Machine | Review Of | Quote | Score | ||
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![]() | Spectrum 48K | Triad (Amba) | Reasonable graphics and sound... Not a bad little package. | 63% | |
![]() | TI99/4A | Maths Race (Firefly) | Reasonable for most levels, but an upper limit of 20 for division seems too low to offer much variety in the questions. | 82% | |
![]() | BBC Model B | Croakit (Kerian) | Rather too late to catch a mass market and not the best available I'm afraid. | 61% | |
![]() | Commodore Vic 20 | Vocabulary (Commodore) | Rather tatty, compared to the material available on other machines. | 65% | |
![]() | Spectrum 16K | Robon (Softek) | Rather superior graphics mark this game out, as does the quality of the sound. | 95% | |
![]() | Spectrum 48K | Mad Martha 2 (Mikro-Gen) | Rather slow... As my old grandad used to say, "neither one thing nor t'other". | 79% | |
![]() | BBC Model B | Countdown To Doom (Acornsoft) | Rather dumb... We typed EXPLODE DOOR and received the reply "What do you want me to do with the explode?" | 65% | |
![]() | BBC/Electron | Star Force Seven (Bug Byte) | Rather dull... Star Force Seven looks like the kind of game that we had five or six years ago when computers had limited graphics capabilities. | 40% | |
![]() | Dragon 32 | Space Mission (Gem) | Rather a mindless, but nonetheless enjoyable game. | 63% | |
![]() | TI99/4A | Raging River/Super Jackpot (Stainless) | Raging River's graphics are very good, and good use has been made of colour... The second game is yet another in the fruit machine mould and just as boring as all the others on the market. | 78% | |
![]() | BBC/Electron | Return Of R2 (Blue Ribbon) | R2 is not a game to rave over - and it will not be a classic - but represents fair value at the price. | 60% | |
![]() | TI99/4A | Wargame (TX Software) | Quite slow moving, but the emphasis is on strategy, and there is plenty to think about during the game. | 65% | |
![]() | BBC/Electron | Templeton (Bug Byte) | Quite pleasant large graphics... I wish the programmer had come up with a more interesting concept. | 60% | |
![]() | Commodore 64 | Hard Hat Mack (Electronic Arts) | Quite good, although slightly overpriced. | 68% | |
![]() | BBC/Electron | Creepy Cave (Atlantis) | Quite good family entertainment. | 60% | |
![]() | Spectrum 16K | Leapfrog (CDS) | Quite compulsive but has one important fault - the keyboard seems to be read unpredictably. | 82% | |
![]() | Dragon 32 | Wings of War (Salamander) | Quite an interesting plot. | 67% | |
![]() | Spectrum 48K | Hidden Letters (Poppy Programs) | Quite an ingenious program, well thought out and presented, though I would have liked to see more use of colour to brighten up the mostly black on white displays. | 78% | |
![]() | BBC Model B | Light Cycle (PSS) | Quite a lot of skill is needed to beat the computer even when the game is set on its lowest level. | 76% | |
![]() | Jupiter Ace | Galactic Invasion (JRS Software Ltd) | Quite a good implementation of the old favourite, but I would be more enthusiastic if I had not seen it so often done rather better by machines with colour and using machine code. | 74% |