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Barbarian Evil sorcery, jock straps, a scantily clad voluptuous maiden in need of rescue and a few decapitations thrown in for good measure. A typical day for a young adolescent circa 1987. |
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Exile Arriving late in the BBCs life Exile was technically groundbreaking, innovative, immensely playable, and played by almost nobody. Sound like a Looking Glass (rest in peace) title to you? Well it wasn't - but it was ace! |
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Elite 1984. Orwellian nightmare or the year one of the greatest games of all time was released. Guess which one I'm interested in. |
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Holed Out See you at the 19th ok? |
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Repton Infinity The 8-bit conclusion to the Repton series was as much a set of game creation tools as a puzzle game and it pushed its host hardware to the limits. |
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Stryker's Run A game best compared to a kebab. Stryker's Run was a popular BBC scrolling shooter released in 1986. It was also the first game to feature enhancements for Acorn's recently released Master 128. |
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Superior Soccer Football. Its a game of two halves. I take a look at Superior Soccer released on the BBC in 1989, in the process comparing it to Microprose Soccer on the Commodore 64. |
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Thrust A game in which your enemies are the laws of physics |
Slightly Dusty Stuff (1990s)
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MouseTrek Not a classic. Not even published. But a game I love all the same. Read on to find out why and listen to me pump up my own ego. Again. |
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Dune 2 Original gameplay in a sequel, high production values, and a great licence. Unheard of but in this case true! |
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Rules of Engagement Star Trek's not just for nerds right? RIGHT? Now thats settled I highly recommend checking out Rules of Engagement: a ridiculously detailed starship combat simulator from 1991. |