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Saturday, August 10, 2019

Game Covers - Crazy Comets (Commodore 64)

The Universe is out of control, contracting into chaos. Matter becomes energy in a cataclysmic chain reaction of the disorder. Comets of fire cascade through the heavens - messengers of imminent doom.

Your mission: to restore order to the Universe by destroying chaos wherever it appears.

Your chances of survival: NIL.

... and you thought the Apocalypse was gonna be bad!!!!

Crazy Comets - The Cover

Crazy Comets - The Inlay

Crazy Comets - The Tape

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Friday, August 09, 2019

Game Covers - Knightmare (Commodore 64)

Welcome to the game....

This is the Time to end Time
This is the Time out of Mind
This is the Game out of Time
And the game to blow your Mind!

Knightmare - The Cover

Knightmare - The Inlay

Knightmare - The Tape

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Game Covers - Dan Dare Pilot of the Future (Commodore 64)

One of the most famous comic strip heroes ever comes vividly to life in this superb arcade adventure.

With your faithful companions, you must defeat the Mekon and save the Earth.

"Dan Dare is a super cool game which deserves all the credit it gets!" COMPUTER & VIDEO GAMES

"Dan Dare deserves an immediate Number One Spot". PCW

Dan Dare - The Cover

Dan Dare - The Inlay

Dan Dare - The Tape

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Game Covers - Sailing (Commodore 64)

Design your own yacht, brave the elements and beat your opponents in the most accurate ocean-going simulation yet!

Sailing - The Cover

Sailing - The Inlay

Sailing - The Tape

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Thursday, August 08, 2019

Game Covers - Werewolves of London (Commodore 64)

Run rampage across the rooftops! Get savage in the sewers! Have a hairy fit in Hyde Park! Spread terror in the tube stations!

Werewolves of London - The Cover

Werewolves of London - The Inlay

Werewolves of London - The Tape

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Game Covers - Night Racer (Commodore 64)

A fast and furious rally through the forests of central Europe. Foot to the floor, skidding round the bends, you must reach the checkpoint in time. Through the gears power past the stragglers, the timer is flashing, just seconds left. The checkpoint is only a bend away, will you make it or will it be curtains!

Joystick only
One player only

PROGRAM BY KEVIN GREEN

Night Racer - The Cover

Night Racer - The Inlay

Night Racer - The Tape

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Wednesday, August 07, 2019

Game Covers - Trailblazer (Commodore 64)

Thunder into the unknown at breakneck speed, pushing your reflexes to the limit in this exhilarating journey that is not for the faint-hearted.

Roll left, roll right avoiding the endless chasms that lay in and around the squares of mystery. Go as fast as you dare, but beware the hazards as squares can speed you up and move you around seemingly at random, the quicker you can complete the course, the higher your bonus but the greater the risk.

Trailblazer - The Cover

Trailblazer - The Inlay

Trailblazer - The Tape

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Game Covers - Die Alien Slime (Commodore 64)

You are the last human survivor aboard the search ship Taccia, in which a military experiment to breed self-reproducing alien killing machines has gone horribly wrong. Your only path to freedom, an emergency shuttle, is only activated when the ship has been set to self-destruct

Die Alien Slime - The Cover

Die Alien Slime - The Inlay

Die Alien Slime - The Tape

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Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Game Covers - 5th Quadrant (Commodore 64)

The ship has been taken over by the Zimen, can you free the robot crew and recapture the ship before the time runs out and the ship's energy runs out?

A desperate race against time in a stunning arcade adventure featuring 230 locations, replenishment points, an alien language to decode, controllable sub systems, intelligent aliens and many other incredible features too numerous to mention.

5th Quadrant Cover

5th Quadrant Inlay

5th Quadrant Tape

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Sunday, June 30, 2019

Game Covers - Amaurote (Commodore 64)

All alone in a city infested with killer insects - not a particularly enviable position to be in, but you have been selected to sort out the 2500 hi-res screens of the capital city of Paradise.

So get on with it...

