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The name alone, J. K. Greye Software, takes me right back to my days of the ZX-81, and what finer example of the dawn of first person 3D games is 3D Monster Maze, developed by Malcolm Evans (who went on to develop the now legendary Trashman and launch New Generation Software), the game was released [...]
Wriggler, by Devonshire House, and presented by Romantic Robot was released for the 48 KB ZX Spectrum in 1985 and it was one of the early games to include the music to accompany the game on the B side of the cassette tape – the track was called “The Moons Of Jupiter”, written and performed [...]
“In space no one can hear your tape drive squealing”.
We recently managed to dig out both retro versions of Argus Press “Mind Games” 1984 imagination of the ultra scary sci-fi movie “Alien”. The Commodore 64 version, developed by Paul Clansey (with Roy Gibson and Concept Software), consists of a large plastic case (around [...]
Mastertronic re-released Finders Keepers, developed by David Jones, on its 1.99 range to those of us with limited pocket money in 1985. For the Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48KB Finders Keepers was novel in that it allowed you to choose one of two plots whilst playing the game.
Developed by Stephen Crowe in 1985 (Bubble Bus Software) then re-released on the Ricochet label by Mastertronic, Starquake was released for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48KB, 128, and Plus 2.
Can you make a good Darts game on the computer? Mr. Chip Software thought so when they released Darts in 1983 for the 48KB Sinclair ZX Spectrum, developed by Allison Kerr in 1982, it was later rebranded Bullseye and released on the Mastertronic £1.99 label. Set across five games of darts for one to five [...]
