PLATFORMS
This is the earliest home computer incarnation of Horn Abbot International Ltd’s classic board game, Trivial Pursuit. The game involves answering questions on one of six subject categories to gain moves, and answering questions on special squares to gain one of the six ‘Wedges’ you need to gain the right to take on the final winning … Continue reading “Trivial Pursuit”
Year: 1986
Platforms: Amiga CD32, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Atari ST, BBC Micro, CDTV, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX, SEGA Master System, Thomson TO, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Puzzle
Theme: Board game, Turn-based strategy
In the year 2051, two mega corporations battle it out for supremacy over an overcrowded, overpolluted planet. CyberTech Industries, the dominant company on the planet, is being challenged by Axiom, who blames the former for their president’s death. To gain revenge, they secretly inject CyberTech’s president, Anton Korsby, with a virus that threatens to take … Continue reading “Microcosm”
Year: 1993
Platforms: 3DO, Amiga CD32, DOS, FM Towns, SEGA CD
Genre: Action
Theme: Rail shooter, Full Motion Video
His name is Zool, and he is a gremlin-like creature from another dimension. He is forced to land on the Earth, but his sole goal is to attain the prestigious ranking of a Ninja. To do that, Zool will have to travel through six worlds, each divided into three stages, defeat his enemies, and prove … Continue reading “Zool”
Year: 1992
Platforms: Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, Amiga CD32, Atari ST, BlackBerry, DOS, Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, SEGA Master System, SNES
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
This third-person racing game resembles Gremlin’s earlier Lotus series, in terms of its general look and feel, right down to the text font used in the game. Your task is to race through 16 countries, each of which features four races, with many real-world circuits recreated in incongruous locations (such as the Monza layout in … Continue reading “Top Gear 2”
Year: 1993
Platforms: Amiga, Amiga CD32, Genesis, SNES
Genre: Racing / driving
Theme: Racing/Driving
Dominating the exciting world of Theme Park ownership is your goal in this strategy game from Bullfrog. The first task is to set up your rides within the available land, structuring convenient paths and queues and ideally leaving some space for bigger rides once they become available, and include some lakes and trees to increase … Continue reading “Theme Park”
Year: 1994
Platforms: 3DO, Amiga, Amiga CD32, DOS, FM Towns, Genesis, Jaguar, Macintosh, Nintendo DS, PC-98, PS Vita, PSP, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, SEGA CD, SEGA Saturn, SNES, Windows
Genre: Strategy / tactics
A vague descendant of Super Sprint with a mass of features, and one of the last multi-format games to have roots on the Amiga. A multitude of cars are available, ranging from F1 cars and Sportscars to Minis and VWs were on offer, with the option to have up to 8 of these on more … Continue reading “Super Skidmarks”
Year: 1995
Platforms: Amiga, Amiga CD32, Genesis
Genre: Racing / driving
Theme: Racing/Driving
StrikerĀ is a football (soccer) game with a forced-perspective 3D view. The players are drawn large and there is a large scanner to assist with long passing. The standard mode has the ball sticking closely to the feet, which makes mazy runs upfield a common strategy. There are 64 international teams on offer, with a European-style … Continue reading “Striker”
Year: 1992
Platforms: Amiga, Amiga CD32, Atari ST, DOS, Genesis, SNES
Genre: Sports
Theme: Sports
Brutal Deluxe doesn’t live up to their name – in fact they’re the worst team Speedball has ever seen. As their manager, it is your job to transform their fortunes. As well as the league system, which consists of 2 8-team divisions and challenges you to advance to the top, there are also 2 cup … Continue reading “Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe”
Year: 2020
Platforms: Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, Amiga CD32, Atari ST, BlackBerry, Commodore 64, DOS, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Genesis, J2ME, SEGA Master System, Windows Mobile, Xbox 360
Genre: Action
Theme: Sports
The game takes place in the year 2062. A baddy named Moribund Kadaver has assumed control of a cryogenics plant near Monstro City. Kadaver is apparently a former mortician who has dabbled in cryogenics ever since he purchased Deadly Enforcement Aggressive Destruction Incorporated, aka DEAD Inc. Now he has the power to unleash mutants called … Continue reading “Skeleton Krew”
Year: 1995
Platforms: Amiga, Amiga CD32, Genesis
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
Electrocorp, the world’s leading manufacturer and developer of advanced robotics ran the Leader Project to develop a multi-task, ultra-intelligent, self-aware robot to manage every aspect of the factory plant. The end result was the Supervisor Droid, a machine capable of assuming any form and accessing any database. But when an EGO virus infected the Supervisor’s … Continue reading “Rise of the Robots”
Year: 1994
Platforms: 3DO, Amiga, Amiga CD32, CD-i, DOS, Game Gear, Genesis, SNES
Genre: Action
Theme: Fighting