ID | Article Title | Author | Type | Publisher | Machine(s) | Date |
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79986 |
Zynaps (Hewson Consultants) While vertically-scrolling shoot-'em-ups are two-a-penny on the ST and Amiga, the 'progressive' blaster is a genre that 16-bit owners very rarely get to see. Hewson's Zynaps is one of the first to appear - Gary Whitta lets rip... |
Gary Whitta | Review | The One | 1st Oct 1988 | |
79987 |
Star Goose (Logotron) Star Goose is a Logotron shoot-'em-up from ex-Denton Design programmers Graham 'Kenny' Everett and Steve Cain, whose previous exploits include Black Lamp and Star Trek. Julian Rignall looks beyond the bas-relief horizon. |
Julian Rignall | Review | The One | 1st Oct 1988 | |
79990 |
Action Service (Cobra Soft) It's gruelling out there, training to be a Cobra Force Commando. Attempt three training missions, or design your own course to test yourself to the limit, but remember to do your best - every move is videoed from the Command Post. Infogrames' Action Service is much more than a Combat School clone. Graeme Kidd reports from the training camp. |
Graeme Kidd | Review | The One | 1st Oct 1988 | |
79991 |
Super Hang-On (Electric Dreams) After almost a year-long wait, Sega's classic coin-op has finally made its way onto the ST, courtesy of Electric Dreams. Gary Whitta dons his leathers and puts his joystick into gear... |
Gary Whitta | Review | The One | 1st Oct 1988 | |
79992 |
Where Time Stood Still (Ocean) Arcade game or adventure? Black and white graphics on a colour monitor? Most odd. Ocean's latest epic from Denton Designs is a strange game in many ways... as Graham Taylor found out when he journeyed through a land Where Time Stood Still... |
Graham Taylor | Review | The One | 1st Oct 1988 | |
79993 |
Army Moves (Imagine) Having dipped their toes in the water with Arkanoid, Eco and Wizball, Ocean are set to unleash some hot products. Sadly, this isn't one of them, as Gary Whitta discovered. |
Gary Whitta | Review | The One | 1st Oct 1988 | |
79994 |
Netherworld (Hewson Consultants) Hewson's unusual shoot 'em up cum maze game has been converted to 16-bit by West Yorkshire programming team Imagitec. Featuring colourful graphics and eight-way scrolling, the Amiga version presented few problems. But how did the ST fare? Steve Jarratt tells all. |
Steve Jarratt | Review | The One | 1st Oct 1988 | |
79995 |
Star Ray (Logotron) Williams' timeless coin-op classic Defender has often been imitated but never surpassed. Or has it? Logotron's Star-Ray is a slick adaptation of the age-old formula, and Gary Whitta is the man with his fingers on the buttons... |
Gary Whitta | Review | The One | 1st Oct 1988 | |
79996 |
International Karate Plus (System 3) Gary Penn trades blows with a pair of hardened opponents in Activision's latest and comes to the conclusion that it can't be beat... |
Gary Penn | Review | The One | 1st Oct 1988 | |
79997 |
Eliminator (Hewson Consultants) Hewson's first original 16-bit product was initially designed as a motorbike racing game featuring tunnels which the bike would be able to ride up, in true 'Wall Of Death' style. However, technical problems meant that this idea was dropped in favour of a different approach. Steve Jarratt takes a closer look... |
Review | The One | 1st Oct 1988 | ||
79998 |
Pacmania (Grandslam) Almost a decade after a cute yellow ball called Pacman gobbled his way into the hearts of a nation, Namco unleashed yet another sequel. Pacmania quickly developed a cult following when it appeared in the arcades earlier this year, and Grand Slam's officially licensed conversion will undoubtedly do the same. Gary Penn goes wicka wicka... |
Review | The One | 1st Oct 1988 | ||
80027 |
Barbarian II (Palace) Barbarian is back, complete with bulging breasts and flowing hair - and that's the bloke! Gary Whitta hacks and slays his way into Drax's domain in Palace's latest blockbuster and finds himself having the time of his life. |
Review | The One | 1st Nov 1988 | ||
80034 | Game Over II (Dinamic) | Review | The One | 1st Nov 1988 | ||
80156 |
Blasteroids (Image Works) Atari rifled its own archives to score another arcade smash. Gary Penn gets his rocks off. |
Gary Penn | Review | The One | 1st Mar 1989 | |
80157 |
Dugger (Linel) Gary Whitta trades his bat and ball for a shovel and foot pump in the second instalment of Linel's ongoing saga of Herbie Stone. |
Gary Whitta | Review | The One | 1st Mar 1989 | |
80158 |
Highway Hawks (Anco) Gary Whitta puts the pedal to the metal in Anco's Mad Max-style combination of high-speed pursuit and high-calibre firepower. |
Gary Whitta | Review | The One | 1st Mar 1989 | |
80159 |
Millennium 2.2 (Electric Dreams) The future according to Activision sees the Earth dying and fate resting in the hands of a tiny group of space colonists. Gary Whitta lends a hand... |
Gary Whitta | Review | The One | 1st Mar 1989 | |
80160 |
Sword Of Sodan (Discovery) Gary Whitta flexes his pectorals and unsheathes his weapon in Discovery's combination of spirits, spectres and sword-slaying action. |
Gary Whitta | Review | The One | 1st Mar 1989 | |
80161 |
F-19 Stealth Fighter (Microprose) Always quick off the mark, Microprose's latest flight program simulates an aircraft which has only just come out from under wraps. PC User's Declan McColgan takes to the air for an early test flight. |
Declan McGolgan | Review | The One | 1st Mar 1989 | |
80162 |
The Games: Winter Edition (Epyx) Brian Nesbitt waxes his skis, wipes his 'goggles' and recites a chorus of 'Fly Eddie Fly' as Epyx's second snowy selection of games arrives on the piste. |
Brian Nesbitt | Review | The One | 1st Mar 1989 |