Chuckie Wars - Blood Revolution

Classic games like Chuckie Egg are long gone. They'll probably update or remix this game for the PSP or Xbox Live. Games like these would be called Chuckie Wars - Blood Revolution. Graphics updated from 8 colors to 16 millions colors. Frame rate improvement from 4 to 60. Stereo sound effects of the chicken squawking and a techno epic styled soundtrack. Main character would get a machine gun so he could splatter the birds. Oh, blood and entrails would be required. Instead of collecting eggs, you have to collect powerups that can do even more damage to the birds. Oh, have an end of level boss that looks frightening deformed with a science fiction background. Oh, and the birds would probably have to be replaced with humans.

Chuckie Egg - Best Game Ever

Instant playability. Great jumping compared to other platform games. No stiffy jobs or micro second timing required.

Addictive game play that makes you want to play again and again. Good for 30 seconds and realistically playable for hours.

Simple objective, collect all the eggs and avoid the birds. No bothersome cut scenes or mandatory craptacular puzzles to solve.

Great graphics in terms of simplicity and layout so you know what to do without thinking. Great sound, so basic and simple that it fits the game perfectly.

River City Ransom - River City Rubbish!

Everything from the graphics to the sounds, to the story lines, to the potential martial art power up and special items bought in shops was absolutely lifeless, bland and mind-numbingly dull.

The free roaming feature was just a feature I dreaded in this game as I kept wondering if I was going to do any backtracking.

It felt like work trying to play this game and what ever compels someone to complete this game is beyond me. Maybe it's because I have become so used to current games where beat em ups felt like I was beating something up. This game has been overrated and underrated. To me, I don't know what the fuss is.

The Commodore 64 - The King of 8 Bit Computer Games.

There is no doubt that this was the ultimate 8 bit home computer. It had the best sound, the best graphics in terms of scrolling and sprite capability and the huge software collection made it the best selling home computer.

The home computer was so successful especially in Europe that Commodore kept putting back it's discontinuation date due its demand. Even today, there is still a large fan base with some Eastern Manufacturers making clones of the machine and recently Nintendo started to introduce some of it's games on their online download service.

8 Bit Wars - Spectrum vs Amstrad vs Commodore.

The 8 Bit-era was just simply the best time for home computing. No virus, no booting and no online updates. It was also the era where you knew that if you have the skills you could program a game in the comfort of your bedroom. Nowadays, you have to spend so much money on a computer and the cost of development is absolutely astronomical!

The computers back then were the Spectrum, Amstrad and the Commodore 64. The Spectrum had the cheapest games and were the most playable since the graphics couldn't compete with the other two.

The Amstrad had better graphics than the Spectrum and the sound capabilities could not compete with the Commodore 64. However, when it came to the graphics it had a better palette than the Commodore and most of the software were available on a disk.

The Commodore 64 trounced the other two when it came to sound capabilities and the games had very smooth scrolling which both the Spectrum and the Amstrad seemed to struggle with.

What was interesting about the the three computers was the fact they each had very unique set of buyers. The Spectrum for the those on a budget, the Amstrad for those who needed business applications and the Commodore for those who could afford one.

Operation Wolf - Amstrad Action

This was simply an awesome game. It was the best version amongst the 8 bit trio.
It had the most colors and the action was non stop. The music was fantastic and created enough atmosphere to feel like you wanted to shoot some 8 bit pixellated enemy soldiers.

So what can you do? You can shoot dangerous animals so they can drop useful items. You can shoot helicopters, tanks, soldiers and throw grenades. What you can't do is shoot civilians and hostages as they will deplete your energy.

An absolutely stonking conversion of the original arcade machine!

Vectrex - Overlay Graphics

Never got to play this game machine until last week when I went over to my friends house and his brother had one in the garage. I told him to boot it up and amazingly it worked. I was so impressed with the vector graphics and what was even more impressive was the fact that it came with these card overlays that you put over the screen to act as the background graphics.

Mr Driller - Nintendo DS

This was a great game on the Nintendo DS. You drill down colorful blocks until you reach the bottom and along the way you must replenish your air supply.

What was great about this game was the fact that the game uses both screens rather than using one just as a menu or background. However, the presentation is not very well designed as it uses a bland color scheme compared to the in game graphics.

I also like the fact that every time you complete a level you not only get to challenge the next level, you also get points so you can upgrade your character. Talking about characters, after you complete a number of levels you also get different characters, each with different powers and special features.

This game is great to play for 5 minutes or for 30 minutes and you rarely have to use your brain which in my book is a good thing if your just taking a break or wasting time.

Konix Speed King - Best Joystick since the Kempston.

When the Kempston broke it was time for a new joystick and this is the one alternative above all else. This had great reviews and was the one of the joysticks to have. What was different about this joystick was that it had no suction cups and you had to hold it in your hand. The joystick's directional mechanism had a nice clickety clickety sound and was very responsive, except when you played games such as fighting games which require you to do quarter and half turns. It was a nightmare. But then fighting games back then were terrible anyway.

The Kempston Joystick - 7 Directional controls

This was simply the joystick to get back then. The autofire button, the pilot type grip and the suction cups at the bottom. It just made games even better, well compared to using the "a","z", "op" and "space bar" keys. There were many Kempston joysticks but the best one was the Kempston Quickshot. In fact most of the games had to be Quickshot compatible to work.

If only they didn't break so quickly. Well, what I mean is the 8 directional movement became 7, then 8, then 7 again, then 7 and a half if I pushed it hard enough.

Still, what a grip!