JOYSTICK OR KEYBOARD
DESIGN BY JOHN PICKFORD OF BINARY DESIGN

Amaurote - The Cover

Amaurote - The Inlay

Amaurote - The Tape

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Game Covers - Kromazone (Commodore 64)

Pilot a MantaRay class space fighter, through the testing challenges of the "Kromazone". Only the best pilots can master this fearsome test. Will you be the "Kromazone Hot Shot"?

Featuring: Fast moving action
Stunning three dimensional graphics
Excellent interactive animation

One or two player
Joystick only.

Kromazone - The Cover

Kromazone - The Inlay

Kromazone - The Tape

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Game Covers - Back To Reality (Commodore 64)

Not so much an arcade adventure, more a way of destroying your social life. Set inside an alien artifact this test of your powers of logic and deduction requires you to become immortal, switch universes and solve the most fiendish problems ever to keep you up nights!

It is challenging and addictive. Start it at your peril. Stopping might not be so easy

JOYSTICK OR KEYBOARD
WRITTEN BY STEVE ELWARD

Back To Reality - The Cover

Back to Reality - The Inlay

Back To Reality - The Tape

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Game Covers - Con-Quest (Commodore 64)

A fully animated, 3-D icon driven, graphic adventure. Save Oscar's soul from the torment of walking through the eternal fires of Hell.

Con-Quest - The Cover

Con-Quest - The (rather blank) Inlay

Con-Quest - The Tape

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Game Covers - Zub (Commodore 64)

Take agent Zub through the perils of ten nasty worlds to retrieve the eyeball of Zub for his King, Zub. If Zub fails Zub one will lose the war to Zub ten and his Commander, Zub will probably Zub him.

Confused? You won't be once you've played this amazing all action game. It's got more alien types than you'll probably ever see. 100 frames for animation, parallax like you wouldn't believe, and most of all - playability.

Zub - The Cover

Zub - The Inlay

Zub - The Tape

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Sunday, June 23, 2019

Game Covers - Kikstart 2 (Commodore 64)

Now this was a blinder of a game, and a real bargain for £2.99. I would've been happy to pay full price for this. 24 courses of motorcross/trials fun, based on the BBC television series Kick Start, but what made this stand out from the previous Kikstart game (besides the better graphics) was the inclusion of a powerful, and very easy to use course editor. I spent countless hours designing my own fiendish tracks and saving them to tape.

An amazing game, made by the same team that would like go on to make the Lotus series on the Commodore Amiga.

Ride your bike over the 24 all action courses in this new improved version of Kikstart. Devise your own mindbendingly tortuous test with the course designer or make things really easy - the choice is yours!

JOYSTICK OR KEYBOARD
PROGRAM FROM MR CHIP SOFTWARE

Kikstart 2 - The Cover

Kikstart 2 - The Inlay

Kikstart 2 - The Tape

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Game Covers - Space Hunter (Commodore 64)

A fun romp in space, featuring two styles of game play (3D space flight simulator, and 2D maze/map exploration). Well worth the £1.99 which I paid for this back in the day.

"The world is starving and the only food available is in space. You must search through 15 star systems to feed the world. This complex 3-D simulation takes you from rookie pilot to the hero of the world... If you're good enough!"

Space Hunter - The Cover

Space Hunter - The Inlay

Space Hunter - The Tape

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Game Covers - S.O.S. (Commodore 64)

Despite getting not-so-great reviews in the computer magazines of the time, I thoroughly enjoyed this fun little isometric 3D adventure, although it is highly recommended to turn the sound off as it has one of the most annoying songs in a computer game playing throughout.

"One way to lose a good droid is to send it out to do something it isn't programmed for. Biomech 1 (Sydney to his friends) is marooned in a very weird place all because his creator, the eccentric Foley, has a terrible memory. If Sydney can't get back intact, Foley's boss will remove his kneecaps (Foleys not Sydneys that is). Tell Syd how to get home in this 3D arcade adventure and save the taxpayer one billion dollars in the bargain! 3D ARCADE ADVENTURE FROM GEOFF FOLEY.

Wow, what an exciting back story! Try it... The game isn't bad at all, and was a bargain back in the day.

Interesting bit of useless information - The game was originally called "The Game With No Name"

S.O.S - The Cover

S.O.S. - The Inlay

S.O.S. - The Tape

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