Rockman
Rockman was different on each platform that Mastertronic convertedit to, we’re looking at the superior Vic-20 version of course. On the surface it bears a striking resemblance to BoulderDash. You have earth to dig away which supports boulders that fall, and treasures to collect. Fortunately...
Arcadia
Arcadia is a pure arcade experience wrapped up in a tiny 3.5K of Vic-20 machine code goodness. Released on the Spectrum and Vic-20 (also later on the Commodore 64) the Vic version has always been my favourite. It’s fast, colourful and employs a number of technical tricks that pushed the humble...
Gridrunner
Gridrunner is pure 8-bit gaming perfection on the humble unexpanded Commodore Vic-20. It has a distinct feel of a big Arcade style game from the off as we’ve come to expect of it’s author, Jeff Minter of Llamasoft, and in my humble opinion is the best version of this game on any platform. ...
Jetpac
The ‘Acme Interstellar Transport Company’ is delivering SPACESHIP KITS to various planets in the solar systems throughout the Galaxy; and as chief test pilot, all you have to do is assemble the Rockets, and thrust onto your next destination.
The instructions go on some length, and there’s...
Punchy
Nasty Punch has locked Judy away in the Punch & Judy booth. You must rescue her by guiding brave Bobby the policeman across the stage. To achieve success you must, amongst other challenges, make Bobby leap the obstacles, land on a flying carpet and Rock the Baby. All the well known characters...
Blitz
Here you pilot a byplane over a city landscape made up of sky scrappers. For some reason this is the only place to land, and presumably it’s all deserted because your objective is flatten the city so you can safely land, wave and then fly off to do the same to another city.
A very simple concept...
Race
Posted by Andy H in Arcade on Sunday 8th February 2009 | No Comments
You rev your bike and speed down the track racing against on-coming traffic just for kicks and to reach the end. Unfortunately that sounds more exciting than the game is in reality. Race is a very basic game even for when it was released. Sure it had scrolling, it had redefined character graphics...
Hoppit
Why did the frog cross the road? Because he wanted to hop perilously between speeding trams to get to the other side.
Hoppit Screenshot
That sums up Hoppit, an early game released by Commodore. Like Frogger in the arcades, you control a frog that starts at the bottom of the screen and must make its...
The Perils of Willy
Oh what a night, drinking, dancing and singing ’till dawn. Now it’s time for all the revellers to make their way home. Being a little worse for drink, you decide to walk home in the cool night air, rather than taking a taxi. Singing merrily along the way, you walk through the park and...
