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As you’ve now doubt guessed already, this game is based on the Track n’ Field genre with six events.
Video Olympics is a one player only game. There isn’t even a computer opponent to compete against running against you. It is all done by clock speeds or qualifying throwing distances.
So don’t get your mates around to play the game as they can’t race.
By 1987, space shoot-em-ups on the Commodore 64 were plentiful, and to stand out from the crowd, you had to not just have countless blasting, but have some superlative graphics and sound with playability to match. At full price you had the likes of Uridium and Delta, and on budget Warhawk from Firebird and the superlative
It’s been an incredibly eventful week for us here at the Mastertronic Collectors Archive. Review wise, we’ve got our first “serious” review as we take a look at Compact Office, the four cassette package of utilities released for the ZX Spectrum but the big news this time around has been some work on YouTube where we collaborated with creator Seb’s Place on his latest video. H...
Sanxion was first released by Thalamus in late 1986, and was their first game too. Programmed by Stavros Fasoulas, it was one of three games he would create for them, with Delta and Quedex following in 1987. Rack-It only ever re-released Sanxion, with other re-releases being handled by US Gold’s re-release label Kixx. In any case, the inlay instructions on the re-release do a...
This review combines the four different utilities which formed the Compact Office range of titles. Each title was released on four separate cassettes and sold in one package. All four utilities are programmed in Basic and you are encouraged to change Program should you want to tweak the software.
The inlay covers featured a futuristic C.A.D. face drawn face on the fr...