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Alien 8 – “Activated cryogenic chambers”

Right after Ultimate released Underwurlde and introduced the ability-unlocked-gateway mechanic to 2D platformer maze games, they also put out the much more significant game they had been holding…

Elite – “The Universe will open up before you”

The Universe, as has been observed before, is an unsettlingly big place, a fact which, for the sake of a quiet life, most people tend to ignore. […]…

Jet Set Willy – “Entrance to Hades”

Manic Miner wowed reviewers and players with its sheer scale. Its solo developer Matthew Smith aimed to create sixteen rooms for it, and successfully landed at twenty, four…

Commando

Elite, Spectrum, 1985

Misplaced Childhood – AAA in review 1985

My quest to play every game to have been #1 on the UK’s official games charts has taken me to the end of 1985. Kicking off with Knight…

Elite

Firebird, Spectrum, 1985

Monty on the Run

Gremlin Graphics, Spectrum, 1985

Daley Thompson’s Super Test

Ocean, Spectrum, 1985

Frank Bruno’s Boxing

Elite, Spectrum, 1985

Way of the Exploding Fist

Melbourne House, Commodore 64, 1985