Anirog Software Ltd.

3D Time Trek

3D Time Trek

Commodore 64 - Released - 1983

You are a survivor of the planet Corillian after space pirates launched a devastating raid. You now seek revenge on those responsible, to destroy them and their galactic tyranny. You are searching for them in your super powerful starship with computers and sensors to seek those murderous pirates. You search the galaxy using a map. Once on part of your map you can send out a sensor. The results will tell you if there are aliens or planets out there. Finish searching that area, bring up your map and search elsewhere. Moving to another part puts you in warp speed. You can check on your battle computer, move energy into your shields and bring up any damage you have. 3D Time Trek is a 1st person perspective 3D space game. You look out of your cockpit into the dark depths of space. If you come across an alien, a crosshair appears allowing you to aim and fire on it. As well as viewing out your cockpit you can also see your energy levels, shield levels and your condition.
3D Time Trek

3D Time Trek

Commodore VIC-20 - Released - 1983

You are a survivor of the planet Corillian after space pirates launched a devastating raid. You now seek revenge on those responsible, to destroy them and their galactic tyranny. You are searching for them in your super powerful starship with computers and sensors to seek those murderous pirates. You search the galaxy using a map. Once on part of your map you can send out a sensor. The results will tell you if there are aliens or planets out there. Finish searching that area, bring up your map and search elsewhere. Moving to another part puts you in warp speed. You can check on your battle computer, move energy into your shields and bring up any damage you have. 3D Time Trek is a 1st person perspective 3D space game. You look out of your cockpit into the dark depths of space. If you come across an alien, a crosshair appears allowing you to aim and fire on it. As well as viewing out your cockpit you can also see your energy levels, shield levels and your condition.
3D Time Trek

3D Time Trek

Commodore Plus 4 - Released - 1985

You are a survivor of the planet Corillian after space pirates launched a devastating raid. You now seek revenge on those responsible, to destroy them and their galactic tyranny. You are searching for them in your super powerful starship with computers and sensors to seek those murderous pirates. You search the galaxy using a map. Once on part of your map you can send out a sensor. The results will tell you if there are aliens or planets out there. Finish searching that area, bring up your map and search elsewhere. Moving to another part puts you in warp speed. You can check on your battle computer, move energy into your shields and bring up any damage you have. 3D Time Trek is a 1st person perspective 3D space game. You look out of your cockpit into the dark depths of space. If you come across an alien, a crosshair appears allowing you to aim and fire on it. As well as viewing out your cockpit you can also see your energy levels, shield levels and your condition.
3D Time Trek

3D Time Trek

Amstrad CPC - Released - 1985

You are a survivor of the planet Corillian after space pirates launched a devastating raid. You now seek revenge on those responsible, to destroy them and their galactic tyranny. You are searching for them in your super powerful starship with computers and sensors to seek those murderous pirates. You search the galaxy using a map. Once on part of your map you can send out a sensor. The results will tell you if there are aliens or planets out there. Finish searching that area, bring up your map and search elsewhere. Moving to another part puts you in warp speed. You can check on your battle computer, move energy into your shields and bring up any damage you have. 3D Time Trek is a 1st person perspective 3D space game. You look out of your cockpit into the dark depths of space. If you come across an alien, a crosshair appears allowing you to aim and fire on it. As well as viewing out your cockpit you can also see your energy levels, shield levels and your condition.
Atlantis

Atlantis

Commodore Plus 4 - Released - 1985

You are a treasure hunting diver called Skip and you are about to explore various Kingdoms belonging to Neptune to find treasures and rescue sailors and spongey creatures. The game is a maze game with the screen split into four sections and is viewed from the side with gaps in various places to move up or down the sections. The length of the mazes are a few screen lengths and the screen scrolls constantly when you move in that direction but there is a radar on the top showing the location of the creatures to avoid. Moving along the sections are various creatures like sharks, octopi, fish, crabs and other creatures to avoid or shoot and if you touch one then you lose one of three lives. Neptune himself makes the occasional appearance and he needs six shots with your harpoon gun to remove him. The game has various levels and to complete a level you have to rescue a cute spongey creature and a sailor before your air runs out, shown by a gauge at the bottom of the screen. Mermaids and a Pearl can also be collected for bonus points.
Atlantis

Atlantis

Sinclair ZX Spectrum - Released - 1985

You are a treasure hunting diver called Skip and you are about to explore various Kingdoms belonging to Neptune to find treasures and rescue sailors and spongey creatures. The game is a maze game with the screen split into four sections and is viewed from the side with gaps in various places to move up or down the sections. The length of the mazes are a few screen lengths and the screen scrolls constantly when you move in that direction but there is a radar on the top showing the location of the creatures to avoid. Moving along the sections are various creatures like sharks, octopi, fish, crabs and other creatures to avoid or shoot and if you touch one then you lose one of three lives. Neptune himself makes the occasional appearance and he needs six shots with your harpoon gun to remove him. The game has various levels and to complete a level you have to rescue a cute spongey creature and a sailor before your air runs out, shown by a gauge at the bottom of the screen. Mermaids and a Pearl can also be collected for bonus points.
Atlantis (Anirog)

