2018 – RETRO GAMESMASTER

Bounder Review

5th July 20188th April 2022 Peter Ward

HISTORY Bounder popularity spans decades and has continued to be featured in many retro magazines, videos and on social media to this day. This little tennis ball of fun continues to be highly regarded and fondly remembered. Originally created by Christian Shrigley, Andrew Green, Robert Toone and Published by Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd in 1985, Bounder featured many ground-breaking features such as Parallax Scrolling first seen in Bounder. The game featured 12 levels, all as challenging as the first and at times is unforgiving but that’s what kept drawing people…

Richard Scarry’s Busy Town.

6th March 201824th May 2021 Peter Ward

Published by SEGA of America, Inc. Developed by Novotrade Software Kft. Released 1994 Platform Genesis Richard Scarry’s Busytown is a Mega Drive game that released in North America in 1994. Richard Scarry’s Busy Town is a game I picked up not knowing what to expect at all! With a tagline of ‘The Most Fun Game Ever’ I had to give it a try! What I found was generally one of the worst video games I have ever played. (YES! Even worse than Barney). It was a really colourful Interactive Story Book game and was…

Two Point Hospital Coming 2018 from the creators of Theme Hospital

17th January 201824th May 2021 Peter Ward

ABOUT THIS GAME Design Your Hospital Build and customise your hospital – it is yours after all – with specialist diagnosis and treatment facilities, as well as the very latest in ornamental technology! Cure Your Patients Feeling light-headed? Just wait until you see the other unusual illnesses afflicting the people of Two Point County. Care for, and profit from, the ill: that seems like it’s probably a win-win. They’ll need feeding, entertaining and curing if they’re going to recommend you to all their equally unwell friends! That cash isn’t going…

Turrican 3

4th January 201824th May 2021 Peter Ward

Published by Renegade Software Developed by Factor 5 GmbH Released 1993 Review by James Whelan Overview Turrican’s final outing on the Amiga in Turrican 3 (making Turrican 2’s sub-title, The Final Fight, less than accurate) is something of a mixed bag. Judged on its own merits it’s a perfectly serviceable and entertaining shoot-‘em-up, once again showcasing the Amiga’s strengths as the premier games platform of its time. But coming after the near flawless Turrican 2 and the ground-breaking original Turrican, the swansong of the trilogy always had a lot to live up to,…