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The New Zealand Story

Welcome to New Zealand. It’s been waiting for you.

#27: The New Zealand Story (Taito/Choice, Amiga, 1989) The level design tends towards equal parts haphazard and sadistic. Enemies appear in a frequency and variety which defies any…

#27: The New Zealand Story (Taito/Choice, Amiga, 1989)

#21: Microprose Soccer (Sensible Software/Microprose, Amiga, 1989) Microprose Soccer represents our first foray into the world of football, but (spoiler alert!) it certainly won’t be the last. Not…

#21: Microprose Soccer (Sensible Software/Microprose, Amiga, 1989)

#21: Microprose Soccer (Sensible Software/Microprose, Amiga, 1989) 

#20: Battle Chess (Interplay, Amiga, 1988/1989) There is a unique animation for each combination of one piece taking another. Now, these animations certainly have some level of entertainment…

A selection of hit video games in the UK, 1988 (click titles for blog entries) Metroid (Nintendo, NES) Predator (Activision, C64) Out Run (Sega/U.S. Gold, C64) …TRAZ (Cascade,…

#19: Bombuzal (Image Works, Commodore 64, 1988) At the start screen, one is offered the choice to play in 2D or 3D; selecting the latter gives you an…

#17: Nebulus (Hewson, Amiga, 1988)