Atlantis (Anirog)

Amstrad CPC - Released - 1985

You are a treasure hunting diver called Skip and you are about to explore various Kingdoms belonging to Neptune to find treasures and rescue sailors and spongey creatures. The game is a maze game with the screen split into four sections and is viewed from the side with gaps in various places to move up or down the sections. The length of the mazes are a few screen lengths and the screen scrolls constantly when you move in that direction but there is a radar on the top showing the location of the creatures to avoid. Moving along the sections are various creatures like sharks, octopi, fish, crabs and other creatures to avoid or shoot and if you touch one then you lose one of three lives. Neptune himself makes the occasional appearance and he needs six shots with your harpoon gun to remove him. The game has various levels and to complete a level you have to rescue a cute spongey creature and a sailor before your air runs out, shown by a gauge at the bottom of the screen. Mermaids and a Pearl can also be collected for bonus points.
Battlefield

Battlefield

Commodore VIC-20 - Released - 1982

Battlefield is an action game, where you, as a pilot of a glider, have to defend the right side from incoming vehicles.
Bongo

Bongo

Commodore VIC-20 - Released - 1984

Bongo is a single screen platform game much in a similar vein as Popeye. You control Bongo the rat as he moves about the screen attempting to collect gems while avoiding the bad guy after him. You can teleport Bongo to various parts of the screen by positioning yourself on top of the letters in his name (B O N G O) and pressing the fire button. The screens contain ladders that can be traversed up and down, slides that will slide Bongo to the bottom and conveyor belts that can impede his movement or make him move faster. Only one gem is visible at a time. After five gems have been collected, Bongo rescues his girlfriend and moves on to the next screen. Bonus letters spelling out Bongo can also be collected. The Vic-20 (16K memory expansion required) version also came on a tape that also included the C64 version.
Bongo

Bongo

Sinclair ZX Spectrum - Released - 1984

Bongo is a single screen platform game much in a similar vein as Popeye. You control Bongo the rat as he moves about the screen attempting to collect gems while avoiding the bad guy after him. You can teleport Bongo to various parts of the screen by positioning yourself on top of the letters in his name (B O N G O) and pressing the fire button. The screens contain ladders that can be traversed up and down, slides that will slide Bongo to the bottom and conveyor belts that can impede his movement or make him move faster. Only one gem is visible at a time. After five gems have been collected, Bongo rescues his girlfriend and moves on to the next screen. Bonus letters spelling out Bongo can also be collected.
Cavern Fighter

Cavern Fighter

Commodore VIC-20 - Released - 1982

Are you willing to plow through six levels of asteroids, alien ships and defense installations, and finally a Dicator's Lair, so as to save the sleepy English town of Watford? If not, you might be better to pass on this Scramble-inspired shoot 'em up. The caverns you fly through have the standard zig-zag walls, which must be avoided. There are no mid-level restart points, and only three lives, which makes things tougher.
Cosmic Commando

Cosmic Commando

Commodore 64 - Released - 1984

Cosmic Commando is a 1st person shooter where you control a cross-hair on a single screen viewed from an elevated angle. Aliens appear one at a time from the back at the screen and move downwards in random patterns and you must blast a certain amount to move to the next level. If an alien reaches the bottom of the screen then it appears at the top again. You only have a limited amount of ammo which cannot be replenished and it is game over once you have run out of ammo. Each level also has to be completed before a bonus timer reaches zero and if it does reach zero then it is game over as well. Later levels sees another type of alien that attempts to remove ammo.
Crawler

Crawler

Commodore VIC-20 - Released - June 10, 1984

Crawler is a Centipede homage. Destroy the crawler, piece by piece. Every piece will turn into a mushroom. Sometimes an evil thing will come from the left, bouncing up and down. Was part of the VIC-20 Cassette 6-Pack (Sampler)
Cybotron

Cybotron

Commodore 64 - Released - 1983

Over the years since the first design was announced in 2001, robots with the ability to think have increased with their intelligence growing at a fast rate. Humans over the years now rely on the robots to do all their tasks and thus have become lazy, and finally the manufacture of the robots was left to the robots to make themselves. The robots have now come to the conclusion that there is no place for the humans and have decided to squash them all and so Trons, Brains, Armedroids, Pulsars, Enforcer Droids and Electrodes are running amok killing all the humans they find. Cybotron is a single screen shooter viewed from a high elevated angle and is inspired by the arcade game Robotron 2084 where you must destroy all robots on the screen to move to the next level. If you touch any robot then you lose one of three lives but you are armed with a laser. Two joysticks can be selected with one controlling your movements while the other joystick controls your fire direction. Humans also wander around the screen and these can be collected for bonus points.
Dark Dungeons

