Media Summary: See, this is what happens when you do 'enigmatic' game instructions, leaving it for the player to explore and work things out for ... Okay, the main character's called Thor, not BC. Helps if I read the inlay really, doesn't it? Also helps if I pay attention to the camera ... To give it its full title, "The adventures of Bond, Basildon Bond". To give it its more *accurate* title, "That godawful unplayable ...

Rob S Retro Rambles Scarabaeus C64 - Detailed Analysis & Overview

See, this is what happens when you do 'enigmatic' game instructions, leaving it for the player to explore and work things out for ... Okay, the main character's called Thor, not BC. Helps if I read the inlay really, doesn't it? Also helps if I pay attention to the camera ... To give it its full title, "The adventures of Bond, Basildon Bond". To give it its more *accurate* title, "That godawful unplayable ... Time to play Gary Liddon & Nick Pelling's arcade puzzler, Loopz. Released by Audiogenic in 1991, bought by me about a year ... Okay. This is a biggie. One of the greats I'd been holding back on playing via mame as I wanted to do it properly, with a proper ... Ok, so things have been pretty rough of late and I had to get this off my chest (now that I finally can) - If you want to skip me ...

Cybertron Mission, from Micro Power, on the Ahhh, so it was FawltyKog who asked for Rescue On Fractalus, on the Strangeloop (fail) video ... I think I may have rediscovered a gem in my collection I'd overlooked for some reason. (As before, the Hewson Kickstarter "Hints ... No, I don't know why I thought this was by John Twiddy. It was actually coded by Laurens Van Der Donk (of the Boys Without ... Grrrr. Salamander just doesn't want to behave, does it? ***Spoiler*** It did work eventually but there's so little gameplay footage ... So. Catalypse. Never played this one before, never saw it anywhere, only ever read about it in Zzap!64 and Commodore format.

Another one of the early games I used to play. But one I only recently got, properly. And yeah, it might be nothing like the James ... I'd just like to point out, although it sounds like I list it amongst other Duckula episode titles, there is no Duckula story called "Oh ... Hey look, it lives! Just took a bit of perseverence/bloody-mindedness, that's all. Rapid Intercept: Seek & Kill, apparently. Which in no way sounds like the acronym came first and the words were then chosen to ... Okay, so side B worked. Or was it side A? I forget now. Was it worth it? Possibly. It's better than I remember it being, but it's not ...

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Rob's Retro Rambles - Scarabaeus (C64)

Rob's Retro Rambles - Scarabaeus (C64)

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Rob's Retro Rambles - Psi-Droid (C64)

Rob's Retro Rambles - Psi-Droid (C64)

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Rob's Retro Rambles - Zub (C64)

Rob's Retro Rambles - Zub (C64)

See, this is what happens when you do 'enigmatic' game instructions, leaving it for the player to explore and work things out for ...

Rob's Retro Rambles - BC II Grog's Revenge (C64)

Rob's Retro Rambles - BC II Grog's Revenge (C64)

Okay, the main character's called Thor, not BC. Helps if I read the inlay really, doesn't it? Also helps if I pay attention to the camera ...

Rob's Retro Rambles - Basildon Bond (C64)

Rob's Retro Rambles - Basildon Bond (C64)

To give it its full title, "The adventures of Bond, Basildon Bond". To give it its more *accurate* title, "That godawful unplayable ...

Rob's Retro Rambles - Loopz (C64)

Rob's Retro Rambles - Loopz (C64)

Time to play Gary Liddon & Nick Pelling's arcade puzzler, Loopz. Released by Audiogenic in 1991, bought by me about a year ...

Rob's Retro Rambles - Armalyte (C64)

Rob's Retro Rambles - Armalyte (C64)

Okay. This is a biggie. One of the greats I'd been holding back on playing via mame as I wanted to do it properly, with a proper ...

Rob's Retro Rambles - Zub (again) (C64)

Rob's Retro Rambles - Zub (again) (C64)

Ok, so things have been pretty rough of late and I had to get this off my chest (now that I finally can) - If you want to skip me ...

Rob's Retro Rambles - Cybertron Mission (C64)

Rob's Retro Rambles - Cybertron Mission (C64)

Cybertron Mission, from Micro Power, on the

Rob's Retro Rambles - Rescue on Fractalus! (C64)

Rob's Retro Rambles - Rescue on Fractalus! (C64)

Ahhh, so it was FawltyKog who asked for Rescue On Fractalus, on the Strangeloop (fail) video ...

Rob's Retro Rambles - Zynaps (C64)

Rob's Retro Rambles - Zynaps (C64)

I think I may have rediscovered a gem in my collection I'd overlooked for some reason. (As before, the Hewson Kickstarter "Hints ...

Rob's Retro Rambles - Flimbo's Quest (C64)

Rob's Retro Rambles - Flimbo's Quest (C64)

No, I don't know why I thought this was by John Twiddy. It was actually coded by Laurens Van Der Donk (of the Boys Without ...

Rob's Retro Rambles - Salamander (C64)

Rob's Retro Rambles - Salamander (C64)

Grrrr. Salamander just doesn't want to behave, does it? ***Spoiler*** It did work eventually but there's so little gameplay footage ...

Rob's Retro Rambles - Catalypse (C64)

Rob's Retro Rambles - Catalypse (C64)

So. Catalypse. Never played this one before, never saw it anywhere, only ever read about it in Zzap!64 and Commodore format.

Rob's Retro Rambles - Solomon's Key (C64)

Rob's Retro Rambles - Solomon's Key (C64)

Solomon's Key, on the

Rob's Retro Rambles - Rollerball (C64)

Rob's Retro Rambles - Rollerball (C64)

Another one of the early games I used to play. But one I only recently got, properly. And yeah, it might be nothing like the James ...

Rob's Retro Rambles - Count Duckula (C64)

Rob's Retro Rambles - Count Duckula (C64)

I'd just like to point out, although it sounds like I list it amongst other Duckula episode titles, there is no Duckula story called "Oh ...

Rob's Retro Rambles - Pastfinder (C64)

Rob's Retro Rambles - Pastfinder (C64)

Hey look, it lives! Just took a bit of perseverence/bloody-mindedness, that's all.

Rob's Retro Rambles - R.I.S.K. (C64)

Rob's Retro Rambles - R.I.S.K. (C64)

Rapid Intercept: Seek & Kill, apparently. Which in no way sounds like the acronym came first and the words were then chosen to ...

Rob's Retro Rambles - Death Star Interceptor (C64)

Rob's Retro Rambles - Death Star Interceptor (C64)

Okay, so side B worked. Or was it side A? I forget now. Was it worth it? Possibly. It's better than I remember it being, but it's not ...