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Werewolves of London is a misnomer. There’s only one werewolf in the game, and that’s you. You’ve been cursed by an evil aristocratic family, turning you into the aforementioned lycanthropy victim.

It’s not the ideal thing to do to an enemy is it? It more or less invites retaliation, while equipping the victim with the means to readily exact it in a swift, horrifyingly...


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Ant Attack started life on the ZX Spectrum back in 1983, released by Quicksilva.  Programmed by Sandy White, it was a game that offered the SoftSolid engine for rendering an isometric 3D landscape, showing off buildings, and the walls of a city as you would attempt to roam the city of Antescher and escape the ants where you could. It was one of the first examples of a game th...


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Following the Commodore 64 original version of Chiller, and with all the controversy around that release garnering attention, interest and indeed sales, it would be inevitable that Mastertronic would seek to have the game converted to other forma...


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It’s Halloween once more and as you can probably guess, we couldn’t resist running another one of our themed weeks following the popularity of our first ever Horror Week last year. So it’s back again and even bigger than before. This time we’ve got a great selection of reviews for you spread out all week long, and just like we did with our recent Sci-Fi and Arcade Weeks, we’r...


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Chuckman is on a mission to diffuse the bombs which have been randomly scattered around a maze.  You must run and skate through the passages and use items that you come across along the way.

The boots want to stomp over you, and the potholes need avoiding, although you can fill them with the wheelbarrow.

Keep your energy up as skating can take up energy and don’...


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