Dark Dungeons

Commodore 64 - Released - 1983

After surviving The Dungeons, you now enter the Dark Dungeons to find a magic scroll containing a riddle that needs solving to escape, avoiding a fire breathing dragon and various other creatures. Before you start your quest you are first shown your ability with various attributes that are strength, wisdom, intellect, constitution and dexterity, with each having a figure between 4 and 20. You then select if you are a fighter or a magician before having a choice of equipment to buy from a Dwarf with your limited amount of gold coins. The items you can buy include sword, lantern, spells and a suit of armour. Once you are ready with your selection and purchases, it's off into the dungeon. This is a dark dungeon so every room you enter can't be seen except the items that are needed or you interact with, with text describing each room. You type in a letter to tell the computer your next action and this can include moving in a certain direction, saying spells, opening items and many others. Creatures also appear and you can attack them before they attack you and weaken or kill you. You always look in each room in the direction you are moving so for example North can be in a different direction than up. As you get more gold coins, you can return back to the first room to buy more equipment as you try to find the magic scroll.
Duck Shoot (Anirog Software)

Duck Shoot (Anirog Software)

Commodore VIC-20 - Released - 1982

Not to be confused with the 1984 game from Mastertronic. This game was released in 1982 by Anirog Software Ltd. The gameplay is rather simple... Duck Shoot is an action game where you control a turret in a row boat and you have to shoot, well, ducks. Released as part of the Tiny Tots Seven compilation
Fire Galaxy

Fire Galaxy

Commodore VIC-20 - Released - 1983

Fire Galaxy is a clone of Konami's Scramble, with pieces of its follow-up Super Cobra added. The premise is the same as in the original: Fly into a side-scrolling cavern system and shoot everything that moves, while keeping an eye on your fuel level. Drop bombs on fuel silos to avoid crashing. Early enemies are rockets launching from the ground while shooting at you, followed by enemies hovering around in the air, missiles flying fast in your direction, aliens bouncing up and down in your path, a fleet of spaceships and swarms of aliens. Another enemy is the landscape itself. Avoid crashing into the walls of the levels during evasive maneuvers. The landscape never really narrows down like in so many other scramble clones, but instead there are formations like stalactites and stalagmites, much like in Super Cobra. The aliens regenerate unless you pound them repeatedly. Fire Galaxy uses a character based scroller, scrolling in 8-pixel increments, with big sprites on a large screen.
Frogrun!

Frogrun!

Commodore 64 - Released - 1983

Frogrun! is a top view single screen game based on the arcade game Frogger where you have to get five frogs one at a time from the bottom of the screen to one of five holes at the top of the screen before a timer reaches zero for each frog. You have to cross a busy road with traffic moving across the screen left or right, and cross a river using logs, turtles and crocodiles who are also moving across the screen, before moving into a hole. You are able to move your frog left, right, forwards and backwards as you avoid the various obstacles and if you are hit by any or fall into the water then you lose one of three lives. When you reach a bank halfway there is also a snake that has to be avoided. You are able to use the back of the crocodiles but can't move on to their heads and some turtles move underwater as well.
Frogrun!

Frogrun!

Sinclair ZX Spectrum - Released - 1983

Frogrun! is a top view single screen game based on the arcade game Frogger where you have to get five frogs one at a time from the bottom of the screen to one of five holes at the top of the screen before a timer reaches zero for each frog. You have to cross a busy road with traffic moving across the screen left or right, and cross a river using logs, turtles and crocodiles who are also moving across the screen, before moving into a hole. You are able to move your frog left, right, forwards and backwards as you avoid the various obstacles and if you are hit by any or fall into the water then you lose one of three lives. When you reach a bank halfway there is also a snake that has to be avoided. You are able to use the back of the crocodiles but can't move on to their heads and some turtles move underwater as well.
Frogrun!

Frogrun!

Commodore VIC-20 - Released - March 6, 1984

Frogrun! is a top view single screen game based on the arcade game Frogger where you have to get five frogs one at a time from the bottom of the screen to one of five holes at the top of the screen before a timer reaches zero for each frog. You have to cross a busy road with traffic moving across the screen left or right, and cross a river using logs, turtles and crocodiles who are also moving across the screen, before moving into a hole. You are able to move your frog left, right, forwards and backwards as you avoid the various obstacles and if you are hit by any or fall into the water then you lose one of three lives. When you reach a bank halfway there is also a snake that has to be avoided. You are able to use the back of the crocodiles but can't move on to their heads and some turtles move underwater as well.
Galactic Abductor

Galactic Abductor

Commodore VIC-20 - Released - 1983

Galactic Abductor(s) is a sci-fi shoot-em-up inspired by the game Stratovox originally conceived for the arcade platform. The player commands a tank armed with a laser cannon that can fire upwards or laterally for both sides depending on the conjugation of keys. The background of the game happens in a planetary surface where the tank is located and where on the right side of the screen at the atmospheric level is situated a sort of satellite hosting several humanoid figures. Flocks of mechanical birds fluttering in the open try to hit the tank either with laser beams or by dropping capsules that will turn into deadly probes which will chase the tank in the ground until it's destroyed. But these are diversion tactics because their main purpose is to abduct the humanoid figures sheltered in the satellite. If one of the laser beams fired by a mechanical bird hits the tank, if one of the terrestrial probes collides with it, or if every humanoid figure present on the satellite is abducted, one of the player's life is lost. To shot down a bird two shots are needed, to destroy a probe either on sky or land one shot, and to release the humanoid entities from the claws of the mechanical birds an accurate shot directly at the figure is required. As soon as the shot accurately hits the figure, he will immediately and safely return to the satellite.
Ghost Town

Ghost Town

Commodore Plus 4 - Released - 1985

Once a prosperous place to live, your town has been turned into a Ghost Town by the evil wizard Belegro with a spell. After he cast the spell, he took all the treasure and hid them in one room. Your quest is to search the town in this top view flick-screen arcade adventure using the items found and using them on other screens. There are secret items and many obstacles and dangers and if any are touched, then this loses your life and the game has to be started again.
House of Usher

House of Usher

Commodore 64 - Released - 1984

House of Usher is a single screen platformer where you have to enter the house and escape various rooms to the be able to enter the final two rooms to be able to leave the house. You start off in the reception hall which has ten doors numbered from one to nine and door X and you have to enter each room to escape before you can enter room X which then allows you to enter room Y before escaping. Each room has you having to reach the exit door but each room has various challenges like jumping over gaps, avoiding cannon fire, avoiding creatures, collecting items and other obstacles. If you fall from a certain height or touch any creature then you lose one of three lives and sent back to the reception hall. You must also escape room Y before a timer reaches zero or you lose all your lives remaining in quick succession. There is also a heart in each room that can be collected for bonus points.
Ice Hunter

Ice Hunter

Commodore 64 - Released - 1984

Ice Hunter is a single screen platformer where you play the role of Thorak the Eskimo, Prince of Ice, who is searching for blocks to make a special igloo. Finally, in his search, Thorak has found a multi-level cave containing the blocks he needs for the igloo, so enters to retrieve them. The only way to get the blocks to his site for the igloo is to get two blocks, one at a time, to a stream at the bottom of the cave, then stand on them to float down the stream. The main problem though is the creatures that move around the screen and these have to be avoided or if touched he loses one of four lives. The creatures though can be killed by dropping a block on top of them or allowing them to fall through the gaps. A bird that occasionally appears can be killed if its flight path is blocked. To get the blocks to the bottom of the screen there are platforms over gaps and to get a gap Thorak can walk on the platform to remove it then drop blocks through the gap to the level below. Thorak can't fall through the gaps, or he is killed, but there are pillars that can be climbed up or down. At a certain level in the cave, Thorak can't get back up, so he has to make sure he has two blocks to move to the stream. A power-pill can be collected and these stuns the creatures, which can be touched to remove them. Once the blocks are floated away then it's off to the next cave with more creatures and the levels start to scroll slowly to the left and appear again on the right of the screen.
Jump Jet

Jump Jet

BBC Microcomputer System - Released - 1985

Not to be confused with the Doctor Soft shooter of the same name, this is a flight simulator with combat elements, and is a joystick only game. At the start you get a bird's eye vew of the jet on the carrier launch pad. As you reach 50ft this changes to a dual display showing the side and rear views of the carrier with the jet above it. A little higher and you have an out of the cockpit display. You are penalised for each mistake you make. You're allowed nine errors after which it's back to the launch pad. To obtain one of the five ranks you must successfully complete the selected mission. Each rank comes with more adverse weather conditions - which makes controlling the jet difficult - plus extra enemy aircraft to destroy.
Jump Jet

Jump Jet

Commodore 64 - Released - 1985

Is anyone better placed to write a simulation of a Jump Jet than someone who flies them for a living? With any luck, no - Vaughan Dow is behind this attempt at an accurate recreation of his day job. You can take on one of four statuses, from Flight Lieutenant right up to Group Captain, with a practice mode also included. You must use guidance missiles and close-range guns, while paying attention to your fuel level, and the wind on higher difficulties.
Jump Jet

Jump Jet

Microsoft MSX - Released - 1985

Is anyone better placed to write a simulation of a Jump Jet than someone who flies them for a living? With any luck, no - Vaughan Dow is behind this attempt at an accurate recreation of his day job. You can take on one of four statuses, from Flight Lieutenant right up to Group Captain, with a practice mode also included. You must use guidance missiles and close-range guns, while paying attention to your fuel level, and the wind on higher difficulties.
Jungle Drums

Jungle Drums

Commodore 64 - Released - 1984

This particular jungle will haunt your dreams by the time you will have explored all 14 levels of the game. paf of your almost impossible mission is to find the key. Further details about your mysterious task will gradually be let known as you bravely meet the perils of man-eating plants, spiders, skeletons and many more.
Kong (Anirog Software)

Kong (Anirog Software)

Commodore 64 - Released - 1983

Kong is a clone of Donkey Kong. This is a single player game that can be played with joystick or keys. The aim of the game is to achieve a high score by rescuing Fay Ray from the clutches of King Kong. There are four levels in this game. In the first screen Kong rolls barrels towards the player who can smash them with a hammer to gain bonus points. The second screen is set in a pie factory and the player must hurdle oncoming pies on a conveyor belt. Level three has the player pursuing Kong up the sky scraper in lifts while avoiding falling girders and the last level is set in Kong's lair. Each level starts with a set number of bonus points which count down over time so the faster the screen is completed the more points are gained. Umbrellas and handbags can also be collected for bonus points. Published as King Kong in TuttoComputer/Games 2 in Italy in1985. In Commodore Force #01 (January 1993) - Reel Action #2 / also released as "Kong 64" / a.k.a. "Super Kong", "Krazy Kong"
Krazy Kong

Krazy Kong

Commodore VIC-20 - Released - 1983

Krazy Kong is a single screen platform game based on the arcade game Donkey Kong where you have to rescue a girl at the top of the screen held by a giant ape over various levels. Starting on the bottom of the screen, you have to make your way to the top by climbing ladders, jumping gaps to reach higher platforms. As you climb the ape rolls barrels which take random routes and these can be avoided or jumped. Also on the screen are various items that can be collected for bonus points. If you touch a barrel or fall through a gap then you lose one of three lives and once you reach the girl then you go to the next level to rescue her once more.
Las Vegas

Las Vegas

Commodore Plus 4 - Released - 1984

Las Vegas is a simulation of a three reel slot machine. To increase the chances of winning, it is possible to hold certain reels (skill stop) or to nudge them for a certain number of times when it is allowed; the player may also gamble on an existing win. The goal of the game is to win jackpots.
Las Vegas (Anirog)

Las Vegas (Anirog)

Commodore 64 - Released - 1984

Las Vegas is a simulation of a three reel slot machine. To increase the chances of winning, it is possible to hold certain reels (skill stop) or to nudge them for a certain number of times when it is allowed; the player may also gamble on an existing win. The goal of the game is to win jackpots. The C64 version also features high-score table and a number feature grid.
Mini Kong

Mini Kong

Commodore VIC-20 - Released - September 13, 1983

Gus the Gorilla has abducted a poor distressed maiden and taken her to the top of his lair! You are Mario the Carpenter and you must climb to the top of Kong's lair to rescue the maiden.
Minipedes

Minipedes

Commodore 64 - Released - 1984

Inspired by the arcade game Centipede, a garden is in the height of summer but is full of unsavory creatures and a mutant mushroom monster called Minipede. You must blast the Minipede to clear a level as well as the other creatures including spiders, snails and ladybirds for bonus points over 15 levels. You sit at the bottom of the screen where you can move left or right, and forwards a short distance as well as backwards. The Minipede moves across the screen from the top and advances downwards when it reaches one side of the screen. Scattered around the screen in many numbers are mushrooms which can hinder your movements and when the Minipede hits one it changes direction. If you touch any creature then you lose one of four lives. The C64 version has 14 different creatures while the C16 and VIC 20 have 10.
Minipedes

Minipedes

Commodore Plus 4 - Released - 1984

Inspired by the arcade game Centipede, a garden is in the height of summer but is full of unsavory creatures and a mutant mushroom monster called Minipede. You must blast the Minipede to clear a level as well as the other creatures including spiders, snails and ladybirds for bonus points over 15 levels. You sit at the bottom of the screen where you can move left or right, and forwards a short distance as well as backwards. The Minipede moves across the screen from the top and advances downwards when it reaches one side of the screen. Scattered around the screen in many numbers are mushrooms which can hinder your movements and when the Minipede hits one it changes direction. If you touch any creature then you lose one of four lives. The C64 version has 14 different creatures while the C16\Plus4 and VIC 20 have 10.
Minipedes

Minipedes

Commodore VIC-20 - Released - 1984

Inspired by the arcade game Centipede, a garden is in the height of summer but is full of unsavory creatures and a mutant mushroom monster called Minipede. You must blast the Minipede to clear a level as well as the other creatures including spiders, snails and ladybirds for bonus points over 15 levels. You sit at the bottom of the screen where you can move left or right, and forwards a short distance as well as backwards. The Minipede moves across the screen from the top and advances downwards when it reaches one side of the screen. Scattered around the screen in many numbers are mushrooms which can hinder your movements and when the Minipede hits one it changes direction. If you touch any creature then you lose one of four lives. The C64 version has 14 different creatures while the C16 and VIC 20 have 10.
Missile Defence

