ID | Article Title | Author | Type | Publisher | Machine(s) | Date |
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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 |
80163 |
I, Ludicrus (Actual Screenshots) CRL releases another Barbarian style combat game upon an unsuspecting world. Graham Taylor thinks it sounds like a joke but wonders if it is the one the company intended... |
Graham Taylor | Review | The One | ![]() |
1st Mar 1989 |
80164 |
Superman: The Man Of Steel (Tynesoft) Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it's Ciaran Brennan, discarding his contact lenses and making for the nearest call box... |
Ciaran Brennan | Review | The One | ![]() |
1st Mar 1989 |
80165 |
TechnoCop (U. S. Gold) The old-fashioned bobby may not have been afraid to give offenders a good clip around the ear, but in the near future they're going to have to be a little tougher than that. Tony Dillon gets to grips with modern technology in Gremlin's game of futuristic law enforcement. |
Tony Dillon | Review | The One | ![]() |
1st Mar 1989 |
80168 |
The Munsters (Alternative) Monster mash expert Paul Boughton puts the frighteners on Again Again's first release based on the hit TV show. Will it be a graveyard smash? |
Paul Boughton | Review | The One | ![]() |
1st Mar 1989 |
80169 |
Jet Fighter: The Adventure (Software Circus) Gary Whitta hits the hard deck with a PC-only flight simulation from American software house Velocity, and finds that creator Bob 'Interceptor' Dinnerman is no one-game wonder. |
Gary Whitta | Review | The One | ![]() |
1st Mar 1989 |
80170 |
Crazy Cars 2 (Titus) With three racing games already under its belt, Titus goes back to basics with the official sequel to its first release. And, if you can read this, you're too close to Gary Whitta. |
Gary Whitta | Review | The One | ![]() |
1st Mar 1989 |
80171 |
Zany Golf (Electronic Arts) Caddy in tow, Gary Penn dons Plus Fours and goes for a drive in the country. |
Gary Penn | Review | The One | ![]() |
1st Mar 1989 |