you cannot comprehend. The ship has become a trap – something evil, secritive, unlikable stalks the corridors… Publisher: Mind Games […]