Missile Defence

Sinclair ZX Spectrum - Released - 1983

Missile Defence is a clone of Missile Command. The gameplay is the same. The player has to defend six cities from ballistic missiles that comes from the sky. To his help the player has three batteries mounted at the bottom of the screen, which are controlled by moving a crosshair across the screen. However, when using a joystick to control the player can only use the center battery. In addition to the missiles there is planes flying across the screen, dropping more missiles. When all the cities are destroyed, the game is over.
Moon Buggy

Moon Buggy

Commodore Plus 4 - Released - 1985

Moon Buggy is a clone of the classic Atari game Moon Patrol. The player is the moon base commander, out on patrol in the ATMB (All Terrain Moon Buggy). An alien attack has penetrated the base's outer defences and its the player's job to see that this incursion is stopped. The game features flying saucers that drop bombs, craters that must be jumped, boulders that must be blasted, incoming missiles, tanks and land mines. The buggy tracks left to right across the screen, it can accelerate, decelerate, fire missiles and jump but it cannot go backwards. Points are scored for enemies destroyed and distance travelled. The game records the top five scores for the gaming session.
Mr Speedy

Mr Speedy

Commodore 64 - Released - 1984

Mr Speedy is a top down single screen game where you control Mr Speedy in a 90 degree direction, as you attempt to paint all the discs on a 7 x 6 grid within a time limit. To paint a disc you have to move on it but on later levels you have to move on the discs various times to paint it. As you move around the screen there are gaps which have to be avoided and you cannot go off the edge of the grid. Jelly Blob's make an appearance and these move across the screen and have to be avoided and if you touch one, run out of time, move into a gap or off the grid then you lose one of six lives. Two players can play and each player takes it in turns to play when the other player loses a life.
Out on a Limb

Out on a Limb

Commodore 64 - Released - 1985

Out on a Limb is a flick screen platform game based on the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk. You play as Jack (the C64 version has you resembling a famous plumber) who must climb the beanstalk, jump over clouds and explore the Giant's castle looking for a golden harp, golden egg and a bag of gold. There are 23 screens to be explored. As you move about the screen jumping over various platforms you have to be careful not to touch any of the creatures that move about the screens as this will lose one of four lives. Scattered around the castle are other treasures to collect as well and your score is based on how long you spend in each room and how long your game was.
P.C. Fuzz

P.C. Fuzz

Commodore 64 - Released - 1984

As a police constable, you must patrol a busy street while on the lookout for cars, punks, and robbers. When a robber appears, you must arrest them by knocking them out with your club and then transporting them to the police van before they have a chance to enter one of the buildings that line the street and make off with some cash. You can also club punks that come out of nearby alleys. Occasionally, balloons holding money bags will float across the screen. Hitting these will award you with bonus points.
Petch

Petch

Commodore 64 - Released - 1983

Based on the arcade game Pengo, Petch has you playing as a penguin who must survive various mazes made of ice for two minutes to move on to the next maze. The whole of each maze is shown on the screen as you try to avoid other creatures and also try to get as many bonus points as possible within the two minutes. Bonus points are awarded for lining up diamonds in a vertical or horizontal line, and also for killing four or more creatures within one minute. To kill any creatures you can push blocks of ice towards them to crush them, but if you touch one you lose one of four lives and a new maze layout appears. Blocks of ice can also be removed by pushing against them if they are next to another block or the edge of the maze.
Petch

Petch

Commodore Plus 4 - Released - 1985

Based on the arcade game Pengo, Petch has you playing as a penguin who must survive various mazes made of ice for two minutes to move on to the next maze. The whole of each maze is shown on the screen as you try to avoid other creatures and also try to get as many bonus points as possible within the two minutes. Bonus points are awarded for lining up diamonds in a vertical or horizontal line, and also for killing four or more creatures within one minute. To kill any creatures you can push blocks of ice towards them to crush them, but if you touch one you lose one of four lives and a new maze layout appears. Blocks of ice can also be removed by pushing against them if they are next to another block or the edge of the maze.
Pharaoh's Tomb

Pharaoh's Tomb

Commodore VIC-20 - Released - 1982

In Pharaoh's Tomb players take the role of an unnamed adventurer, whose objective is to find the four parts of the Pharaoh's key and enter the magical triangle of the gods. The tomb contains many rooms that needs to be explored to find the key parts. You're not alone though, the tomb is full of hostile creatures, including lizards, bats and spiders. All these creatures inflict wounds, take to much damage and you're dead. To survive in the tomb you'll need food, which you can find scattered around the tomb. It also have a fair share of traps, so you have to be careful unless you want to be buried in sand.
Ring Master

Ring Master

Commodore 64 - Released - 1985

Cheery circus-themed game. I got as far as tapping the fire button repeatedly to make the man jump higher, then tap left to get him to see-saw the woman into the air, from which you line her up with the catchers by holding left. Released in Go Games n.7 (March 1986) as Circus.
Skramble

