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
You are now a member of the Silent Service, the US Navy Submarine command. For a long while after Pearl Harbor, you are the only forces capable of striking back at the Japanese in the Pacific. Take one of the “fleet boats” and go on extended patrols of up to 2 months from Hawaii, Australia, … Continue reading “Silent Service”
Year: 1985
Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Linux, Macintosh, NES, PC Booter, PC-88, Thomson MO, Thomson TO, Windows, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Strategy / tactics
Theme: Vehicular combat simulator
Depending on which title you use, and how you interpret it, this game is about a guy who a) rushes in before attacking b) attacks Russians (or is being attacked by Russians… in the mid-80s, when this game was produced, the Cold War was still in full effect), or c) wears a rather goofy hat. … Continue reading “Rush’n Attack”
Year: 1985
Platforms: Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Plus/4, DOS, MSX, NES, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Thomson MO, Thomson TO, Xbox 360, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform