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I was leafing through an old copy of CC when I came across a review of a game on the Apple II known as Escape. I immediately recognized it as one I have played in many variations on different machines …

I don't know what triggered this memory, but I recall reading a newspaper article about a game that was introduced in the UK during/just-after the Falklands War where you were a British submarine capt …

I'm tying to identify an coin-op arcade game of the 80s Coin-op limits the field, that's useful. some kind of spy, who was chased by other spies across a building. Chasing... and what else? Shooti …

I can't speak to the exact origins of this particular copy, but the way the terms are used suggest this is a version of the 1971 original which you can find at Jim's page on the topic. Especially clea …

Nothing like this game appears in 101 BASIC Games or any of its descendants like More BASIC Computer Games. I can't find anything like it in What To Do After You Hit Return. Nor is it in Announcing: C …

I'm trying to recall the name of a game I spent too much time playing on my ST. It was a simulation of cold war sub combat. It took place entirely on a map view, where you controlled NATO subs, includ …

I'm looking for another PET game, which I cannot find on various sites. It was one of the earlier ones - it was available when I first got access to the PETs circa 1981/82. The user starts in the cen …

Found it! Thanks to the excellent PET game database, it turns out I was looking for Attack!

I cannot find any references to this game so maybe someone here will recall it: It was a full-sized arcade cabinet with an aircraft-yoke type controller with fire buttons on the tip of the yoke. I see …

I'm trying to find the ROMs for an arcade game I played circa 1987. It was very similar to Commando in general concept - vertical scroller, very simple isometrics, guns and grenades. Although it was c …

We had PET computers in my high school, 4032's IIRC, and a few classic games to go with them - the excellent Space Invaders port, Star Trek of course, and a few others. These all used PETASCII for gra …

And it's definitely Star Spores. I found an interview with the author, who it turns out lives fairly close to me, and he mentioned the line-drawing routine which I'm sure is referring to the lightning …

I'm almost certain you are talking about Hex by Mark of the Unicorn. The only difference between your description and the actual game is the shape of the "squares", which were, as the name implies, he …