Entries by BenjaminColeman

Conquest of the longbow

Sierra was very famous in their early years for adventure games starting with King’s Quest in 1984. By the time this game was released in 1991 their game engine had grown to a userfriendly point and click one with great music and graphics. In conquest of the longbow you play the part of Robin Hood […]

World championship squash

I have to admit that I have never played a game of squash in real life before and I have no idea of how the game is played and what the rules are. From playing the game I figured that the basics are fairly simple and you have to bounce a ball on a wall […]

Bruce Lee

If you haven’t heard of Bruce Lee you’ve probably been living in the bushes for the past few decades. Known as one of the most influentual martial artists even today ofcourse he would have his own game simply known as Bruce Lee. The object of the game is to fight and find your way through […]

El-Fish

Alexey Pajitnov created one of the most wellknown games of all time called Tetris. Another game but on the complete other end of the popularity charts is called El-Fish. El-Fish is an aquarium simulator where you have a whole host of options ranging from just decorating an aquarium to breeding and evolving your very own […]

Ultima underworld: the Stygian Abyss

The ultima series is one of the longest running rpg series there is and many of it’s releases had great innovations technical and gameplay wise. Ultima underworld – the Stygian abyss was one of the first RPG’s that had a realtime 3D environment. Once again you step into the role of the Avatar, sort of […]

Checkers

Checkers is a strategic boardgame which uses an eight by eight grid and each player controls a number of pieces on the board. Each piece is the same and you can only move them one step at a time diagonally forward so the options for play are somewhat limited. The aim of the game is […]

Jockey Wilson’s dart challenge

Any game has most likely been converted to a computer or videogame and darts is no exception. To increase sales or recognition this particular game includes Jockey Wilson, a darts player who was world champion at one time famous not only for his play but also for drinking and eating a lot during matches. In […]

Xevious

Xevious was first released in the arcades back in 1982 and the most innovative feature it had was the fact that you had different weapons for ground and air attacks. This gave a whole new dimension as you had to keep track of two different types of enemies. The story involves the Xevions who are […]

High noon

In the earliest days of computer and videogames you didn’t need an elaborate plot or fancy graphics to reel in the players, it was all a simple you shoot them or you collect this type of game. High noon is just such a game and the point of it is real simple, you are the […]

Indianapolis 500

The Indianapolis 500 is a race where a bunch of extremely powerefull cars race around a track until they have driven 500 miles. The track is dead simple and goes around around in a single oval but when driving around at 200+ miles per hour a tiny mistake is enough to crash into the side […]