Puzzle games on the 8-bit usually amount to stacking a few blocks on top of more blocks to make all the blocks disappear. And we have some blocks here! Some lovely little white, green and blue blocks that make up your favourite, barely heard of, suicidal animal. Apparently lemmings like hurling themselves off ledges … Read more
I feel the need, the need, for speed! And Hang On has plenty of it, in fact too much. I can’t imagine Casey Stoner skidding halfway across the track on a gentle bend and exploding after grazing a bush, yet this is the frustrating world of Hang On. From the basic start-up screen you … Read more
Death Adder has captured the king and his daughter (oh no!!!) and he’s found the golden axe (double oh no!!!!) and it’s up to our hero to stop him by slaying all men, women and children (well, weird tiny elf things) that stand in his way. Golden Axe is a standard scrolling beat-em-up which … Read more
Basketball Nightmare is an apt name for this game –I’m still waking up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat thinking about it. It’s a 1989 basketball game and let’s be honest, they’ve all been dog awful previously so why should this be any different? The Master System suffers from a … Read more
Altered Beast is an obvious candidate for a coin-op conversion. However, with its massive sprites and full-on ten enemy action it’s not an obvious candidate for a Master System conversion. This proves why. So you’re the “beast”, summoned from his slumber to kick ass. As soon as the text scrolls down to read: wake … Read more