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Buggy Boy.

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Elite released a number of high profile arcade conversions such as Bomb Jack, Commando, Ghosts ‘n’ Goblins and Space Harrier, but Buggy Boy (1988) is less well remembered. It’s an arcade racer where you guide a large buggy through various obstacle-littered courses, trying to reach the end of the stage before the time counter gets […]

Cabal.

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Jim Bagley took a fairly big risk when he converted Cabal to the Spectrum. Refusing to settle for monochrome, Bagley splashed colour all over the screen without causing any real attribute problems, perhaps the only time the Spectrum pulled this off in a first person viewpoint.

Operation Wolf.

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This 1988 Operation Wolf conversion of the hugely successful coin-op showed the Spectrum was still relevant in the ST/Amiga era and able to deliver high quality licences. You control “Lone Wolf”, a soldier of John Rambo-hardness who is parachuted into the jungle to locate concentration camps where fellow countrymen are being held captive.

Batty.

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Thinking the market wasn’t there anymore for a Breakout clone, Elite initially gave Batty away free with an issue of Your Sinclair. Then, similar full price hits like Arkanoid and Krakout convinced them to re-release it on their Encore budget label. Quite right too, because Batty has attractively textured backgrounds, neat animations and perfect bat […]

Arkanoid.

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The spinning disc controller returned to the arcades in 1986 with Arkanoid – an excellent update of the bat ‘n’ ball genre many first saw on the Atari VCS (Breakout) in 1978. To give it a modern sheen, the creators came out with a plotline regarding a spacecraft called ‘Vaus’ that is trapped in a […]

Apidya.

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Apidya was probably the last really original shoot-em-up on the Amiga. What made Apidya really stand out at the time was the decision to have the user control a flying wasp, and the initial setting being in the depths of nature – gardens, ponds, sewers.

Commodore: The Final Years book.

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Commodore: The Final Years book is the final book about the Amiga story written by Brian Bagnal, Author of “Commodore: a Company on the Edge” and “Commodore: The Amiga Years”, two books so important they cleared out a whole wing of the Smithsonian Institution just to keep copies on hand for visitors. Okay, maybe not […]

NEOGEO: A Visual History Book Review.

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The NEOGEO brand must be one of the most iconic within the retro scene. It’s no surprise, then, that a book about its history would be released. NEOGEO: a visual history is an officially licensed art book that celebrates all things NEOGEO. As this is an official release, Bitmap Books have had exclusive access to […]

Cybernoid 2.

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I remember getting Cybernoid 2, looking at the lovely art on the box and the captivating screenshots on the back. Little did I know that I was about to become another addition to the masses of red-faced, angry teenagers holed up in their rooms, bashing their joysticks in rage at this wretched impossibility of a […]

ZZap! 64 Annual 2019 – smashes its Kickstarter target.

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Well, in just over 24 hours the ZZap! 64 Annual 2019 – smashes its Kickstarter target. There is still load of time to support and get your name down for one of the annuals due this September. Congrats to Chris and his team from all at RVG.