27/10/2015

Miner 2049er

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2049 - the year in which I might proceed to 'git gud' First Dig Dug  and now Miner 2049er ? Can we really have two such ga...
19/10/2015

Dig Dug

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Is manual labour even this hazardous? Source // Wikipedia Ah, Dig Dug , I know Dig Dug . Have I ever actually dug anything in Dig ...
12/10/2015

Robotron 2084

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The ultimate conflict between man and machine and a keyboard control scheme? Source // Wikipedia It's not space but it is the...
05/10/2015

Choplifter

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When piloted by yours truly, you don't want to get to this chopper... Source // Wikipedia With a title like Choplifter , th...
29/09/2015

The Hobbit

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They're taking the Hobbits to the Commodore-dor-dordor-dore... Oh boy, a licensed property, so early on?! At least it's n...
22/09/2015

Joust

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Thy game is never over! The word 'joust' conjures just one mental image to me, and it doesn't look anything like Jous...
14/09/2015

Gravitar

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Landing with a thump. And an explosion. Source // Wikipedia By the sounds of it, Gravitar  is yet another space shooter, right? I...
08/09/2015

Ultima I

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From darkest dungeon to deepest space! Source // Wikipedia I've come across only one game from the Ultima  series in my time s...
31/08/2015

Gorf

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'Long live', or 'so long'? Source // Arcade Museum Reading about Gorf  didn't exactly get me hyped. "Ano...
23/08/2015

Frogger

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Hop along, son. You've seen it all before. Source // Wikipedia Where oh where was I when I first encountered Frogger ? I coul...