Skramble

Commodore VIC-20 - Released - 1983

A clone of one of the world's most cloned games, Scramble, this is another example with the world's most popular name for Scramble clones, namely Skramble. You fly your spaceship through a cave system split in six sections. Pressing the joystick button will unleash both your front mounted gun and your bombs. Missiles will launch in your path in order to intercept you, and you must not only shoot those down, but also bomb all fuel cisterns you see, or you will run out of fuel. The second cave section introduces aliens that fly up and down in your path. In the third section, you are met by fire balls which are immune to your bullets. The fourth section is played out in a very cramped space, where you have little time to react to the missile launches. Here, the graphical style changes into a more technological one than the natural caves earlier on. The fifth section is equally cramped, but with steep shafts which must be descended into or ascended from with precision, due to the speed at which you are moving. Finally, the sixth section is an infinite loop where you must bomb a single enemy construction before you run out of fuel.
Skramble (Anirog)

Skramble (Anirog)

Commodore 64 - Released - January 15, 1983

A clone of one of the world's most cloned games, Scramble, this is another example with the world's most popular name for Scramble clones, namely Skramble. You fly your spaceship through a cave system split in six sections. Pressing the joystick button will unleash both your front mounted gun and your bombs. Missiles will launch in your path in order to intercept you, and you must not only shoot those down, but also bomb all fuel cisterns you see, or you will run out of fuel. The second cave section introduces aliens that fly up and down in your path. In the third section, you are met by fire balls which are immune to your bullets.
Slap Dab

Slap Dab

Commodore VIC-20 - Released - 1983

Slap Dab is a top down arcade action game where you take the role of Sam the Painter. The point is simply to paint the whole screen. However, it's not as simple as it sounds when you are chased by undercoat monsters who want nothing more than to pull the bristles out of Sam's brush. The monsters can only move on painted areas. From time to time Sam must return to the paint-pot to refill his bucket. Therefore it's necessary to leave some unpainted areas, so you can return to the depot. Naturally, as you progress in the game it gets harder for each new level. You have three lives to your disposal before it's game over.
Space Pilot 2

Space Pilot 2

Commodore 64 - Released - 1985

Space Pilot 2 is the sequel to the C64 game Space-Pilot. While the first game was largely a clone of Konami's Time Pilot, this title moves away from some of the original features. The basic gameplay is still identical. Players command an aircraft through different environments, shooting down planes to collect points. The ship's nose can be rotated left or right, so the craft can move into any direction and take sharp turns left or right. Speed is not controlled by the user and it is always maintained at the same level automatically. The background is wrapped endlessly both horizontally and vertically, and that way it is impossible to encounter a border. The game no longer takes place in distinct time periods and removes the realistic environments. All stages are now set in space with surreal backdrops and in an unknown point in time. To warp to a new period, the player needs to shoot down different kinds of space ships appearing from all directions. Destroying them is rewarded with points and it depletes a time meter in the bottom right corner of the screen. When the meter is completely empty, all opponents disappear and a new stage is entered. At the introduction screen to each stage an overview of possible enemies and the points that go along with them is shown. Occasionally a formation of three identical ships appears and these can be destroyed for bonus points. Enemies try to ram the player's ship and also shoot regular bullets as well as heat-seeking missiles. The player starts with three lives. An extra life is granted at 10,000 points and then at every 30,000 points. There are four main backgrounds and these are repeated over the stages, but with a different colour. Enemies become faster and come in greater numbers in later levels. The game supports up to eight players, taking turns to get the best score.
Space Pirate

Space Pirate

Commodore 64 - Released - 1984

Get the space pirates in your crosshairs and zap them into spacedust. The setting is a space shooting gallery presented in perspective. Targets hover and weave just out of range. Suddenly they will peal off and swoop towards your position. Extra ammunition is given every 10k points!
Starbase Defense

Starbase Defense

Commodore 64 - Released - 1983

Starbase Defense (Starbase Defence 64, and Astral Attack in Europe) is a single screen 1st person shooter where the alien race XENO have decided to attack our colonies by destroying the Energy Generators. You control a cross-hair and you must protect six generators on the bottom of the screen from the aliens in formation on the top of the screen. Each alien moves down the screen at different times and when they hit a line of energy they turn into a bomb which moves down the screen towards the generators. You can only shoot the aliens when they have turned into bombs and when they hit a generator then it is destroyed. When all the aliens have either been shot or hit the ground then they reappear but destroyed generators stay destroyed. It is game over when all the generators have been destroyed. The game allowed you to either use a joystick or a Stack Light Rifle to control the cross-hair but the re-release by Omega Software removed the option of the rifle.
The Dungeons

