Continental Software

3-D Skiing

3-D Skiing

Apple II - Released - 1981

3-D Skiing is a series of two winter sports-related arcade games for the Apple II. Ski Slalom features a series of flags, which the player must ski through. The game is played from a 3-D perspective from behind the player, and the player must move laterally to avoid incoming obstacles. Points are awarded based upon how fast and accurate the player is at avoiding them. There are 3 difficulty levels that determine course speed, and 3 courses to choose from. Ski Jumper features a small character who attempts to maximize their distance traveled after jumping.

3D Tachyon Fighter

3D Tachyon Fighter

Memotech MTX512 - Released - 1994

3D Tachyon Fighter is a video game published by Continental Software and released on the Memotech MTX in 1984. It was created by Andy Key. 3D Tachyon Fighter is a chase view shooter that is directly based on the arcade game Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom. As such it is played from a third person perspective where the player's craft is automatically moving forward while the player can move left and right as well as up and down. Like the arcade game it is based on, the game is split into different sections with different screen layouts.

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

Memotech MTX512 - Released - 1983

Alice in Wonderland is a text adventure game written by Ed Hollingshead and released by Continental Software for the Memotech home computer. You are taking the place of Alice on her journeys through Wonderland. The object of the game is to collect 6 treasures and take them back to the goal square. You don’t know where this is at first, and one of your jobs is to find it.

Astromilon

Astromilon

Memotech MTX512 - Released - 1984

Astromilon is a video game published by Continental Software and released on the Memotech MTX in 1984. It was created by Andy Southgate. Astromilon is a fixed screen shoot 'em up where the player has to blast down squadrons of alien fighters. Each wave consists of fifteen aliens that descends from the top of the screen down towards the player. They will fire at the player and some of them will turn into mutants that dive and home in on the player's ship. The player can move left and right like in any other shooter but can also use thrust to move upwards which might be necessary to avoid the aliens. A stage is cleared when all the aliens have been killed. Aliens that move past the player and reach the bottom will reappear at the top. In total the game consist of six different alien formations, three alien types and increasing levels of speed. The game is over when the player has been killed three times.

Blobbo

Blobbo

Sinclair ZX Spectrum - Released - 1983

Run at high speed around the maze collecting treasure and fruit worth bonus points - but don't get caught by the Blobbo-eaters! Tactical dodging must be employed to avoid them. If you're caught or step on a skull and crossbones you lose one of your three lives. Eating scintillating power pills gives you a charge of energy big enough to kill the nasties, but the effect soon wears off and you must rely on speed and skill to stay alive. Four different mazes combined with sixteen levels of play make this an exceptionally challenging game.

Blobbo

Blobbo

Memotech MTX512 - Released - 1984

Run at high speed around the maze collecting treasure and fruit worth bonus points - but don't get caught by the Blobbo-eaters! Tactical dodging must be employed to avoid them. If you're caught or step on a skull and crossbones you lose one of your three lives. Eating scintillating power pills gives you a charge of energy big enough to kill the nasties, but the effect soon wears off and you must rely on speed and skill to stay alive. Four different mazes combined with sixteen levels of play make this an exceptionally challenging game.

Chess

Chess

Memotech MTX512 - Released - 1983

A chess simulation where the player plays against the computer. It includes ten levels of play, from novice to championship standard. Features include user defined piece and board colours, mistake detection facility, standard board notation, analytic mode, next move computer generated suggestions plus fast machine move execution times.

Continental Raiders

Continental Raiders

Memotech MTX512 - Released - 1984

Continental Raiders (aka Cosmic Raiders) is a variant of Space Invaders. It was written by P J Green and published by Continental Software for the Memotech MTX in 1984. The game is labelled as Continental Raiders on it's cassette box cover, but is called Cosmic Raiders on the title screen.

Cross Country Rallye

Cross Country Rallye

Apple II - Released - 1982

Cross Country Rallye is a 1 - 8 player racing game for the Apple II. The player controls a small automobile through a series of winding roads in the countryside, attempting to reach series of 8 checkpoints in order. The player must watch their fuel supplies while racing, while finding their way through maze-like country roads. The player receives a score based upon the time it takes to reach all checkpoints, and return to the initial starting point.

Draughts

Draughts

Memotech MTX512 - Released - 1983

A draughts simulation where you play against the computer, with ten levels of difficulty.

Kilopede

Kilopede

Memotech MTX512 - Released - 1983

A Centipede variant published by Continental Software for the Memotech MTX home computer.

Knuckles

Knuckles

Memotech MTX512 - Released - 1983

Knuckles is an action puzzler, which was published by Continental Software for the Memotech MTX home computer in 1983.

L.A. Land Monopoly

L.A. Land Monopoly

Apple II - Released - August 19, 1980

L.A. Land Monopoly is a computer version of Monopoly using landmarks from the Los Angeles area. The game has no single player mode

Mission Alphatron

Mission Alphatron

Memotech MTX512 - Released - 1984

Mission Alphatron is a variant of Scramble. Like in the arcade game the player controls a spaceship through a side scrolling cavern blasting everything in it's way. The ship has two weapons: a laser that can destroy anything that is in front of it and bombs that can be dropped on ground installations. There are several different types of enemies including rockets, missiles, mines and fighters. Fuel is limited and can be replenished by shooting one of the many fuel tanks scattered throughout the game. If it runs out the ship will explode. Other installations such as buildings and radar stations can also be destroyed The player has three lives and when they are gone the game is over. Bombs can only be used in the original MTX release. In later ports only the laser is available.

Obloids

Obloids

Memotech MTX512 - Released - 1984

Obloids was programmed by Andy Key and published by Continental Software for the Memotech MTX home computer.

Phaid

Phaid

Memotech MTX512 - Released - 1984

Phaid is a video game published by Continental Software and released on the Memotech MTX in 1984. It is a fixed screen shooter similar to Galaxian and was created by Keith Hook.

Reversi

Reversi

Memotech MTX512 - Released - 1983

A simulation of the board game where you play against the computer. There are four levels of difficulty. Features include board, piece and background colour selection, suggest a move and a help page.

Tapeworm

Tapeworm

Memotech MTX512 - Released - 1984

A Snake type program written by Keith Clatworthy.

Turbo

Turbo

Memotech MTX512 - Released - 1984

Turbo is an arcade-style racing game inspired by Indy 500.

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