The Dungeons

Commodore 64 - Released - 1983

The Dungeons is a graphic adventure with some RPG elements viewed from a 1st person perspective as you explore the dungeons looking for a casket containing the secret of the dungeons belonging to a red dragon. Before you start your quest you are first shown your ability with various attributes that are strength, wisdom, intellect, constitution and dexterity, with each having a figure between 4 and 20. You then select if you are a fighter or a magician before having a choice of equipment to buy with your limited amount of gold coins. The items you can buy include sword, lantern, spells and a suit of armour. Once you are ready with your selection and purchases, it's off into the dungeon. In each room of the dungeon, you are able to see any exits and items inside the room and you type in a letter to tell the computer your next action. This can include moving in a certain direction, saying spells, opening items and many others. Creatures also appear and you can attack them before they attack you and weaken or kill you. You always look in each room in the direction you are moving so for example North can be in a different direction than up. As you get more gold coins, you can return back to the first room to buy more equipment as you try to find the casket.
Tiny Tots Seven

Tiny Tots Seven

Commodore VIC-20 - Released - November 22, 2020

Seven small games are included in this compilation: Simon, O's and X's, Bombs Away, Super Snap, Duck Shoot and Santa
Tom Thumb

Tom Thumb

Commodore 64 - Released - 1984

Tom Thumb is a scrolling platform game where you take the role of Tom as he explores the Tomb of Pharaoh Manilo for fabulous wealth. As you explore the Tomb, you will encounter various creatures as well as traps that include spikes and floors that disappear when walked on. If you touch a creature, trap or fall from a certain height then you lose one of five lives. Blocking certain routes are doors that require keys to be found and used on them. Ladders can be used to move up or down to other platforms and floors of the Tomb. As well as the having the ability to jump, you also have the ability to run.
Trivia U.K.

Trivia U.K.

Commodore 64 - Released - 1985

Trivia UK is a computer quiz game based on the board game Trivial Pursuit where you have to move around a board from two to four players answering questions on six subjects on various small squares. The categories are Entertainment, History, Sport & Leisure, Geography, Arts & Literature and Science & Nature and each subject is colour coded. The aim is to collect six pieces before your opponents, one from each subject by answering a question correctly on a large square for each category. The squares go round the edge of the board and you can move either left or right. A dice is thrown to see how many squares you can move and if you answer correctly then you move again, the next player moves if you answer incorrectly. You have to say the answer out loud and tell the computer if the answer was right or wrong.
Xeno II

Xeno II

Commodore VIC-20 - Released - 1982

Xeno II is a game that consists of four different single screen games with three being shooters and you have to complete each screen to move to the next with three lives. The first game has you sat at the top of the screen in a spacecraft viewed from the side and you have to land on a pad at the bottom of the screen while contending with gravity and rocks. You can move your craft left or right, and stop for a couple of seconds but when you stop this uses energy. As you fall you will speed up and if you hit the pad too fast then you lose a life. Moving across the screen are rocks and these have to be avoided or you will also lose a life. The second screen is viewed from above and sees you control another craft and you must move around the screen avoiding and shooting aliens and if you touch an alien then you lose a life. The third screen is based on the arcade game Space Invaders where you control a craft on the bottom of the screen viewed from the side, moving left or right, and you have to destroy all the aliens moving across the screen in formation and each time they hit the side of the screen they move one place down. Between you and the aliens are shields which protect you from their bombs but when hit decrease in size. If you are hit by an alien's bomb or allow them to land then you lose a life. A Mothership moves across the screen at the top and if hit gives you bonus points. The final screen is viewed from the side and you once again control a craft at the bottom of the screen, moving left or right trying to destroy a big alien at the top of the screen. Between you and the alien are various waves of aliens and you must destroy a barrier before trying to hit the big alien. Bombs fall from the top of the screen and if you are hit by a bomb or an alien then you lose a life.
Zaga Mission

Zaga Mission

Commodore 64 - Released - 1984

The situation on planet Zaga 1 is critical. A serious fault has occurred in the life-support power plant. The citizens count on you to get through the tunnels that leads to the power plant, and fix the problem. Zaga Mission is a isometric-viewed action game graphically similar to Zaxxon. The game takes place underground. You have to navigate your helicopter through a series of mazes. As if that wasn't enough the security doors are opening and closing unpredictably. Hit any of the walls or doors and the mission is over. Refueling stations can be found along the way, and these are necessary so you don't run out of gas.
Zodiac

Zodiac

Commodore Plus 4 - Released - 1985

Zodiac is an action game played from a top down perspective similar to Shamus or Berzerk. A coven of black magic masters has gained terrifying powers after removing the Signs of the Zodiac from the Time Vaults, leading to great confusion. The Signs of the Zodiac are guarded by demons and a lethal force field flows along the walls of the corridors. The player's objective is to kill the demons and recover the twelve signs and return them to the time vaults. There are four hundred corridors in total and enemies are continually multiplying. Any contact with either demons or walls will lead to a loss of life. Being on the move is important as it is not possible to shoot while standing still. Once all the signs have been collected the player will face Jemon, the most powerful of all the demons.
Zok's Kingdom

Zok's Kingdom

Commodore VIC-20 - Released - 1983

A maze adventure game developed and published by Anirog Software in 1983 for the VIC-20 (16K memory expansion required). Exciting adventure game with tough puzzles, The realm of King Zok offers some surprises for fans of adventure games.
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